Definitely the worst experience I've EVER had with a tattoo Artist. I worked with "Dan" and this review is specifically for him. My wife and I decided to get half sleeves done and he decided to "help"... Read More
Definitely the worst experience I've EVER had with a tattoo Artist. I worked with "Dan" and this review is specifically for him. My wife and I decided to get half sleeves done and he decided to "help" us design them, but when we got there for the first night the stencil was only for the 2 main pieces (which only too up about 1/3 of our arm) and the rest was empty. After he "completed" these pieces to his satisfaction, there was literally NO black shading! Or any dark shading of any kind. We were incredibly upset by the poor quality of the work, the lack of communication, and his unwillingness to help us design the tattoo before he started working. There were actually pieces with completely empty parts in the tattoo that should NOT have been there. after spending literally THOUSANDS of dollars hoping that the tattoo would get better as we got further along, we realized that it was only going to get worse. We decided to leave Dan's "services" and sought out an artist from Living Canvas Tattoos in Tempe. They immediately said EVERYTHING wrong thing about our tattoos, that we had been wondering since day 1: the ink looked like it was 5 years old when it was only 1 month old, there was no depth to the tattoo, no shading, over 80% of the tattoo was a background that just looked like blue scribbling on a page the color was faded and pastel, there were elements that were clearly outside of his skill level but he tried to do them anyway, and failed. We were shocked at what he had done, and that he considered it to be complete. After confronting him about adding some type of element to the tattoo to make it one complete piece, he said that he thought it was a bad idea, that he couldn't even visualize it, and that we should give it about 12-18 months before we get anything done to it, since our opinions may change.We left and decide to never return to EZ Tattoo.Now after working with Greg from Living Canvas Tattoo, Our Arms have been COMPLETELY redone, outline, black shading, fixing everything that Dan did wrong, and adding more elements to complete the entire piece as a whole. We are still about 2 sessions from being done in order to completely finish the background that Dan screwed up, but we already LOVE how Greg has been able to transform a botched tattoo into something complete and beautiful. One thing that makes an artist great, is knowing their own limitations. It was pretty clear that Dan was NOT comfortable doing a completed scene on a half-sleeve however, he took on the job and could have ruined BOTH of our arms for the rest of our lives. I an SO thankful that we decided to get out of there and go to Living Canvas in Tempe, where they actually care about the quality of their work, and will make sure your tattoo will look exactly the way you want it. Dan will boast about his "Master's degree in Art" and how he once told a kid to "stop tattooing people because he was f**king them up." But HE is now the one putting crappy ink on people and needs to give up the game.While the other artists at EZ tattoo may be worth a shot, Stay away from Dan, he doesn't know what he's doing. And they have definitely lost our business to Living Canvas in Tempe. Read Less