Hi I’m Nate. I am an artist, tattooer, photographer, designer, musician, and entrepreneur. I believe in sincerity, hard work, and the natural order of the universe. Hopefully I can leave this place better off then I found it.
Tattooing
In 2005 I was introduced to Carson Hill who sold me my first Neuma tattoo machine. After a year of self-exploration I was introduced to Jim Hayek a tattooer from Newbury Park, CA. Jim agreed to apprentice me after seeing some of the work I had done. I hit the road for two years tattooing in Santa Rosa, the suburbs of Los Angeles, and Phoenix, AZ. These two years provided me the practice and dedication needed to get to where I am today. In the fall of 2008 I moved to Thousand Oaks where I built a private studio and where I worked for a year.
The following spring, I edited Mike DeVries‘ first instructional tattooing DVD “Get Real with Mike DeVries”. This DVD covers portraiture tattooing and was instrumental in my continued education of the craft. I am currently editing Mike’s second DVD, “Get Real: Animal Style” which features Mike tattooing a gorilla portrait on my leg. It is an amazing informative educational tattooing DVD that will help thousands of artists learn the secrets behind Mike’s definitive style and should be released in the summer of 2010. I now work by appointment only in my private studio. I love tattooing and the ability to share my art with the people around me.
About this website
I built my first website in 1996 and in 1999 I launched NateSiggard.com. Since then I have produced hundreds of websites. In 2003, I started my own design company called Feint. I still occasionally design and develop websites, marketing plans, graphic layout for print, and do video production and editing. Additionally, I develop and start many online businesses with the company I founded Feint Ventures.
In 2007 I wrote and self-published my first educational photography book, “How To Take HDR Photos“. Photography is a great passion of mine and I enjoy shooting, editing and teaching others how to take beautiful pictures of their own.