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Kenneth Deets Jr.

I was born May 9th, 1977 and raised in Northern California; in and around the Redding and Red bluff area, about 138 miles north of Sacramento, CA. I've always been into art, ever since I was little; Always doodling skulls and cartoons on anything I could get my hands on so I could draw. My appreciation for art really started when I got into collecting comic books and movie posters. I love the style, illustration is my favorite.
After I graduated high school I went into the United States Marine corp. for a four year term. It pretty much sucked.....Actually it wasn't that bad I learned a lot about myself and what I wanted to accomplish. I remember when I was about 13 maybe 14 years old my mother went to a tattoo parlor in Tempe, AZ. And had her tattoo redone and I remember it was absolutely the most amazing tattoo. So I was hooked I wanted to tattoo, I thought it was the coolest job ever, so I continued to pay close attention to the industry and to the art not knowing whether I would ever become an artist or not. So after getting out of the military I tracked down a local artist by the name of Jim Rolson and asked if he wanted an apprentice, and he offered to teach me, after a long conversation about it. It was a short apprenticeship, few months of training, right away I went and bought all the necessary equipment and started tattooing all my buddies. It has been great , it turned my life into an art world. Most of the time it doesn't even seem like work, its more like I get to do a great hobby all day, every day.
I started to get back into painting after I worked for studio c. Which is a poster restoration company in San Diego, CA and other art mediums. In that time I purchased an easel and began learning how to paint acrylics and oils, since I have airbrushed for years in my spare time and restoring posters. I have done a lot of paintings but keep on the look out in the near future I'll have some posters on the site.
Some of my art inspirations are M.C. Escher and Salvador Dali, which are my favorite. For my tattoo inspirations there are so many awesome tattoo artist to list that I look up to; but to name a few, would have to be Sailor Jerry, Lyle Tuttle, Tom Renshaw, Joe Capobianco, Nick Baxter, Mike Devires and my friend Jason Tackett and last but not least my boss Glenn, Victor Tackett if it was not for these people as inspiration or just work relations I would not be where I am today.
So now I'm hoping to expand my abilities, to achieve the utmost realistic tattoos in do time: portraits, animals, pin-ups, skulls and a mixture of traditional and new school are my favorite things to do; anything that is real or tattoo related I want to excel in all. With all the amazing artist out there and the artists I've mentioned above that produce kick ass work, day in and day out, it drives me to do great work at a fair price and to push my limits as well.