User:Marcdraven

Tattoo artist who owns two studios. Also a media booking agent that covers tattoo, comic, movie, arts, and other entertainment conventions.

Created "HAVSUM ENTERTAINMENT" as a Division of HAVSUM INC.

The Tattoo Artist Side of Marc Draven : Began teaching himself the art of tattooing in 1992, outside of Philadelphia, PA. while attending college for business and graphic design.Soon traveled around the country, finding base in Tampa, FL.Worked for WWE Wrestling as a indipendant promoter and merchandiser.Got started by hiring workers and booking them on their off days for autograph sessions and merchandise promotion.Was "raised in the business " by Afa from the Wild Samoan Training Center.While working for the WWE, had the opportunity to tattoo many of its celebrities.Has been published in numerous media and is an award winning artist.Has had the chance to work side by side with many other artists who's knowledge has helped to make me a better artist.Continues to work with some of the best pin-up, tattoo, and fantasy artists in the world; including Dave Nestler, Paul Booth, Bob Tyrell, Monte Moore, and several Lucas Films Artists.Marc's Current focus lies in custom work, portraits, cover ups, movie related photo realism, and pin-ups.

The Entertainment side of Marc :Has been hosting a few shows in Florida for years and am now making studios known for crossing the tattoo industry with the multimedia industry."INK-FUSION" shows the world that tattoos, movies, television, comics, and artists of all backgrounds share a common thread of self-expression. "INK-FUSION" is when the worlds of tattooing and comics collide. These seminars and demonstrations give people from the comic industry the chance to see professional tattooing live. If people are curious about tattooing, but are more comfortable in a multi-media style convention, "INK-FUSION give them an opportunity to experience it within their comfort zone. It also brings professional tattoo artists into a new field of exposure. This gives them new media coverage that may have not been an option in the past.  Marc has brought this to such shows as TATTOOFEST in Tampa, FL, SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON, STAR WARS CELEBRATION, FX in Orlando, FL, MEGACON in Orlando, FL,  SPOOKY EMPIRE'S ULTIMATE HORROR WEEKEND,VULCON, WIZARDS OF THE COAST in Philadelphia, PA, and several others. With publications in Tattoo Review, Star Wars Insider, LEE's Action figure Toy review, Channel 9 News, Channel 10 news, PBS, and Tattoo-stories.com.  Also to have been featured on the front cover of Tattoo Savage's October 2008 issue!

Currently, Marc is also booking media personality for convention dates and movie projects as well. So if you are an actor, artist, musician, entertainment personality, or model...contact Marc. Please keep in mind that all media guests have business agents. Marc does not act as the guests agent, but rather as a booking agent for HAVSUM Entertainment