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I started tattooing back in 2000 after the whole Y2K thing. Literally.  Two days after.  I bought some tattoo equipment from a pawn shop, and as soon as I got back to my house, I began making a lot of my friends really ugly.

I've been interested in tattooing for as long as I can remember.  Growing up in Woodbridge, Virginia I recall sneaking across Jefferson Davis Highway (US 1) to go skate the Woodbridge Ditch (R.I.P.)  I remember these older dudes ripping who had tattoos all over their arms and legs, and I thought to myself... If you want to be a good skateboarder, you'll have to get some tattoos.

I started drawing my ass off to a point that it's all I was doing in school and at home.  I started taking art classes and stared getting tattooed.

I went to get my stomach tattooed by my friend and Fredericksburg legend, Gary Clark.  I watch his every move and just tried to copy what he did.

That didn't work.

However, I did land an apprenticeship, and work at two shops in Virginia for almost a year.  In between working in a kitchen and tattooing part time, I was ready for something new and different.  So I left Virginia and Moved to Florida.

When I arrived in Florida, I started working in kitchens again, hanging out doing the bar thing and met an amazing women named Samantha (who in a whole other story becomes my wife and mother of our two boys) who helped me get my head straight and got me focused on our future.

 

ADDRESS

Anthem Tattoo

230 NW 2nd Ave.

Gainesville, Florida 32601

Tel: 352-395-6789

info@anthemtattoo.com

OPENING HOURS

11 AM - 5 PM

Closed Sundays and Tuesdays

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