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Ed Hardy was influenced by tattoo art at the tender age of 10 and what an influence he has cast on the art on its way to blooming to full potential. Ed was instrumental in fusing the Japanese conventional esthetics with western form of art; how can anyone forget the motorcycle culture, Californian funk and hot-rod art which finally instigated the tattoo explosion. Ed’s multiple influences on the wide visual and cultural extent and his intense participation within this range, including tattooing the Invisible Man announced the commanding and outstanding rise of this body art. Ed Hardy shot to fame immediately within the fashion circles and magazines wrote about him extensively. With such a grand beginning, his works were recognized all over the world of fashion and tattooing for its finery in Japanese style. The tattoos he picked up and created were correctly called as ultimate tokens of possibility, an indelible map on the sands of time. A young Ed Hardy was fascinated by large tattoos; large enough for your entire body, perhaps the sign of a man disinclined to accept petty things. Evidently, Ed wasn’t partial to full body tattooing alone but also was indicating the things to come. He is as much big and best a tattoo artist as he is an inspiration to all those that want to learn the art. I had developed wrong impressions about Ed before I considered him seriously, a fact I repent for my life. Nonetheless everything changed after I researched about him reading and talking to his acquaintances and friends; I saw pictures of thousands of his creations and I am happy I did it. Hailing from California, Ed Hardy was cutout to make it as a body tattoo artist early in his life and when he started off professionally he was all of 22 years. Some people were not forthcoming to credit him for his achievements arguing badly although his creations were never short of being something special; however, this was in 1972, when I was in LA. Ed Hardy was a great source of inspiration to millions of budding artists around the world albeit not in the same fashion as Christian Audigier was to him. It was actually through Christian Audigier that Ed was able to reach such heights so quickly. You may think this is untrue, but my fascination for this man was always present in my psyche and that the opportunity to study him and his work only brought the obvious out fast. Ed Hardy, born in 1945, is the first western tattoo artist to have studied the oriental Japanese art. If I may tell you, Ed was exemplary in his studiousness; he was noting down everything that enthralled him, conventional African art, the small stories, and just about everything; all of these may be seen climaxing in his art. Christian may have influenced his career but Ed was a born artist, which has perhaps influenced Audigier to merge interests with him.
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