The work that Policheri had been doing as a freelance tattoo artist did have its own benefits, one of which was that Victor was forced to work without transfer machines, forcing him to draw all the work he did on to the flesh freehand.

As time passed, Victor made close friends amongst Seattle’s tattoo community and begin to get full time work. Seattle seemed to be a good match for Policheri, and he worked as something of a freelance tattoo artist, doing construction and odd jobs to fully round out his income. He travelled throughout America, briefly stopping in Olympia, Washington before moving on to Seattle. Armed with this new equipment, Victor didn’t go the traditional tattoo route of an apprenticeship, instead he slowly taught himself, eventually setting out on his trusty motorcycle for greener pastures in 1996. He took out a college loan and instead of buying books, paying for tuitions and that sort of thing, he bought tattoo equipment. Growing up in the wintery chill of Minnesota, Policheri decided at the age of 19 that tattooing was something that he wanted to pursue. Victor Policheri also seems to feel this way. Yet I do feel that travel and the experience of different and new cultures has an extraordinary ability to alter not just a person’s artistic inclinations, but also their personal outlook, behaviour, taste and a whole heaping mass of other characteristics related to life. I don’t think that any single person can say for certain where a tattoo artist gains the necessary motivations, inspirations and energy which ultimately come to earmark their work. Victor Policheri really can’t seem to stay in one place. After spending some time trying to pin point Victor’s current exact location in the world, I’d have to say that the MySpace claim is for the most part, correct. According to Victor Policheri’s MySpace page, he can’t seem to stay in one place.

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