I wasn't tattooed by Jake (although I wasn't properly introduced to anyone, I'm just assuming this from photos online) and the guy that tattooed me (again, wasn't given a name) used a carbon stencil with white ink leaving the tattoo slightly grey. While the job was done quickly and very well, the actual design itself came out very well just not in the colour I wanted. Two friends of mine had small black tattoos at the same time from the same person and they both look very good so may have just been lack of experience using white ink. This has made me skeptic about returning because of the obvious lack of knowledge of something that is on my body for life. Read Less