Laguna Tattoo was established on May 12, 1982 by Pati Pavlik. Helping her get the shop going was Little Dave and Rick Spellman. Some of the artists who worked at the shop in the 1980s were Harley D., Denise Gephart, Ardee Allen, Mark Savakis and Kevin Brady. During the 1990s and 2000s, some of the artists included Leo Zuluetta, Gary Kosmala, John Lloyd, Quinn Millard, Jody Wilson, Craig Christy, Lindsey Carmichael, Brother Greg, John Ondo and Chas Byassee.
Laguna Tattoo was sold to Stephen Crome in 1994. We have worked many conventions since then and have been featured in newspaper and magazine articles, TV news stories and twice on episodes of MTV's Laguna Beach, The Real OC.