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Linework Founder Kai Ree Tells All

Longtime tattoo artist and founder of Linework Kai Ree has been in the game for over 17 years. During that time, Kai has owned his own studio and managed four shops simultaneously, all the while being continuously forced to utilize unfit tools designed for other industries. Predictably, this vast technological chasm often rendered Kai’s businesses inefficient. Desperate for a common stance and a solution, Kai shared his concerns with peers around the globe and soon realized this problem was not his own – the need for an administrative tattoo tool was astoundingly universal. Kai took the time to talk about his experience in tattooing, why he exchanged his station for a software startup, and what makes Linework, well…work.

Tattoo Artist Ricardo Sturdivant Talks Life, Style, and Linework

From his unexpected beginnings in the industry to his realization that community and camaraderie are as essential to the craft as cartridges are to needles, expert tattooer Ricardo Sturdivant is no stranger to trial and error. In fact, even when it comes to tattoo studio software, Ricardo has had his fair share of failed ventures – until recently, that is.