MattCrunk

For the past few years my biggest pet peeve is bargain hunters who's only concern is price, not quality. It's pretty sad that so many people today choose a tattoo shop based on the shop minimum without ever even cracking open a portfolio . . . a direct result of the over-saturation of tattoo shops in recent years, many of which are staffed by artists (and I use the term loosely) who shouldn't even be allowed in the business.

A 50's Harmony is such a cool guitar, you should try to work a simplified version of the full instrument into your design. Below is a neo-traditional tattoo I did a couple years ago with a dreadnought style acoustic.

From what I've seen and read here so far, I'm probably not exactly a typical member of this forum. Fact is, I've probably been tattooing for longer than some of you have been alive (17 years). I've participated in a few other tattoo forums from time to time, but just came across this one and thought I'd give it a try, as it and the shop it's connected with looks pretty interesting. My personal specialty is realism and black and gray portraits, but I love all classic styles of tattooing, especially Asian and Traditional "old school".
Having a few years under my belt, there isn't much I haven't seen or dealt with, so feel free to throw any questions my way. I'll do what I can to answer them.
Below is a small sampling of my work.

For the past few years my biggest pet peeve is bargain hunters who's only concern is price, not quality. It's pretty sad that so many people today choose a tattoo shop based on the shop minimum without ever even cracking open a portfolio . . . a direct result of the over-saturation of tattoo shops in recent years, many of which are staffed by artists (and I use the term loosely) who shouldn't even be allowed in the business.

From what I've seen and read here so far, I'm probably not exactly a typical member of this forum. Fact is, I've probably been tattooing for longer than some of you have been alive (17 years). I've participated in a few other tattoo forums from time to time, but just came across this one and thought I'd give it a try, as it and the shop it's connected with looks pretty interesting. My personal specialty is realism and black and gray portraits, but I love all classic styles of tattooing, especially Asian and Traditional "old school".
Having a few years under my belt, there isn't much I haven't seen or dealt with, so feel free to throw any questions my way. I'll do what I can to answer them.
Below is a small sampling of my work.