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"I remember reading something in a tattoo magazine once, when I was just getting started, where they were asking these guys what makes a good quality tattoo, and they all said clean, even line work; flat, solid color; and smoothly blended shading. Well, I thought to myself, that's exactly the opposite of what I look for in good painting or drawing. I want to see all kinds of lines: broken, wiggly, bold, irregular lines that sing and dance and tell stories! Colors of all kinds should mix and vary with textures and shades that bring them to life. So, that's what I set out to do in my tattooing, and at first it happened by mistake - scratchy, broken line work and patchy, blotchy colors. Now, years later I have a lot more respect for what those tattooers were talking about, but I still try to bring all of those elements of painting and drawing together with the technical demands of good tattooing and try to create tattoos that are really alive under the skin."
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