This was my very first tattoo, done on the floor of my very first apartment in Valley Springs, CA, by a guy known affectionately as 'Tattoo Rob.' He drew it for me based on a vague, stoned description of my vision, which was a combination of a balloon I received for my birthday and a flash tattoo I saw in Santa Cruz. He did the outline for a pack of cigarettes and a 40 oz. I later got the color and shading in a shop in Stockton, Ca by a guy named Isaac. It started it all..no regrets.