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I am Co-Owner of American Ink and Gallery with My wife Chelsea. I have been tattooing for well over a decade and it is by far my favorite medium. I started tattooing professionally in Indiana in the early 2000's, and owned my own shop by age 22 in Kings Mt NC. I had to step away from full time tattooing to enlist in the military. I got out of the military in 2012 and have been plugging away at expanding my tattoo skill set since then. I tattoo any style, but enjoy doing cover ups the most, do the the heightened level of skill required to accomplish them. I like to custom design everything, so if I am given free reign, I am definitely going run with it. My goal is to take what my clients give me and expand upon it to make it unique and their own. I tattoo in Bradenton, Fl and have done so since 2013. I love tattooing in this area because of the high number of quality artists here, it keeps me pushing to heighten my abilities.

I have been tattooing for 2 years now. It has been a long ride to get to where I am now, but I wouldn't trade it in for a thing. I am born and raised here in Bradenton, FL. In high school I used to draw all the time. A lot of my classmates would ask me to draw up their tattoos that they were going to get. When I got out of school, I stepped away from drawing. Three years ago I got back into drawing, and Manny saw my potential and started to train me. Creating something special for my clients is what I love. Color work is my favorite thing to do, but I enjoy black and grey as well