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The Team

Who We Are

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Oscar Zornosa

Owner

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I was born in Caracas, Venezuela and raised in South Florida. But, my home is Atlanta. I've spent the past decade tattooing here and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. My tattoo career spans 16 awesome years. I have a deep love and respect this art form and hope to continue until I'm old and grey. 

As a tattooer, I express myself by changing things up and staying on my toes. My focus is large scale pieces.  I work in both color and black and grey and I tattoo in a variety of styles. My favorites being, surrealism, realism, geometric, and psychedelic. 

People seek tattoos for a variety of reasons. Maybe it's to celebrate growth, to make a change, to remember, to let go, or just to have something that brings them a smile and makes them feel good. Whatever the reason, I like to use my artwork to help people express themselves.

Having a career in art gives me the freedom to explore and enjoy a variety of areas in life. As such, I have a wide range of interests. I'm intrigued by science and medicine, l'll build lego sets or make furniture, listen to everything from metal to jam bands, and read sci-fi to history. Having diverse interests, I'm open to the diversity of others. Whether we like the same things or not, all are welcome.

 

When I'm not at work, I'm most likely to be found at home. My time is spent with my incredible wife and our gang of goofy rescues, including two cats and three dogs.

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Alli Campos

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Alli was born in Cartago, Costa Rica and lived there until age 9 when her family immigrated to Clayton County, Georgia. This was a huge culture shock, but her family always turned to art and movies as their place of comfort and safety. In a way, this made creativity a natural part of her life and self . Starting young , always choosing Art for her electives or redrawing her favorite Goosebumps covers. Into her teens, picking up photography , learning how to photo edit and manipulate imagery. Into adulthood, doing art commissions as a side job and digital art to help small businesses. 

In 2016 she decided to move to St. Petersburg , FL and her interest in the arts, specifically tattooing, peaked . The city was known for mural festivals, as well as weekly artist markets. She began experimenting with stippling in her drawings and fell in love with the way her art evolved from it. 

She decided to pursue a tattooing career seriously and moved back to Georgia in 2019 with the goal to get an apprenticeship. In 2020, She began her apprenticeship at Black Rose Tattoo Collective with a team of amazing artists to learn from. 

Currently, Alli enjoys taking on a variety of black and gray projects. Especially realism, large scale or small scale. She enjoys very detailed fine line pieces and  micro realistic tattoos. She also loves doing delicate florals that flow well with her client’s body shape and natural movement. 

Alli’s best compliment she gets is ‘It’s obvious that you really love what you do!’ .  She prides herself in the amount of care she puts into every work of art that she takes on. From the smallest detail to biggest . She loves getting to know her clients , connecting and  cracking dad jokes as much as possible . 

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Caleb Wickencamp

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Caleb was born Florida, but recently moved from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, where he served honorably in the United States Marine Corps. In order to pursue a career in tattooing, he started his search for talented and professional artists to learn from and enthusiastically began honing his skills.

 

Caleb has always been interested in art. He started painting and drawing with graphite, and colored pencils, from an early age. Caleb really fell in love with the art form, when he went to Japan and saw the traditional Japanese tattoo culture. He loved the art so much, while living in Japan he decided his first tattoo would be a full back piece performed by a traditional Japanese master.  From that day on Caleb was determined to pursue a career in tattooing.

 

Caleb loves tattooing all manners of creatures, geometric designs, lettering, and weapons of all kinds. He conducts himself as a professional in every aspect including punctuality, communication and preparation for his designs. In his free time Caleb enjoys shooting, working out, and playing guitar.

Shaelyn Daniels

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Connecticut native Shae, began drawing as soon as she could pick up a pencil. She knew early on that the career she chose would be tied to art. In 2014, Shae moved to Atlanta to further her education in media arts and animation. She studied styles varying from animation to fine art at, The Art Institute of Atlanta, where she earned a bachelor's degree in media arts and animation.

Shae was always intrigued by tattoo culture and envisioned herself as becoming heavily tattooed. After a lifetime of art education and several commissions of tattoo designs, Shae decided it was time to blend both worlds and pursue a career in tattooing.

Shae currently enjoys both fine art and illustrative tattooing. As an avid gamer and cosplayer, she loves anime, cartooning, and neotraditional tattoos. Shae also excels at softer realism motifs, such as flowers, animals, and ornamental designs.

Shae is a warm welcoming individual that is a self described nerd. She takes pride in nurturing an inclusive environment and looks forward to meeting you!

Uriel Ortiz

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Uriel was born in Mexico and immigrated to the states at the age of one. From the beginning, Uriel was interest in art. While in high school he made the decision to pursue a professional career in art. To fulfill this goal Uriel attended the Art Institute, graduating with a bachelor's degree in illustration.   

After college Uriel worked as a scenic sculptor for approximately four years. He helped create large signage, trademark sculptures, and faux rock sculptures for water parks. 2020 marked the beginning of his apprenticeship and in 2021 he started tattooing as a walk in artist. 

Uriel now focuses on being well rounded so he can cater to the various styles his clients request.

He enjoys tattooing traditional, neo traditional, color, black and grey, illustrative, anime, and realism.

When he's not tattooing, Uriel enjoys spending time at home with his fiancé and dogs. If he isn’t making art he enjoys playing video games, watching anime, and movies. 

Tattoo Supplies

Located in the Atlanta area, Living the Dream is a custom tattoo shop offering professionalism in a welcoming and comfortable environment. Our focus is providing the highest quality in tattoos and client focused customer service.

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4425 S Cobb Dr. SE #E

Smyrna, GA., 30080

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