I would think it ’ s easier to book people if you ’ ve been on tv . Even if you did suck ( laughs ). Just as far as this goes , Villain Arts Conventions , Troy is just an amazing guy and he likes having the TV people there . Which brings more people in , so there ’ s so many perks . But it was a hard decision when I first got that . I asked my wife if I should do it , take the offer . I was thinking I didn ’ t want to lose my respect in the industry but nobody knew me so I didn ’ t have any anyway ( laughs ). People still don ’ t know who I am . A lot of people didn ’ t see the show , so art is art and there ’ s no wrong way to do it . It ’ s just how people express themselves and some is better than others . TV coming out and promoted tattooing is a good thing but also a bad thing . That goes with everything . I think the most negative thing , if I had to pick something , is it changes the mentality of the client . In 2017 , the mentality
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I would think it ’ s easier to book people if you ’ ve been on tv . Even if you did suck ( laughs ). Just as far as this goes , Villain Arts Conventions , Troy is just an amazing guy and he likes having the TV people there . Which brings more people in , so there ’ s so many perks . But it was a hard decision when I first got that . I asked my wife if I should do it , take the offer . I was thinking I didn ’ t want to lose my respect in the industry but nobody knew me so I didn ’ t have any anyway ( laughs ). People still don ’ t know who I am . A lot of people didn ’ t see the show , so art is art and there ’ s no wrong way to do it . It ’ s just how people express themselves and some is better than others . TV coming out and promoted tattooing is a good thing but also a bad thing . That goes with everything . I think the most negative thing , if I had to pick something , is it changes the mentality of the client . In 2017 , the mentality