I've been drawing since the day I could hold a pencil. Nothing in the world seemed as satisfying as creating something on paper or whatever I could get my hands on. When I was a young man, my uncle was doing some tattooing, and I watched over and over and from time to time would beg him to tattoo me. After some time he finally gave in and from that moment on I was hooked. I thought, "What a great way to make money" and do it while doing somthing that I love! After high school, I found myself raising a family and working a job that I hated. When my children were older I noticed a tattoo shop right down the street from me. The shop was called TATT2000, I went in and absolutely bugged him until he apprenticed me and I never looked back and have been doing what I love ever since, and couldn't think of doing anything else. I am still dear friends with the man that gave me so many opportunities and always had my back, "Big Jeff" in Akron, Ohio.