James Spong
Mike Chartrand
Mel Paille
Artist Bio's
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James Spong
James was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, where he began drawing as soon as he could hold a pencil. He is a diverse artist, accomplished in all styles of custom tattooing from photo realism to complex cover-ups and repairs. James attended Sheridan College for Illustration and Graphic Design and is consistently upgrading and expanding his abilities. He is an award winning artist who began tattooing in 1990, and has worked in numerous cities in North America. James put his roots...
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Mike Chartrand
Mike's first introduction to tattooing was as a child seeing his family members who had adorned their bodies with a lot of colour. In 1991 he suffered the loss of a close friend. Mike felt the best way to honor his memory was to get a tattoo celebrating his life and the friendship they had enjoyed. After meeting and discussing his ideas with Brian, at Beachcombers Tattoo Studio in Toronto, Mike received his first tattoo. It was at that moment Mike knew that he belonged in the tattoo industry. He collected tattoos from...
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Mel Paille
Growing up, like most kids, Mel always enjoyed drawing and painting, and creating things. Her first job was babysitting, and loved to organize arts and crafts to do with the kids. Later she started picking up extra money by making posters, and painting superheroes in the windows of the comic book store near her house. That led to other businesses hiring her to paint various graphics in their windows as well. She felt there was no better way to make money than by doing what she loves most. So after...
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Justin Veniot
Justin is the senior apprentice at Metal 'n' Ink Tattoo Studio. We are still waiting for him to submit his bio so we used these lyrics to fill the void where his bio would be. Young man, there's no need to feel down. I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground. I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town . There's no need to be unhappy. Young man, there's a place you can go. I said, young man, when you're short on your dough. You can stay there, and I'm sure you will find many ways to have a good time.
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