Kulezi zinsuku kuyaqabukela ukubona umuntu ongenayo i-tattoo. Izitolo ezinikezelwe ukudweba umzimba ziye zanda kakhulu emadolobheni. Umncintiswano ushubile.
Abanye bayasimangaza ngemiklamo yabo kodwa Ngabe uke wambona uchwepheshe okwaziyo ukudweba umzimba ngaphandle kokusebenzisa izandla zakhe?
UBrian Tagalog, 27, wazalwa engenazo izingalo, kodwa lokho akuzange kumvimbe ekubeni nempilo ejwayelekile. Ufunde ukusebenzisa izinyawo ukwenza imisebenzi yansuku zonke njengokushayela imoto. Kepha bengifuna ukuqhubeka, yingakho waba ukuphela komculi we-tattoo osebenzisa izinyawo zakhe ukwenza umsebenzi wakhe.
Umdabu waseHonolulu, eHawaii, uBrian wathutha nomndeni wakhe baya eTucson, e-Arizona, e-USA, lapho afunda khona e-University of Arizona.
Unentshisekelo yokudweba kusukela ebuntwaneni, wanquma ukugxila ekubeni ngumculi we-tattoo oqeqeshiwe.
Yize abaningi bebebheka ukuthi lo msebenzi awunakwenzeka, uBrian ucije amakhono akhe okudweba ngonyawo. Kamuva, ubabekazi wakhe wamsiza wathenga itikiti lakhe lokuqala lobuchwepheshe, Wafunda ukudweba izinyawo zakhe ngendlela efanayo nalabo abasebenzisa izandla zabo.
U-Angie Tagalog, unina kaBrian, uyavuma ukuthi inqubo yokwelapha isifo sokuzalwa sendodana yakhe ibingelula:
«Ngosuku engabeletha ngalo, nganginovalo. Ngonyaka wokuqala, ngangikhala cishe nsuku zonke. Futhi ngisakwenza kwesinye isikhathi »
Iminyaka engu-11 edlule, ingane yakho yaba umculi we-tattoo oqeqeshiwe. Kepha lokhu bekungeke kube ubunzima bakhe bokugcina. Ubuye waba nenkinga yokuthola isitudiyo sokumqasha. UBrian akazange adikibale wanquma ukuthi uzozivulela eyakhe indawo yokusebenza. Wazalwa kanjalo «Umdwebo ngezinyawo».
Usungule inqubo ethile yokwenza ama-tattoos akhe: isinyathelo sokuqala ukuklama iphrojekthi ngonyawo lwesokudla; ngokulandelayo, ubeka iphepha lesikhumba esikhunjeni seklayenti kanti ngolunye unyawo welula isithombe; bese usebenzisa zombili izinyawo ukulawula yonke inqubo yokudweba.
UBrian unethemba lokuthi indaba yakhe yokuphikelela nempumelelo izokhuthaza abanye ukuthi balandele amaphupho abo, noma ngabe kubonakala kunzima kanjani. "Ungalahli ithemba! Konke kungenzeka "kusho umculi.
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