Bio-Mechanical Metamorphosis

Bio-mechanical tattoos are a cool creation which is not mastered by many tattoo artists. Usually artists who do bio-mechanical pieces are sometimes mainly dedicated to them because of their complexity in colors and shadows. The purpose of a bio-mechanical tattoo is making the piece look as 3-D as possible to match your skin, making it look like it's a part of your body. The term "Bio-Mech" is the combination of biological metamorphosis with (in some cases) mechanical work such as gears, wiring, and circuits. This blend of two opposing styles; biology and technology, make for a nice and crisp looking tattoo if done properly. The look tattoo enthusiasts are trying to achieve when getting such work done is something similar to an alien or robotic life form. The realistic look is a main goal for this style of tattoos in order to give the impression of your skin/body going through some sort of metamorphosis stage.

Aaron Cain is a Bio-Mechanical tattoo specialist. He dedicates his art to doing this specific style of tattooing which takes a lot of training and practice to get the authentic 3-D abstract look. Aaron Cain was always intrigued by the science fiction scene which was one of the main reasons why he specialized in this type of tattooing work. Aaron was born 1971 and grew up as an only child with a single mother, this granted him a lot of alone time to practice with his artistic skills from drawing, to tinkering with home appliances trying to figure out the mechanism of it. A main inspiration Aaron Cain had was the amount of people telling him he was going to be an artist when he gets older, from the time he picked up his first crayon.

Aaron has developed his skills over 24 years of working in the industry as he started "professionally" tattooing in 1989. He looked up to artists such as H.R Giger who was a Swiss painter that was dedicated to dark, outer-space style work, something like you would see in the movie "Alien". After Aaron witnessed the work of Giger, he decided that's the type of style he was going to master; the gritty, dark, highly textured and shadowed artistry, which drove him to the Bio-Mechanical styles of tattooing. The abstract metamorphosis look to these tattoos intrigued him into continuing his love for the art. Aaron stated that one milestone in his career was attending his first tattoo convention in Anaheim, CA. There, he saw work that showed how many unlimited possibilities there was for tattooing, and how there is not just one way of doing it and presenting each piece. Aaron also met Marcus Pacheco at the convention, and soon opened the first studio with him. Aaron's knack for opening and understanding how utilities worked also drove him to be intrigued with tattoo machines. He does not sell them but simply designs them for personal use and pleasure. These machines are not your ordinary looking tools either, they all have their own style and spectacular shapes that are very complex. You can see some of them here.

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