Interview with Terry Ribera #TattooInterview

- Terry Ribera, a well-known tattoo artist, was encouraged to draw by his parents from a young age. His artistic talent allowed him to connect with others and helped shape his social experiences.
- Terry got his start in tattooing at Tahiti Felix’s Master Tattoo in San Diego, learning from the owners Maurice and Hero Lynch. He highlights the importance of open critique in refining his art.
- Ribera discusses the influence of various artists on his work, notably Aaron Kane, who inspired his approach to the biomechanical genre of tattooing. He attributes his unique style to the blending of different influences, reflecting traditional tattoo elements while incorporating illustrative and Art Nouveau details.
- Ribera emphasizes the importance of considering how a tattoo will age. He finds painting a useful medium to experiment with artistic concepts that may not translate well to tattooing due to durability considerations.
- In giving advice to aspiring tattoo artists, Ribera stresses the importance of drawing extensively, creating one’s own visual library, and considering overall body composition when designing tattoos. He also addresses the challenges of owning a tattoo shop and the significance of building a portfolio to attract clients.
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Reinventing the Tattoo Podcast
Recorded live from Guy Aitchison's tattoo community
Guy Aitchison's Reinventing the Tattoo started as a three ring binder in the early 90's when he agreed to his first seminar. Since then it has continued to evolve and grow through various mediums with an ever growing community of contributing artists who have benefited tremendously from the book, movies, seminars, drawing groups, mobile apps and now through this podcast.

The podcast replays live shows from the Reinventing the Tattoo network including exclusive interviews, discussion panels, webinars, art jams, and even drunk critiques.

Check the website for the upcoming live stream schedule, and tattoo artists and apprentices are encouraged to download the mobile app in the google or apple app stores.

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Gabriel Ripely

Computer geek, progressive businessperson, event producer, business planer, & freelancer amplifying artists, studios, and companies that are leaving a positive impact.
Gabe Ripley has been helping artists use technology to propel and secure their careers and business since the mid-nineties. After finding great success in promoting tattoo artists, Gabe's first tattoo studio opened its doors in 2005, and grew to a multimillion dollar international tattoo company, before closing in 2018. In 2007 Gabe started producing professional development events in unique locations, and now produces or co-produces a 4 day tattoo gathering, an art retreat, a 2 day conference, and numerous single day events. Event locations include resorts in Massachusetts, Colorado, New Mexico, Venice Italy, and Dublin Ireland among others. Gabe Ripley has presented at the Worldwide Tattoo Conference and taught a seminar “Building a GREAT tattoo business” at countless tattoo conventions and online.

Currently Gabe is focused on TattooNOW, which has been empowering thousands of artists with career enhancing technology and education since 1999. Before TattooNOW, Gabe had a very successful freelance programming career in the USA and in Europe. Projects included programming Smurf, The Little Prince, and Lucky Luke video games, touch-screen kiosks for Honda and the Epcot Center, and monthly business multimedia DVD-Roms narrated by Leonard Nimoy. Ripley was a founding partner in a technology company in 1996 (which still exists!). Travel has been a staple of Gabe’s business and personal life since hitch-hiking barefoot through eastern Europe in 1992. He stated programming BASIC when he was 8 years old, and dropped out of college twice but that didn’t stop him from teaching college level computer courses at age 20!

He is progressive in politics and business. Since reading Issac Asimov books growing up, thinking about vast visions as well as the impact of our actions for the short, long, and very long term has been ingrained into Gabe’s thinking. Understanding that his business is supported directly by local, national, and international communities, Gabe truly tries to directly contribute to the communities that are helping arts businesses thrive. He defines success by how much he can afford to give back, and helps produce benefit events. His mission is ultimately to make a long lasting positive impact on the world (or at least get three to four weeks vacation!). There are various articles written by and about Gabe online and in the real world via magazines, books, and podcasts as he loves to talk once someone gets him started.