247 Ink Magazine (October/November) 2017 Issue#17 | Page 60

I always hear stories about how cool everyone is on down time. Just drink and draw. Yea, that’s how it was. After you argue it’s like “Hey, I’m sorry about that” That’s how it was. I saw one of your Instagram posts you captioned “When I’m not tattooing, I’m out do- ing Army shit” HAAAAAA How long have you been in the Army? I’ve been in the Army 5 years. 3 years ROTC, and 5 years How often do you have to go? I’m a reservist so I have to go every month and then there’s times where they send me off to school or on a mission. It varies. How did you get time to do Ink Masters? My commander is cool as fuck, that’s how (laughs) I had to reach out to her and I told her I have this big opportunity. I’m a tattoo artist and I was offered this show and I would have to miss some time. She said she was all for my career and I made up the time I missed. I told her this was a 58