A Little History

To give a little history about myself and tattoos I will start back when I was about 16. In fact maybe before I was 16. I can’t place a date, year or time, but since I was younger I have been facinated by tattoos. I have always stared at them and wondered about their significance.

I remember once when I was maybe around 12 I asked my Poppy why he didn’t have any tattoos (seeing as he spent time in the Navy as a young man). He told me he had no use for them and didn’t want to become a human billboard. And although I take his wisdom to heart as much as possible, that piece of advice didn’t have much of an affect on me.

Fast forward to when I was 18. Ah…18…a magic age where your life instantly changes and you wake-up an adult (yeah, right). It was around this time that I realized I would be getting tattooed soon. Just as soon as I figured out what to get. Six months later I took a trip to Denver to visit my friend Michael. And among the many activities we took part in, getting some ink was just one of them. It was at this point I became hooked. Within the next year and a half I aquired two more.

In 1998 my life forever changed…and I became a father. And in mid-1999 another life-altering event, I became a husband. My desire for more ink was obviously pushed to the back burner for much more important and meaningful reasons.

Fast Forward To The Present

For a year (or more) now, Juli and I have had the idea of getting tattoos as anniversay gifts for one another. So this year I was determined. Sometime around my birthday I started researching more about tattoos, designs, concepts, imagery, colors, styles, artists, etc… About a week later I went to Lucky Devil Tattoo and talked with Ron Dolecek about my concept. Two days later I had an appointment setup.