Stellar Door Tattooing & Other Magic — Attraction in Tumwater

I was looking online to get a cover up tattoo.. I saw stellar door and sent them a message and within minutes I got an email. Realms and I sent a few messages back and forth and I went in the shop to discuss my cover up (March 4th), Realms said I would receive sketches and drawings before my appointment just in case I wanted to change anything, I agreed and made an appointment (for March 25th) and put down $100 to start the process! I didn't receive any emails and just assumed Realms had an amazing idea. I went in March 25th and Realms had told me the idea and drawing was difficult, so we discussed more, Realms said I had to reschedule (for April 8th). That frustrated me because I expected to start the tattoo on March 25th, but thought I'd give a second chance, and I agreed to send ideas of what I wanted. I sent what I wanted and didn't get any emails, so a couple days later I sent an email to Realms asking if my idea was recieved, and I got no answer. On March 31st just before midnight I receieved an email from the manager, Chelsea (I didn't open the email until the morning of April 1st) saying that the project was going to another artist, Nickhole, and the oustanding work done from Realms would be continued [there was no oustanding work done from Realms].. Nickhole had an opening that day at 1pm, (then not until September.. why would I wait until then if I expected and was excited to start my cover up on March 25th?.. Not on April 1st, then wait five months!) and I had to reply by 11am if I wanted to start the process with her. They knew I had to get childcare, so of course that was way too short of notice. I just asked for my $100 back and will obviously not be returning and do not recommend anyone to agree working...

I love this place, Nickhole is a talented artist but that's only the beginning of so many other positive things about her work and the way she does things. I found Stellar Door while searching for somewhere to get my first tattoo and I'm so glad I chose to come here. My experience here honestly set the bar for me. Nickhole's intention to create a safe environment where my vision is heard, my consent is valued, and my concerns/questions while exploring possible artistic paths for a design are listened to. There's an integrity she elicits to follow through on those things by providing a healthy & positive experience from start to finish. I could tell when talking about the vision for the piece, that she's invested in the process and puts energy and attention to detail into making it come to life. I appreciate being included in the process as it's literally my tattoo and on me forever. In my experience there's a big difference between artists that do this and artists that don't - and you can see & feel it in the results. Every time I look at my first tattoo, I'm still in love with it! I feel like this is how everyone deserves to feel about their tattoo/s. I always want mine to feel like a part of me that I love. She has solid experience and it shows how she puts that wisdom and love for what she does toward her craft from start to finish. I respect that and would sincerely recommend coming here, especially for anyone who is just starting out their tattoo journey!

Came in with my friend to get a tattoo today and realms was the tattoo artist and she was so rude to my friend, for no reason. My friend wanted some mushrooms along her collar bone and when we got there the artist didn’t even have anything drawn up for her so we were there for 2 hours while she drew a design directly on my friend, she wasn’t really listening to what my friend wanted and got all huffy and puffy acting like what my friend was wanting was unreasonable. Finally we get to actually tattooing and she’s having my friend lay/sit down with absolutely no neck support, my friend was very uncomfortable and her neck was hurting so she kept moving to try and get comfortable but realms kept telling her to stop moving and be relaxed while making my friend lean her head back and tilt it, which was straining her neck since there was no neck support. I eventually asked if she could possibly lay down because I could tell my friend was very obviously uncomfortable, and realms tried arguing with me on why she couldn’t?? But she ended up letting my friend lay back more and finally had something to lay her head on but of course not without realms being all huffy and puffy about it, and acting like my friend was such an inconvenience for her. Realms needs to be more considerate of her clients comfortability and listen to what her clients want for THEIR tattoo. 🤷🏼‍♂️ my friend won’t...