Chris may didn't find tattooing, it found him. Perhaps the planets were aligned or the excreted pheromones of 2 locusts fucking sent a deer on a rampage 100 miles from a 19 year old kid looking to get a tattoo of a flaming ant. Probably not. One thing is certain, Chris considers himself very lucky. It was his first few trips to a tattoo shop that sealed the deal, Chris would bring a sketchbook full of tattoo ideas to his local artist who thought the drawings inside were "pretty damn good". After a couple of job offers from the local tat-guy (and some weed) Chris May dropped out of community college, quit his exciting career at Wal-Mart and traded a super sweet mountain bike for a Mickey Sharps T-Dial. This was 11 years ago, now Chris finds himself at the helm of his own tattoo shop, Proton Studio, nestled in rural Illinois. Chris focuses on a more illustrated feel with traditional sensibilities, solid lines,smooth shading and solid colors, not trying to reinvent the wheel but put kick ass mags on it.