AJ RUIN

Happy New Year everyone! 2014 was a great year for me and for the shop. We celebrated our first year in business and it was great! I feel so incredibly fortunate to have such great clients and friends that have helped us grow and supported me and this shop, here's to another great year! Each new year in Austin brings us the Star of Texas Tattoo Art Revival tattoo convention. Black Dagger Tattoo will again have a booth there. I will be tattooing and selling merch and art. If you would like to schedule and appointment to get tattooed at the convention please shoot me an email or a text ajruin@hotmail.com 415-666-5402.

Along with this years tattoo convention we will be hosting another Black Eye Collective art show. This time it will be the official opening party for the tattoo convention. It will be held Thursday January 15th at the Romani Gallery 1900 E. 12th St. and continue at the Star of Texas Tattoo Convention. 56 tattooers from all over the country will be displaying artwork! There will be complimentary drinks from Austin Beerworks & Sailor Jerry Rum as well as prints being sold printed by Deep Six Graphics. Mark your calendars, this is one you don't want to miss!

Make sure to check out my etsy account where I just uploaded a bunch of stuff for sale! Each order includes one of my new stickers I just got printed!Also, for those who've been asking, the Eagle Claw skateboard decks I design are out! You can get them through Born Loco Skate Co. There is one more Eagle Claw deck coming out soon with a different design and next I will be designing a deck for the almighty CRO-MAGS!

Lastly, if you are looking to get tattooed and not sure what you'd like make sure to follow me on Instagram at @ajruin I post tons of new tattoos I just did for inspiration or sketches for stuff I'd like to tattoo. Thanks for your support and Happy New Year!