BRIANxDAMAGED

I don't really use this thing as a journal, but I noticed the last one I posted was about being out of work. That's at least a year out of date. I wasn't out of work long before I got a great place in another local shop. I won't even go into my hours or percentage, cause it'll just piss you off. The last shop I was in begged me to come back (yelling "please" in the middle of the meat dept at walmart). I'm not sure how this is happening. I make no claims to be a great tattooer. I don't even consider myself a great artist. I am, however, the only artist in the area with any training whatsoever. I just wish I could work with someone who challen

once again my tattoo career takes a dive. the new shop i was so excited to work in has closed after just 6 weeks. the landlord had a stake in the shop, and all he did was steal all the money and expect us to handle everything. we had no sign, no business cards, and no damned liscense! so, we quit. another shop just opened up the road, so hopefully i'll get a spot there soon.

Finally, after a mess of a "career" in tattooing, I'm working in a shop I'm proud of. The only full custom tattoo shop in Grayson co, TX. I started to tattoo "punk rock style" back in '90, then quit when i had a kid i needed to support and opted for the USAF instead. not a bad thing altogether, but not the best for an artistic mind. 10 years later, I'm out and have no free flowing artistic juices. I met some new friends of the punk rock persuasion, they're into comic book art, it clicks again! I rip off their styles and the style of half the dark horse artists at the time (poorly, but still). A couple years of that, and I'm back in the swi