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The Body Modification

Black Book

A Guide for Students of Body Modification

By: Richard LeMay

m_hattertattoos@hotmail.com

I have decided to distribute this publication free of cost for the better learning of my fellow

artists. I have worked on this book for two years with no monetary gain and ask that you

may distribute this as much as you like as long as the information is not changed. This book

is to help you and many others, please respect that idea and my hard work. Don’t change

the information. You may feel free to contact me for further information on tattooing via

my email ( m_hattertattoos@hotmail.com ) or you may find me from time to time on my

favorite tattoo forum, ( http://www.ink-trails.com ) For the record, I don’t want to hear

any crap about misspelled words, your getting this free and I don’t care about grammar.

I would like to thank everyone that made it possible for me to write this book,

I would like to thank Casey, (my loving fiancé), for putting up with long

nights. I would like to thank my current apprentice Rustina Taylor for helping

edit and for all her hard work, because I can’t spell at all. Airik Moore, my

second artist, thanks bro for running the shop while I’m occupied or just plain

beat. I want to thank the half of my family that supported my decision to be a

tattoo artist, and thank the other half that supported me in other ways. I also

want to thank every friend and client I, and the Shop have. I could not have

been what I wanted if not for you guys. I also want to give a big shout to all

the moderators and members of www.ink-trails.com for dealing with me at

my most stressed, you are a great bunch, and a wonderful site.

Last, I would like to dedicate this book to my son Psyron Gauge LeMay who is

due in three months. Thanks for giving me something to work for.

Introduction

Welcome to my world. My name is Rich LeMay and I am a "Tattoo

Artist." I have been tattooing for longer than I have the ability to remember,

and its all I have ever wanted to do. I have fought all my life to be a tattoo

artist despite the bulk of the world telling me it was a pipe dream. I

immersed myself in a world like no other. A battle field of the boundaries set

by society which told me that I would be less of a person if I followed my true

calling. I have worked my way from being all but homeless at the age of

sixteen to operating several studios over the years and now own a respected

tattoo studio (Madd Hatter Tattoos in Spencer, WV) at twenty-eight. My own

trials and tribulations to see how far I was willing to leap from the edge of

what is considered normal life was for the sake of being a tattoo artist. Not

many tattoo artists really know what they have or the true level of dedication

it deserves. It has been a long and arduous path which I would do again if it

were twice as difficult. Tattooing has, for me, been the root that every piece

of happiness in my life has grown from. I can only wish you the same fortune I

have had.

As I reach the point in my life where I can finally say with pride that I

am a tattoo artist (not that I just do tattoos for a living) I see the ideas and

true nature of the art fading out and turning into something else. The tattoo

industry has become just that, an industry of profit not art. The true ideals of

the artistry are fading away as the true tattoo artist becomes a dying breed

giving into the next generation. My belief is that tattooing is the last true

form of art left in the world. People no longer work to be professional

painters unless they are painting a house. There are no more great poets, or

play writes that walk among us. Now the last true form of self expression is

turning into a drive through industry which is based of everyone thinking that

being a tattoo artist makes you the same ranks as a rock star. I have happily

written this publication to share with you the opinions and facts I have

learned over the years to help instill the next generation of artists with a

guide of technical knowledge and the true meaning of what it is to be an

artist. I can only hope that the next generation of tattoo professionals treats

this industry with the strength and integrity that it deserves. Through proper

dedication and sacrifice you will find a joy that cannot be explained by a

profession of any other type. You must understand that becoming a true

tattoo artist requires all of you; your whole way of life has to be discipline

and dedication to what you want to become. There are no part time tattoo

artists; you do not stop being a tattoo artist when you go home at night. Your

artistry and the quality of who you are as an artist is judged by three things

alone, your dedication, your personality, and your technical knowledge of the

lifestyle you lead. I hope it will bring you the happiness and peace it has

brought me. The last true form of art is left in your hands, treat it right.

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