Hermosa Beach tattoo artist helps memorialize the lost
Gabe Gonzalez tattoos a portrait on a client’s leg. The tattoo took more than three hours to do. “[Getting a tattoo] feels a bit like running a finger on a hot sunburn,” said Gonzalez. “But I don’t feel anything, just the joy of tattooing.” Gabe Gonzalez estimates that he’s done over 5,000 tattoos. “It’s a pleasure and I’m a nervous wreck at the same time,” Gonzalez said about how it feels to tattoo somebody. “I enjoy doing it but I’m nervous because I know it has to be right the first time.” Gonzalez, 24, has been tattooing professionally for over seven years. He’s worked at Hermosa Ink on at 803 Hermosa Ave for a little over a year and a half. “Tattoos are a classic ‘don’t judge a book by its cover,’” said Gonzalez. “Tattoos are about the person, not about what people think,” tattoo client Drew Prizler, 28, said. “It’s about what you want and why you want it and everybody has their own reason.” For his friend and client Cody Freckelton, 23, tattoos help tell a story about who you are. “I just like art and I like how with tattoos you can collect art on your body,” said Freckelton. “But really, they only represent a small aspect of your life.” To become a tattoo artist, Gonzalez…
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