Tattoo 408

In the rest of his interview, Cory "Good Morning"⁠ walks us through his time at Metamorphic Tattoo and opening up ⁠Current Tattooing⁠ in the Alameda/Rose Garden neighborhood.

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1. Leave a 5 star rating on ⁠Spotify⁠ or ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠ (it takes ~10 seconds).

2. Tell your tattoo-loving friends and family about it!

3. Get 15% off when purchasing tattoo healing products from ⁠saniderm.com⁠ with the code "tattoo408"

4. ⁠Leave a tip⁠!

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Thank you to ⁠Tessia Spisak⁠ for our logo and to ⁠mint.beats⁠ for our music.

Tattoo 408 is produced by ⁠Ethan Gregory Dodge⁠.

© 2023 under the ⁠Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license⁠ (which simply means you can use it how you want as long as you give proper credit and don't use it to make money).

Cory "Good Morning" started tattooing on homemade machines in downtown San Jose before landing a professional apprenticeship in New Orleans. There, he really cut his teeth in a fast-paced street shop. Today, he's the founder and owner of San Jose's Current Tattooing in the Alameda/Rose Garden neighborhood. This is the first half of his interview with Ethan.

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Love Tattoo 408? Here are the best ways to support the show!

1. Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify or Apple Podcasts (it takes ~10 seconds).

2. Tell your tattoo-loving friends and family about it!

3. Get 15% off when purchasing tattoo healing products from saniderm.com with the code "tattoo408"

4. Leave a tip!

Follow Tattoo 408 on Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube. DM your address and get stickers in the mail!

Thank you to Tessia Spisak for our logo and to mint.beats for our music.

Tattoo 408 is produced by Ethan Gregory Dodge.

© 2023 under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license (which simply means you can use it how you want as long as you give proper credit and don't use it to make money).

For Orly Locquiao⁠, tattooing quickly became a conduit to connect with his Filipino heritage. After tattooing in Chicago, he found himself at New Tribal, a shop in Waikiki, Hawaii. There, he was welcome with open arms and learned the art of Polynesian tattooing. After a few years, he brought what he learned back to his hometown of San Jose and opened ⁠Humble Beginnings Tattoo⁠ in November 2002. In its 20 years, Humble Beginnings has become one of the premiere tattoo shops in the South Bay and nationally acclaimed for providing access and education into the world of Tribal tattooing. This is the second half of Ethan's interview with him.

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Love Tattoo 408? Here are the best ways to support the show!

1. Leave a 5 star rating on ⁠Spotify⁠ or ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠ (it takes ~10 seconds).

2. Tell your tattoo-loving friends and family about it!

3. Get 15% off when purchasing tattoo healing products from ⁠saniderm.com⁠ with the code "tattoo408"

4. ⁠Leave a tip⁠!

Follow Tattoo 408 on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠, and ⁠Youtube⁠. DM your address and get stickers in the mail!

Thank you to ⁠Tessia Spisak⁠ for our logo and to ⁠mint.beats⁠ for our music.

Tattoo 408 is produced by ⁠Ethan Gregory Dodge⁠.

© 2023 under the ⁠Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license⁠ (which simply means you can use it how you want as long as you give proper credit and don't use it to make money).

Orly Locquiao was born in the Philippines and moved to San Jose at the age of two. After writing graffiti for years, he found tattooing at age 20. When his parents sent him to Chicago to live with his uncle, he landed an apprenticeship on the West Side and the rest if history. He now owns and operates Humble Beginnings Tattoo on the Alameda in San Jose. This is the first half of Ethan's interview with him.

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Love Tattoo 408? Here are the best ways to support the show!

1. Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify or Apple Podcasts (it takes ~10 seconds).

2. Tell your tattoo-loving friends and family about it!

3. Get 15% off when purchasing tattoo healing products from saniderm.com with the code "tattoo408"

4. Leave a tip!

Follow Tattoo 408 on Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube. DM your address and get stickers in the mail!

Thank you to Tessia Spisak for our logo and to mint.beats for our music.

Tattoo 408 is produced by Ethan Gregory Dodge.

© 2023 under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license (which simply means you can use it how you want as long as you give proper credit and don't use it to make money).

In the second half of this interview, Ron Earhart⁠ takes us through his story of arriving in San Jose and falling in love with the bio mechanical tattoo genre. After tattooing at New Skool and Analog, he now owns and operates Eleventh Dimension Tattoo Arts in West San Jose.

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Love Tattoo 408? Here are the best ways to support the show!

