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As a parting gift Josh shared with all of us his latest body modification. He recently in El Paso had his tongue split by one of the few people in the country knowledgeable about the procedure.

After every tattoo job Josh makes sure to clean both the area and his instruments thoroughly. Josh prides himself on the cleanliness of not only his area, but all of River City Tattoo.

Josh wraps up Rob after finishing both star outlines in just less than forty minutes. Is the final step involving the customer Josh goes through the proper treating techniques needed to prevent an infection of the tattoo.

Josh goes about the process of a star outline on Rob’s shoulder. For this particular tattoo Josh made use of a special technique where a needle is held over a flame allowing it to spread out the ends resulting in a thicker line.

Another point of pride for Josh is the fact that being an artist he mixes all of his colors personally from only the three primary colors. Though he does admit that for cheap small-predesigned tattoos he will make use of his fellow employees cheap premixed ink.