Henri Riton

A former student of Fine Arts, Riton the first set foot in the illustration by advertising. Realizing also paint on canvas and decorations and murals in aérographie to bars and nightclubs in particular, it is far from thinking about making the tattoo his job. It is the encounter with a tattoo, Tarzan of Nantes, which will trigger the vocation: Riton starts the tattoo in 1998, and discovered a passion for drawing flashes in large format. First installed in the shop, he then took the route via Spain (Cathy Mao y) to stay three years, then Switzerland (Philippe Geny Geneva), Quebec (Montreal Stewart), Italy ( Tom) ... It rests its machines some time in Biarritz, in "The House of Tattoos," to return to its roots tatouesques at Nantes, where he currently works. Riton exercise biomechanics style for several years: "It is a style that suits me well. The practice helped me a lot to lend my personal label, it is also what I am interested in the tattoo: the difference. Having said that, I did not make my hobbyhorse, I am open to all proposals from the moment that I found myself. All styles, I am interested in absolute terms, overcoming difficulties is more rewarding than stagnate on a single style. The tattoo is a technique to assimilate: personally, which is drawing me most in the action. Riton "claims" of the old school: "I do not claim to change anything. I'ma student of the old school tattoo passion: if I lose one day, I will return to my brushes and my pencils! "Finally, it presents itself primarily as an" illustrator tattoo ":" The illustration in clothing and flash, for example, are occupations that flatter my ego as an artist illustrator, but I can also go forward and that change my vision of tattooing: I bump largest with the benefit of hindsight, works more fluid ... What interests me is the visual impact ... the body is a fantastic support to speak if you have something to tell in pictures