Cory “Curby” Dickens received his first tattoo at 28 and while he was getting worked on, he was immediately taken by the art form.  During the small talk with the artist, he found out what he was going to need to do to get an apprenticeship and learn the art.  In 2004, Cory moved from the small town he was living in to Portland Oregon and began his apprenticeship at Captain Jack’s Tattoo, leaving his wife behind.  After spending a year there, he moved back to Klamath Falls and began working at Steel Sensation Body Modifications.  He worked there for two years before coming to the conclusion that he had progressed as far as he could as an artist, so he and his wife decided it was time to leave.  Since his wife, Brenda, had family in Florida they ended up moving across country to the Sunshine State.  Shortly after arriving, Cory began looking for work along the Treasure Coast and was lucky enough to get picked up by South Florida Tattoo.