The people doing the tattoos were probably pretty scary and fitted into a stereotype," she said."It's changed quite a bit, there's a lot more women in the industry now."King's work in last year's exhibition was found online by New York lawyer Tony Nguyen, who wanted to get a full bodysuit for his first tattoo."I was really picky about who my artist was going to be," he said."When I first dipped my toe into it, it was a bottomless pit of styles, regions and histories — I got lost in it."Mr Nguyen said King's art spoke to him so much that he travelled all the way to her Gold Coast studio."It was very fluid, there was something not strict, or an airy feel about it," he said.It has taken King 12 days to tattoo Mr Nguyen's torso and she has his arms and legs still to go.But he has no thoughts of turning back."It makes me feel at ease It makes me feel the way I feel inside but it's on my skin and I can see it," Mr Nguyen said.Tobin says people get tattoos for different reasons, but more customers are choosing artists for their distinctive style and giving greater thought to how one tattoo complements the next."They don't just go, 'Give me this, give me that' and [I] think, 'Shit, what am I going to do with all this?'" he said."They'll come in and go, 'Hey, I like your work, I want to get a sleeve', and that will extend into something bigger."King said there was more freedom than ever for tattoo artists to be creative and evolve."You go for a walk and you see things in nature that inspire you … I love going to galleries and museums," she said."People see it as art