Nostalgia Tattoo Co., Colorado Springs

When it’s a client's turn in the chair at Nostalgia Tattoo Co., they have a good amount of time under the needle during which to consider their surroundings. It should be some comfort, then, that the walls surrounding that chair are covered in a grid of awards earned by the shop and its staff. Spaces that might have otherwise been left bare flaunt original artwork and designs by the resident artists, some depicting grim, detailed skulls and others drawings of elephant gods. But the team's craft truly comes to life on the human canvas, as each artist's portfolio brims with classic designs, modern color-saturated pieces, and tattoos of the word "tattoo."