Charlotte tattoo artist George Rodriguez considers his craft to be his wife. He loves tattooing unconditionally, and that love bleeds into the quality of his work.
Rodriguez recently opened a new tattoo studio with his friend and longtime partner Jose “Jay” Alvarado. Called Old Soul Tattoo Club, the space is located in The Arbors shopping center on West Mallard Creek Church Road.
In the lead-up to the opening, I went to meet with Rodriguez while he worked on a cover-up back piece using his mobile tattoo kit. I spoke to the old soul himself about the benefits of going mobile, his roller-coaster of a journey in tattooing, AI in art, specializing in scar tissue and more…