Marie Makowski

Marie Makowski actually graced the state of New Jersey before she moved to Philadelphia and California. She now resides in Hawaii.

- Dan Lorenzo

You will soon see Marie on the upcoming new season of Spike TV’s Ink Master Season 8. You might think a beautiful woman who looks great in a bikini can’t also be a talented tattoo artist, but you’d be wrong.

Dan Lorenzo: Yesterday, you told me you love the movie Ted, but you don’t like Family Guy. What is it that you don’t like about Family Guy?

Marie Makowski: (Laughs) I don’t know…I guess the humor in Ted is a little bit more relatable to me.

DL: What pisses you off most about the tat- too business?

MM: I think there is an over saturation of shitty tattooers in today’s industry. Artists who haven’t done apprenticeships, which some could argue aren’t 100% necessary... and think they can just skip over the fundamentals straight to super stardom. I believe many tattooers today are in this industry for the wrong reasons. There is a lack of integrity which, with any luck over time, will reinstate itself due to the explosion in the numbers of tattoo artists. Subsequently, I hope there comes a realization that there is more to tattooing than a high Instagram following and the ability to print out pictures from the Internet and trace them.

DL: You recently told me that people who curse are more sincere. Do you really believe that or is it just a good excuse?

MM: I totally fucking believe that (Laughs). I believe it adds passion to whatever it is one may be talking about.

DL: What do you miss about living in New Jersey?