SAMIRA DUNUWILLE
A BANKER LEFT HIS SENIOR POSITION TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL PRO TATTOO ARTIST
Batch 2018, Diploma Course in Tattoo Art
I was working in a bank for 11 years but i had no job satisfaction and I knew I needed to get out!
Samira Dunuwille, a banker from Sri Lanka has now becomes a pro-tattoo artist! As his passion for tattoos drove him towards the best tattoo artists, he chased sunny and got a tattoo from him. Just then, it was something about Sunny (the artist) that fascinated him so much that he wanted to be exactly like that. Well, that was just what it took for him to switch his career and become a full time tattoo artist. He was getting a tattoo done from Sunny and heard Sunny talk about a tattoo school. That piqued his interest, as he couldn't give up the chance to learn from such great artist and develop his skill for a long gone passion.
Whenever we talk about achievements and milestones in our lives, we always talk about completing our education from an esteemed college, a high-paying job, marriage and kids, etc. We rarely hear about doing something that makes us happy - following our passion.
Meet Samira __, a Sri Lankan banker who quit his lucrative bank job to become a full-time tattoo artist. Samira did his masters in finance and marketing to land the nine to five banking job. He always had a knack for doodling and making simple sketches. He would even make small doodles while he was working at the bank inhis free time.
Samira was also interested in tattoos. When he Saw the Aliens Tattoo founder- Sunny Bhanushali's tattoo portfolio online, he was thoroughly mesmerised. It was when his passion for art translated into the desire of getting inked, that Samira fell in love with the entire process.
The artist who made his tattoo was none other than Sunny whose art is well-recognised across the globe. When he met Sunny, he could not help but talk to him about his own passion towards art and how he truly loves art. He also visits museums and enjoys scrolling through other artists’ artwork to learn and entertain himself with art.
Sunny told him about the Aliens Tattoo Art School’s six months tattoo course that teaches novice artists the art of tattooing right from scratch. Watching Sunny create a phenomenal tattoo on him totally impressed Samira and he built up the courage to take up on Sunny’s offer of joining the art school seriously. But just like any human, he too had his doubts and reservations. How would he make the switch from a stable corporate job to becoming a full-time tattoo artist? He knew that the opportunity was huge, the tattoo industry is exploding and with time, more and more people have started accepting tattoos not just in their homes, but also in corporate offices.
The next biggest question in Samira’s mind was “What if I’m not able to learn art in the school if I am not able to cope with the challenging curriculum?” Sunny smiled and told him not to worry about the difficulty of the process since there would be multiple mentors including Sunny himself who would hand-hold him and all the students to help them learn better. After enrolling for the six months tattoo art course, Samira was both thrilled and relieved. Relieved because he saw many people who did not come from an art background doing exceptionally well under the guidance of mentors. And thrilled to learn seemingly intricate or complicated art concepts to be able to do them all by himself.
It was the fiery passion, that ignition in his soul that motivated Samira to be able to not just graduate from the six months tattoo course, but also earn a livelihood using his art as a profession. It was difficult for him too to convince himself first, and then his friends and family to quit a well-paying bank job. But he pushed through the self-doubt and society’s ‘what will people say?’ mentality to create a livelihood out of his passion.
Working in any job without a sense of purpose or interest leads to frustration and feeling dull in life. We all have one life and it is sad to see many people throw a vast majority of it (working on weekdays) over work that does not excite or interest them.
Today, Samira has created dozens of mind-blowing tattoos through his months of training and hard work. His art is cherished by his clients who sing praises for him. “That satisfaction of clients thanking you after you create a tattoo on their body is unmatched,” he says.
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