Tattooing came pretty natural to me. The first tattoo I did was in my room at the tender age of 14 while my parents were asleep. I used my mom’s sewing needle and some crappy ink from the art store. Subsequently, my artwork made its way onto neighborhood kids and friends from school. I then made the mistake of going to college. I wasn't all too interested in corporate logos and web design, that and dead-lines really piss me off. Fortunately, I found an ad in the paper for a tattooing job and hopped on it. I quit my job as a stock-boy, left college and went straight to doing what I always wanted. Eventually I left that shop and made my way here to Courage. After tattooing for nine years, I’ve realized that it’s the most fulfilling work ever.

For the most part I excel in a lot of subject matter tattooing. What I enjoy doing most is anything realistic such as portaits, animals, etc. Also, I love neo-traditional and really demented, fucked up people getting their faces chewed off type stuff is a plus. Odds are if your idea blows then I'll let you know. That’s just how I roll.

Enough of the barb-wire and Old English you fucking puppets.

Jeremy 'FIERTO' Cruz