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things but I like it to look like a tattoo as well . I ’ m kinda all over the board I learned pretty early in my career to do everything so I don ’ t really have one specific genre that I float in , I do everything .
And now it ’ s you and Thom Bulman on Ink Master together . I ’ ll stay basic because I know you can ’ t get too into it . Thom called me up one day and we had worked together for about 3 years before I left and opened my shop , and he said “ What are you doing ?” I said I was getting read to start a tattoo and he said “ I ’ ll make it quick , Ink Master called and asked if I wanted to be on this season and it ’ s called Shop Wars , and I need a partner and you do everything and you ’ re a good artist so you wanna be on my team ? I said “ Umm , yes , but let me talk it over with my wife , which is the same answer I gave you when you asked me to do a convention with you guys two weeks ago . ( laughs ) I told him I loved the idea and said I would talk it over with my wife to make sure we could afford it ..

things but I like it to look like a tattoo as well . I ’ m kinda all over the board I learned pretty early in my career to do everything so I don ’ t really have one specific genre that I float in , I do everything .

And now it ’ s you and Thom Bulman on Ink Master together . I ’ ll stay basic because I know you can ’ t get too into it . Thom called me up one day and we had worked together for about 3 years before I left and opened my shop , and he said “ What are you doing ?” I said I was getting read to start a tattoo and he said “ I ’ ll make it quick , Ink Master called and asked if I wanted to be on this season and it ’ s called Shop Wars , and I need a partner and you do everything and you ’ re a good artist so you wanna be on my team ? I said “ Umm , yes , but let me talk it over with my wife , which is the same answer I gave you when you asked me to do a convention with you guys two weeks ago . ( laughs ) I told him I loved the idea and said I would talk it over with my wife to make sure we could afford it ..

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