A short Biography
Hello! My name is J.T. and I am a passionate tattoo artist from Dayton Ohio. I was originally born in Northern California where I spent the first half of my life and then moved here around 2014 for family.
Throughout my childhood, I spent hours watching tutorials on YouTube on how to draw a variety of random things. These simple videos captured my attention like nothing else had. School was always hard for me, I felt like no matter how much I studied, I wasn’t a great test taker.
I went to high school in rural Jamestown Ohio, near Cedarville, where I earned my diploma to end up never using it!
Like a lot of high school graduates, I was very confused, stressed, and overwhelmed. I had no idea what I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing.
I started getting tattooed at 16. I immediately fell in love with the craft and had known very early on that tattooing was something that interested me. A few years later at 19, I ended up landing my first apprenticeship at Truth and Triumph Tattoo.
Fortunately, being denied to all the colleges I Applied to would decide my fate of pursuing my true dream. . .
Over two years later, and I’m tattooing full-time. pursuing something I never thought I’d be able to do. I always thought Tattooing was an unrealistic job, I’d never make it, or it just wasn’t practical to make the sacrifice of relying on art to pay my bills.
Despite losing my father in an unexpected tragedy in December of 2021, I had Support from my amazing mother and my co-workers at truth and triumph. I was able to suppress all of my doubts. I figured if I work hard enough on plan A, I won’t ever need to have a plan B.
Being a couple years in, I have nothing but immeasurable love and gratitude to all of those who have truly been able to make this work at the end of the day, my clients.
Thank you, I love you with all of my heart.