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Annoncering
Tariq: Oh, hi.How’s it going?
Fine thanks, and you?Yeah, I’m good. So yeah, basically I came across the tattoo you got of Fred on your neck. Fred’s a friend of mine and –
Oh, is he?

Quite a few people seem to know him that I’m speaking to at the moment.He's a very sociable guy. I was just wondering if I could ask you a few questions about your tattoos. Could you tell me a little bit about yourself?
Well I’m 34, I’m half-French, half-Indian. I’m passionate about the arts and music theatre and I’ve got a huge collection of tattoos.

I’m 34, I think since I was 18.So quite a long time then. I saw on your Facebook page you that you're in the middle of getting a whole body suit.
Yeah.What is it about portraits that appeal to you?
Well it happened by accident in one sense, because initially I only wanted to get one portrait done.Sure.
And then I realised there were a lot of portraits I wanted done, and thought, 'Okay, if I’m going to have my whole body tattooed, I need to have a theme.' I didn’t want it to be a collection of random stuff. I thought, 'Let me go down the route of portraits!'

I just love his image. That was the first thing I said: he's very, very striking.
Annoncering
Yes, I am. And I was thinking of tattoos for my neck –The neck is quite a prominent position.
If I’m going to get a portrait on my neck, it needs to be of someone that is really iconic.Do you think Fred's iconic, then?
I wouldn’t say he’s iconic yet, because not many people know who he is.That's true. Do you think this will be the start of a new craze for people to get tattoos of Fred inked on to themselves?
Maybe. Maybe it will start a trend.

I’ve got Johnny Depp done. I’ve got Mark Ronson, I’ve got all the members of Franz Ferdinand.A lot of these guys, there seems to be a theme of them being quite sharply-dressed young men. Is that part of your general aesthetic?
Yeah.What other tattoos do you have lined up? Have you got any dream projects?
I’ve still got my whole back to do.Who would you really like to get on there?
I thought I’d keep the back sort of music related. So you’d have people like Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day, Alex Turner from Arctic Monkeys, you would have Theo from The Hurts..The Hives, did you say?
No, The Hurts.

Do you know what Fred said about it, exactly?He seems kind of shocked and flattered. I can’t remember the exact quote, but I'm pretty sure it was positive.
Is that the one that you put on Twitter?
Annoncering
Oh, you spoke to him, OK.Yeah, he seemed a bit… I think if someone gets you tattooed on their body, you’re going to be flattered, aren’t you? That's the vibe I was getting, though like I said, I can't remember his exact response.
Yeah, that’s fine.Okay, well, thanks again.
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