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Now that the dust has settled and things are getting back to normalcy in mine and my family's life and the lives of the crew at Great Lakes Tattoo I wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support of not only myself but the crew and ultimately Great Lakes Tattoo itself. It has been an amazing last few months and the support and acknowledgment of the shop has been overwhelming and very humbling. The shop is something that is a part of all of us who walk through its door everyday. It's shows the dedication of not only myself and crew but the behind the scenes dedication of my wife and family. We invite everyone to come through the shop either to get tattooed or just to see it. We are very proud of it. Thank you. Nick Colella Great Lakes Tattoo

This journey is finally complete...just a little bloody. By Chris O'Donnell

Bent back girl from James Clements, on the road. Done last night. Had a good time, as always.

This event will showcase Jon Reiters entire Dietzel collection which is the foundation for his two books on Amund Dietzel. If you missed the show at the Milwaukee Art Museum this is your opportunity to see it in a more up close environment. The opening night party and opening weekend will be an event to raise funds for Jons hospital bills due to some recently discovered blood clots in his brain. All proceeds from the Dietzel tattoos done that weekend will go directly to those bills. This is a chance for people to pick off the actual flash that hung in Dietzel shop in Milwaukee. We will also be selling both copies of the Dietzel books as well as event Tshirts and limited edition hand screened prints. Opening night will also have either a raffle or silent auction from various tattooers and other artists donating work. Please stay tuned as more details become available. Thanks Nick Nick Colella Great Lakes Tattoo

Here is my bleeding moon. I posted this a long time ago. Matt Brotka in Richmond, Virginia, but that fine gentleman is now at Left Hand Black in sunny San Diego.

Wife and I are working out a contract to help a national guards man out by renting his home for 2.5 years while he's in PA school. We were planning on buying a home in a year or two but this is exciting cause its in the woods on 10achers of land and its cheap rent. More time to figure out what I want to buy and enjoy living in the vermont woods for a few years. I need a few years of some isolation with my wife and dog after work and in weekends.

A font is a family of weights/sizes of a certain typeface that is utilized with desktop publishing software, in either a Windows, Macintosh, or Linux environment (previously this was all set by hand in a letterpress environment). Calligraphy, and more correctly applied to your situation, is defined as the art of writing. My day job is graphic design, and I don't want any of that in my tattoo world. DROPPIN' KNOWLEDGE LIKE MADBALL sSSSonnnn!

I am not getting sick. I am not getting sick. I am not getting sick.

Well, El Monga's coming back to Philly next month, and despite the fact that I got tattooed by him last month, and again back in May, I booked a spot with him. What am I going to do, NOT get tattooed by him? Not sure exactly what I'm going to get, but I threw a bunch of ideas at him in an email. We'll see what sticks.

Maybe not what you were thinking, but this moon is pretty cool. It's on a buddy of mine and done by Aaron Mason at Soul Expressions Tattoo in Temecula, CA.

mine doesn't have a lady head or anything with it but here's my little moon man from Justin Hyde

fun one from a couple of days ago

Fuck everything. An O'Donnell tiger and an O'Donnell snake together? @Roca53 might not win this contest, but he wins life.

one from today

Got this dagger from Lal Hardy at New Wave Tattoo in Muswell Hill, London. Lal has been tattooing for over 30 years and is as absolute diamond. Had such a great morning there as well. The dagger goes through a tattoo from Alex Binnie, which is his version of the first tattoo I had done over 40 years ago.

I have to say thanks everyone who came out! @Fala @dirbab @gougetheeyes @HaydenRose @ironchef you guys rock! Thanks again @ironchef for the amazing print, gotta get a good frame for it. Also to anyone who missed it this time around I'm sure we will do it again sometime in the future.

I really wanted to book with Deno for his stint at King's Ave at the end of the month but didn't/don't have the money. I'm so bummed out! Hopefully I'll be able to book something with Ron Wells in the next couple of months!

7 but could see myself getting 1 or 5 more.

I heard the burgers were good... @gougetheeyes @dirbab Good times people. Pleasure meeting everyone.

You could have started an intro thread to properly introduce yourself and ask this question instead of spamming the forum with inane, throwaway posts to get enough posts to start a new thread.

You guys look so normal and nice.How was the the place,and food.I should have joined you,but I wanted to watch the Cowboys & Eagles game,but it sucked anyway.

I've been reading a lot of comics. That is all.

starting my back on tuesday with Eddy Deustche, been waiting all summer for this extremely stoked that its finally time to start.

Yesterday my wife had her 4th session on her backpiece, and the background brought it to life and we are so stoked I just had to share it with you all :-) The piece is made by Bonel from Corazon Santo in The Netherlands, which also did both of my sleeves and chest pieces :)

Hi Nick. I cannot wait to come in on Friday to shade/color the half sleeve we started about a month ago. All the recommendations to see you were right on the money, and I in turn have recommended you and your shop to everyone I know. Thanks! Sent from my LG-E980 using Tapatalk 2

I think once he knows a client is easy to work with and lets him do his thing he likes to continue doing projects on them. At least that is my theory for why he hasn't said "no thanks" to me yet.

Thanks guys. The best part is I can keep getting more work done by him. More good stuff to come without waiting years.

Bacteria such as staph are part of your normal skin flora. So you're always exposed everyday to bateria that lives on your body.

I think this show is amazing, wonderful trash (and this has nothing to do with the artwork shown in it). I hope next seasons they kick it up a notch, making it about pornstars, on meth, getting tattooed, in prison.

Oh, seem to have a good few of more of Stella Grassman as tattooed by Deafy Grassman than I thought. Artoria (Anne Gibbons) by Charles "red" Gibbons too. - - - Updated - - - Oh, crikey, Lady Viola by Frank Graf! How could I forget her, she's utterly lovely. A good few of her, this is the best but not enough leg leg - note that those little 'flowers' on her thigh are actually portraits. Charlie Chaplin in clearest in the photo.

