KYboy
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KYboy reacted to dari in Walking Dead
Do you guys watch Talking Dead afterwards? I enjoyed listening to Lori talk about Andrea's character, and how everything she does is in Dale's honor. And what about Michonne's pets? Explains how she could decapitate them so easily.
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KYboy got a reaction from Chris3000 in March 2013 Tattoo of the Month Contest
done by Nick Colella Chicago Tattooing Co. 3/2/2013
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KYboy reacted to SStu in Reference material.
It all depends on how specific a piece you want to end up with. If you're letting the artist have free reign and you're both familiar with the image(s) you want done, then no reference materials would be needed. If you like a specific style of Oni or dragon or samurai or you want a specific pose or other prerequisite that you want incorporated then you should bring that. Otherwise you can browse his porfolio and indicate which pieces really hit home with you so that he understands how to proceed with a drawing.
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KYboy reacted to Dan S in Chicago Tattooing Company
Nick, looking forward to your new venture, I'd say "good luck", but lucj won't have anything to do with it! I'm sure your new shop will be a success and an inspiration.
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KYboy reacted to Nick Colella in Chicago Tattooing Company
I wanted to address the forum as to not let speculation get to out of hand. I am actually amazed that anyone is concerned about me leaving Chicago Tattoo and the amount of support and well wishes i have received is very humbling. I want to thank everyone for reaching out. I spent ALOT of time at CTC ALOT! from the first time I walked in at 15 with Erik Gillespie and was promptly told to leave to the last 18years (almost half my life) I have been in awe of that place. In awe of the history, the stories, the people, the friends, the tattooing, the flash, the neighborhood. Everything was just amazing to me. I always wanted to be there. Always. I treated it as my own and most people didn't even think otherwise.
I have met some of my dearest fiends through there and through tattooing and I owe a lot of gratitude to the institution that I believe I helped build and to the owner Dale Grande. Like all people my needs started to change, my family started to grow and my career really started to get in a great groove. It seemed like the hardwork I had put it was paying off but there where issues that needed to be addressed at the shop that couldn't be resolved. I've sat on this decision for quite some time actually over a couple years. I've done a lot of soul searching and confided in my closest colleagues and friends and especially my wife on what to do and I came to the decision to leave Chicago Tattoo. I wanted to move on still in love with tattooing still in awe of the history and still amazed at 18 years of amazing times some great some not so great. I have a lot of things in the works. Nothing to crazy or unexpected but I can say that I will continue to stay to true to tattooing and what got me to where I am without tattooing I couldn't say where I'd be.
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KYboy reacted to Dan S in Chicago Tattooing Company
I'm pretty happy with Nick's tattooing, so I will stick with him, as long as he doesn't move to frkn Paris or something! I would never rule-out having work done by the other tattooers at CTC, they are all first-rate.
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KYboy got a reaction from thornton8000 in Dropping the Bomb, how your parents found out about your first tattoo!
I'm a grown ass man and I'm still scared to show my mom!
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KYboy reacted to ItsNewport in March 2013 Tattoo of the Month Contest
To this day i can't tell someone to 'keep the change' without wanting to blurt out "ya filthy animal" at the end. One day it will get me in trouble, i'm sure.
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KYboy reacted to gougetheeyes in March 2013 Tattoo of the Month Contest
So glad other people quote Home Alone other than me and my wife.
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KYboy reacted to EzRider in March 2013 Tattoo of the Month Contest
What the heck, I'll throw mine in the ring this month...Got this one back in Janurary.
Done by Thomas Deaton at Twisted Reality tattoo
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KYboy reacted to else in Do we really need apprentices?
Ahhhh, so lucky to have the job I have. Only rarely do I wake up not excited to go to work. (Not a tattooer, a speech therapist). :)
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KYboy got a reaction from David Flores in March 2013 Tattoo of the Month Contest
done by Nick Colella Chicago Tattooing Co. 3/2/2013
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KYboy got a reaction from chrisnoluck in March 2013 Tattoo of the Month Contest
done by Nick Colella Chicago Tattooing Co. 3/2/2013
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KYboy got a reaction from captaincabinet in March 2013 Tattoo of the Month Contest
done by Nick Colella Chicago Tattooing Co. 3/2/2013
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KYboy reacted to HaydenRose in Do we really need apprentices?
Like every one said above: we need apprentices underneath the quality tattooers. Unfortunately, with that comes apprentices under not-so-quality tattooers.
However, the main reason apprentices must exist is because everybody dies... even tattooers.
End of thread. ^_^
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KYboy got a reaction from sarapressey in March 2013 Tattoo of the Month Contest
done by Nick Colella Chicago Tattooing Co. 3/2/2013
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KYboy got a reaction from kalknis in March 2013 Tattoo of the Month Contest
done by Nick Colella Chicago Tattooing Co. 3/2/2013
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KYboy got a reaction from kylegrey in March 2013 Tattoo of the Month Contest
done by Nick Colella Chicago Tattooing Co. 3/2/2013
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KYboy got a reaction from reverend1 in March 2013 Tattoo of the Month Contest
done by Nick Colella Chicago Tattooing Co. 3/2/2013
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KYboy got a reaction from Duffa in March 2013 Tattoo of the Month Contest
done by Nick Colella Chicago Tattooing Co. 3/2/2013
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KYboy reacted to Joe Stratford in March 2013 Tattoo of the Month Contest
Tattoo by Chad Koeplinger done at Frith Street Tattoo in London, England
Filled up the spot nicely! (and quickly 2 Hours!)
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KYboy got a reaction from HaydenRose in March 2013 Tattoo of the Month Contest
done by Nick Colella Chicago Tattooing Co. 3/2/2013
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KYboy got a reaction from Our Endless Days in March 2013 Tattoo of the Month Contest
done by Nick Colella Chicago Tattooing Co. 3/2/2013