Welcome back. This is episode 19 of Books Closed.

This episode is sponsored by Tattoo Smart, your resource for digital tattoo design tools, and Alliance Tattoo Supply, High Quality Equipment and Supplies.

Before we start, I just want to apologize for my voice this week, as I've been a little sick.

But I would miss you all way too much if I actually took the week off for making a podcast and took care of myself.

I don't know why I would ever do a thing like that, so I certainly won't be starting now.

Also, one quick announcement.

I've teamed up with TattooSmart for a contest, and we will be giving away to one winner,

a $500 gift card to the Tatusmart.com web store, along with some Books Closed swag.

You can enter on Booksclosedpodcast.com. There's a few different entry methods that will each get your name into the hat. So you don't have to repost anything on your

Instagram. You don't have to do any of that stuff. It's just enter on booksclosedpodcast.com

and one lucky winner will receive a $500 gift card from Tattoo Smart.

That will get you a lot of digital design tools,

and if you've been holding out, or if you're too cheap to buy them yourself,

then this is a great opportunity for you to check them out.

So again, Booksclosedpodcast.com,

all the information for the giveaway is there,

and thank you to TattooSmart

for teaming up with me for this contest. Now, let's get down to the nitty gritty.

Back in episode 15, I talked about a company called custom tattoo design. Now, what they do is they offer an online service where a

customer can access their website, tell them what they want to get drawn for their tattoo,

and Custom Tattoo Design does all the drawing for them. In my discussion of this company,

I was very critical of what they do and how they do it. And I was

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