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Ron Earhart
Biomech Warrior
Interview by Crash

Ron Earhart specializes in what is known as Biomechanical or Biomech imagery. Biomech can be traced back to Swiss artist H.R. Giger and his revolutionary work made famous by the award-winning designs he did for the film "Alien" in 1978-79. Though the style started there, (arguably; there are hints of its origin in other people's work prior to Giger but he certainly laid down the framework for Biomech as we know it today), it has gone through endless mutations to finally end up as one of the most innovative forms of tattoo imagery ever. Most of this is directly due to the work of two artists in particular - Guy Aitchison and Aaron Cain, each of whom started tattooing in the late 1980's. Their work is extensively documented and these statements can be easily affirmed. Since that time many artists have attempted to render the "Mech" ... and, regrettably, ill-experienced artists working beyond their means have poorly done most of it. All of that is simply a lead-in to introduce Ron's work. Ron is continuing to expand the Biomech legacy, taking up where others have left off, he is maybe the only person out there in the tattoo world still doing GOOD Biomech on a daily basis.

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