Royal 1 Tattoos — Local services in Fort Worth

Went in and got a butterfly done by a guy named Hue (I believe) for my 19th birthday. I called ahead to see if they could fit me in, they told me to come on down. When I showed him a picture of what I wanted he rolled his eyes and went to get the stencil done. He slammed it down on the counter for me to look at, I told him it looked kinda small and asked if he could go a little bigger. He rolled his eyes at me AGAIN and snatched the stencil off the counter and walked off frustrated. I felt uncomfortable and didn’t even want to get it done anymore. But my friend who came with me told me it would be fine and he might just be having a bad day. So I went ahead and got it anyways. $250 later and a horrible tattoo. After a little over 3 months of healing I called back to get it fixed because I wasn’t sure if another artist would work on top of someone else’s work. They asked me basic questions about if the scab is gone yet and if I’ve been keeping it clean. I told them the scab is off and it’s completely smooth, but they told me they won’t do it because 3ish months isn’t long enough to be healed. I was so aggravated. I decided to call another shop right up the street who is a LOT better to see if they were open to fix it. Luckily someone at the other shop fixed the mess that Royal 1 did and even added some flowers. They told me it healed nicely so I didn’t have to wait any longer to have it worked on. All of the artist at the shop that fixed it for me pointed out all of the mistakes that Royal 1 did. Keep in mind it’s a big tattoo that takes up my thigh. Even friends were pointing out how bad it was before I got it fixed. After being fixed I absolutely love it and have had no issues with it. But the tattoo Royal 1 did was awful and the artists are just straight up rude. I will say that the piercer is very sweet when I got my nose done there, but that’s about it. They honestly deserve 0 stars and if I could I would, but the piercer is the only redeeming...

My husband and I did a lot of research when choosing the tattoo parlor we would visit for our forearm tattoos. When out and about around town, if we saw someone who had tattoos that we liked, we asked where they got them from. SEVERAL times people responded with Royal 1 on Camp Bowie. So, we internet stalked them and looked at tons of reviews and galleries and knew we would be comfortable with any of the artists there. However, we got really lucky with Ryan being available to help us as walk-ins.

My design was already made by another local hand-lettering artist, so it was an easy job of sizing it and just laying it down. Ryan does really great line work, so the quote I had put on my forearm was very clean and looked exactly like the artwork. My husband had a quote in mind but no design. He knew he wanted a tattoo artist to come up with something for him, something in the traditional Americana style. Ryan worked on a design while we went to dinner and when we returned, the draft he showed us was just perfect. He laid it down in just less than 2 hours. Ryan is a very chill, soft spoken man with a great story and history in his field. We felt very comfortable and had some great conversations with him. The shop, in general, is comfortable, well lit, and had a diverse selection of music playing. I would highly recommend this shop to anyone in the area and we will certainly be back if we decide to go under the needle again anytime soon. ...

Last night, me and two of my girls went to Royal one tattoo studio on a recommendation from social media from a lot of our friends. We had called ahead of time to make sure that they could fit us in that evening, and they said it was first come first serve and to come on in. When we arrived however (8pm on a Monday, well before close), after we told them what we wanted a moon phase to commemorate our latest girls trip together, we were met with some very odd remarks. Now, all of us are service industry, artist, and musicians. And on top of that I've got thousands of dollars worth of work on my own body. So I was extremely shocked when the tattoo artist very obviously showed some apprehension about doing his job, and called over another tattoo artist (older, grey hair) to ask if he want to do that, because it was clear that the first tattoo artist either just didn't want to, or thought the moon phases was basic af. Who knew at this point. The other tattoo artist hemmed and hawwed a little bit, and then literally said 'yeah no I just can't get MOTIVATED enough to do that'.

I'm sorry you couldn't get 'motivated' enough to do your job. It was the most unprofessional experience I've ever had with an artist and we were deeply insulted. We will make sure to share this experience with all your followers who recommended your studio, and to our followers in our musician and...