This is Mick Metal of Wayne, New Jersey. His newest tattoo is a reminder of where he is from and where he is going. In his own words:

Well the Long Road tattoo Means a whole lot. Through my life things have change time and time again the journey is a long road. I have move around alot first because I was in the US Air Force. while in the Air Force I got married and soon after getting out I got a divorce. then moving around trying to find home as a body Piercer. Finally ending up at Shotsie’s Tattoo Shotsie Gorman asked me to apprentice under him and make on of my long time dreams come true. Now that I have found my home and my career I am sure life will still take me through the next journey as it should.

This is Adam J. of Austin, Texas. He says that TATE is the name of his 3 year old son, and that LUCK is because Tate has cystic fibrosis.

These are the hands of Shaun the African. Kaapstad means Cape Town in Afrikaans. He is a travelling tattoo artist who was born in Cape Town. He has been in the United States for six years now and travels the US in an RV. I met him at the Star of Texas Tattoo Art Revival.

These knuckle tattoos were sent to me by a certain Mr. Dirt Reynolds of the West Virginia hillbilly rock band The Pistol Whippers. He says “These are my tribute to both sides of my family who are Scottish.”

Nathan B., also of Sherman, Texas, got these both to look cool and to keep from getting a “real job”. He is a drummer and intends to stay that way.