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[Notion Sync] Tattoo Project: "Noah Daugherty Falcon Sleeve" — Client: Noah Daugherty. Status: Ongoing. Definition: Bird of prey, similar to crane sleeve I did. Next Task Date: 2026-04-22. Created: 2026-01-05. Pillar: TATTOO. Has intake submission, resources, and linked notes. Source: Notion Projects database.

[Notion Sync] Tattoo Project: "Bird Birdsong Hand Hannya" — Client: Bird Birdsong. Status: Completed. Definition: Skull hannya hand. Target Date: 2026-01-01. Created: 2026-01-01. Pillar: TATTOO. Source: Notion Projects database.

Gemini memory export: Professional Profile & Philosophy 25+ years experience, began January 2000. Award-winning and multiple-times published tattooer, painter, and machine assembler. Previously worked at All or Nothing Tattoo in Atlanta, GA. Works Wednesday through Sunday. Co-owner of The Custom Tattoo Company, a 42-year-old family business directly across from MCAS Cherry Point main gate, catering heavily to 10,000+ military personnel. Core philosophy: intersection of old-school craftsmanship and modern innovation, maintaining incomparable cleanliness, preserving cultural lineage of the craft. Deep technical interest in hand-wound coils, machine tuning, and tools built specifically by and for tattooers.

Claude.ai memory export: Personal Context Dave lives in Havelock, NC with Lauren and their young son Ronen (third-generation tattooer by lineage). Outside of tattooing: fine art painting (watercolor paper and silk with dyes), printmaking, photography (Sony a7IV and a7RIV with full GM lens kit and Godox lighting), Japanese mythology and woodblock print artists (Kuniyoshi, Yoshitoshi, Kunisada), UAP/UFO research, and strength training with goals of a 315 bench, 405 squat, and 500 deadlift. He drives a 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe (with Yakima EXO swing base and gear lockers) and a 2002 Lincoln Town Car. Records audio with a Shure SM7B, edits video in DaVinci Resolve on Mac.