Start: My wife and I went there to get tattoos together WITHOUT an appointment. We arrived before it opened and sat outside a waited. To our pleasant surprise, the manager (or supervisor) came out a greeted us before it opened and asked us what we were here about getting. He was extremely nice, professional, and knowledgeable. He invited us in and spoke to the artists he believed would be best suited for our tattoos. A note is that I have been back a few times and have been greeted by the manager every time. Keep in mind this is a Saturday so we were not sure we would have any work done. Thankfully two artists, Mikey and Jonathan, had appointments that did not show up and were able to come up with designs for us. Once we agreed on the design, we sat back down and waited for them to get ready. I must say the atmosphere there is extremely friendly and laid-back which always helps you feel more comfortable.
During: Getting the tattoo was a nice experience as well. Jonathan was nice enough to answer the "typical canvas" questions I am sure he has been asked a million times and my wife had nice conversation with Mikey. Other artists came around during the session as well being friendly which is always nice. That to me says people enjoy their job, when they do not have to talk to you but go out of their way to do so. To round it off, he said we were done and we were looking at the tattoo in the mirror when he saw something he wanted to add to the tattoo. So to explain just how professional this is, he had already cleaned up and still took me back again, taking out new needles and ink to add a little more detail. That speaks volumes to me for an artist. Pride in their craft for sure. The rooms and spaces were all clean and organized.
After: The enjoyable experience continued after we were done. My wife was not done so I sat and talked to a few other artists, all of which were friendly. The price was extremely fair considering the amount of small details added. We enjoyed so much that my wife and I literally booked our next appointments the same day we got these tattoos. Both our tattoos healed up nice and we will obviously be repeat costumers.
Pros: Cleanliness, professionalism, atmosphere, quality of work, price
Cons: None...
Read moreRick The Goat, did a fantastic job on helping me when I had complications with a helix piercing that was beginning to have trouble. I randomly selected the best tattoo shop in South Texas, and didn't know it. They have an amazing studio here. Customers travel from all around the state and surrounding states to be tattooed here! Like I said I came to get advice on how the healing of an infected piercing could go better. Rick recommended a perfect plan to get me cleaning my piercing correctly and was able to put me in the right size and titanium jewelry with a flat back to prevent the jewelry from falling out, or self adjusting to the wrong size due to a butterfly backing on my original jewelry that I was given at another tattoo shop.
Rick also wasn't greedy and offered me an exceedingly good price on my earring cost. And he has a complete and extensive portfolio of possible backs and piercing jewelry to choose from an meet your picky needs!
Rick was extremely knowledgeable about the industry and hygiene and care and gave me great tips on how not only to care for the jewelry, but a time based plan on moving forward with my jewelry and the healing process.
Rick is a very busy man and is not always at the shop but he will be available by appt only typically so give him a call before just walking in for a piercing. I've attached a picture of his business 🎫.
He definitely is going to get all my repeat business because he didn't treat my visit as a one-time transaction but as a well built relationship!...
Read moreI made an appointment with Diego at 4pm because after looking at his work, they all seemed really good quality and I was excited to get a tattoo done by him. I sent him a picture of what I wanted (some lyrics in a font generator i liked) , and he said he didn't copy fonts and wanted to redesign it and put his own spin on it. Totally fine, I get not wanting to use material you didn't create yourself as long as it was the same general style. I told him where I wanted the lettering, with pictures highlighting exactly where. I show up 20-30 minutes early and he says he’ll finish up the design and show it to me. 2.5 hours later. he had apparently just started designing it as I walked in- then when he showed it to me told me the design he did was too big and id have to either pick another spot, remove words, or wait another hour- hour and a half for him to redraw it thinner. at this point its around 7pm without even starting and I reluctantly said id just get it in a different spot, then asked if it could be a little smaller because the starting price was a little too steep for me, he denied and I ended up backing out because it was too far from what I originally wanted. Diego is really talented, but was really unprepared and made a font knowing that it wouldn't work for what I wanted and wasted both of our time. not worth my...
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