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  1. Dean Schubert
    Once people quit tattooing, or in rock n roll die, they become more desirable due to the "unobtainable factor" Never got tattooed by Dan Higgs either but lived and worked close to him and met him on more than one occasion. So I guess I didn't want one that bad. And back then Higgs was an anomaly rather than an unobtainable ghost leading a pack of confused newbies looking for a place in tattooing. No offense to anyone on that. we all start somewhere knowing nearly nothing.
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    great story .
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    I'm dealing with this issue right down the street from me. I live in an area that has a vibrant underground economy which allows for so called artists and non-artists to open tattoo shops that don't have to support the artist or owners. So we end up with a good amount of half-ass tattoos going down. I have a woman down the street who took Fakirs piercing course and now has the largest shop in the county. However, after a nationwide craigslist search she was unable to find any artists. She has only been able to fill one chair with a local creeper artist. In our case it will probably fall. However I'm not into it when established artists team up with monied entities to open clothing store/bar/tattoo shop etc. in tourist locations. How lame! Corporate and Gangster organizations have the money and inertia to make things happen and they will continue to use tattooing as long as it remains mainstream. There will always be room though for artist owned and operated shop. And, this is nothing new to the profession. Look at history. Tattooers have operated in all kinds of environments since our current mode of business began in the middle 1800's. Currently tattooing in a town of 14,000 with five shops! I was the only shop for at least eight years. I guess the rest of the world will catch up with you even if you are in the middle of nowhere.
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    Nice to meet you Nico . I'll be at the SFO for saturday only . Hope to run into you. Take care. Dean

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    killer work!

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    what up nico, where you at?

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    Go to the source. Pat Martynuik's son and grandson run Body Graphics in Reno. Ask for PM's son Guy or grandson Jessie.
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    No doubt Lochlan its all about preserving now rather than destroying it. We go to early funerals for those who can't figure that one out. But hey maybe I'll get hit on my way home today.
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    I've had great success with yoga as well. I've taken classes in several styles over the years. If you check out different instructors, you can kind of tell who is more or less on the spiritual trip. The last few years I've done less yoga and more weight training, and mountain hiking combined with a focused diet. I think diet is number one, then your choice of activity. I've logged a lot of hours running and have done a half-marathon. I find running a bit hard on the body but the cardio rush is awesome. I hope to more fully commit to yoga in the future because I find it to be( and excuse the new-age lingo) , holistic. It works the body from every angle. It also activates hormonal activity which can lead to the whole euphoric/spiritual. feeling. Compassion in my estimation is not exclusive to religion or the idea of"god". And if you practice yoga you will realize your own weakness, thus allowing for more "compassion" when dealing with others. And it will create more self critique in your own life. wow that sounds sappy! But hey , when I was a fat and hating tattooer, I made lesser tattoos and I made less money. Good food in the right proportions, daily exercise, and good family life makes me an all around better tattooer with virtually no physical pain ever! And I can't stand touchy feely yoga classes. to me its science not emotion. Emotional imbalance is directly related to nutrition and exercise. And of course dealing with a world of morons. But hey we are all beacons and we will draw in others like ourselves based on our own activity. I think I'm gonna puke now.
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    sorry can't get that photo up . stupid computers or probably stupid me!
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    Got tattooed there by Eddie in fall/winter of 96,97. Eddie was a big inspiration. I found out about him when I was still living in the midwest, just a wannabe tattooer. I know Eddie made it out and was makin it in CA. which is what I wanted as well. I saw his work on some kids that were getting work from Guy and I was blown away. Plus Eddie was tattooing Guy . At that time Guy ruled the midwest for the under 30 crowd, so I knew Eddie had it going on! I got this piece from him in roughly 4 two hour sessions. I was low on cash at the time so I had to do a little at a time. Juan did the clouds above at spotlight in04. That was a great shop. It was a rockstar shop and it went out like a rockstar, peaking early and dying young.
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    good food good art good times! see ya at the sfo fo sho
  13. Dean Schubert
    I forgot to mention I've been tattooed by Mr. Mike Godfrey and Horishow as well. The Boy was the son of someone who was guesting at the shop I was working at. My fave # is 11 and he was 11 so I had him tattoo an 11 on Me. My wife tattooed the #31 on me for my 31st birthday. That was her first and last tattoo done 12 years ago! I also liked all the spousal tatts showing up on the lists.
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    two guys from wisconsin whose names I can't remember Gumby Bill Salmon Junii Salmon Henry Goldfield Jack Rudy Louis from Reno Mono from Holland An 11 year old kid My wife Eddie Duetsch Jeff Whitehead Jason Voisine Max Kilbourne Filip Leu Mick of Zurich Brian Kaneko Sean Grimes Horitoshi I of Tokyo Tsukasa Mouri MY self Dave Gibson Caleb Forbis Juan Puente Brian Jansen Paul Stottler The Grime Norm upcoming sfo appt. With Mario Desa Ed Hardy Filip Leu Most of my work is from Grime, Filip Leu, and Bill Salmon Closing in on the suit ! Tatt Life Por Vida!
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    More people are influenced to get tattooed by tv and people are just as influenced by tv to start tattooing. We've had a five fold increase of tattooers in our area since Miami Ink. We have not had a five fold increase in Business. I will be tattooing either way as well. However, I'm starting to dislike these shows and the perceptions of tattooing they create. I will ride it out as the less dedicated fall. Look at the custom bike world if you would like a glimpse of tattooing in a few years. A grip load of people running to a profession that can't support them. Except with tattooing, the start up potential is so much more accessible than bike building. Get an eight line in there, copy a simple trad tattoo, grow a beard and bam! you be one.
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    I agree with you on the "smokin suits" I know a lot of the newer tattooers are grabbing on to the trad look which I think is a great starting or ending point for that matter. What I'm hoping to see develop out of all of this is more development in picking back up on the circus suit look rather than the haphazard patch look ( which I also like) . I wonder if all this trad mania is going off because ..One- its less difficult than some of the other styles. And two, in a bunk economy , its more viable to get a cool one session tattoo versus the 3-6,000 dollar japanese sleeve that was popular after Bushido came out. I'm hoping for myself to start delving into some personal artwork that develops the Americana body suit. Love your posts on History !
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    song lyric tattoos

