The airbrushing process takes no more than three days, said Peterson, who's been doing airbrush work for more than 20 years. He and his wife, Gretchen, started their business in 1994 doing custom airbrush work on motorcycles and cars.

Peterson uses “freehand shields,” similar to a french curve, to paint hard, clean lines. In addition, he'll experiment with other objects and textures to create certain effects, such as using ripped up pieces of paper to make clouds.

“You just experiment here and there, and, if it works on one project, doesn’t work on another, you just remember that," Peterson said.

Peterson got his degree in commercial arts from Bismarck State College. He's worked at Dakota Collectibles designing embroidery for five years, then worked for Richardton Manufacturing, where he painted grain carts. After the plant closed, he became a certified nursing assistant and worked for Marian Manor Healthcare Center in Glen Ullin.

After working as a CNA for a few years, he became a tattoo artist in 2004 and his first job was at Michael Jay's tattoo shop in Bismarck.

“That was the irony, you get out of one job where you get paid to give comfort to people and another one where you get paid to take it away," Peterson said, laughing.