SHOCK TREATMENT
THE NEW TATTOO FIXERS TEAM FACES ITS BIGGEST CHALLENGES TO DATE…
There’s a change to the line-up of the Tattoo Fixers team this week as newcomers (and brothers) Pash and Uzzi join Sketch, Alice and receptionist Paisley for a new series – where they’ll be faced with some of the most extreme cases of bad body art ever committed to flesh. Well, we say, ‘Art’...
Right then – how ‘extreme’ are we talking here?
Sketch Watching the little cutaways in the first episode is enough to let you know that it’s going to be a major series! You know when they do the little montage of reaction shots? When I sat down to watch it, I was like, “Oh, God!” So yeah, it’s pretty extreme.
Pash and Uzzi, what are you bringing to the team?
Pash Muscles!
Uzzi From what we’ve done already, bringing friendliness was a priority. Paisley I think you’re being really humble. These boys are very, very talented and they’ve brought a lot to the team. They’ve got good banter, they’re really good tattooists – big yourself up a bit, man! Uzzi We specialise in realism – realistic, stylistic tattoos. Sketch Which is good because Alice and I don’t – Jay was realism, so it’s good that these guys fill that hole.
Does having new blood on the team spur you all on?
Sketch Yeah, it really just pushes us all to be that little bit more creative when it comes to the pitches. After two years of doing it, I kind of know what Alice is going to draw, I knew what Jay would draw, whereas now I don’t know what these guys are going to do! If I want to try to win this, I’ve got to be out there with my drawing…
Is it still very competitive?
Uzzi Oh, definitely.
Pash We’ve chucked each
other’s sketch pads off the table a few times before!
Uzzi And if somebody wants something pretty, Alice has already won it!
Alice But Sketch can put anything down and brainwash someone into getting it. He could say, “You really need a zombie goose” and they’d be like, “Well actually, I hadn’t considered it, but I think that maybe I really do…”