Lil' D

Lil' D started tattooing in the fall of 1993 while living in Concord, California. At that time, he was hanging around the East Bay, skateboarding, playing punk rock music, and tattooing fellow skateboarders and punk rockers. In those early years, he apprenticed under Ms. Mikki in the Bay Area. After moving to Los Angeles in 1995, he worked at Art & Soul Tattoo owned by Erika Stanley. In 1996, he relocated to open Little Kings with Morgan Russel and Chris Perry in downtown Athens, Georgia.

Lil' D moved back to Oakland in 2000 and worked at Sacred Tattoo with Kicker, Vince One, Karl Fisher, and Devon Blood. A couple years later, D swapped coasts again and moved back to Georgia, working at TimeBomb Tattoo and 13 Roses Tattoo in East Atlanta. From 2010 to 2017, D worked at several shops in North Georgia before landing at Cap Szumski’s Timeless Tattoo in Atlanta. At Timeless, he worked with his future business partners, Sergio and Brian. In 2021, Lil’ D, Sergio, and Brian moved to Dahlonega to open Holy Mountain Tattoo.

Lil' D has guest spotted at over fifty shops and worked at countless conventions. In addition to tattooing, he has owned a clothing company, was on Ink Master Season 10, and also appeared on the Netflix show Cobra Kai. Lil’ D has a reputation for being a well-versed tattooer and has experience with a wide variety of tattooing styles.