A studio full of talented artist and good friends who frequently collaborate and share new ideas with us from the other side of the mighty Susquehanna river. Check them out here.

The homebase studio of pioneering tattoo artists Guy Aitchison and Michele Wortman. Always a major source of inspiration. Check them out here.

Analog Tattoo Kolectiv is home to illustrative artist extraordinaire Adrian Lee, who is one of Colin's biggest inspirations in tattooing. Check out his work, and that of the other talented artists who populate this legendary West Coast studio here.

Logan is another favorite illustrative tattoo artist of ours whose work we can never stop looking at. He is a legendary graffiti artist from Madrid Spain who brought the graphic design stylings of the graf scene into tattooing, combining playful, color-rich character designs with often darker themes. Check out his work here.

Yet another hugely inspirational illustrative tattoo artist based out of Vancouver Island in Canada. Steve is deeply respected around the globe for his visionary large-scale work that is imbued with multiple layers of nature, mysticism, and spirituality in vivid color and dynamic figure anatomy. Check his work out here.

Chet Zar is a fine art painter and Hollywood creature desingner who is world-renowned for his playfully horrific monster creations, as seen everywhere from Hollywood blockbuster films like “Men In Black” and “Hellboy”, to music videos by the psychedelic prog metal band TOOL. Known widely as the “Painter Of Dark”, Chet's work can be seen here.

Speaking of TOOL, do you have a moment to discus the greatest band to ever exist? TOOL provide much of the daily soundtrack in our studio, with their cerebral, esoteric, and often darkly hilarious brand of progressive heavy metal. Falling somewhere between the heady experimental soundscapes of Pink Floyd and King Crimson, and the pounding heavy riffage of Black Sabbath and early Metallica, combined with mindblowing visual art, you will find Tool, crafting an audio-visual experience that defies all expectations and easy categorization. You can check them out here.

Home of indie filmmaker and friend of the studio Mike Lombardo, who specializes in original indie horror filmmaking and special effect designs for feature films. Not for the faint of heart, but nonetheless a creative writer, director, and FX artist, you can check out his work here.

Borrowing its name from the scientific term for a group of ravens, Unkindness Art is the Richmond Virginia home of super-talented illustrative tattoo artist Teresa Sharpe, whose work is a constant source of inspiration and motivation. You can see her work here.

The Lancaster Conservancy is an organization dedicated to preserving, restoring, and maintaining local natural areas and hiking trails, with an emphasis on historic preservation and rewilding reclaimed areas with native species. The Susquahanna Valley region is among one of the most ancient ecosystems on the planet, and history runs deep here, both in terms of the natural landscape, and human activity, from Clovis-era settlement dating back tens of thousands of years, to the Revolutionary and Civil War battles that were waged here. Lancaster Conservancy seeks to preserve the ecological, historic, and scenic wonders of this area for generations to come. You can learn more about their amazing work here.

A fantastic journal for all things graffiti and hip-hop, featuring writers and musicians from around the world. Much like tattooing, graffiti culture has been elevated to incredible new heights over the last two or three decades into an impressive form of artistic expression with enormous crossover influence on tattooing, fine art, graphic design, and marketing. See why its become such an inspiring art movement here.

ART Research Enterprises is a premier bronze sculpture studio and foundry located right here in Lancaster Pennsylvania that boasts clients from across the country and around the world. Colin once worked there before his tattoo career took off, helping to craft several large installation pieces that can be found all across the United States and Europe, including the Dr. Suess memorial located in Springfield Massachusetts. You can check out their work here.

Located in the heart of Philadelphia, the Mütter is a museum and historical medical library that showcases a vast selection of fascinating medical conditions that tastefully display real specimens within its many exhibits. While not for the squeamish or faint of heart, it offers an incredibly interesting insight into conditions and complications that have bedeviled people for millennia, and the crude and pioneering treatments used to help those afflicted, with an emphasis on the humanity behind the patients and doctors involved. Check it out here.

Deftones are another one of our favorite bands here at the studio. With their signature mix of crushing alt-metal, trip-hop atmospheric soundscapes, and ethereal shoegaze singing, they provide much of the daily soundtrack to our creative process. Check them out here.

SETI is an acronym for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, and the SETI organization is dedicated to doing just that, scanning the cosmos for signatures of alien intelligences, using a vast array of radio telescopes scattered across the globe, with the help of the public. Are we alone in the universe? Highly unlikely. If you would like to learn more about SETI and how you too can help them in their search, check them out here.

Aaron Blaise is a phenomenally talented artist in both the world of fine art and animation. He is a former Disney animator who worked on such classics as “The Lion King” and “Beauty And The Beast”, and now does independent animated films as well as wildlife realism art, and art instruction in a wide variety of disciplines and mediums. His youtube channel is amazing. You can check out his website here.

