Monmon Cats: Horitomo's passions

Once upon a time I found a lovely image of a tattoed cat which was tattoing his fellow.
It instantly became my avatar as it contained some of my passions all at once: love for cats, the fascination with Japanese art, my predilection for tattoos.

After a while I became curious and wanted to learn more, as the picture was really inspiring.
I discovered Horitomo and his style, his aim to combine his passions and create, thanks to his gifted hand, beautifully drawn old-style cats decorated with miniatures of classic japanese style tattoos.

The artist is also a master in Tebori, the traditional method of Japanese manual tattooing. This is appreciated by many because creates subtle gradations of shades, difficult to obtain with the machine.

And last but not least... (sorry, I could not resist):

Darik Dumpster)))))