Rob Sampson is a 33 year old native San Diego tattoo artist. He began drawing as a child, copying images from comic books. He has been tattooing locally in San Diego since 2001. Rob served his apprenticeship and also his first few years tattooing in the same shop and has been tattooing at Patriot Tattoo since February of 2006.

Rob’s tattoos have appeared in both International Tattoo Art and Tattoo Flash magazines. He also had a backpiece featured in Ultimate Spiderman Issue 97. Most recently, Rob was asked by Sony to design tattoo art for the “Create a Player” feature on the upcoming “NBA ‘08”, released in October of 2007.

Rob has been greatly influenced by, Brom, MC Escher, Gil Elvgren, Arthur Adams, Guy Aitchison, Sailor Jerry, Travis Grabhorn, and Martin LaCasse.

When not tattooing, Rob enjoys painting, playing video games, flying RC helicopters, and spending time with his wife and six kids. Most days however, you can find him drawing or tattooing at Patriot Tattoo in Spring Valley, California.