Franco Vescovi on The Rick Thorne Show

Tattoo artist Franco Vescovi joins Rick Thorne to talk about his teenage days in San Gabriel, where his cousins grew up alongside the tattoo artist Freddy who inspired him, the fine-line style that shaped him, and opening his first studio, El Toro Ink House, in Orange County. He goes deep on coil versus rotary tattoo machines and the story behind Bishop Rotary, plus his Vatican Studios shops in Lake Forest, Laguna Beach and Hollywood.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

0:31 Meet Franco Vescovi

4:26 San Gabriel & Freddy's influence

10:40 Portraits & early influences

16:21 The cholo style & Boy Longo

20:08 His Italian side & the Vatican

25:43 Vatican Studios: Lake Forest to Hollywood

28:50 El Toro Ink House & the first Bishop

35:57 The rotary revolution

40:40 Coil vs. rotary

45:28 Ink, layering & technique

50:03 Hollywood Vatican

55:16 Outro & credits

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