Dejah Garcia Kelley Shop: Club Tattoo Age: 35 Style: “Bold and bright” “My grandpa was in the Navy, so he had the Popeye kind of tattoos on his forearms,” Dejah Garcia Kelley says. “One was Bugs Bunny with ‘Bugeye’ [written] under it, because he wore glasses. Once I figured out someone did that, I was like, ‘I’m gonna do that.’” And with 17 years of experience, Garcia Kelley has done it all—from working on the Strip before tattoo shops were even zoned for casinos to owning her own shop in Arizona, and now working on the Strip again—this time in a casino. “I couldn’t even imagine if I didn’t get into tattooing, especially since I got into it so young. Most of my paintings are inspired by traditional tattoos. It becomes your whole life. You think about it before you go to bed, and it’s the first thing you think about in the morning.”
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