1. Leave a 5 star rating on ⁠Spotify⁠ or ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠ (it takes ~10 seconds).

2. Tell your tattoo-loving friends and family about it!

3. Get 15% off when purchasing tattoo healing products from ⁠saniderm.com⁠ with the code "tattoo408"

4. ⁠Leave a tip⁠!

Follow Tattoo 408 on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠, and ⁠Youtube⁠. DM your address and get stickers in the mail!

Thank you to ⁠Tessia Spisak⁠ for our logo and to ⁠mint.beats⁠ for our music.

Tattoo 408 is produced by ⁠Ethan Gregory Dodge⁠.

© 2023 under the ⁠Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license⁠.

Ron Earhart has been tattooing for over 30 years, 22 of which have been in San Jose. He opened his first shop as a teenager and eventually found himself tattooing with Adrian Lee and Paco Excel and New Skool. This is the first half of Ethan's interview with him.

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Love Tattoo 408? Here are the best ways to support the show!

1. Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify or Apple Podcasts (it takes ~10 seconds).

2. Tell your tattoo-loving friends and family about it!

3. Get 15% off when purchasing tattoo healing products from saniderm.com with the code "tattoo408"

4. Leave a tip!

Follow Tattoo 408 on Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube. DM your address and get stickers in the mail!

Thank you to Tessia Spisak for our logo and to mint.beats for our music.

Tattoo 408 is produced by Ethan Gregory Dodge.

© 2023 under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

The second half of Ethan's interview with Rob Cervantes. Rob takes us through leaving Pierced Ink to currently tattooing in Central Valley.

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Love Tattoo 408? Here are the best ways to support the show!

1. Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify or Apple Podcasts (it takes ~10 seconds).

2. Tell your tattoo-loving friends and family about it!

3. Get 15% off when purchasing tattoo healing products from saniderm.com with the code "tattoo408"

4. Leave a tip!

Follow Tattoo 408 on Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube. DM your address and get stickers in the mail!

Thank you to Tessia Spisak for our logo and to mint.beats for our music.

Tattoo 408 is produced by Ethan Gregory Dodge.

© 2023 under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

Rob Cervantes grew up in a Chicano family on San Jose's North side. He started tattooing as a young teenager after seeing several folks in his neighborhood practice the craft. In this interview, he walks us through his childhood and his early career in tattooing.

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Love Tattoo 408? Here are the best ways to support the show!

1. Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify or Apple Podcasts (it takes ~10 seconds).

2. Tell your tattoo-loving friends and family about it!

3. Get 15% off when purchasing tattoo healing products from saniderm.com with the code "tattoo408"

4. Leave a tip!

Follow Tattoo 408 on Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube. DM your address and get stickers in the mail!

Thank you to Tessia Spisak for our logo and to mint.beats for our music.

Tattoo 408 is produced by Ethan Gregory Dodge.

© 2023 under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

The second half of Ethan's interview with Adrian Lee. He takes us through why New Skool shut down, opening up Analog Tattoo Arts Kollective, and his career up to the present day.

Other artists mentioned:

• Matt Shamah
• Alan Pham
• Ron Earhart
• Horitomo
• Monmon Cats

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Love Tattoo 408? Here are the best ways to support the show!

1. Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify or Apple Podcasts (it takes ~10 seconds).

2. Tell your tattoo-loving friends and family about it!

3. Get 15% off when purchasing tattoo healing products from saniderm.com with the code "tattoo408"

4. Leave a tip!

Follow Tattoo 408 on Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube. DM your address and get stickers in the mail!

Thank you to Tessia Spisak for our logo and to mint.beats for our music.

Tattoo 408 is produced by Ethan Gregory Dodge.

© 2023 under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

Adrian Lee is the owner of Analog Tattoo Arts Kollective in San Francisco. He was the co-founder of New Skool Tattoo in San Jose along with Paco Excel, from episodes 5 and 6. Adrian approached the interview in a similar way in which he approaches his art: very thoughtfully. I really enjoyed this one.

We learn about his childhood, all the way through until he and Paco opened New Skool.

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Love Tattoo 408? Here are the best ways to support the show!

1. Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify or Apple Podcasts (it takes ~10 seconds).

2. Tell your tattoo-loving friends and family about it!

3. Get 15% off when purchasing tattoo healing products from saniderm.com with the code "tattoo408"

4. Leave a tip!

Follow Tattoo 408 on Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube. DM your address and get stickers in the mail!

Thank you to Tessia Spisak for our logo and to mint.beats for our music.

Tattoo 408 is produced by Ethan Gregory Dodge.

© 2023 under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.