Greeting and salutations! My name is Justin Brown. I'm 32 years young and have been tattooing for 11 years (9 professional). I have worked my way through Southern California working in Morena Valley, Riverside, Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Fullerton, and Newport Beach. Currently I am working in Orange County at Barbella Body Art in Fountain Valley.

"My style is no style" I like to do everything. Being a well rounded artist comes in handy in this business. Cover-ups are fun, portraits are challenging, and new school traditional as well as Asian influenced pieces are personal favorites. Like many artists, I hate tribal, but I have done my fair share.

After buying my first tattoo magazine at 17 years old, I became interested in getting into the industry. At 18, while getting my first tattoo, I realized that this was something that I could see myself doing. I had taken art classes from grade school all the way into college, so I figured that it would just be a matter of learning a new medium.

Getting my foot in the door, however, was more difficult than I had first imagined. I tried to get an apprenticeship, but, as a young artist, I was unable to afford what local shops were asking. Luckily, my family was very supportive of me, and I eventually ended up at Animated Canvas in Riverside where I was shown the proper techniques and worked for 2 years. Things took off from there. I spent 4 years after that honing my skills in Fullerton at the California Tattoo Lounge in Fullerton and another 4 years at Balboa Tattoo in Newport Beach. My business has grown from doing only 25 tattoos total my first year, to averaging about 500 pieces a year.