My name is Joshua Richardson and I’ve been tattooing since 1994. In a time before the internet, if you wanted to be a tattoo artist, you had to know how to draw, fix your own equipment and sometimes even build things from scratch. I started out with professional equipment when I lived with my dad in North Carolina at 16. Starting with my friends and moving on to tattoo their parents, I quickly became the neighborhood tattoo artist and Dad suitably nicknamed me “the neighborhood nightmare”. Despite tattooing still being illegal here, I decided to return to Massachusetts. While waiting for the legalization, I stayed tattooing underground and in the meantime attended college to study fine art. Starting with my first exhibition at the Worcester Art Museum in 6th grade, I’ve been happy to continue adding different achievements involving many different art mediums to my portfolio throughout my life including bat designs for Louisville Slugger. I’ve been published in magazines as well as the book “Diabolical II: Exploring the Realm of Dark Art” for a drawing done in crayon and ball point pen. I’ve also been on the cover of the Boston Herald for a back tattoo I did at the International Tattoo Convention. There’s no other art medium that compares to tattooing for me. I also have the privilege and pleasure of spending my days with my future wife who happens to be an exceptional artist herself. 

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I enjoy tattooing just about everything, if you aren't sure if I tattoo the style or type of art you're looking for it never hurts to ask!