Hi, my name's Luke Sayer and I'm based in the Lake District in Cumbria
and I'm the owner of Luke Sayer Tattoo Studios.
I wanted to be a tattoo artist as far as I can remember.
It's something I've always loved, and the art and everything about it.
The first tattoo I did was on my own leg.
It was a little bit script. It didn't go that great, but...
it was all right as a first tattoo could go.
I chose to set up my studio in Milnthorpe.
I guess it was always gonna be in the Lake District because that's where I'm from
but I just really liked the place when I looked around it
and it's a really nice village and nice people.
In all the tattoos that I do, I try and up my game on every single one
so I don't really have a favourite tattoo - I always hope that it's a new piece that I did.
My style is black and grey realism
and that's something I'd like to tattoo a lot more of.
Anything in black and grey I really enjoy
and more free rain the better.
I guess tattooing is my biggest hobby
but outside of tattooing, I really like to go for drives out in the car.
I have an old vintage car which I enjoy taking out on weekends, going on road trips
and yeah that's really fun.
I decided to enter E4's Tattoo Artist of the Year because to me it was a big challenge
and I always like to have things to aim for in my career.
My favourite tattoo on the show was probably the final piece
which I designed myself and my client let me just run freehand.
And it was a hand holding a tattoo machine
which I thought was quite fitting as a final piece.
For me, the tattoo show was a really good experience.
It really helped me gain a lot of confidence in myself and in my tattooing.
I'd recommend to everybody to try that experience.
I think with the TV shows, like tattooing is now, it's becoming a lot more popular
which is a good thing, I think.
It's bringing tattooing a lot more to the public
it gives people a better idea of what a good and bad tattoo is
and I think it's brilliant.
I'd say for someone who's thinking about going on a tattoo show
I'd say be confident in yourself and make sure you are ready
as your work will be judged for everyone to see.
I guess it's hard being a tattoo artist and owning in a studio
but I think if the setup's right and you have the right people working with you
it runs perfect.
I guess my advice would be, if you're an apprentice tattooist
would be pull back and tattoo stuff that you can knock out the park
rather than go in for stuff that's way too hard.
I see so many people trying to do portraits so early in
and tattooing stuff that's way too difficult straightaway.
A lot of my inspiration now comes from Instagram.
I mean I can just open the app, flick through and there's so many talented artists
and awesome pieces of work being posted.
That is definitely my go-to place for inspiration.
My name's Luke Sayer, thanks for watching and see you soon!
I suppose being out in the countryside, it's... I've always... I don't fucking know.
Fuck me.
That's definitely not gonna be in there, is it?
Hobbies outside of tattooing?
This is a dangerous one.
Fingering...
I can't say 'fingering'...
I don't know...
Does any tattoo artist really have a hobby outside of tattooing?
I don't think they do...
I think it is just tattooing.
I think that sounds alright, doesn't it as well?