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-Here we are at the Seattle Tattoo Expo
at the Exhibition Hall, the Seattle Center.
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The mission in the Expo
is to bring world class
tattoo artists to Seattle
to give people the opportunity
to get tattooed by people
from all over the world
that may not have
had an opportunity to.
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-On my back, I'm getting cactus-octopus.
So it's like a cactopus.
[tattoo needle buzzes]
-Getting a tattoo of a ghost
from Beetlejuice,
one of my favorite movies.
Just makes me happy
every time I see it.
[tattoo needle buzzes]
-Today I'm working on a female samurai.
Susie started this for me
about a year ago.
She lives in California,
so when she came up here, I was on it.
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We have, obviously, live tattooing,
we have bands,
we have the Seattle Tattoo Burlesque Review.
-Who got a tattoo today?
[audience applauds]
Allright. Was it your first one?
-There's also contests every day.
-Very cool, go show it off.
[audience applauds]
-I am doing a raven and some flowers.
That is my design.
I specialize
in neo-traditional tattoos.
[tattoo needle buzzes]
-I have always loved art. And, you know,
I think tattooing is a really good way.
It's like therapy.
And so I've always really loved it.
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-This is my 30th year tattooing.
I won’t tattoo anything
that's offensive or racist.
-Right now is the most painful tattoo
I've ever had.
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-I love for the people
who come to the expo
to experience a little bit of the love
of the tattoo community
that I've been a part of for 32 years.
-I'll say it's weird, though,
people like watching me get
tattooed is kind of strange.
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-Seattle Tattoo Expo is
one of the top expos,
I would say, in the U.S.
-I love this convention.
-I think it's pretty [bleep] cool.
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Catch Art Zone, Friday nights at 8
and anytime online at seattlechannel.org/artzone