was. I’m like, man I
didn’t come for this.
I came to tattoo with
other tattooers to do
what we do. Show
casing or competing
or whatever. That’s
why I stopped. I got
invited out here from
Yosh from Ink Gallery
to do a show. That’s
where I met Fame
and Millz. And I’m like,
I was missing stuff.
The first time my wife
ever came with me on
a trip to a convention,
she was carrying my
bags, and I was like,
this is freakin cool.
You are carrying everything for me and she was like I got you and I was like, I don’t have this
and I don’t have that, Fame and Millz were like, we got you. We are sharing
the table. So they were like whatever you need I got you. So that’s outside
of the industry now because, you know how they are, and by me becoming
friends with them, now it’s like family. They’ve been to California like 3 times,
I’ve been here 2 times. I won’t send my guys places where they are going
to get infected by the standard. You have to do this and that and then you
pay your guest spot . When people guest spot with me, it’s like me inviting
you to my house. Do I charge you for food? Do I charge you to stay? NO. If
you’re coming to guest spot and your coming out because it’s slow in your
area, I want you to take home what you make. The thing about Polynesian
tattooing is there’s an Ohana feeling. A family feeling. You start creating your
family. You know how they say family is not just blood? It’s those that you
choose. So I choose certain people and they choose me and so now we are
like “What’s up, when are you coming” and they are like “I’m on a flight already” They flew into Vegas and said, yo Julio, I’m on the way. And I’m like
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