06/14/2026
Where it all began:
I was 8 whenever I seen my first tattoo artist at a carnival in Caraway, Arkansas. He was such a dick to me it must have stuck with me subconsciously. From that day forward all I ever wanted to do was be a tattoo artist. No one in my family had tattoos nor was I ever around anyone with them, there were no tattoo shops anywhere near Paragould to learn about tattooing yet it was something I was obsessed with. When I was 11 I tattoo a cross into my left upper arm. Was afraid my parents would beat my ass I dug it out with mustache trimming scissors. Then when I was 14 I got another hand poked tattoo (girl friends initials). Went home and decided there has to be a quicker automated way to do this and bam. I took motor from a remote control car, string from my Kramer guitar, piece of copper wire from cable TV wire to attach the guitar string to, mechanical pencil, button superglued to the motor shaft, push button switch wired to the motor and power supply from a cordless phone base so that I could turn my machine off/on. That's when my future began and I've never looked back. Long journey to say the least but I finally accomplished my dream of owning my own tattoo shop 2011.
-TattooJack-
