Nick Colella

that was awesome..

so awesome..cant wait for part 2 and 3

Thanks for all the responses everyone. Balance is something I think I'll be working on for a long time.

Josh Arment is one of a kind, he is one of the best guys you could meet, an amazing tattooer and a great friend. I am proud of how far he has taken his tattooing, his shop and his respect for our craft.

it was cool meeting and tattooing you, and it was nice to let you get a glimpse of the Chicago life I love..that kid of mine can be pretty demanding, especially with the tattoos, i put 8 temp tattoos in her today and she was pissed when i told her that was enough

thats a great post man..make me think about shit for sure.thanks

thanks everyone, i just bumped up the font and cleaned up the colors a bit..thanks for the input, i have so many old photos i am going to be putting up so look for added content.

thanks for the replies

There is no need for any kind of rematch. The will is strong Jill the arm an shoulder, not so much.

hes a monster and i was setup by Rodin!

uh -oh Bonnys here..look out

im gonna second julio on his post.

i try to learn as much as i can from the ones i respect most in this business. i try to really listen to what they say and not what my customers say.

It seems like there is never enough time to do it all, I take 2 days off a week and I try to switch days shift for night whenever I can but I mostly work 4-midnight so putting Josie to bed 2 or 3 nights a week is awesome, but I feel like I should be there more. When I am home at night Sarah and I can decompress from our days and just be in the same room with each other, not even having to talk is fine just to know we are around is cool.

It was hard before kids spending time and doing things together because tattooing takes up everything, I don’t mean that in a bad way but like you said we work when everyone else is off. Its hard for us to say no to appointments because if we aren’t at the shop or tattooing there is no income. Its hard not being at a place that you really love.

I told Sarah that she is my second marriage cuz I married a tattoo shop when I was 19…

But I think that the designated date nights or date days are a must, and family time we do in the mornings as well sarah gets up with josie most of the time but on my nights off I get up, I think supporting each other is the main objective no matter what

yeah its up by the Great Lakes Naval Base, I used to go up there in the late 90s every other weekend when the sailors got paid. they would get slammed and we would crank em out

yeah so Chad started with the one up!!!!

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