Ted Ted King of the Dead is a world known tattoo artist and has been in many of the tattoo pulications, as well as winning numerous tattoo awards for his tattoo work.

Among Ted Ted King of the Deads many achiements he is well known for making tattoo machines that many top tattoo artist around the world use. Through his tattooing career he has been tattooing for well over 17 years with a very unique style of tattooing providing bright and bold artwork. Ted Ted King of the Dead has art work, featured in many tattoo museums from around the world. Ted Ted King of the Dead tattoo machines have been put into many tattoo archives around the globe. Before Ted started his career in the tattoo industry he was a assistant instructor in Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu Karate do founded by Shoshin Nagamine. Ted started his traing in 1977 at the age of 6. Ted received his black belt(1st dan)
under the instruction of Shehan Dan Levy in Wisconsin.
Ted has been a hero in his life saving an elder man from a fire in 1994.
Teds surename is Ted Bertling.
Ted is now married and continues to inspire people from working with projects for disadvantaged youth to helping homeless families.
Ted continues to tattoo and pratice the martil arts. Ted is consulatant for Tattoo Guru.
He continues to show support to the troops that are overseas and away from their families through sevral church programs as well as writing emails to help boost
moral of the soilders that are away from home.