Tattoo gallery: Tattoos.com Interview with Tattoo Artist Mike Austin

Mike Austin began his journey in 1987, designing flash for a local tattoo studio which led to tattooing a short time later. In time he realized there was a growing need to offer people custom designed tattoos instead of the typical pre-drawn designs hanging on the walls of every tattoo studio, in every city, in every country. With that thought in mind, he opened his own studio in London, Ontario in 1992.

This was at a time when custom designed tattoos were virtually unheard of with the exception of a handful of leading tattoo artists. With time, Mike turned his business into a family based one, bringing in sister Leah as manager in 1997 and apprenticing brother John in 1997. Everyone at the studio is extremely proud of how successful the business has become over the years, constantly striving to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction while still managing to be creative and original.

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