247 Ink Magazine (December/January) 2016 Issue#12 | Page 34

did the show and know what to expect, would you do it again and what would you do different? I would totally go back and if I do had to do anything different I feel like the most nerve racking part of the whole process was waiting for the show to air. I was totally a bundle of nerves after I got eliminated in the time between filming and the show actually airing. I was like, “how are they going to portray me? What’s gonna happen?” So, I was totally anxious the whole time but I feel like I know now the procedure going on, I don’t think I would be as nervous and anxious basically. I’m gonna go in there, If I go back, I would do tattoos the same way I would back home, my style, I wouldn’t try something out of my comfort zone. I would approach it the same way, just less nervous. When did you realize you wanted to be a tattoo artist? When I was 18 and i was hanging out at the tattoo shop in my home town, I realized I’ve always been interested in art. I always drew, I grew up drawing, 32