«One day they showed me that with a pencil and paper you could do wonderful things, that’s when I knew what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.»

My name is Franklin Jaimes, but I’m known as FAK. I was born in 1987 north of the Andes Mountains, facing the Caribbean Sea. I grew up in a family of artists and traveled throughout South America. From a very young age, I fell in love with painting, and I studied architecture, photography, art, and illustration.

I collaborate with my clients to create designs that fuse images from various graphic styles, expressing a part of who we are and what motivates us, whether on skin or digitally.

Since 2010, when I began tattooing, I’ve experimented with a variety of machines, needles, pigments, and products from manufacturers in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. From homemade machines and artisanal pigments to top-of-the-line professional machines and state-of-the-art inks safe for all skin types.

After exploring tattoo culture and its different techniques and styles in Venezuela, I moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where I had the opportunity to work and learn from many tattoo artists, designers, and photographers. Now I’m in Barcelona, ​​Spain, to continue learning, make good friends, and get many more tattoos.

Most of my work has been self-initiated, focused on translating ideas into images, whether starting from references of other tattoos, digital art, or traditional art. I enjoy combining graphic styles such as lines, photorealism, watercolor, geometric figures, abstract art, and classical works of art in custom designs that tell a story, tailored to each client’s taste and body.

I really enjoy connecting with people, so through dialogue with clients, I find inspiration to approach any theme. This allows me to offer graphic proposals that reflect a combination of the artist’s and the collector’s perspectives, resulting in unique, custom-made pieces.