Permanent Behavior: Self-Taught Artist to Tattoo Legend
b'"It\'s only on you for the rest of your life," reads the Instagram bio of tattoo artist Shannon Anderson aka\\xa0Mo\' Better.\\nA widely recognized tattoo artist, he\'s done notable pieces on famous athletes and entertainers, But he\'s also inked multiple generations of Bay Area families. He\'s a self-taught tattoo veteran who is paving the way for others to traverse an industry that hasn\'t been to kind to people who look like he does.\\nFor the past twelve years, Mo\'Better\'s been the owner of \\xa0Inkestry Custom Tattoos.\\xa0But before he held a tattoo gun,\\xa0he was known as a talented air brush artist, and before that he was a skilled barber. He learned each craft out of necessity.\\xa0And each craft has earned him money, broadened his following and expanded his community.\\nFor the final entry in our series on tattoo culture in the Bay Area, we talk to Mo\' Better about his craft, and his life.\\nRead the transcript here.'