![]() Reese got into heavier music around the same time he began designing custom tattoos. ![]() "Most people come to me with vague ideas and just want me to create custom artwork for them, not so much band related stuff," explains Reese who has tattooed everything from a greyscale Tibetan elephant back piece to an entire rib cage filled with characters from Disney's Hercules, "but I will say I listen to music religiously and my artwork is heavily influenced and inspired by the music I listen to." If you pop into his studio today, you might find Reese designing his next masterpiece while listening to the likes of the Ongoing Concept, the latest From First To Last record or even the local Ohio post-hardcore outfit the New Age. While pieces of whimsical animation are some of Reese's favorite subject matters to tattoo, the conversation soon turns from Reese's love of art to his love of music. It's a Wednesday afternoon and Reese has just finished a session on an in-progress sleeve combining images from the stop-motion pictures The Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline with a few details inspired by Disney's Haunted Mansion attraction. Known mostly for his work in black-and-grey style as well as color-illustrative (think realistic Renaissance paintings meet cartoon animation), Reese has steadily become one of the most prominent and sought after tattoo artists in the industry. His skilled talents across various media and vast range of tattoo styles earned him the winning spot on season one of Best Ink and a position as a resident artist at Franco Vescovi's renowned tattoo studio, Vatican Studios, in Lake Forest, California. London Reese is a tattoo artist, but he's no run-of-the-mill ink slinger.
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