I chose this shop because they are a long standing, good rated company that seemed like the best. My brothers, father, and a friend all got many of their tattoos done there and they turned out wonderf... Read More
I chose this shop because they are a long standing, good rated company that seemed like the best. My brothers, father, and a friend all got many of their tattoos done there and they turned out wonderful. I had been planning my tattoo idea for 2 years and I wanted to make sure everything would happen just right. I traveled 9 hours just to go to the Bruce Bart Shop because I felt like with the amazing work they had done for people I knew, I could really trust them to do a great... job on my first tattoo. Unfortunately, it did not turn out the way it should have. Last week, my brother and I got the exact same tattoo, except his looks phenomenal and something is extremely wrong with mine. The artist that did Michaels was very friendly and creative with how he did the design and it looks wonderful. Mine on the other hand, done by John, looks extremely horrible. I am not necessarily writing this post towards Bruce Bart Tattoo shop, but rather the artist who did my tattoo. Throughout the process, he wasn't friendly and not the person you would ever want to do your tattoo. He did what he wanted with it and not what I asked for. I tried to let it go but after leaving and realizing its not healing correctly, I want people to understand that you should not choose him to do your tattoo. For the past 4 days, I've been in excruciating pain and I believe he did something wrong. After researching and talking to other local tattoo artists, I've been told that he did not do it correctly and that he tattooed to much in the same area and too deep. My brothers is already healed for the most part and looks wonderful. Mine looks like it's infected (even though the area hasn't been exposed to anything except the stuff they told me to use on it). He also made a sarcastic comment when we left that we did not tip him enough. Overall, horrible experience. I recommend the shop, but not John. See More Read Less