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“My mind couldn’t comprehend what was going on, to be honest. Tattooing
such a living legend was very surreal. Stan sat like a rock—he put me to shame.
And his skin holds colour like crazy. That good ol’ Bowery Ink!” he laughs.
In the end, Jeffas did such a solid job that Stan asked for another. “But this
time he wanted me to sign it,” he says. “So we did this funky little skull and
dagger that he had drawn up.”
Between tattooing each other, designing flash together, and just hangin’ out,
the pair has also found time for another special project: a book. “Bowery Stan
and I have been working on a book of tattoo flash for sale that I hope to get
printed this summer,” reveals Jeffas, adding, “Aside from that, I’d like to do
some more little guest spots. I’m very young in tattooing and I’d like to get
more experiences in while I’m able to. So far, I’ve gotten to go to Honolulu,
Las Vegas, Austria, and Connecticut. You learn a lot from traveling and that
will stay with you.”
Before parting ways, I challenge Jeffas to sum himself up with a one-liner.
“I’m a tattooer—plain as that,” he proclaims. “Honest and loyal. And falling
more and more in love with tattooing each day that passes.” Kyle Jeffas On... Dream Tattoos
“Todd Noble, Timmy Tatts, and Mark
Mahoney are some guys I really want to
get tattooed by. They’re just solid people
all around — that’s important to me. And
I like tattooers with a distinct style. I like
when you can look at something and say,
‘Yep, that’s a Timmy Tatts piece for sure.’”