We had the good fortune of connecting with Brianna Skumlien and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Brianna, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
My and my wife opened up our own shop because we were tired of bouncing around to shop to shop. We’d find a cool shop and then some type of drama would happen and we’d have to leave, it’s hard to find the perfect spot, drama free. We wanted to open up A safe place for clients and artists. Somewhere where our artist can come and be creative and make artwork and love what they do. No competition just artist all helping another grow and thrive.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
Apprenticeships are hard work. It’s a lot of dedicated time, no personal time you gotta put your all into it. It’s the best thing I’ve done though, because now I get to have a career that I love to do everyday. Tattooing has been amazing. I’ve been doing it for about 9 years and it has been fun everyday single day. I will never get tired of it. It was not an easy process but I have the support of my family and everyone around me. I just had to think about the end of the tunnel the day I would graduate and become an artist. It’s so worth it!

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
I’m very much a home body. Haha but I do like it up north I would absolutely recommend camping at the Grand Canyon that was a blast. Cold but super beautiful. They have beautiful views and trails.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I dedicated a shout out to my wife. Jessica skumlien, she was the idea behind the shop. I always wanted to own a shop but never believed in myself enough to do it. She believed in me. And it has been a blast having the Underdark family we have. Everyone in our shop is an amazing person and they grow everyday. We all come in everyday and laugh and get to create art. Couldn’t ask for a better group.

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