Roger Inkfiend

I've been blessed to learn from the two best artists: Master Mike and Rich Inkfiend. Together they have over half a century of experience. 

Master Mike is one of the pioneers of our version of our style. Renowned and deeply respected in the industry, his work continues to inspire the Asian artists around the world.

I'm blessed to learn directly from the source. 

Rich Inkfiend pushed our art even further by adding his raw Los Angeles street style. Rich continues to shape and  push the next generation of artists.

From them, I learned to how master the tools and  sharpen my artistic perspective. 

I take the knowledge I've accumulated from comes from my years of traveling to 20+ countries, living in South Korea, and growing up in Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley. 

I came into tattooing later in life — rare in this industry. But I’ve been around tattoos forever thanks to my brother, Richard.

I was always infatuated with them and covered myself in ink, but making it a career felt like an unreachable dream.

That changed after I read Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty. He talks about “dharma” — your purpose, found at the intersection of being a leader, a teacher, and a creator. 

I had already pushed leadership and teaching, but my passion told me to go a different direction. 

With encouragement from friends and family, I applied for the Inkfiend Art apprenticeship.

 Guided by my mentors, Master Mike and Rich Inkfiend, I finally brought everything together — leadership, teaching, creativity — into tattooing.

Now, I’m building a career creating neo Japanese tattoos with a West Coast twist. Tattoos that flow naturally with the body and feel like they’ve always been there.