Captured Tattoo

My name is Dan Smith. I'm a tattoo artist and a musician. And today I'm at Floyd's 99 for a spruce up. I kind of want to go a little tighter on the sides. Yeah, somewhere between Marcy and Mike Ness. Okay, I Traveling and being in a different city each night when we're on tour. Honestly, trusting your barber is the main thing that I'm sort of worried about, Show up this tattoo a little bit in the back. I always love coming home You said we're parting it on this side, right? Drilling home a message in this modern world, especially, The n From the youngest age, I was It's good to reflect on different styles and what makes images strong. This is definitely important with tattooing specifically. It's also a similar thing with songwriting. With my stuff too, I really try to make a lasting impression on whoever's looking at it or listening to it. I think I've always found it hard to describe my personal style simply because I'm inspired by so many different things. Were just in our teens, we're that food's guitars. So I was born in England, I grew up there and my dad was a mod in his 20s. A lot of my memories are just me flicking through his record collection, really kind of studying a lot of the styles. California punk is another real favorite of mine. I've always thought that I'm kind of just a mixture of all of it. How are you feeling man? Looking good man. I think it's this constant drip of influence that you kind of need to channel into your own thing. I guess the only thing I can really hope is that I'm doing it in an honest way and with integrity. Because ultimately, that's the most important thing.