Take your time. A tattoo is a lifetime commitment. Removal or cover ups are painful and costly Consider a temporary tattoo. It’s no joke, it enables you to test the looks of your new tattoo on your body before making the real commitment. Bring all your originals and sketches to the parlor (not just the finished design).


Only professional tattoo artists should perform the permanent ink work. Tattoos can easily get infected if they are not properly done. Make sure your tattoo artist is talented and experienced. Make sure you both understand each other before you get started. Sometime you pay for quality. The cheapest tattoo artist in town is most probably inexperienced and should not create permanent tattoo art on your body. Take good care of your new tattoo. Body art requires proper care in order to heal without infection or scars. Keep the tattooed area clean and moisturized.

The name is Dennis Mata'afa born and raised on the island of American Samoa into a family of eleven...my mother June Thompson...my beautiful sisters Katie, Lotoa, Landy, Divine, and Lisa...brothers Chris, Bert, and Pino...My childhood consists of memories spent with my aiga in the village of Fagatogo where my talent as an artist began to flourish at an early age. I can still remember my siblings surrounding me while drawing cartoon faces and gothic images on our kitchen table. Those were the good old days!!! I left home in search of better opportunities and the only regret I have is leaving my family. I lived in Hawaii for a while before I landed in Vegas which is where I had the priviledge of meeting the talented and amazing Michael Fatutoa who took me under his wing and mentored me as one of his own. He has not only been an inspiration to me, but a great influence on my artwork creativity... I now have the honor of working side by side with Michael Fatutoa himself and another artist by the name of Clayton Mees in our Las Vegas shop called "Sacred Center Tattoo". Feel free to come by anytime to experience our way of life through art... I look forward to expanding my career as a tattoo artist in hopes that someday I too will have a signature to remind people that art whether it be on paper or on ur being, is a beautiful expression of life itself. I give glory, praise, and honor to our Heavenly Father for blessing me with such an awesome gift, for without Him I would be nothing... I dedicate this page in honor of my parents the late Tauese and Fiaapiaaele'oniapiapo'onitagatamaifea Otineru Mata'afa who I believe are watching us from heaven. Much love and respect to all my family and friends stay blessed and continue to bless others!!! Ia manuia lava fuafuaga uma o le aso... Ia tu Ieova i lo tatou va, soifua ma ia manuia!!!

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