Studio Ink — Attraction in Norman

I made an appointment 1 week prior to the date of tattoo. It was to be sleeve work on my right arm. Not incredibly detailed. After showing the artist EXACTLY what I wanted. He said he could do it with no problems. It was to be two smaller tattoos and a swirl of lines around them (then 4(2 old)) tattoos. I decided he, Jimmy, would be a good fit for the tattoo. I prepared for the tattoo.. made sure my skin was clean and moisturized. I was nervous, as I had never gotten a tattoo this large. I arrived and the artist was late(no problem as I use an ecig and was a ball of nerves anyway). When he arrived I showed him the photos again. He said he would draw them up. I waited in my car, with my trusty ecig. He brought out the first draft. It was at least triple the size I had spoken about. I then said I wanted a much smaller one. Back to the drawing board. He waved for me to come inside. The print was still much larger, but I decided to accept it. He then placed the print and allowed it to dry. He then used the tattoo gun to give me a "water" tattoo(which I had no idea what that even meant) so the lines would be clear as he was going to draw on the swirls for the next part, wiping off the temporary ink. It hurt terribly. I asked why it hurt and that maybe it was too deep. He then made a joke with another artist in the room, making fun of me with a sexual enuendo. I understood the joke, I just didn't care to laugh at it or find it funny. He finally began drawing the swirls with a temporary pen. Wiping away any wrong lines with the antibacterial liquid, burning my fresh "water" (open sore) tattoo, it burned over and over with every mistake. My photo(of the swirl was on a leg) clearly not an exact picture. I had hoped he would be able to draw something similar. None of what he put on my arm even resembled the photo he was looking at intently. He took a photo of my arm and asked me to draw what I wanted. I am no artist, but tried to, at least, start what I wanted. I explained, in detail, what I was hoping for. It was terrible, nothing drawn was even near the photo. He then said that I would need the other smaller tattoo first, I told him I agreed. Throughout the changes, he is huffing and puffing and telling me I am changing what I want. His voice was getting louder and louder. I let him know that we seem to be having some communication problems. He said he could not tattoo me if I kept changing my mind. I had the same 3 photos from my first meeting with him. I, finally, told him I was done with the session. He then began to try to offer solutions. I asked what I owed and went to the front desk, where he said I owed nothing. I waited for my deposit return. He stood near, in what felt like intimidation(I did not feel comfortable hanging around to discuss with anyone in the shop). I was refunded my deposit. I left with a large outline of a "water" tattoo(painful) and lines up and down my arm in purple. I have multiple tattoos and have never had an experience like this. I am not attacking him as a person, just his ability to communicate. He did not explain a "water" tattoo and the possibilities of pain or the reason. I will never go to this studio again and hope no one else has to endure the same treatment. Tattoos are a joy and a lifelong commitment, I was so excited to get the work done, but now I will...

I went in with my mom for our first tattoos. I had an exact picture of what I wanted, but Kevin the artist wouldn't use mine and picked one that was no where near the one I wanted. I asked again if he could use the one from my phone and he said no. I decided to go with a blue line and told him I wanted the stars to alternating purple and white. It was on my ankle and I was in a funny position so unfortunately didn't notice until he was done that he made them all white and put a small dot of purple in the white. I told him I wanted them alternating like I originally asked for, he said it was to late, so I asked him to add more purple cause it wasn't showing up, to which he told me if he did it wouldn't look good, but I could come back and pay to get more purple if I didn't like it. Now I have a blue constellation with only white stars and have to pay to get it fixed. He didn't listen to what I wanted at all, paid 150 for a 5 minute tattoo that ended up being nothing like I told him. Very disappointed and wouldn't suggest you go there especially if Kevin is...

I had researched who I wanted to do my tattoo. The artist that I wanted to do my tattoo does amazing work. I drove all the way from Bethany for this person to do this tattoo for me. When I got there it seemed like the artist really wasn’t in to doing the job. The sketch looked like it was just thrown together. It didn’t look like the amazing work that I had seen in social media. Don’t get me wrong, it was cute, but not what I was expecting. I agreed to the sketch. The tattoo turned out cute. I asked about making an appointment for a another tattoo and showed the artist the picture of what I wanted and they said they would call me back. I haven’t heard back from anyone. It feels like a slap in the face when a client is treated like their business is not wanted. I wasn’t rude or unruly to the employees. So I don’t understand. Maybe the artist as having a bad day. Thanks...