Alex - ProfilesArchive

About Me

News & Events Blog Bio Gallery Store Links ContactI began tattooing in the summer of 1990. Inspired by the tattoos of the singer and bassist in my post-punk grunge band, I started drawing my own traditional, tribal and American comic-inspired flash and learning the tricks of tattooing.I worked in several shops in New Jersey, eventually ending up in Missouri with my beautiful fiancee, whom I quickly married once we were settled. I worked in a couple of shops near the Fort Leonard Wood army base before taking some time off from tattooing to start a Web design company with my wife. Soon, the new company was greatly successful and I returned to my artistic passion, tattooing!
From early on I spent too much time drawing (or so I'd been told repeatedly by "Da Manâ„¢"), which led me to receive awards at comic conventions, poster commissions for Philly music events, an interview at Marvel Comics and placement in a two-month long exhibition at the World Trade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. In the late '90s, I expanded my skills when I received fine arts training at an atelier in Philadelphia. I'm proficient in a wide variety of media, including pencil, oils, digital and airbrush and I spent time creating beautiful paintings on t-shirts, leather and jean jackets, guitars and cars around the Philadelphia area in the mid-'90s.
I currently work near the Fort Leonard Wood army base at Top Gun Tattoos, where my cyberpunk anime-styled take on traditional tattoo subjects and pinups help make me stand out at a shop with one of the best reputations in the area. You can find me there every Thursday-Sunday, or contact me for more information about setting up an appointment to discuss your ideas for adding a little more color into your life!

My Interests

tattoos, art, pin-ups

I'd like to meet:

I met her! ;)

My Blog

Temp tattoos coming soon!

I have just ordered my first set of temp tattoos! It's a set of 3, and will be available in my shop when it goes live on my website. They'll also be available at my shop, Top Gun Tattoos, outside the ...
Posted by Alex on Wed, 21 May 2008 04:23:00 PST

Ametralladora (Española)

He visto recientemente un par de comentarios sobre los términos "máquina" y "arma", según lo utilizado para esos dispositivos que utilizamos aplicar tatuajes a su piel. En un lado, hay los que se sien...
Posted by Alex on Fri, 09 May 2008 10:57:00 PST

Maschine Gewehr (Deutsch)

Ich habe vor kurzem ein Paar von Anmerkungen über die Bezeichnungen "Maschine" und "Gewehr" gesehen, wie für jene Vorrichtungen verwendet, die wir pflegen, Tätowierungen an Ihrer Haut anzuwenden. Auf ...
Posted by Alex on Fri, 09 May 2008 10:56:00 PST

Pistola Di Macchina (Italiana)

Recentemente ho visto una coppia delle osservazioni circa i termini "macchina" e "pistola", come usato per quei dispositivi che usiamo applicare i tatuaggi alla vostra pelle. Da un lato, ci sono color...
Posted by Alex on Fri, 09 May 2008 10:56:00 PST

Mitrailleuse (Française)

J'ai récemment vu un couple des commentaires au sujet des termes "machine" et "pistolet", comme utilisé pour ces dispositifs que nous employons pour appliquer des tatouages à votre peau. D'un côté, il...
Posted by Alex on Fri, 09 May 2008 10:55:00 PST

Machine Gun

I've recently seen a couple of comments about the terms "machine" and "gun", as used for those devices we use to apply tattoos to your skin. On one side, there are those who feel the proper name for t...
Posted by Alex on Fri, 09 May 2008 10:54:00 PST

Keeping a good rep

The shop I work in, Top Gun Tattoos, is located immediately outside the Fort Leonard Wood army base in St. Robert, Missouri. So immediately outside the Fort, that the only thing between the Fort's ent...
Posted by Alex on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:18:00 PST

Making something original

One thing that gets me revved up at work is being able to create. What I do best is to create things which may or may not be something you see other places, but in a way that nobody else does them. It...
Posted by Alex on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:15:00 PST

Coming soon... ME!

For the past few weeks, my wife Michelle has been really kicking out my incredible website. In some ways, I feel like a third wheel, but after spending the last month in a new shop getting settled in ...
Posted by Alex on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:12:00 PST

Talking with the troops

Working next to an army base, I get a lot of military men and women coming into the shop. Like any other segment of the population, they come in all shapes and sizes, all types of personalities, all k...
Posted by Alex on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:50:00 PST