I love tattoos, and though I don’t have any, I will sometime in the near future. I loved learning about the origins of the art-form from Rich, as well as how it shaped his life.
I loved that Rich’s first tattoo was a Where The Wild Things Are tattoo because that book/movie was a core memory of my childhood. The woman who gave him the tattoo, who eventually became his boss, referenced the style in the book by using a single needle tattoo gun. It took much more time and allowed for much more detail than guns with 5+ needles. Before the zoom call with Rich I never even considered the factor of number of needles. I didn’t know that was a way to vary the line heaviness.
His stories were great and getting to learn more about tattoos, an interest of mine, from a tattooer and tattooee was super cool for me. I’m definitely getting a tattoo.
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