In Episode 105 of Downtown Depot, show host Austin Meek talks with Zac “Lefty” Colbert. Lefty is co-owner of Infamous Ink, Waco’s oldest operating tattoo shop. He talks about how he started tattooing and defined his hyper-realistic portraiture style, issues his industry faced during Covid-19, and the ways his family-friendly business gives back to the Waco community.

Inside the Episode:

Lefty Colbert with show host Austin Meek

1:17 - Lefty Colbert’s Waco history
3:39 - How he got into tattooing
5:57 - tattoos entering the main stream
8:42 - Lefty’s photorealistic style
11:02 - Making it and set form
13:41 - traveling and teaching
15:33 - “Do what I do”
18:28 - Navigating Covid-19
22:00 - Working with Doc Anderson