Kule mihla kunqabile ukubona umntu ongenayo itattoo. Iivenkile ezinikezelwe kumvambo ziye zanda kakhulu kuzo zonke iidolophu. Ukhuphiswano luyoyikeka.
Abanye basothusa ngoyilo lwabo kodwa Ngaba ukhe wambona oyingcali okwaziyo ukwenza umvambo ngaphandle kokusebenzisa izandla?
UBrian Tagalog, 27, wazalwa engenazo iingalo, kodwa loo nto ayizange imnqande ukuba aphile ubomi obuqhelekileyo. Wafunda ukusebenzisa iinyawo zakhe ukwenza imisebenzi yemihla ngemihla njengokuqhuba imoto. Kodwa bendifuna ukuya phambili, yiyo loo nto waba kuphela komculi we tattoo ukusebenzisa iinyawo zakhe ukwenza umsebenzi wakhe.
Inzalelwane yaseHonolulu, eHawaii, uBrian wafudukela nosapho lwakhe eTucson, eArizona, eMelika, apho wafunda khona kwiYunivesithi yaseArizona.
Unomdla wokuzoba ukususela ebuntwaneni, Ugqibe kwelokuba agxile ekubeni abe ngumculi we tattoo oqeqeshiweyo.
Ngaphandle kwento yokuba uninzi luwubona lo msebenzi ungenakwenzeka, uBrian uzolile izakhono zakhe zokuzoba ngonyawo. Emva kwexesha, umakazi wakhe wamnceda ukuba athenge itikiti lakhe lokuqala lobuchwephesha, Wafunda ukwenza iitattoo ezinyaweni zakhe ngendlela efanayo nezo basebenzisa izandla zabo.
U-Angie Tagalog, umama ka-Brian, uyavuma ukuba inkqubo yokufaka isifo kunyana wakhe yayingelula:
«Ngosuku endabeleka ngalo, ndandisoyika. Kunyaka wokuqala, ndandilila phantse yonke imihla. Kwaye ndisenza ngamanye amaxesha »
11 kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, umntwana wakho waba ngumculi we tattoo oqeqeshiweyo. Kodwa obu ayizukuba yingxaki yakhe yokugqibela. Wayenengxaki yokufumana istudiyo sokumqesha. UBrian akazange anikezele kwaye wagqiba kwelokuba uza kuvula indawo yakhe yokusebenza. Wazalwa ke «Umvambo ngeenyawo».
Uphuhlise ubuchule obuthile bokwenza iitattoos: Inyathelo lokuqala kukuyila iprojekthi kunyawo lwasekunene; Emva koko, ubeka iphepha lesikhumba kulusu lomthengi ngelixa elinye elolula umfanekiso; emva koko sebenzisa iinyawo zombini ukulawula yonke inkqubo ye tattoo.
UBrian unethemba lokuba ibali lakhe lokuzingisa kunye nempumelelo liyakhuthaza abanye ukuba balandele amaphupha abo, nokuba kunzima kangakanani. "Ungaze uyeke! Yonke into inokwenzeka "utsho umzobi.
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