I have never been a main stream artist, I have always kept a small shop, with close knit customers who I have had the pleasure of tattooing. I used to be a big convention whore and a look at what I do kinda artist. But now I try and be more about my art. I'm sure the movie will be interesting but I will have to say that it just seems like a money grab to me. For me being an artist is not about history, it's about creating. Our artistic influences are all around us. Our history is checkered at best, picking out what we need when we need it is how I have always been as an artist. Our biggest road block in this industry is not history, it's our canvases. They dictate what we can do, when the canvas is uneducated so shall our work suffer and our frustration with our craft increase.

So when I want to learn I turn to those that know and I can ask what I need to know. Our greatest form of education about our craft is education our customers. Something that the tattoo tv shows have not helped with, and neither will this move.

I know I may seem bitter, but I'm not I promise, I have just gotten to the point where I would rather concentrate on making better art, not falsely ligitimizing where my art has come from. It is about where it is heading and what I can accomplish. Art should be created for art it's self, not because someone dictates where and how.