So, we all have new year's resolutions, and we all have ones that may stick and may not. I think the pressure of saying this or that needs to change and today is the day it starts creates a tension that doesn't need to be there. Now maybe routines need to be adjusted or perhaps something drastic must be done but creating a process and environment that can be maintained and grown is more important. Now I don't know what anyone needs to alter or what goal is on the docket. I w

I'm getting back into writing these blogs after not doing it for so long and it's hard to really decide what to write about. Should it be strictly tattooing or life or a blend of both? I guess today I was thinking about being persistent and difference between motivation and discipline. We always hear get motivated and find a reason to do whatever it is you need to do or want to do. Now that isn't terrible advice because sometimes, we need an outside source or an energy that p

Having been in this industry for many years now it is easy to become jaded. It is easy to place the blame and lack of motivation on a world around you. Art has always been a part of me and many other tattooists would say the same whether its making music, sculpting, painting there is drive that makes you feel better accomplishing a task. Now there are times in which that candlelight flickers brighter than others. Some days some months even some years may see spikes in what yo

Its crazy how different the world is today. When I was a teenager you couldn't even send a photo to someone on your phone let alone...

We all have a process for anything we do in life. Each persons route is vastly different and I think that's what makes us unique. Art is...

Staring from nothing more than a seed can be daunting. To till the soil and pray for rain is an adjustment. Skill is something that is...

It is fickle thing to place confidence into someone. Tattooing is full circle of math, creativity, explanation and of course trust. To...

I fell in Love with tattooing at a young age. I always wanted to be around it and understand it and be covered in them. My artistic...

To be a ronin is to be willing an able to except the fact you are different that you are shunned and on the outskirts of the normality....