I went here per recommendation from a friends to talk to Joe. I went in and he met me and I started telling him my idea and before I could even get my intire idea out he goes... "I won't do it!" I asked if he tought it was a bad idea he said "No... I won't do it because its sacrilegious to Jesus." Now This made me feel uncomfortable and awkward. I just looked at him and said "Um.. okay." He proceded to explain to me that He could have his other artist do it but he would not. There was no way I was going back there again after how I felt like I was judged and treated. Now I am not saying he didn't have to right to say no to doing the tattoo if it makes him uncimfortable but he needs to learn to have tollerance for people like me who have different tastes. One persons opinion can have an impact on sales. I may have verry well came back and seen his other guy had he handled the situation differently. But seing as he wanted to act the way he did his loss of a client is someone elses gain. So whatever you do do not come to him with any "sacrilegious" tattoo ideas because he is a "christian" artist and he...
Read moreI had an old faded tattoo on my shoulder I have been ashamed of for years and was given $250 for my birthday to get a “COVER UP” done by Joe. When I consulted with him to do it, he refused to cover it up because he knew the original artist. He made an appointment for me promising to “refurbish it and make it better”. (It is a biomechanical piece) He literally traced it in darker and gave me the exact same tattoo! He added nothing to it, essentially making the faded old tattoo a bolder version of the original one I was ashamed of and wanted covered up. (Effectively making it EVEN MORE difficult to cover up!) I have known him for a long time, and have referred people to him. He is a different person now. I will never return to his shop again, and I highly recommend finding a different person to put permanent pictures...
Read moreWould not recommend, went and got my Vertical Labret pierced with my mom and sister. My mom is injured and on crutches and the place is extremely cluttered and not easy to navigate as a handicapped person. On top of that, the bathroom was filthy. Which is a red flag because things are supposed to be sterile in a tattoo parlor. Joe himself was weird he made a lot of tasteless jokes about black people (we are black) and the whole experience was just odd. He didn’t wash his hands or put on gloves after he finished my mom’s tattoo and began my piercing, which was crooked and the bar was extremely way too small and had no room...
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