Dymon
Jimenez.
Artist. Maker. The signature behind the archive. This page answers one question: why is Dymon Jimenez Dymon Jimenez?
See the work first- 25+ years in the craft
- 04 visual languages
- NJ Guttenberg · near NYC
Origin · 01
He traded a skateboard
for a tattoo machine.
That exchange changed the direction of his life. In his own words: “My beginnings in this beautiful art were the result of a trade I made with an acquaintance. I gave him my skateboard, and he gave me his tattoo machine in return. I traded skating for tattooing.”
There were no tutorials waiting for him. “That was the start of everything, and I learned the craft empirically because, back when I began, we didn't have the resources and knowledge available today.” Drawing, tattooing, observing, and doing it again: an education measured in skin, not certificates.
“Don't copy. Create. The best tattoo is the one that means something to you.”
The record · 02
A record,
not a résumé.
Convention results as published in the artist's professional archive; the New York 2022 result is corroborated by independent press.
- The tradeSkateboard for machine
An acquaintance takes the skateboard; Dymon Jimenez keeps the machine. The craft is learned empirically, the old way, style by style.
- First filed podium
INKARNAVAL, Barranquilla: Best Tattoo in New Traditional. The convention years in Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico begin.
- Three countries, one year
Podiums in Old School and Oriental in Barranquilla and Quito, plus Best Traditional Tattoo at the 7th Tattoo Expo in Pachuca, Mexico.
- Colombia closes a chapter
1st Place, Out-of-Convention at ExpoTattoo Colombia in Neiva, and a podium in Oriental in Ibagué, before the move north.
- New York confirms it
1st Place, Best Traditional, at the NY Empire State Tattoo Expo, plus 3rd Place, Best Color, at Inked Out New Jersey. The New York result is independently documented.
- TodayGuttenberg, New Jersey
Four visual languages practiced daily at Dymon Tattoo Studio, minutes from Manhattan, with each piece built for the person who wears it.
Philosophy · 03
What the craft
demands.
- Old-school discipline.
- Constant study.
- No copying.
- Create the piece.
Four languages.
One signature.
Versatility with a spine: every language answers to the same hand and the same standard.
Tell him
your story.
The best tattoo is the one that means something to you. Bring the meaning; the composition follows.