It’s For Life
And That Shit’s Permanent
Matt Heinz is a professional tattoo artist, which isn’t a part-time job, or even a full-time job. It’s a full-time life—much like long hair, which Matt has, so you could say he’s working overtime.
Since 2013 he’s been skillfully tattooing art-loving clients at Bearcat Tattoo Gallery*, one of the finest tattoo shops in San Diego and proud sponsors of The Great Cut.
Matt’s specialty is illustrated color tattoos with concepts inspired by medieval fantasy art, European black metal, neo-traditional, Japanese and video game illustrations. His favorite subject matter includes witches, wizards, skeletons, suits of armor, weapons, women’s faces, animals, floral designs, and anything in the realm of the mysterious and provocative.
He is also the artist who masterfully applied a virtually perfect rendition of the bound shears on Sam’s upper shoulder in permanent black ink, a piece he remembers with reverence. You can still find out why Sam did it on The Longhairs podcast.
Having been neighbors on Kettner Boulevard dating back to the founding days of The Longhairs, we were especially thrilled to invite professional tattoo artist Matt Heinz on Let It Ride.
What you'll hear about:
- The daily life of a professional tattoo artist
- Reliving the story behind Sam’s epic piece
- What makes a good tattoo client?
- When you immediately regret cutting your hair
- A glimpse into Bearcat Tattoo Gallery
- The first steps to becoming a tattoo artist
You’ll want to get inked up with Matt Heinz after hearing him describe life as a professional tattoo artist with long hair on The Longhairs podcast.
El Tatuaje
Matt Heinz is a professional tattoo artist working at Bearcat Tattoo Gallery. Follow him @mattheinztattoo, visit his personal website or view his artist page on the Bearcat website.
*The Bearcat Tattoo Gallery website was created by your boys in a previous life before we became The Longhairs, and to this day is the (self-proclaimed) finest tattoo shop website in the world. Prove us wrong.
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