David Finch is one of the top comic book artists currently working today, with an amazing eye for character design and figure anatomy. He also hosts weekly drawing lessons on his youtube channel for aspiring comic creators. You can check out his website here.

Fallingwater is an architectural masterpiece by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, nestled in the forest just outside of Pittsburgh in western Pennsylvania. True to its name, it was built atop a waterfall, with the stream running beneath the livingroom area of the house. Construction of the house was completed in 1939, and it is now preserved by a trust as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. See why this house continues to draw architectural enthusiasts from around the world by checking it out here.

Longwood Gardens is one of the largest and most well-curated botanical gardens in the U.S., and is located about an hours drive from our studio, in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. It boasts a huge variety of rare and exotic plants, from tropical orchids to centuries-old bonsai trees, as well as a spawling tree preserve of endangered native species. It also hosts several seasonal curations and an absolutely magical holiday display. Check it out here.

Rice And Noodles Vietnamese restaurant is one of our absolute favorite local eateries, for their simple yet flavorful cuisine that comes in generous portions. The stews and spring rolls with peanut sauce are a particular favorite here at the studio, the perfect fuel for an all-day tattoo session. Check them out here

The Planetary Society is a global interdisciplinary consortium of scientists and policy experts working to advance human exploration of outer space across geopolitical divisions and funding hurdles, with an emphasis astrobiology, the ethics of space colonization, and defending Earth from potential hazards from our solar system like asteroids and comets, as well as education and public communication and outreach. You can check out their website for the latest news on our ongoing exploration of the cosmos by clicking the link here

If you’re like us, you love art, particularly illustrative pop art. The Rock Poster Society is home to a massive selection of show poster prints spanning decades of music history, from vintage prints promoting the early days of Rock & Roll to the latest gigs by the best bands and artists of today. Whether it’s a particular band, show, or visual artist you are looking for a poster print from, this is the place to go. Check them out here

Graff Funk Magazine is another excellent database for mindblowing graffiti art that we love to draw inspiration from on a regular basis here at the studio. Featuring some of the dopest writers and mural artists from around the globe. Check them out here

The Line is a U.K.-based animation studio that works on the cutting-edge of animation, bringing the best of traditional 2D hand-drawn animation with ultra-modern computer-rendering to create some the most inspired, jaw-dropping, and just downright amazing animated short films, often in collaborative conjunction with the gaming industry. These guys unapologetically set creativity to maximum and are a constant source of inspiration. Check out their awesome work here

Dustin Tattooism is a phenomenally talented tattoo and graffiti artist based in Hamburg Germany whose work is highly unique and exceptional, both on skin and on walls. Check him out here

Rick Griffin is an absolute icon of the rock poster scene, one of the trailblazing pioneers of the psychedelic design movement of the 1960s and 70s, whose visionary artwork for bands like The Grateful Dead and The Who became synonymous with the counterculture zeitgeist. His intricate and highly stylized lettering was a huge influence on the graffiti and street art scenes that sprang up decades later, and his work still continues to inspire new generations of artists. Check out his online legacy of work here

Roger Dean is a phenomenal visionary artist most widely known for his decades-long collaboration with the progressive rock band YES, and the various offshoots thereof. Aside from the vivid fantasy landscapes he paints for album covers, his graphic design and lettering for logos is also hugely inspirational for us at the studio. Check his work out here

Alex, along with his wife and soulmate Alison, are the visionary artist behind the legenday Chapel Of Sacred Mirrors, a sanctuary for visionary artists and psychonaut explorers of human consciousness and spirituality. Their vividly colorful and energetic paintings have awed and inspired countless artists, creatives, and people looking to expand their minds and evolve their spirits. Alex is also well-known for his longstanding collaboration with the psychedelic progressive metal band Tool, creating some of their most mind-exploding visuals and album art. Check it all out here

Alphonse Mucha is a legendary fine art painter, illustrator, and graphic designer who helped to revolutionize poster design and develope the art nouveau style at the turn of the 20th century. With his emphasis on graceful flowing lines and feminine beauty accentuated by elements of nature, his art became a phenomenon that still continues to inspire artists and dreamers alike more than a century later. Mucha is one of Colin’s all-time favorite artists, and you can see for yourself why by clicking here

Black Symmetry is a Lisbon, Portugal-based studio that specializes in symmetrical geometric blackwork tattooing, often referred to as “tribal” tattooing. Lewis, the artist behind Black Symmetry takes the style to a whole new higher level with his incredibly intricate designs that marry rigid straight lines and complex geometric patterns to the imperfect and softly rounded shapes of the human form. Perhaps because this style is so much different than what we do here, it has taken on something of an alien mystique to it that we can not help but admire. Truly a different avenue and branch of the tattooing family tree. See for yourself why we are so captivated by this work by checking it out here