Frontline Tattoo Co — Local services in Oceanside

Saturday was my birthday and so my mom, best friend and I went over to Frontline tattoo in Oceanside for a walk in appointment, I got the artist Yngve Opaker while my mom got Clark Kent. Both were amazing, making sure everything was exactly how we wanted it and the whole shop making sure that we were okay and comfortable, the prices were perfect and my mom is especially in love with this shop after having a bad experience from a shop in Anaheim and being nervous on going to another shop ever again. I received three tattoos for now, my first was my lavender and bee piece that I put on my ankle that's fully in color and it looks way better than what I was picturing and from my reference picture. My second was the entire solar system (even Pluto) that goes down my outer forearm on the right side which turned out absolutely amazing, he drew it up beautifully and even tweaked a few things to make it perfect. Last but not least was my quote on my left upper arm right above the pit of my elbow, we picked a font we loved and was still legible and they made sure they picked the same font size as each other so it wasn't wonky looking, for this one I had him place the template on me three times before I loved the placement (I felt awful) but I appreciate him doing that as much as I can be appreciative. I definitely recommend this tattoo shop and these artist to anyone that wants a tattoo my experience was beyond perfect and I just wish I could have tipped more but my mom and I definitely will...

I do not want to give a bad review but my experience I had..so I went to the frontline oceanside parlor looking to get a hand tattoo and was told that unless I am "fully" covered that they would not tattoo my hand...i do have multiple tattoos on my forearm/ shoulder also have my leg mostly tattooed aswell..they told me that the hand tattoo was a "job stopper" which I do understand...but I told them that the job I work has no restrictions on tattoos and it's something I wanted to get.. they then told me that a man with face tattoos recently came in and they also denied him a hand tattoo which in my opinion makes no sense..so after them telling me that most tattoo shops wont tattoo your hand unless your fully covered, I called the frontline in vista and gave them the same scenario, told them the tattoos I have and they told me to come on in and that that's what they are here for is to tattoo us and what we want to get, which Is how I feel it should be. So I just found it funny that the oceanside "frontline" wouldnt tattoo me, but the vista "frontline" will.. same business...

I had stopped in a different shop earlier in the day, and wasn't feeling really great about the artist I spoke with about my cover up. Couldn't get it out of my mind and happened upon Frontline because they were open later.

BEST LUCK EVER! Dalton Curry was working and we talked through what we could do to cover up my old shoulder pieces, looking at examples on the walls, talking through things I liked etc-- I was desperate to cover these tattoos but had no idea what to do with them. He was super patient and helpful. We decided to go big so he wanted a few days to draw up the design- so worth it!

Price was totally fair, it broke down hourly to be a GREAT deal.

When I walked in for my appointment it was on the counter waiting for me, and it was PERFECT. He blocked the whole shift for me, and got it done in one go. Was gracious when I got squirmy towards the end. (My bad dude!)

I get so many compliments, and I'm so happy to have those old tattoos gone, ESPECIALLY covered in my creepy cute polkadot snakes 🖤🖤🖤 THANK YOU DALTON! Changed...