Tattoo artist Franco Vescovi joins Rick Thorne to talk about his teenage days in San Gabriel, where his cousins grew up alongside the tattoo artist Freddy who inspired him, the fine-line style that shaped him, and opening his first studio, El Toro Ink House, in Orange County. He goes deep on coil versus rotary tattoo machines and the story behind Bishop Rotary, plus his Vatican Studios shops in Lake Forest, Laguna Beach and Hollywood.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:31 Meet Franco Vescovi
4:26 San Gabriel & Freddy's influence
10:40 Portraits & early influences
16:21 The cholo style & Boy Longo
20:08 His Italian side & the Vatican
25:43 Vatican Studios: Lake Forest to Hollywood
28:50 El Toro Ink House & the first Bishop
35:57 The rotary revolution
40:40 Coil vs. rotary
45:28 Ink, layering & technique
50:03 Hollywood Vatican
55:16 Outro & credits
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