Sergio Lindop

howdy.....that throat is beautiful.

Salutations forum members and lurkers alike.
My name is Sergio Lindop, and I am a professional tattooer. I currently tattoo in Newnan, GA at Third Eye Tattoo, birthplace of Tattoo Artist Magazine. I've been making tattoos for 12 years, and still get excited about going to work every day. I love my job and enjoy working with collectors to help them achieve their tattoo goals.
I believe that serving an apprenticeship is of paramount importance in the career of a tattooer. It not only develops skills and good safety habits, but it also builds character and teaches humility and respect. I'm not a "tattoo artist", I am a tattooer...I believe that tattooing is a craft and not an industry. I have a great deal of reverence and respect for the forefathers of tattooing, and for the roads they paved for us to tread.
I really couldn't say how I happened upon this forum, but I hope that I can make a few new friends, share a few laughs and stories, and maybe down the road be able to contribute to the growth of this forum.
So, hello all!

That's because your old mate makes his opinions based on the internet and tv shows, not the real world.
He obviously has never seen Oliver take walk-ins all day and totally nail every single tattoo drawing, regardless of style in less than 15 minutes. Then execute every tattoo, regardless of style, cleanly, quickly and accurately without rock star attitude.
Just to make this clear, Oliver manages to give walk-in customers what they want and make a great tattoo that he can be happy with and other tattooers will appreciate. Think about that for a minute... walk-in customers who don't give a shit who he is... and just want a tattoo they can like.... great tattoos... It's a rare talent among tattooers and even more rare among 'artists' who make tattoos.
Making great tattoos, making customers happy and having a great time while being so fucking cool to everyone else in the room and helping tattooers less experienced than him, yeah, fuck that guy. I'd hate for the guy who does my awesome tattoo to have a toothpick, like ewwww, gross, totally not cool.