The artist is John Fitzgerald at Slave to the Needle in Seattle. I picked him based on his portfolio and the fact that he was one of the only artists at the site taking appointments back in July when I set this up. (The shop is super busy – most of the artists are booked 7 weeks out for consults and 12 weeks after that for tattoos, but there’s a good reason for that because all the artists do amazing work.) Anyway, it turns out that John’s favorite art style is Tibetan, which fits perfectly with what I’m getting done. It’s a great shop with fun people which made the whole thing a lot easier to sit through.
