In Part 1, Ivo Angelov laid out what a cover-up can and can't do. This time we asked about the part nobody sees: what actually happens when someone sits down in his chair at Cherno Ink with an old tattoo and a picture on their phone. Every answer below is what he tells clients in the consultation. We just wrote it down.
Ivo Angelov is a black and grey realism tattoo artist at Cherno Ink in Huntsville, Alabama. Cover-ups are a huge part of what walks through his door — old names, faded tribal, pieces from artists who quit the trade. We sat down and asked him everything people ask in his consultations. He didn't sugarcoat any of it.
