Dan S

Y'all will be more than happy with Nick, both for his work and "just" as a guy...good people to the bone.

Y'all will be more than happy with Nick, both for his work and "just" as a guy...good people to the bone.

oh man! Sorry guys :p

Effective immediately, due to a major ink shortage caused by @else the price of ink will be increasing dramatically on the limited quantity that is left. The now rare tattoo ink will be more expensive per ounce than Rhodium.

I shouldn't be allowed outside without a chaperone. My girlfriend and I went out for lunch this afternoon. Since we were right around the corner from The Pearl in Toronto I decided to stop in and say hello. Just a few moments before we got there Tim Pausinger had a couple of last minutes cancellations. Perfect timing! I had a few ideas on my phone and after brief discussion Tim drew up a design and got to work. I had a tattoo done last week that was healing nicely and so I figured what the hell. Let's do it.
I've got another appointment on Friday, another on the 18th and two in April. I think I'll take a wee break at that point before beginning the work on my chest.

Just got this little pony from Bailey Robinson.

never watch miami or la ink to get ideas or even to i don't know....just watch the interview vids on here instead....

done by Nick Colella Chicago Tattooing Co. 3/2/2013

I'm throwing another old one in because this is fun! Sorry for the gratuitous man-boobs.
Andrew Conner. Harrisonburg, Virginia.

A. I didn't make any comment about measuring his skill level by the age of his customers.
B. It's legal to marry your first-cousin in Illinois...that doesn't mean it's the smart thing to do.
C. Reading comprehension is a wonderful thing.

A. I didn't make any comment about measuring his skill level by the age of his customers.
B. It's legal to marry your first-cousin in Illinois...that doesn't mean it's the smart thing to do.
C. Reading comprehension is a wonderful thing.

A. I didn't make any comment about measuring his skill level by the age of his customers.
B. It's legal to marry your first-cousin in Illinois...that doesn't mean it's the smart thing to do.
C. Reading comprehension is a wonderful thing.

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Compliments of my pal Jimmy, known as JBW on the Enfield boards...
Brass/origin: Jamison/USA, Bertram/Australia, or reformed CBC-Magtech 24 gauge brass hulls/Brazil. All are Boxer primed. (CBC brass uses lg. pistol primers)
Powder: ffg (2f) black powder 75 to 85 grains by weight, or BP 2f substitute by VOLUME measure.The 577-450 doesn't care for lighter charges due to the bottleneck design.
Bullet: From .468 or .470 diameter. 405gr. or heavier. Again, the MH doesn't care for lighter weight bullets for reasonable ranges. Liquid alox lube prevents crud ringing when using sub-powders.
.458 to .460 diameter bullets need to be paper patched. Beeswax 'cookie' beneath the bullet for lube.
Overpowder filler: Carded wool, Cream of Wheat (COW), or shredded surgical cotton. Carded wool is difficult to locate in smaller amounts. COW compresses in the bottleneck (at least in my mind's eye) so I've been using sterile cotton. No oils or perfumes to contaminate the powder.
Shred apart and use enough to lightly fill the void. Contrary to popular opinion BP doesn't need to be compressed as tightly in a cartridge the same as in a muzzleloader.
There are no cheap loadings money-wise. Cartridge and needed components won't allow for it. However a "soft ball" load for under 75 yards for plinking and/or pest control cosists of using a .480 diameter swaged round ball in lieu of a bullet.
There is also a smokeless for black loading which I have never used. Different loading rules which involves IMR 4198. No data from me. Just a heads up in case you may be so inclined to persue that route. It's out there.

Had to go back and read your intro...
SIXTEEN?!?!?!?!?
Dude. Forget the tattoo, work on your designs for AT LEAST two more years. Bare minimum. You want to work on sleeving yourself, then you need to do your homework and get your design squared-away. What can I say, all my kids have got tattoos, but all of them waited till they were eighteen to start...can't even begin to imagine what they would have gotten at sixteen, but I do know they changed radically in the two years betwixt then and turning eighteen. You will too.
Anyhow.
If you look at his work, and you think it's good, that's what it's all about. I don't think a yard-n-a-half is radical cheap, even for the big city. You don't need to pay four-hundred an hour to get good work. As far as appointment times, if he means he can fit you in somewhere, well that isn't a warning signal to me. If he flat-out doesn't have any appointments, well that might be!
Hate to beat a dead horse, but I usually call Nick Colella like a week before I want to get tattooed, tops. Have gotten a lot of work at CTC just walking though the door. SOme street shops pride themselves on taking care of walk-ins and last-minute customers, and you may have found one of them.
Anyhow, look through his portfolio, look at any of his work you can find to look at in-person, people that work with him, his own ink, like that, and if you like it, and you are happy with his design, well, GO FOR IT!

If you're going to work on oil rigs, you could make a nice chunk of change. I know you don't want to hear this, but you should wait to get tattooed. Look around this site and see what's possible. Work on the rigs for a while, make some money, and pay for something you'll be stoked on for life.
As for first tattoos on the forearm, here's more advice you don't wanna hear: that's terrible place to start a Japanese sleeve. ALL Japanese sleeves start at the top of the arm, not the other way around.

Got tattooed by Matt Arriola at the West Texas Tattoo Conv. Super pumped on how this came out.

Done by Cecil Porter. Douglas from the movie "Where the Wild Things Are".

Just for fun going to post a panther snake combo I got done last year by Manee Friday right here in Portland.

ok, not going to win but i do wanna compete so i can say i did!
done by magnus tufvesson at american art in gothenburg sweden

Congrats @else ! and thanks for sharing those kind words, as you know that summarizes our whole mission with this site.
PM me which shirt style and size you'd like, and where to send it and we'll get it right out to ya!
Cheers

Now, if it wasn't Saturday night, the admins would PROBABLY have your new title up in lights already!
You deserve it, Young Lady...you've put in some serious hours getting some serious work, and it is paying off bigtime.

I hear ya.

Now, if it wasn't Saturday night, the admins would PROBABLY have your new title up in lights already!
You deserve it, Young Lady...you've put in some serious hours getting some serious work, and it is paying off bigtime.

She is about hogging-up some major heavy ink, isn't she?!?!?!?!

Now, if it wasn't Saturday night, the admins would PROBABLY have your new title up in lights already!
You deserve it, Young Lady...you've put in some serious hours getting some serious work, and it is paying off bigtime.