Philly Ink Tattoo — Local services in Philadelphia

Heavy-Hand Dan really left his mark—literally. My roommate and I went to get matching tattoos, just a couple of simple, pixelated video game creatures. You know, the kind where all you really have to do is color in squares. Should be tattooing 101, right? Not for Dan. When my roommate asked if he could make hers smaller, he said no—probably because precision is a foreign concept to him. That’s quite a laughable ask coming from Dan, considering they're 8-bit characters and not Renaissance portraits.

Dan asked my roommate to pick a flat part of her arm, which she did. He then immediately chose the roundest, most awkward spot possible to work on. Dan then proceeded to tattoo us like he was trying to carve a turkey. He was rough, but he absolutely mangled my roommate's arm. We went in for a touch-up today, and the new artist took one look and was like, “Who hurt you?” Turns out Dan did… so badly that she’s got SCAR TISSUE. I might’ve dodged that bullet, but mine looks like he started the job and went blind halfway through. The lines are wonky and the fill-in is patchier than a PCOS beard.

Moral of the story: if your tattoo artist holds the machine like a power drill,...

I had the pleasure of sitting in Danny's chair today. He fixed two tattoos I had done by someone else which were of my granddaughter's names and birth dates. He also added my third granddaughter's name and a portrait of my middle granddaughter who passed away in 2016. I can't begin to explain to you what an amazing job he did in fixing my two granddaughter's names his work is amazing. And the portrait of my granddaughter is so lifelike every time I look at it it brings a tears to my eyes. I cannot wait to go back and have a memorial tattoo done of my parents I plan to do this within the next couple months. If you or anyone you know are thinking about getting any work done I would go to Danny you will not be...

My tattooist was very professional and 0ffer excellent advice on colors and placement . The shop and tattooist were very clean and used new or sterilized equipment. I'm going back for a larger tattoo covering my right forearm in a month. The owner also draws custom tattoos specific to your taste and also does coverups on dark tattoos. That's what the owner is doing for me, covering up a large blackish purple on my wrist with colorful flowers and a memory cross for my deceased father. If you want clean, professional, individualized, gentle care tattoos this is the place for you. I'd recommend...