When summer hits, everything shifts. The days get longer, skin is exposed, and in the tattoo community, a classic, timeless migration begins: Guest Spot Season. If you’ve noticed your favorite artists packing up their machines and heading across the country once the weather warms up, you're witnessing a ritual as old as modern tattooing itself. Traveling is baked directly into the DNA of this craft. Long before brick-and-mortar studios were on every corner, the pioneers of ta