Tattooing and getting tattooed, Art, Japanese, Coffee, Skateboarding, Snowboarding, BMX, Friends, Family, Talkin' some silly shit, Eating sushi, Video games, Porn, Metal sculpture &; Wood sculpture, Painting, Music, Paintball, Movies.
Music
Integrity is definitely my favorite band of all time, Ringworm( Clevo style), Sheer Terror( fuckin' dirty scumcore), Slapshot, Blood for Blood, Ringworm, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Negative Approach, Fear, Clash, Sick of it All, Exploited, No FX, Hot Water Music, Sparta, Alkaline Trio, Bosstones, Saves the Day,Face to Face, Jets to Brazil, Buried Alive, Melvins, Vision of Disorder, Lamb of God, Blatant Finger just to name a few.
Movies
I'm gonna nerd it up and say that Star Wars is one of my favorite movies ever, thanks to all those great toys we grew up with. I like alot of horror movies like Jacobs Ladder, Serpent and the Rainbow, the Ring, and Dracula, just to name few. The Exorcist is one of my favorites because it scared the shit out of me when I was a little kid. Hollywood Shuffle, Adam Sandler movies or anything downright funny!!
Ridgewood High School
West Lafayette, OHIO
Graduated: 1991
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: Art
Clubs: Skateboarding in Corn Fields
1990 to 1991
Newark High School
Newark, OHIO
Graduated: 1991
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: Art
Clubs: Newark Wrecking Crew
1988 to 1991
Newark Catholic High School
Newark, OHIO
Graduated: 1991
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Major: Art and Jeebus
Clubs: Anti-Catholic League
Artist who dabbles with many mediums and styles. Tattooing for over 18 years now. Check out more of my fine art and tattooing @ durbster.com. I also organize the Hell City Tattoo Festival check it out @ hellcity.com!!
I was born in Newark, Ohio on December 28th, 1972 and completed high school in 1991. Surviving a childhood that seemed doomed by circumstances, I saturated myself in art and went on to excel in art classes in high school with dreams of attending art college. At the age of 14 a few of us punk kids decided to bust into mom's ol' sewing kit, get some thread and ink, and tattoo each other. My interest quickly grew for tattoos at that moment.
I was then slowly introduced into the world of tattooing and fine art through a family member, and abandoned the college dream and focused intensely on the art of tattooing. I began using professional equipment at the age of 17, which was the beginning of my tattoo career. I was mainly self-educated from the start, having a bunch of crazy punk rock friends that would allow me to tattoo them.
I was given the opportunity to work in a professional tattoo studio straight out of high school with Tim Miller in Columbus, Oh. Which is what originally brought me to Columbus. I worked in Columbus for about a year before the studio was sold and I decided to travel the country tattooing with fellow artist Dean Deakyne, and settle down in Palms Springs, eventually moving to Anaheim, then Huntington Beach, California.
Having met the infamous Sailor Moses (R.I.P.) while traveling the country, and working his booth at Sturgis, I was given the invitation to move to Biloxi to learn more from Moses, which is where my tattooing really took off. In 1994 I decided to move back to Columbus near family and friends, and open up my first tattoo studio, Stained Skin, which went on to become a staple in the tattoo industry having an incredible amount of intensely talented tattoo artists work there over the years, giving me the opportunity to constantly grow and expand, meet new artists, and learn new techniques. I enjoy other mediums of art outside of tattooing including, oil and acrylic painting, wood and metal sculpture, and watercolor.. In 1999 I began work on my second studio in Newark, Ohio called Second Skin, which has taken Newark by storm and remains a top notch studio today.
I began receiving dozens of awards for my work and started to get my tattooing published in every major national and international tattoo magazine in 1994 and continue today, having been published in International Tattoo Art, Tattoo Artist Magazine, Skin Art, Tattoo Review, Easyrider Tattoo, Savage Magazine and Skin & Ink just to name a few. I have had artwork published in many books including The Art of Modern Rock, "Rolling Stone's" Tattoo Nation, The Electric Frankenstein poster book, Tattoo by Dale Rio, Inside the Tattoo Circus by Kristien Miser, Chaz Krider's newest book "Do Not Disturb" and most recently Hyperspace Studio's "Scratchboard Art Project" book. I have done the album artwork for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones album "Jackknife to a Swan", as well as designed the clothing for their 2004 warped tour. I have tattooed musicians like Ricky Rockett of Poison, Dicky Barret of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Coby Dick of Papa Roach, Trevor Keith of Face to Face, and numerous others. I was recently on TLC's "Tattoo Wars" where they filmed at the Hell City Tattoo Festival. I am also on the History Channel's newest show "The Works" tattoo episode.
Having passed the torch of both Stained Skin Studios, I currently work out of my private studio as well as tattooing on the road, and various conventions around the world. Along with tattooing fulltime, I now organize and promote the Hell City Tattoo Festival in Columbus, Ohio, which has grown to become one of the industry's favorite tattoo conventions. Hell City was recently mentioned in John Irving's (one of todays great american authors) newest book "Until I Find You". When I'm not tattooing or organizing Hell City I find time to paint, skateboard, snowboard, and hang out with family and friends. My website is not just tattooing, it is a total history of my life and my work. Please take your time to enjoy my website, don't forget to find the hidden link, and please DO NOT copy any works for personal replication of any kind.
i finally got some time to look at your page!! fascinating!! very proud to know you !! gus says hello and is glad he knew you before you became famous..wishes he could talk to you more..he's getting ready for a big race in springfield, ohio!! have a great weekend!! x0x0x
Whats up man...I talked to you at The Vogue in Indianapolis last month...thanks for coming...I'll be getting tattooed by Stefano Alcantara at Hell City...cant wait!...maybe i'll see you around...later dude
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