well first I want to say that I think your work is great and I love your site. I just like you grew up in any art classes that I could get into... due to situations at the time, I dropped out of high school so I am now currently working on getting my degree so I can go back to school to get my degree in web design.. I seen the first tattoo design on a flash card at a local shop when I was 15 and got it when I turned 18 and been getting them ever since. I am now 22 and I am getting into doing tattoos myself.. one day my father called me over and told me he bought some equipment and wanted me to try it out.. so I had no practice at all. I've done now about 25+ pieces and I really would like to get some better equipment so I can better my skills. my past stuff I can admit there are some pieces that where not all that great and others that I really liked the results but I can always find something that I would change.. I am currently looking at the v-tek machine that superior offers and I wanted to know what you think and any thing that you could tell me, I'm all for learning more and everything I can about tattooing. I do hope to open my own shop within a year or so...please e-mail me anytime with your input