Hi, I'm Noa Yanni
and this is my studio, Noa Ink. Welcome!
So, I'm the owner of two studios,
one in Montecatini Terme, Noa Ink,
and the other Noa Ink in Pietrasanta.
Owning two tattoo studios
and being a tattoo artist at the same time isn't easy,
but I was lucky enough to find great people
such as my shop managers who I was able to grow with,
ensuring that everything runs smoothly
even when I'm not in the studio. I'm really proud of this achievement.
In each studio there are two resident tattoo artists,
as well as myself and my mum
who also works there as a tattooist and piercer,
and then we have lots of guest artists who come
from all over Italy and Europe.
I've focused on my black and grey realism style
because I come from an academic background,
since I went to the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence,
and I wanted to carry through
my knowledge and learning from there into my tattooing.
And this has been my focus for the past six years.
There is no specific style that I'd like to try,
because in my first six years of work
I've practised all different styles of tattoos.
What I'd really like, would be to combine realism
with other styles, such as graphics,
or something of that kind, which I'm working on.
There are tattoo artists that inspire me,
but this happened mainly at the beginning
when I used to go to tattoo conventions,
and for me one of my first absolute idols was Robert Hernandez.
And after him there are so many, because nowadays
there really are plenty of competent, brilliant tattooists.
Someone who has significantly changed this world
could be for example Timur Lysenko,
he is someone I find really inspirational.
My advice to people who are starting in this world is to
work hard each and every day
and not to let social media influence you
or this world that is forever changing, but the main thing is
to keep working hard and you will definitely see the results.
I started tattooing thirteen years ago,
when I was still in high school,
and it sort of happened randomly,
because I've always been influenced by my mum's life and lifestyle.
She's an artist and a sculptress,
and one day she just said to me,
"Why don't you try tattooing?"
So I thought, why not, maybe I'll like it.
My biggest inspirations for my tattoos come
mainly from contemporary art.
Very often I go to events where
there will be works of art, and there, each time I leave
I always take something that has
really impressed me and that stays with me,
and I can use as inspiration in one of my projects.
If I wasn't a tattoo artist,
what I would really love is to be a part of the world of contemporary art,
so I would dedicate myself to that one hundred percent,
and then who knows, maybe one day it will happen.
With the piece I've done today, I wanted to represent
the themes of passion and love, and this is what we found with my client,
looking for what might be the most appropriate image.
And that is what we found thanks to this photo,
that comes from the film 'Gone With The Wind',
one of the most famous films of all time,
that represents these two things.
And I think this photo represents exactly this.
Thanks to everyone, this is Noa Yanni,
and I hope to see you soon.
See ya! Ciao!