    Dean Schubert commented on MsRad's blog entry in Blog MsRad

    Recently tattooed- through teardrops and laughter we walk through this world hand in hand- Waylon Jennings
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    I've never had a problem with tattoo equipment or Beards. However I did have some women from the bookstore at lax dis my neck tattoo's. They spoke to each other in their native tongue as they held their throats shaking their head in disgust. I had a moment of reactionary thinking regarding their decision to immigrate to the USA.
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    That's interesting. When a painting appears in a book does that become flash? I think it does. If the piece was drawn up as a one of a kind for a client that's different. And by the way, the one time I hung out with Mike, was in 94 at Dave Gibson's and Mike had a tiger on him that blew me away. I believe you did that piece Deb. So yeah!
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    Thank you Ms. Rad. I only work with one other person, so its enjoyable to blab a bunch of whatever to other folks!
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    The fun of it is in the collecting! I feel ya on the finite space. That's why I like Oliver Peck's tiny tats. There's always room for more. I've been tattooed by all my early heroes so now its just finishing up what I've started then I'll collect tiny tats from people I meet along the way in the next forty years.
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    Check out some Ed flash from the 70's , sometimes it will say copied right instead of copyright. Mike Wilson is an awesome tattooer, I see him as a versatile tattooer that doesn't have a distinct style as compared to someone like Paul Booth. Sure , Mike does awesome custom tattoos and if someone sees a picture in a book of a tattoo that he made and then copies it verbatim, that is unacceptable. But there's this hazy area between carrying on in a tradition and theft. We are all feeding off of something that has happened before us and I think that's true of most human activity. I always tell people I can do something like that but I'll personalize it for them. If we look to the sources ( outside or within tattooing) other tattooers are drawing from, we can create a piece that's more original and not a straight bite from another tattooer. In the 80's when the supreme court had to make a decision on what porn is, one of the judges said he didn't know how to define it , he just knew it when he saw it. I think its kind of like that with tattoo rip offs. So yeah, there's an overly wordy response to something you just know by looking. As far as art, craft , and business goes, the whole supposed profession is kind of big weird fighting mess anyway , isn't it? Cheers and good times!
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    custom tattoo rip off - lame trad image or tribute to dead trad artist - ok
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    I once discussed this issue with an artist that some think is the best in the world and he told me he loved it that people continually copied his work. I don't think the clients would dig on it too much though. In the early 2000's I tattooed a Sailor Jerry piece on a friend. Even won a big award for it. That design is now found on rum bottles throughout the world. Ouch.
  25. Dean Schubert
    thanks for that awesome piece of history. Much appreciated !
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