Making the World Beautiful • One Tattoo at a Time
Michael Fisher, Fish to his friends and family, has been tattooing with Levi & Lili Tattoo Company (originally Whole Addiction, later Timeless Craft Tattoo) since 2002. He started tattooing in 1995, apprenticing under Onkel Pete Stuffer (RIP) in Germantown, MD. He helped establish Perforations in Washington DC, in spring 1995, first as a piercer and then moving over to tattooing full-time once his apprenticeship was complete. During this period, Fish completed seminars in fineline portraiture with Jack Rudy and large-scale custom tattooing with Paul Booth. In, 2000, Fish left Perforations to work at Grafixx Tattoo, also in Washington DC, for the next two years. Realizing his future was not in the nation’s Capitol, Fish relocated to South Florida in February 2002. He bounced around a bit until he found his home at Whole Addiction in September 2002. He decided to take a chance in 2020 and on January 1, 2021 became the owner of Timeless Craft, now called Levi & Lili Tattoo Company.
With over twenty-five years in the tattoo industry, Fish has an affinity for fine-line black and grey work including portraiture, illustrative color tattooing, and cover-up and repair work. He is more than capable of any style of tattoo you want. He continues to endeavor to constantly improve and add to his skills.
Fish has worn many hats in his long life. He has done a little of everything, including US Navy Hospital Corpsman, club DJ, electronic security specialist, psychiatric technician, painter, and currently, father, Mason, author, shop owner, and tattooer, not necessarily in that order. He has a love of ugly Hawaian shirts. He also bears a passing resemblance to The Dude in The Big Lebowski.
