Today we’d like to introduce you to Daniel Berdiel
Hi Daniel, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
My beginnings in the world of tattoos were after studying sculpture and fine arts. I found it exciting to be able to apply all my artistic knowledge, using the skin and the body as if it were a gallery, collaborating with the person who is going to get the tattoo and creating a permanent work on the body that cannot be bought or sold, a work that the client genuinely enjoys and that accompanies them every day.
I was finishing my university studies when a classmate lent me a tattoo machine and it generated in me an almost obsessive curiosity to learn more about the technique and contemporary styles of tattooing at that time.
That was 11 years ago, and I still have that curiosity.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Relatively, since I learned many things on my own, I didn’t have a teacher or someone to train me, and that was sometimes an exciting process and sometimes frustrating or uncertain, about whether the ideas I wanted to develop were possible or if the technique I mastered at that time allowed me to do so. But on the other hand, that meant not having limits or conditions on what could or couldn’t be done, trying and discovering new styles, different fine line needles that were hardly used at that time, or fusing themes and styles without doctrines or dogmas about what tattooing should be, helped me find my style in a natural and intuitive way.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I feel more comfortable every day doing tattoos that I draw freehand directly on the skin, this allows me to adapt the design even more to the anatomy and also gives a certain spontaneity and originality to the design, being a much fresher result and involving the client.
If we draw a dragon that same day, it will arise from the conversation and the joint work with the client, and this will be a unique and unrepeatable dragon, in a tattoo I value that it has that personal and exclusive essence.
In addition to posing a greater and exciting challenge that pushes me to always give the best of myself, and not having a closed design, the way of approaching it in terms of the finish or the way of shading as I would do in a drawing with pencil and paper. I think that this gives it a certain distinctive touch that my clients appreciate and value.
Other more conceptual projects such as those I carry out representing the original Japanese Kintsugi, which is the art of repairing broken ceramics with gold, which applied to the body gives a more philosophical dimension to the work, and transcending many of the negative or traumatic life experiences, in a memory of the lived and overcome experience of which to feel proud.
The reinterpretation of classic themes in tattoos, with a more current and contemporary look, is also something that I am often asked for and that I really enjoy designing and tattooing.
What matters most to you? Why?
Understanding the motivation of the client or the person who is going to get a tattoo is essential for me, to convey to them that I will be very dedicated to their design and that they can enjoy their trust in order to guide and advise them in the creative process without them feeling judged or unheard, but rather to achieve the best possible result of what they want to represent.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.danielberdiel.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniel_berdiel/
