I BEGAN MY TATTOO CAREER ON NOVEMBER 25TH OF 2008 UNDER TATTOOER JASON "DANGER" BUCKHOLTZ. HE OFFERED ME THE CHANCE TO BE HIS APPRENTICE. AFTER MULLING IT OVER FOR THE WEEKEND AND PUTTING MY GOALS TO HEAD TO USC FOR FILM SCHOOL ON HOLD WE DOVE IN, I SPENT MOST OF MY TWO YEARS AT INK CITY, ABSORBING AND LEARNING EVERYTHING I COULD ABOUT TATTOOING AND THE INDUSTRY.  DURING MY STAY AT ICT I WORKED WITH ANDRE ORTEGO WHOM IMMEDIATELY BECAME A BROTHER TO ME AND GREATLY INFLUENCED MY DRIVE AND SET ME ON A FAST TRACK TO SUCCESS, THROUGH ANDRE, I MET GORDON McCLOUD, FOR WHOM I NOW WORK, GORDON TAUGHT ME ALL ABOUT CURSIVE AND THE MYSTICAL, BLACK MAGIC WORLD OF TATTOO LETTERING WHILE I ASSISTED HIM WITH HIS BOOK "KNOCKOUT LETTERING FOR THE BLACK-BELT TATTOOER," AFTER THE BOOK WAS COMPLETED I CONTINUED TO LEARN ALL KINDS OF THE TRADITIONAL TATTOOING ARTS WITH GORDON, THANKS TO THESE THREE PEOPLE I HAVE LEARNED TO LOVE AND HATE THIS JOB AND PLAN TO DO IT IN SOME FORM UNTIL THE TIME THAT I DIE. I LEFT JASON AND INK CITY DECEMBER 1ST OF 2010 & SPENT MY REMAINING TIME IN THE STATES AT BULLDOG TATTOO PARLOR, UNDER MY DEAR FRIENDS WRATH AND ANDRE. I HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED BY THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A TATTOOER, AND HAVE, ALONG THIS RIDE OF A CAREER, AQUIRED SOME OF THE GREATEST LIFELONG FRIENDS I COULD EVER ASK FOR.  I NEVER KNEW THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WITH THE SAME IDEALS, WORK ETHIC, POSITIVE OUTLOOK AND FUCKING ART PSYCHOSIS UNTIL I WAS JUMPED INTO THE CLUB, FOR THIS I AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL, YOU'VE MADE ME PART OF SOMETHING HERCULEAN & EVERYDAY I STRIVE TO BETTER MYSELF SO THAT I MAY BE MORE LIKE MY INSPIRATORS.  FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY HEART, THANK YOU: MOM AND DAD, ANDRE, GORDON, JASON, JAYME, NATE, JOSH, TRAVIS, TODD, AARON, JUSTIN AND MIKO AND ANYONE AND EVERYONE WHO HAS CHOSEN TO SUPPORT MY ENDEAVOR, OR TEACH ME IN ANYWAY. THE DEBT I OWE YOU IS MORE THAN I WILL EVER HAVE THE ABILITY TO REPAY OR EXPRESS.

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