After college I did multiple desk jobs as a delivery guy, cashier for about 6 to 7 years. I was just drifting. Paying bills but never really feeling it. I was always drawn to design and precision but hadn’t found the right medium yet. Tattooing found me before I found it.

You’re creating something on a living, breathing person that stays with them forever. That weight felt right to me. I wanted to create things that actually matter.

My biggest inspiration is the moment a client sits down and trusts me with their skin. That trust pushes me to be better every single time.

My Mentor is Saiyam Patel, someone who genuinely changed the direction of my life. He saw something in my approach early on and pushed me to refine it rather than follow what was trending.

He taught me that technique is the foundation but intention is everything. He slowed me down when I wanted to rush, and that patience became my biggest asset. He also taught me to own my style instead of chasing everyone else’s.

Humbling. Geometry doesn’t forgive mistakes, a line slightly off and the whole piece feels wrong. So I became obsessive about precision. Every mistake was just data. Mastery isn’t a destination, it’s a daily discipline.

Slowly and quietly. I wasn’t the artist who blew up overnight. I built it piece by piece, focusing on doing every piece like it was going in a portfolio even when no one was watching.

Winning 2nd Place in Blackwork at the Kolkata Tattoo Festival in 2025 was my favourite, a category I had worked in for 8 years, after my first win at the Gujarat Tattoo Festival in 2016. Winning felt less like validation and more like confirmation that all those obsessive hours were worth it. But honestly, the real win is when a client cries looking in the mirror because what they imagined is now perfectly on their skin.

I remember sitting exactly where my students sit now nervous, unsure, wondering if I was good enough. Watching someone have that same click moment I once had is the most fulfilling feeling in this craft.

The moment I realised this is mine. This style, this vision where math meets skin no one handed that to me. I built it. I’ll never regret choosing a path most people call risky, because every day I walk into my studio I know exactly why I’m there. That clarity is rare.

Start. Just start. You won’t be ready when nobody ever is. If you have a genuine pull toward this art form, trust it. Find your style, not someone else’s. This craft will test your discipline, your creativity, your ego. But if you stay the course, what comes out on the other side isn’t just a career. It’s an identity. It’s permanent just like the work we do.