John Ellinger

Connect What inspired your most recent tattoo?

Octopus cover up: the original Septapus was slapped on me in '91: over a dozen laser treatments later and, essentially tabula rasa, Sam @ White Buffalo decided he would free-hand my new cephlapod. Three sessions @ 150/hr were abruptly ended when I had had enough of his "vision". Paid him, walked out. Went to J.W. @ ArchAngel on Greenback in Citrus Hgts: he helped me salvage what we could. Waited25+ years to get my boob fixed & ended up sniffing debacle...

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

I am unable to speak whatever Tibetan language is spoken in some of their temples, but Mahakala( my backpiece) would be telling whomever to "Back tha Phuck Up!!! Otherwise a cacophony of disparate symphonies would emit forthwith.

What would you do with the $25,000?

I would purchase some new, some custom, majority traditional tattoo equipment with a plethora of pimpin' inks to replace lost/stolen personal machines and setup small clientele base after traveling to witness traditional masters wielding their craft. If there is fundage still lingering post this phase, I would go see Kat & Rafa in Indiana. Haven't seen him since the early 2000s in San Diego