Whoops, Mike's question was "Who are the top 5 guys you would get tattooed by" not so much best in the world or something, so I considered availability and distance too. Notice that I named all dudes in the USA (GO AMERICA!).
Anyway, fuck, 10 top? That's tough. I'm interested to see what menaceIIsobriety thinks... If I can guess, it'll be something like:
1. Aaron Coleman
2. Higgs
3. Tim Lehi
4. Danny Reed
5. Richard Stell
6. Bob Roberts
7. Steve Byrne
Blah... I bet I wasn't even close. The point is... There are so many good god damn tattooers out right now. I've always known that, and after reading KOH's "Open letter to tattooing" I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that.
Will Lollie, Issac Fainjuken, Mario Desa, Horiyasu, Matt Shammah.... ugh... the list goes on and on.