Just a laid-back art guy.
All my life, I've been the kid in class whose notebooks were filled with more drawings and sketches than actual notes. I can honestly say art is my obsession, painting, tattooing, drawing, anything of that nature.
In 2009 I began tattooing, and it's been quite the epic journey from very humble beginnings. In 2010 I landed my first shop, Forever Sick Tattoo in Lewistown, working alongside all kinds of artists who gave me a broad outlook on technique, viewpoints, and life.
A double life, a trophy instead of a diploma.
Two years later, despite leading a double life as tattoo artist and college student, I graduated from Lock Haven University with a degree in Business Administration, a place I grew fond of, surrounded by some of the most empowering people I've met.
I wasn't at my graduation ceremony, though. I was tattooing at the Baltimore Tattoo Convention. Instead of a diploma that day, I was handed a trophy for a tattoo I did on a client and now good friend, Craig Craft.
Back to Philipsburg, and my own shop.
In the fall of 2012, I left Forever Sick Tattoo and moved back to my hometown of Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, closer to family, friends, my client base, and soon, my own shop.
Rock & Ruthless Tattoo Parlor was established in 2012. From then on I've worked as an Artist/Owner, not the other way around. I still put the tattoos in front of any other priority that comes with the industry or the business.
Tyler Walstrom
Tyler's work.
All the artwork here shows the quality of the work.
Use it as inspiration, not a catalog to copy.
