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By Christy Brooker: I started tattooing in 1999 fresh out of High School. I can’t remember a time when I didn’t draw. Some of my first memories are of my sister and I doodling in church. After twelve years of working in some of the best tattoo shops in Missoula, Montana and Seattle, Washington I decided it was time for me to open my own studio and do it my way.
In 2009 I opened Damask Tattoo llc. I’ve created a spa style environment with antique furniture, light colors and brightly lit private tattoo rooms. Damask is in a discrete office building on top of Queen Anne hill in Seattle, alongside a naturopath, acupuncturists and massage therapists. I’ve also become very involved in the tattoo community in Washington. As director of the Women’s Tattoo Forum I plan events and host a yearly art show that features all women tattoo artist from around the country. I’m also Treasurer of the Washington Association of Body Artists and serve on the advisory board for the Washington State Department of Licensing’s Body Art Department helping to write rules and bring new legislation to improve the standards in my field.
In addition to tattooing I paint in oils and acrylics and am taking classes to improve my skills in these mediums. I love learning new techniques, tricks and tools in all of my art forms and am constantly looking for more knowledge that I can implement in them. Stop by the website, take a look and and drop us a line!
1. Al Capone portrait – There’s always an attraction to the bad boys for us. This client has a whole sleeve based on the romanticized 1920′s gangster and we couldn’t do it right without All Capone.
