Till the End Tattoos by Tatubaby — Local services in Kendall

Very disappointed! I second guessed myself (never a good idea) I should have went with my first choice. I narrowed my choices to 3 different artists knowing I was going to have to travel for it. (Kristina Taylor, Deanna Jame and this one Tatu Baby) All 3 gave me a price and range of ($1800 to $2000) I had already budgeted myself for $2500 so I was pleased with the estimate. I knew it was going to be expensive and was very excited about the price. I still brought the $2500 just in case.

I wanted a memorial pieces of Me holding our cat and my son’s arms wrapped around both of us I wanted my son and I realistic and my Bengal cat as a ghostly memory but his eyes electric marine blue. I wanted the image to convey the love we had for him and how much he is missed after the 23 years with us without having the words underneath saying it. This was to be placed on my shoulder blade. I brought numerous photos of each of us - me, my son and Chicory our cat.

I flew out from California, booked a hotel for a 2 weeks just in case and completely waisted my time and money! The male I spoke with when I booked the appointment a year before convinced me Tatubaby was the right choice. I agreed to book the appointment. When I hung up I truly felt like I made the wrong choice.

When I arrived at 11am the time of my appointment and waited just over 3 hours (2:25)) she finally came over to me. During this waiting period I was completely ignored. No glances acknowledging me nothing! She seemed irritated or like she didn’t want to be there. I don’t know but there was something definitely wrong with her attitude. Instead of leaving like I should have I went ahead and talked with her giving her the multitude of picturesI I brought showing all three of us with different angles and told her that I had a dozen more on my phone so she could have the references of her choice. She was looking through them shaking her head and kept looking over her shoulder then back to the photos. Asked me several times what I was wanting then she’d shake her head. I asked if she was alright - she glanced at me like she wanted to bit my head off - I received no other response. Then all of a sudden she looked at me and said ok I’ve got. (Bipolar maybe?) She walked away mumbling shaking her head. The other artist and clients kept looking at me with eyes that said I’m sorry. You could tell they were all embarrassed for my situation.

She came back with a rendition that was going to be quite a bit larger than we discussed. I did ask if it could be reduced it some. (I didn’t mind if it covered all my shoulder blade just not half my back) she continued to talk about it then said it was going to be double the price I was quoted. I asked why the price jumped so high. She gave me a glare that made me step back. She then told me I was lucky she was doing it! I, of course then said I don’t think I heard you correctly can you repeat that please? She then told me it’s not the day for this and asked if I could reschedule and come back another day. I very politely (after almost 4.5 hours and as polite as I could muster) told her that I’ve been very patient with her poor attitude, that I flew from Cali, and asked her for my photos back.once they were back in my hand I let her know that NEVER will I let her put ink to my skin.

I’ve read all the reviews I could find on the internet there’s been some positive and negative. All the negative have been concerning her attitude/unprofessional behavior.

So my closing thought on my experience with Tatu Baby and other reviews I read I’ve come to the opinion that it’s a hit or miss on which one you’re going to get....

Have very mixed emotions about our tattoo experience. Huge fan of Tatu Baby. Been admiring her work for years. Yes she’s very beautiful but I was very inspired by her ground shaking movement as a female artist and a mother. So much that I influenced my younger sister to come with me & get a tattoo for herself as a birthday gift from me.

I gave Tatu Baby a hug right off the bat out of excitement as I greeted & introduced myself. She wasn’t very receptive to the hug. That was probably my bad.

Designing the tattoo, there was a miscommunication error of what design we were working towards. Whether it was on my part or hers, it doesn’t matter, I’ll accept responsibility. She grew frustrated & told me that she’s not getting paid to design the tattoo & has to start over. I felt bad & agreed to the design anyways. It was a very beautiful design & I didn’t want to rock the boat. We were going to be there for 2 days.

In my head, I was still going to pay her for design time. I just wanted it to be what I wanted. It was an Air Force style pinup girl tattoo. I’m a veteran, so is my my dad, as well as both of my grandfathers. It meant the world to me. I tried to not let it bother me that she said that to me. However, my sister mentioned she was bothered by the way Tatu Baby spoke to me. She knew how much I was looking forward to the whole experience & she knew it wasn’t going the way I had hoped. I understand her frustration. Not my first tattoo. I know the lingo & frustrations so I brushed it off.

We felt it was a little misunderstanding or inconsiderate on her part. We were on her wait list for a year. Took time off of work, arranged for babysitters, purchased plane tickets to fly to Florida from California. Booked hotel rooms. Worked overtime to make the trip possible etc.

Both mine & my sisters tattoos were the same size. Even though we arrived later the first day due to a flight layover, tattooing started at the same time. Yet my sisters tattoo was significantly more expensive. About a $400 difference. I don’t understand how but I paid & left a gratuity both days.

Upon leaving the studio, Tatu Baby was very distant. It was obvious she didn’t want another hug. Her boyfriend, who was an absolutely awesome guy, was in the office the entire time both days. I would imagine the hesitation for affection but we are huge fans.

Although that was our experience, we were both very happy with the outcome of our tattoos although, mine looks a little on the unfinished side, the design is beautiful. I’m not writing this review to bash or discourage but as constructive criticism for...

I got my third tattoo here. The actual artwork is great! However there were a couple of issues during my tattoo.

My artist would often get distracted (calling or FaceTiming people during the tattoo), or talk with other people in the building. This happened all throughout the tattoo.

He would need multiple breaks for a 4 hour tattoo. (“Break” meant talking to the other artists for 10 minutes while I just sat there.)

At one point there were five people crowding around me and talking extremely loud, literally hurt my ears. I was about to tell my artist to stop so I could just leave.

He would need to hit his vape constantly.

I specifically asked for the eyes to be colored fully instead of having whites in the eyes. He made the eyes blue with whites in the eyes, like regular human eyes.

The artist used AI to generate an image for my tattoo?? This is news to me, generally a real artist should draw their design for the client instead of tracing a couple AI images jumbled together.

My appointment was at 10am, traveled three hours to get to the shop. We didn’t even start tattooing until 12:30.

For how much the tattoo cost me (1500, and no I did not tip) I feel like the service itself could have gone much smoother, and taken much less time if he had just focused on finishing his work.

I can confidently say the tattoo could have lasted 3 hours instead of 5. I will not be returning to this shop which is very unfortunate since the work is good.

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