Hello and welcome back for a long overdue post. Life has been a little more chaotic since the last one. Thank you to everyone that continues to support in anyway and your patience. I’m a one man show trying to keep it all together. If you’ve reached out and haven’t heard back or lack there of , its not intentional. Please reach out again. Stuff gets lost pretty quick. I have the memory span of Joe Biden now. Please ONLY EMAIL its the only way I stay somewhat organized. But Anywhoo …. In the past couple months I’ve gotten to do a lot of different and larger pieces I can’t wait to finish up. Keep the great ideas coming. If you’re interested in a machine I’ve pretty much have caught up on all machine builds. The last batch were for some really phenomenal tattooers. Some of these guys I’ve been a fan of  since I was an apprentice. Very humbling and makes me sweat. Thank you to everyone that bought a print or two as well they should be in next week and sent ASAP!

Also I wanted to touch on one observation ive made over the last few years . I’ve tattooed several apprentices and young tattooers. Out of all of them… Maybe two asked questions and truly seemed interested in something besides themselves. The rest talked about how good their tattoos were, busy they were, and while also shitting on there co-workers work? Fascinating. The last couple years I feel I’ve kept running into this sense of entitlement from the same cloth. 15 years into tattooing and I’ve never came across this before. I don’t want to blanket statement an entire generation because that wouldn’t be fair.  I truly think there shouldn’t be rules or boundaries of expressing yourself in tattooing. It should be A god damn free for all. That’s what has raised the bar and pushed this beautiful industry. But A sense of respect has truly felt lost. People seem disposable when they talk and promote low standards. Have I finally turned into the old man tattooer? Tattooing is definitely a young man’s game but it’s starting to feel different. It truly feels like children larping as tattooers is the only part being expressed and not the work. Originality is lost. Maybe there should be rules? Or maybe am I just getting old…..

HELLO AND WELCOME BACK TO ANOTHER UPDATE OF TATS AND GATS. BEFORE I LEAVE FOR VACA I WANTED DO ANOTHER POST. LIFE HAS BEEN CHAOTIC INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF WORK ALL FOR THE GOOD. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHOS KEPT ME BUSY WITH TATTOOS,MACHINES,AND MERCHANDISE. YOU RULE. IVE BEEN GETTING TO MAKE SO MACHINES FOR SOME REALLY GREAT TATTOOERS LATELY. IM TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. MY MACHINES ARE TUNED TO MY LIKING AND MAY NOT BE FOR YOU. IF YOURE EVER INTERESTED  AND HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE JUST REACH OUT. DONT BE RUDE.. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. ALSO IM COMING TO AN END ON SOME LARGER SCALE TATTOOS AND ITS ALWAYS A VERY BITTER SWEET ENDING WITH A CLIENT. ITS AN ETERNAL BOND AND A VERY GRUELING PROCESS WE BOTH GO THROUGH. ITS LIKE DOING A TOUR IN VIETNAM AND NOW WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO REALITY HAHA. FINISHING A LARGER PIECE IS SUCH A GREAT FEELING OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AND I ALWAYS WISH TO DO MORE. JUST BEING ABLE TO DO SOMEONES WHOLE FRONT OR BACK  IS  AN HONOR. I DONT EVEN WANT TO CHARGE THE PEOPLE THAT ALLOW ME TO THIS SHIT. BUT I HAVE TO YOU CHEAP BASTARDS! IM HOPING TO ANNOUNCE SOME COOL STUFF IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. KEEP EYES PEELED AND KEEP CHECKING IN…… IF ANYONE IS.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT PURCHASED A BOOK! YOU RULE. THE FIRST HALF OF THE BATCH WENT OUT YESTERDAY.  THE REST WILL BE OUT SOON. HERE ARE SOME NEW SHIRTS AND HATS. COMFORT COLORS WERE OUT OF XL AND 2XL IN MUSTARD/MOSS. SO ITS STOCKED JUST IN BLACK. ANY QUESTIONS LET ME KNOW AND THANKS FOR LOOKING !