Sorry for a few months delay (new here) but congrats and now can put a user to the arm. Mike

What a great thread! Can't believe I've only just found it! Some of the unnamed tattooed ladies I can help with, I think. The others I have to go back for - didn't show the photos in my multi-quote attempt... So much fascinating stuff - can't possibly thank everyone individually - this post shall be way to long as it is :o But, yes. She's one of the few I've not been able to track down a name for. The whole look and feel of the photo suggests she might be a private individual rather than a circus girl - the setting looks rather aristocratic to me. No other photos of her to be found either, also reasonably unusual. Tell me about it! <grr> Huzzah! I've been trying to find out her name for an age - she's one of my references so felt a bit of a prat for not knowing. Another shot of her here: Oh that's fascinating. Thanks for sharing! I found these online, so you've probably seen them already. Still nice to look at though. http://earwigbiscuits.tumblr.com/image/1203712082 A painting: Edith by George Burchett, c.1900. Oil on canvas on board (Collection of Lyle Tuttle) http://earwigbiscuits.tumblr.com/image/1203732354 Tattoo flash by George Burchett, c.1900 (Collection of Lyle Tuttle) I have a sneaky suspicion that Madiah Surith was tattooed by him, no proof at all though! Her work is a lot like Edith's though. I really love the spiderweb flash. Just my bag. - - - Updated - - - Madiah Surith - - - Updated - - - Oh heck, the tread didn't seen quite so long while I was reading it. I remember Maud Wagner (wife of Gus Wagner) being linked twice but not named. All I know is that Gus taught her to tattoo (in trade for a date, they say) and that she was also an aerialist and contortionist in a circus. Here she is: Other than that, if any one is interested, I have a good few tattooed ladies with names saved that I can post up. Not so much success on finding out who tattooed them though, I'm afraid. I've do have a good series of Jean Furella Carroll, tattooed by Charlie Wagner, taken a several points in her life. Just stuff from online but I've not found it in one place yet.

Thanks! However, I ended up making an appointment with Mike Wilson in December. On Friday the 13th. This'll be fun!

There is no more manly tattoo than a rose. Enough said.

Just got a cover-up from Trevor Taylor at Liberty in Seattle. I had one laser removal session done at Fade Fast in Dallas and, though I've got nothing but good things to say about Fade Fast, decided I wasn't patient enough to see it though. Trevor was great and I'm very pleased with the result. It won't be my last from him. The photo was borrowed from Trevor's Instragram.

Finally did it! Thank you @slayer9019 for finally getting our asses in gear. Great to meet you @HaydenRose @Fala and your dude Jason, @ironchef you are far too kind with that print.. truly. @dirbab hope you got back over that bridge ok, homie. That hair is looking luxurious. Sorry it's not a better picture! - - - Updated - - - Aaaaand it's crooked. I am so good at computers.

Just want to throw out there that I am also picking up merch for people so if anyone wants anything, I'm happy to oblige. Just send a PM.

I went to Chicago (first time!) for a very short work trip. However, I did manage to squeeze in an appointment with Nick Colella: He wedged my wife's name into a little spot below my left knee ditch and right under a girl head I got that looks just like her. I didn't tell her I was going to do it; when I got home last night, I said, "My leg hurts. Can you look at it for me?" Fortunately, she loves it as much as I do. Nick was awesome. He did the whole thing in about 15 minutes, then I hung out and soaked in his beautiful shop for a while. Nick, Erik, Frank, and Matt were all super gracious and chatted with me for a long time. I can't recommend Great Lakes Tattoo highly enough. And they take walk-ins all day!

this was done by me (kohen meyers) at dogstar tattoo company durham n.c. on a buddy of mine

In what could be considered small (town) man syndrome I will post my largest tattoo directly after my close neighbour to the north (@bongsau) most recent entry. Done by Ryan Gagne, Classic Tattoo, Red Deer, AB

currently dealing with some trouble spots in my elbow ditch. currently keeping it just moist enough with aquaphor so it doesn't crack and bleed. i know it can be solved with a quick touch up but a little discouraging because my other ditch healed without issue. also want to avoid scar tissue so the touch up will hold. any advice? words of encouragement? empathy?

just counted I have 13 roses here,not counting unbloomed probably will have 20+ when its said and done

Plenty of great tattoos this month. I hold no illusions that mine here will win but I figure I'll share it anyway. I like it. The shark and a few water marks were done yesterday, the shipwreck is about two months old, the sea monster, compass star and an off screen squid, are all about six months old, and the map outline is about two years old. All of these were done by Kyle at Leviticus Tattoo in Minneapolis.

My wife and I just signed a lease on a massive warehouse space. The adventure begins!

Ashley Love at New York Adorned gave me this badass mermaid and anchor this afternoon at New York Adorned. I would see her again in a second for any traditional work I was looking for. Love her line work and her tattoo demeanor. Seek her out if you're in NYC and want quality traditional work, or phenomenal chubby girls - her chubby girls rock the house!! - - - Updated - - - Ashley Love at New York Adorned gave me this badass mermaid and anchor this afternoon at New York Adorned. I would see her again in a second for any traditional work I was looking for. Love her line work and her tattoo demeanor. Seek her out if you're in NYC and want quality traditional work, or phenomenal chubby girls - her chubby girls rock the house!!

I have just two, from Chinese colleagues: - Did you remember to consult a fortune-teller before deciding on the motive? - Why isn't it a dragon?

"Why does that heart on your forearm say 'WOW'?" "Because I love my mom!"

@Wilhell im pretty sure i saw you walking around!