Justin Peek

What inspired your most recent tattoo?

My most recent tattoo came about in one of the lowest points in my life, and symbolizes the moment I chose to change my way of life. It's simple enough, "999" which I took from the late JuiceWRLD. As he put it, it represents "whatever hell, bad situation, or whatever struggle you're going through, and turning it into something positive and using it to push yourself forward"

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

If my ink could speak, it would tell the story of major moments throughout my life, good and bad. From the first piece related to a music group that while largely controversial, literally made a then-social outcast that was bullied relentlessly as early as elementary school all the way through high school feel like he wasn't alone in the world, and that I was part of a massive "family" of others just like me. I probably wouldn't be here without that.

What would you do with the $25,000?

If I won the $25k, I would use it to get my own place to live. I spent some years homeless and on the streets, battling drug addiction. I've now been sober for nearly 4 years and have been fighting daily to get back the life I deserve. I would also use some of the money to go back to college and continue working on multimedia design with an emphasis on photography. I put myself through college 10 years after dropping out of high school and got my Associate's in multimedia design in 2013.