Wielding a cumbersome tattoo gun with his small hands swamped in surgical gloves, nine-year-old Napat Mitmakorn expertly inks the pattern of a fanged serpent on a man's upper thigh, as he makes his public debut at the Thailand Tattoo Expo in Bangkok.
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00:00I started with my phone off and I watched until I was in the shower and I was still watching.
00:29My eyes were swollen and I couldn't see.
00:33I didn't know what to do,
00:36so I saw my dad doing push-ups,
00:39so I asked him to teach me.
00:48He's only 9 years old.
00:51Wow, can you do this?
00:59No, because I've seen him do push-ups before.
01:03He's done a lot of push-ups,
01:06so I trust him.
01:29I feel really built.
01:42Yeah, the tattoo industry is more vibrant here.
01:46The clients are more accepting for doing bigger, crazier stuff,
01:51and the skin's nicer.
01:54Because of the diet,
01:56there's more moisture in the Asian diet.
02:00You don't eat a lot of bread and potatoes,
02:03so the skin's, yeah, more noodles.
02:06The skin's way better.
02:26I do push-ups once or twice a day.
02:29It's like practicing before going to bed.
02:32It doesn't force me to do it.
02:35It's not just push-ups.
02:38There's also drawing practice.