Angel Chavez

My first experiences with art was my dad teaching me how to draw pine trees, and smooth graphite drawings with a paper towel. I would draw from time to time but was never taken seriously until my early 20’s. Illustrating graphics, screen printing, graphic design, and life drawing were subjects I learned through the process of “figuring it out” ; In that order. I graduated from CSULB with a B.A in studio Arts with the intention of becoming a graphic designer but things worked out a different way. In the last semester of my program, I began getting tattooed at The Beast (2018) . It was here that I realized I wanted to pursue a career in tattooing and I could incorporate everything I had learned. I was drawn to the black and grey style immediately and through time the culture as well.