Jack Rudy

Jack Rudy is an American tattoo artist notable for his reinvention of the 'Black and Gray' style of tattooing, realistic portraits, and single-needle use.cite web
last = Giant
first = Mike
title = Jack Rudy
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accessdate = 2008-05-12 ] He is considered to be one of the top tattoo artists in the world. [cite web
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title = Angst From Anaheim: An informal interview with Jack Rudy
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Career

After leaving the Marines in 1975, Rudy began is career as an apprentice at Goodtime Charlie’s Tattooland, in East Los Angeles. Under the watch of Charlie Cartwright, a friend of his from bootcamp, Rudy and Cartwright began to hone their craft of single-needle, Black and Gray style tattoos. As the client base of East Los Angeles began requesting this 'penitentiary-style', the pair decided to create a single-needle tattoo machine. [cite web
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first = Theo
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Rudy is currently the president of the Beatnik's Car Club - a car club which requires the members to own 50s-styled hot rods and 'lots of tattoos'. [cite web
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first = Ula
title = The Beatnik Art Show
url=http://www.painproofrubbergirls.com/stories/beatnik/index.html
accessdate = 2008-05-12 ] He is the owner of Tattooland, and 'old school' street shop, located in Anaheim, California. [Citation
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first = Matthew
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title ="Rock of Ages Fest" and Jack Rudy's Tattooland
newspaper = Prick Magazine
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year = 2004
date = December 2004
url = http://www.prickmag.net/irvinetattoolandfeature.html]

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