Maybe you're not cool enough for Broken Clover, but if you get a tattoo at Broken Clover, that might make you cool enough.Twenty years after bartering for my first 2 tattoos (and getting my money's wo... Read More
Maybe you're not cool enough for Broken Clover, but if you get a tattoo at Broken Clover, that might make you cool enough.Twenty years after bartering for my first 2 tattoos (and getting my money's worth, don'tcha know) I decided I was going to find the absolutely best tattoo parlor in town for my grownup ink. I settled on Broken Clover, as it was very highly rated, and chose Raquel as the artist whose work seemed to best fit my vision. Working with Raquel was great!I got a couple simple tats first: one was a small line illustration from a book I had when I was a kid, and the other was some numbers in a typewriter face. Raquel works really fast: I was under the needle for maybe an hour total and got 2 very clean tattoos with incredibly fine detail. The lines are so exquisite! Some of them were a bit too fine, but they do touch-ups for free, so it was the work of 3 minutes to fix it.Then I was ready for a more complicated piece. I had a few pictures that were close to what I wanted, but not quite. Raquel was able to patch the source material together to create almost exactly what I had envisioned in my mind. This 3rd tattoo gets so many compliments! The shading is spot on, and again, the tiny details are remarkable. They just leased out the storefront next door to their original location, doubling the size of the business. Don't drop by; the door is usually locked and you need an appointment to see an artist. If you visit during the day, you may have difficulty finding the place. There's a neon "tattoo" sign in the window, but they often keep the sliding door down over it, so there's a good chance that you'll just walk on past, as there is no shingle to identify the business. Maybe they'll change that in the future. The artists are really friendly and helpful. I'm saving up for a quarter sleeve and Raquel is definitely my first choice. Read Less