It is quite easy to imagine a tattoo artist in this day and age. They have the whole rocker outfit going on; dark hair, a beard, a bandana, and dark clothing. Such as the man I met named Archie, the owner of the Poison Apple tattoo shop. Archie knew what he wanted to do since he was a kid: he worked hard and did what he had to do, to become an amazing tattoo artist. He looks like any other Tattooist, but once you listen to his story he is so much more. Growing up, Archie found a passion for the designing of tattoos and what each one symbolized. Archie believed that each tattoo was wanted for a reason, whether it was for something someone went through or if it was for someone they cared about. At a young age, he began to admire the tattoos
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He would get in trouble almost every day for drawing instead of doing his school work. At thirteen he got a tattoo kit and began giving his friends tattoos at his house. This was around 1987 when tattoos began getting really big and more and more people wanted them. In 2006 Archie had finally gotten his license, opened a shop, and gave tattoos professionally.
In the beginning Poison Apple started as a small tattoo parlor on a side street in Ada. After a few years of hard work and determination they have upgraded to a larger building …show more content…
I asked Archie about his tattoos and what they meant to him and he said, “Well, I certainly have a lot of them. This one was one of my first” he said as he pointed at the skull on his arm. “I got it because I have always had a fascination with them. The other ones are just random things I have gone through.” He also believes the coolest tattoos are realistic animals and black and grey scale pieces. Although they are both very time consuming, they are absolutely amazing in the end. The main reason he likes black and grey scale tattoos is because they are like a flash to the past. Like old movies these tattoos remind him of the past. The reason he enjoys realistic animal tattoos is because of how majestic they look, especially tiger or lion
He would get in trouble almost every day for drawing instead of doing his school work. At thirteen he got a tattoo kit and began giving his friends tattoos at his house. This was around 1987 when tattoos began getting really big and more and more people wanted them. In 2006 Archie had finally gotten his license, opened a shop, and gave tattoos professionally.
In the beginning Poison Apple started as a small tattoo parlor on a side street in Ada. After a few years of hard work and determination they have upgraded to a larger building …show more content…
I asked Archie about his tattoos and what they meant to him and he said, “Well, I certainly have a lot of them. This one was one of my first” he said as he pointed at the skull on his arm. “I got it because I have always had a fascination with them. The other ones are just random things I have gone through.” He also believes the coolest tattoos are realistic animals and black and grey scale pieces. Although they are both very time consuming, they are absolutely amazing in the end. The main reason he likes black and grey scale tattoos is because they are like a flash to the past. Like old movies these tattoos remind him of the past. The reason he enjoys realistic animal tattoos is because of how majestic they look, especially tiger or lion