tra with Troy. I’m doing the floor plans, setting up the rooms, driving the
truck, learning every aspect of it and going over every aspect of it. So he
doesn’t have to be at the show. I can just show up and be like this is how
it happens and have it done.
Have you noticed a difference from when you first started doing conven-
tions in regards to how they were organized compared to now?
Oh yes, it’s like night and day. When I first started prints were more rel-
evant. So people advertised in magazines and Ink Master wasn’t on TV.
It was more of the old school feel. There wasn’t as many kids. Miami Ink
kicked off then LA Ink came out. Kat Von D really kicked that off. Then
Ink Master came along and put it in everybody’s living room. You’re now
watching it as a family and seeing it’s not the bad guy bikers from the
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