Hey...everybodies
gotta start somewhere, and what better place than a Tattoo magazine. In an embarrassing
yet sexy layout, Dave was photoed at the first Inkslinger's Ball waaaay back
in 1991. His buddy Brian Cross made him do it...this was also back when there
was only 1 or 2 tattoo conventions a year, instead of 3 a month. So it was still
cool back then. In this article you can see a small picture of a "tribal
face" (dubbed "the pain face of pain") which from that point on
was copied on tons of peoples skin, to Dave's dismay. Dave has even tattooed a
few people with that same tattoo on them...one that he got originally, that he
drew himself. First. No wonder Dave gets mad all the time. Even that fag Fred
Douscht from Limp Bisquick has copied this tattoo and got in on himself. Dave
tried to cut his arm off after he saw that... |
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DAVE WAUGH By Parallel Parker
"My friends got me into tattoos," said Dave Waugh. "Boredom in my bedroom started me, too. It was there where I inked my first tattoo with sewing needles and India ink." Dave can't remember what the first tattoo was, but he does know he had it covered.
"I went to see a regular artist when I was 17, and
I made an appointment to come in a few days later, after my 18th birthday. I was
upset by the homemade stuff I did, so I had tried to add on and do more work to
make it look better. Instead, it looked worse." "I really owe it to Tom Beasley for the direction he sent me in," Dave said. "I didn't know anything about tattooing then, and I could have gone in the wrong direction. Instead, I learned what tattooing is all about. I'm a good artist myself, and I would draw something up in an oriental style and take it to Tom. He would look at it and come up with something that was a hundred times better." Vince
Meyers gave Dave his first job tattooing. He apprenticed with him and proudly
displays a full backpiece done by Vince. It's a demon riding a tattoo machine
with a devil woman and a big storm in the background with clouds swirling around.
"My backpiece," said Dave, "is a dedication to the art and style and what I do
for a living - a crazy demon riding a tattoo machine. I'm gonna ride it until
it tilts or bucks me off!" Dave always drew as a kid, and considered himself an artist. "The main difference between drawing and tattooing," he said, "is you gotta have a steady hand and mind. There's a lot of tattoo artists out there who aren't artists. I think you need to know how to draw. It's nerve-racking when you begin. Once you overcome that nervousness, though, you're ready to roll. There's a lot of technical stuff you need to learn about machines and sterilization as well." Dave has a metallic lizard on his right arm, and he's doing a new piece on his leg. "It's a graffiti piece with the word "sick" being vomited out. "I like to let the artists do their thing and put their mark on me."
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