My wife went in yesterday for her first tattoo. She was incredibly nervous as this was her first time in a tattoo parlour much less looking to ink her body permanently. She didn't go in with any image... Read More
My wife went in yesterday for her first tattoo. She was incredibly nervous as this was her first time in a tattoo parlour much less looking to ink her body permanently. She didn't go in with any images or anything, just a description of what she wanted. Texas on one arm, Ontario on the other. Just outlines. Kat was her artist, and she drew mockups of what the tattoos would look like on her iPad in Procreate. My wife had no idea what to expect from this experience, but when Kat emerged from the back with the drawings she had planned for the tattoos, my wife was ecstatic. It looked much better than she had imagined, and Kat was clearly very talented. Kat asked her a few more questions about specifics, asked for my wife's input, gave a bit of input of her own, and they reached mutual agreements over what was going to be done. A few minutes later and my wife was in the chair and ready to go.
The pain wasn't as bad as she had imagined, and she described the experience with Kat as, "like chatting with an old friend." There was some banter, lots of pleasant conversation about life, history, languages, and even some dating chat. Kat was very sharp, professional, and incredibly personable. She was described as the type of person that you could just hang with for hours and never get tired of. As someone that was going in for their first tattoo, something pretty life-changing for a lot of people, she was of great comfort to my wife and eased her mind about the entire process.
The whole process took about an hour and a half from start to finish, and it ran us $200, which we were both very happy about. Good time, good price, and the tattoos look fantastic.
This meant a lot to me, to her, and the art is a representation of something very meaningful to us and to our daughter, and the artist and the studio made this an incredibly lovely experience for all parties involved. I would recommend this place to anyone looking to get inked, and to Kat especially. My wife doesn't speak so highly of just anyone, and for her to sing Kat's praises, is, well, high praise. Read Less