Born and raised in New York, Richard Marafioti recieved a BFA in Illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design in 2003. Shortly after he moved to Chicago and started tattooing in 2005.

As a tattooer I provide a service for the public. My job is to express the ideas of my clients properly, with efficiency and in a clean environment. Versatility within the tradition of the tattoo is something I take great pride in.

6/8: I'm slowly going through the tattoo photos on this site and replacing the old ones with new photos to keep my portfolio current. I just uploaded a few more new tattoos so check them out. As well my buddy Scott has got the ball rolling on his business Inkorporated Skin. Scott creates hand made leather accessories with tattoo designs printed right on them. The stuff looks great, is very high quality and I'm proud to be a part of his project. Please check out his merchandise at www.inkorporatedskin.com . Scott has a booth and the tattoo convention this month at Navy Pier so stop by and say high to him if your out there.

5/5: I just recently added a few more tattoo photos and a painting to the site so check'em out they are thrown it the mix there somewhere. Also a thank you to everyone who has linked my site, pushed it on message boards, given me constructive criticism about it, told someone about it or just plain looked at it thus far.

4/20: Welcome to my new website. Most of the work on here right now has been on my old websites, or is currently on my Myspace account and the Insight Studios website. I felt this would be the time to finally get another site going because I have some new work I am excited about and would like to display it quickly and independently from these other sites. So please continue to check this page for updates, they will be here shortly...well hopefully. Thanks.