I visited LST a few times but joined up after watching the Dringenberg vid. I've been in the business 20 years...actually owned my own studio for 20 years. You see some changes in those years and it is kinda hard to stay positive and enjoy the industry when it has become so cheap and commercial. Everyone who picks up a tattoo machine robs some magic from the craft. I did 20 years ago! and so did the guys 20 years before me. The trouble is there is no real magic left in it. There is talent, yes; and there are all sorts of creative juices flowing. There is also an endless wave of people sucking the blood out of the craft and giving nothing back. But the magic is gone. Older guys and people who know tattooing
will know exactly what I mean by that.
There are days I hate tattooing and the industry and days i just love it.
