It has become the icon of the coronavirus pandemic during the state of alarm and with its image T-shirts, cups, badges, graffiti and even knitted dolls have been made but now Fernando Simón has become a tattoo thanks to a study from Valencia .

The face of the director of the Coordination Center for Health Alerts and Emergencies is going to rub shoulders with artists such as Sylvester Stallone, Clint Eastwood, Al Pacino and Sigourney Weaver in the body of Raúl, a 25-year-old man who has found no "more original" way " to capture an event as historic as the COVID-19 pandemic.

While the artist Nacho Frías, from the international studio Noble Art, reproduces on his left thigh the face of Simón with the phrase fucking master on it and with the technique realism in gray , he explains to Efe that the idea came up while he was tattooing another image in these days of the state of alarm.

"We were talking about the pandemic and we said it would be interesting to get it tattooed and Nacho made me a design that I liked," says the young man, who got his first tattoo at the age of 14 and who now has his arm full of images of Stallone in Rocky and Weaver in Alien, among others, in addition to other tattoos on the legs.

"Original and rare"

The work, a face of about 20 centimeters - a size and design that usually costs about 800 euros - has started around 10 in the morning and, with a lunch break, they hope to have it finished around eight in the afternoon , although according to Raúl He has been subjected to ten hours in other tattoos: "It depends on how inspired Nacho is , " he laughs.

Frías, who has been tattooing for five years, is a specialist in portraits and says that what he usually draws most are the faces of actors and actresses and soccer players. In fact, the most recent has been the face of former Valencia footballer Pablo Aimar and the current midfielder from the Valencian club Geoffrey Kondogbia.

The artist, who has even traveled to the United States to make a tattoo for a player in the National Football League (NFL), is delighted with that tattoo, without a doubt, "the most original and strangest thing" he has ever done.

Frías explains that what he likes most is "making portraits" with the technique of realism in gray, and stresses that he has also made the face of actor Will Smith and has tattooed a tiger on the entire arm of Levante footballer Alex Blesa.

After investigating a lot, artist and client assure that this tattoo is the first in Spain with the face of Simón , reason why Raúl comments that he would like the scientist to know about this "feat".

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