Complex sentence: Bodé took up the art of tattooing in 1994 under the guidance of tattoo artists Al Valenta from Western Massachusetts, and Myke Maldonado from New York.
Split into simpler sentences: Bodé took up the art of tattooing in 1994. He trained under the guidance of tattoo artists Al Valenta, from Western Massachusetts, and Myke Maldonado, from New York.