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Leader of Schiffmacher’s Legacy
In this 6 part series, tattoo legend Henk Schiffmacher takes us on a cultural journey through out his tattoo career at the moment he shifts his knowledge and expertise to his daughters. — Villain Studios
about the leader

For the leader of the series about Dutch tattoo legend Henk Schiffmacher, his wife Louise, and daughters Morrison and Texas, we used photos from the rich family archive. Showing the young Henk, as well as the Henk today and his family. Reflecting his extraordinary life and his legacy.

As an extra visual element, we added a sailor tattoo design by Henk, which symbolizes Faith, Hope, and Love. It can be found on the door of his tattoo shop and in other places in his shop. For the typography and title, we used a typeface designed by Donald Beekman that was based on the golden letters that can be found at the Vondelpark entrance. It’s a reference to Amsterdam, but it also has that tattoo-lettering character. The song is from Johnny Cash, one of Henk's heroes.

The leader became a personal portrait, that fits the series that shows the personalities and love of this amazing family.

Faith, hope, love
The tattoo design by Henk, that can be found on many places in his shop and contains all the elements of a sailor tattoo: Faith, Hope, Love, and Friendship. We used this design in leader.
Front of the shop
Delfst Blue (Delftware) plate on the wall of the shop
first sketches
First we visited Henk’s tattoo shop. Then, we started with sketching stills. After that we did some first animated versions.
first animatics
First test, using music of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Henk tattooed Anthony Kiedis
Couple of version later, we still used only blue here as reference to Henks fascination for Delfst Blue (Delftware)