Kris Busching

A Skin Art Exclusive Interview with Kris Busching.

- Philip Meraglia

I first met Kris Busching many years back when I was working the front desk at Technical Tattoo Supply. He would show me the work he had done, and even back then it was pretty amazing. Flash forward a few years and he has a massive social media following (@buschingtattoo) and a sponsorship from Fusion inks. His work speaks for itself and he has always struck me as a normal, down to earth kind of guy. I recently had a chance to sit down with him and chat a bit about what made him the artist he is today.

Philip Meraglia: Hey Kris, how are you? For our readers who may not know who you are, please tell us a little bit about yourself. For example where were you born and raised and what was that like?

Kris Busching: I’m good man. Let me get right into it. I am a photo realism tattoo artist based out of Long Island, New York. I’m 29 years old and I have been tattooing since I was 19. I was born and raised here in New York and as of now don't have any plans to leave. I love it here.

PM: Nice. So tell me…what got you into art in general and then into tattooing?

KB: When I was younger I was always into art; I was always drawing and realism was my thing for as long as I can remember. I got more advanced around high school and as a career, I really wanted to do something with hands on art, but there’s not a lot you can do with hands on art for a career these days unless it's digital….so I started being influenced by looking in tattoo magazines and hanging around in shops. I was also influenced by TV shows that were being shown around that time on the TLC network. They were the first tattoo shows on TV. I’m sure you remember….Miami Ink and LA Ink, long before the rest of these shows out now. Well anyway I realized that was something I could see myself doing for a living.