Journal

Thoughts on the Work

On custom tattoo design, large-scale composition, fine art, and 25 years of making permanent things.

Why Every Tattoo I Make Is Designed for a Bodysuit

How thinking about full-body composition — even for a single piece — leads to better tattoos at every scale. The discipline behind bodysuit thinking and why it matters even if you only ever get one tattoo.

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What Is Large-Scale Custom Illustrative Tattooing?

A breakdown of what actually sets custom illustrative tattooing apart — what custom means, what illustrative means, and why scale changes everything about how a piece needs to be designed.

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25 Years In: What I've Learned Tattooing in San Diego

From Tahiti Felix's in 2000 to founding Remington Tattoo in 2011 — what two and a half decades of tattooing actually looks like, what's changed, and what hasn't.

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The Relationship Between Fine Art and Tattoo Design

How a practice in oil painting, sculpture, and illustration — including shows at Modern Eden and La Luz de Jesus — directly shapes the way I approach tattoo design.

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