Hey there. I don’t really talk about myself often but I guess it’s good to put a face to the tats.
My name is Vincent Aguilar, usually people call me Vince or Vinny (no preference). Illinois born, I’ve been in Champaign since 2016. Started apprenticing at
@newlifetattoos under
@tattootilt in Summer 2017 and I’ve been tattooing/piercing full time since July 2019. We put out two books together under
@nltpublishing : a Roy Boy book and the Dana Brunson family collection. 34 years old, queer/nonbinary, proud of my Mexican heritage thru my dad who was born and raised in San Luis Potosí. Currently engaged to the love of my life with a happy home, 3 cats, a little old corgi dog.
Not very many people could accuse me of being nice, but I’m way friendlier and kinder than I look. I have a lot of opinions, not all are very serious or strong. I just think we should be cool to each other and mind our own fucking business more than we do. I’ve been told I come off as intense. It’s the thick eyebrows and just me being an introvert, I’ll happily chat with anyone and am goofy as fuck. When it comes to tattooing I’m very direct and ask a lot of questions for your benefit - I want to make sure you get what you want!
My favorite tattoos are the ones you let me do. I enjoy western traditional, illustrative, fine line kinda stuff, black and grey or color - I’m down with most things as long as it’s not realism. Just ask and I’m happy to try and figure it out. You can see examples of my minimal/linework tattoos at
@walkintattoosdaily .
Before tattooing I mostly played in a bunch of bands and booked shows all the time, currently I do vocals and bleed in
@powerofdusk and guitar in
@macroplastics_il .
SHIT I LOVE IN NO ORDER: My fiancée/pets, DIY punk, ugly music, dreamy music, pro wrestling, F1, video games (RPGs primarily, Japanese and western), Studio Ghibli, D&D, Final Fantasy, Nintendo, painting tattoo flash, Discworld, medieval fantasy, waterfalls and shit, traveling (internationally primarily), my family, horror movies, the fall season, and my free time.
DM for appointments or just to chat about tattoos! I take walk-ins all the time as well!
