Yes, I do ‘genital’ tattoos, no emotions attached: says self-taught artist

Starting off as a hawker, Eliamin Ali became an artist who works behind the scenes and has inked tattoos for celebrities like Diamond and Khaligraph Jones. More youth have embraced the trend. He shares his successes with The Nairobian.

You have made art your business, how have you perfected it?
Arts was my passion since childhood. Before I settled on tattooing, I started by drawing and customising T-shirts. I used to draw images on paper and later, I moved to canvas. At the same time, I perfected working on customised t-shirts since 2009.