Dean Fleishman: Japanese Tattoos and Battling Imposter Syndrome

Тату-мастер Дин Флейшман в чёрной кепке с надписью DEAD BERSERK и перчатках сосредоточенно работает с клиентом, держа в руке тату-машину с синим корпусом

Dean Fleishman: How Japanese Tattoos Help Overcome Imposter Syndrome

A woman in a black top in profile shows a full-sleeve color tattoo in Japanese style: a dragon with scales, red paws, and clouds

In the tattoo industry, where new names and styles emerge daily, discussions about doubts and insecurities sound particularly sobering. It is precisely about this – about imposter syndrome, which doesn’t let go even after ten years of practice – that Dean Fleishman, a tattoo artist and visual artist from the University Heights neighborhood in San Diego, California, talks about. His specialization is large-scale works in the Japanese style, and it is this choice that he calls not just aesthetic, but almost therapeutic.

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