{{Short description|American tattoo artist and painter}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Guy Aitchison | image = Guy Aitchison.jpg | caption = Chicago Tattoo Arts Convention, 2008 | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1968}} | birth_place = Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. | occupation = {{hlist|Tattoo artist|painter}} | relatives = Hannah Aitchison (sister)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.inkedmag.com/original-news/tattoofamily |title=All in the Family: 8 Families in the Tattoo Industry |website=Inked |date=March 26, 2019 |access-date=February 1, 2023}}</ref> | spouse = Michele Wortman | website = {{URL|https://www.guyaitchison.com}} }} '''Guy Aitchison''' (born 1968) is an American tattoo artist and painter. He was featured on the tattoo reality television shows ''LA Ink'' and ''Tattoo Wars''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=DeMello |first=Margo |title=Inked: Tattoos and Body Art Around the World |publisher=ABC-Clio |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-61069-075-1 |page=56}}</ref>
== Biography == Guy Aitchison was born in Michigan.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tattoogathering.com/Guy_Aitchison_Interview.html |title=Guy Aitchison interview |website=Tattoo Gathering |access-date=July 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091216104925/http://www.tattoogathering.com/Guy_Aitchison_Interview.html |archive-date=December 16, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hyperspacestudios.com/interview.html |title=Interview |website=Hyperspace Studios |access-date=July 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041207104021/http://www.hyperspacestudios.com/interview.html |archive-date=December 7, 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He began painting album covers in 1985 and began tattooing in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.prickmag.net/guymicheleinterview.html |title=Guy Aitchison and Michele Wortman interview |work=Prick |date=September 2003 |access-date=July 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091023111534/http://www.prickmag.net/guymicheleinterview.html |archive-date=October 23, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He has also released several books.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.amazing-tattoos.com/ |title=Amazing Tattoos |website=Amazing Tattoos |access-date=}}</ref> He owns a studio called Hyperspace Studios with his wife, Michele Wortman, who is also a tattoo artist and painter.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/guy_aitchison/ |title=Guy Aitchison |website=Apple |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525035028/http://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/guy_aitchison/ |archive-date=May 25, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> They were both on TLC's ''Tattoo Wars'' in 2007. He is the brother of tattoo artist and television personality, Hannah Aitchison. He was also a guest artist on ''LA Ink''.
He gave Rob Zombie his first tattoo in 1989 when he was 21.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.inkedmag.com/article/q-rob-zombie/ |title= Q&A With Rob Zombie | first=Eric |last=Alt |work=Inked |access-date=February 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004043053/http://www.inkedmag.com/article/q-rob-zombie/ |archive-date=October 4, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Guy Aitchison was already in an apprenticeship at the Jacklich Corporation in the art department by age 17. After completing his apprenticeship, he began painting record covers for Vinnie Moore, David Chastain, Apocrypha, Hex, Skatenigs, and mostly for California-based Shrapnel Records. In 1989, he began a tattooing apprenticeship at Bob Oslon's Custom Tattooing in Chicago for two years. He opened his own tattoo studio, Guilty & Innocent Productions, which remained a top standing shop until 1998 when it shut down so that he could move to the country to focus more on painting.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}
== Books == * ''Reinventing the Tattoo'' (2001) * ''Organica'' (2005) * ''The Biomech Encyclopedia'' (2019)
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== External links == * [https://www.guyaitchison.com Official website] * {{IMDb name|id=nm5603505|name=Guy Aitchison}}
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