Stained Skin — Attraction in Columbus

DO NOT GO HERE. TLDR: You and your tattoo are just money to them.

DO NOT USE MARIO. The previous review about him is, unfortunately, 100% true. 100% sketch.

I went here for two sessions. First was fine, but it was just an outline for the colors and other designs to come.

Went in for the second session, and he did not stay true to the design I strictly specified to him. In fact, he completely messed it up, making difficult to read and completely distinct from the motif I was trying to create.

He was told to airbrush two colors to mirror/reflect another tattoo, and he did a horrible job of making them look anything alike. Completely distinct. It wasn't anything super complex either, simple shading. Basically did a color-by-number thing instead of lightly fading in color.

Then he refused to be able to see it. Defensive and unprofessional.

His line work and general attention to detail in a completely separate part of the design were also lacking.

Honestly, he didn't even seem to try. He was rushed that day apparently and I don't think he ever really cared about the tattoo except for the money he was making off it/me.

I did salt abrasion to fade it out, and it worked wonders.

However, the owner, Anthony Dubois, outright refused to do anything to rectify the situation, pretty much from the get go. Rude and unethical.

Kept saying it was "fine". That is not up to you to decide, Anthony.

He actually kicked me out of the shop. I was being perfectly calm and cordial. Frustrated? Sure, but I was not causing a scene.

This place is a joke. They will knowingly mess up your tattoo then refuse to do anything about it.

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Made an appointment a couple months in advance. During the consultation, it seemed rushed (I understood he may have been working on a customer and excused it). I was told he would give a sketch 2 days prior to the appointment but never recieved it. On the day of the appointment, he kept pushing back the time and it was beginning to feel uncomfortable with how things were proceeding. I had asked to see a sketch after the first change of time in the appointment. After a delayed response, he said that his computer crashed in that moment and was now sketching again, but the notion was that I should have seen these sketches days earlier, either way. I apologized and said that I appreciated the effort but was no longer confident in moving forward. He replied that he would be willing to refund through an app and I appreciated the effort to reconcile things. I thought that was the end of it but he soon sent sketches he was making at the moment, stating that he did do the work and wouldn't be giving a refund on the deposit. The whole experience was very unprofessional; to offer a refund and then claim that they couldn't because he had now done the sketches after the fact. I'm sure he's a good artist, but the service was lacking, unprofessional...

I was very very disappointed in the unprofessionalism of the tattoo artist shaun. I was supposed to get my tattoo done on sept.28. Day before that date it was difficult to even get a scratch from him seeing that I already paid $50 down payment and for the scratch. I've been texting him for 2 weeks straight with no response and no drawing. The day of my tattoo he send it at 9 am. I felt like he just put it together last min. Today October 24 he canceled my appointment after waiting a whole month because he said he had to leave early for car problems and this point I wanted a refund for wasting my time. Upon arrival at the store to get the refund he told me kat the manager will give me, I was surprised to see he was there. He was at the shop the whole time while he was lying to me. On top of that they weren't try to give me my refund. After asking to speak to their boss they only gave me $25 back. I was so disappointing they wanted me to pay $50 for a Picture. I was highly upset and when I called the shop the lady was also rude and pointing the blame on me instead of taking the ownership of their unprofessional artists!!!! Dont go here they are taking people's money and dont...