Nathan Alfred

Every piece I have not only connects me to the meaning I find in them, but also the story behind them.

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What inspired your most recent tattoo?

First inspiration is my wife who has WAY more ink than I do. We discussed getting tattoos representing a candle burning at both ends. However, I wanted something that represented me a bit more. I chose to instead make it a microphone on one end and a pen at the other. It represents my love for music, writing, performing, and everything that makes me as a creative. The rose represents home. I grew up in Pasadena California and although It's been a long while since I've visited, it's still home to

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

They would yell for more. I feel like the whisper to me in my sleep asking for more friends.

What would you do with the $25,000?

Other than getting my wife and I more beautiful art pieces on our not yet full skin canvases, I would use the majority of it to help my wife and I prepare to buy our first house. We are both in school right now and working. We have 8 children (her 4 bio, my 3 bio, and our new baby together) and plan to buy a house here in Arizona. Curently and since we started we have been in a long distance relationship, she in Boston, MA and I in Tempe, AZ. We want to move the fam all together in AZ in 2026.

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