Not only did I get my new unique tattoo done just the way I wanted it...I had a great time getting it done. Rico was a fountain of interesting conversation and very personable. It's refreshing to get ink from a guy with integrity and pride in his art. And there's NO doubt that HE is an artist. I would send all my friends to him and I just sent them all invites. Thanks Rico ! Read Less

I went in yesterday. I love my tattoo. Another reviewer said the prices were a bit high, and to me it also seemed a bit high. HOWEVER, it had been almost ten years since my last tattoo and prices everywhere have probably gone up. I got a memorial tattoo done and Rico was extremely patient with me when I wanted his drawing tweaked... A lot. It made me feel like my memorial tattoo really mattered to him too. I had to bring my 2 year old daughter with me, and while she is very w...ell behaved, Rico could have been a total ass hat about it, but instead he and his wife were very welcoming to her..they even gave her crayons to color with. I should have called before I brought her though. Don't be rude like I was! I am pleased with the work and the staff! I live two hours away, and it may be a while before my next tattoo, but I will be going back to Blackline. See More Read Less

Recently visited Blackline tattooing with my fiance. Rico seemed put out that we were in his shop to talk about tattoos; he never seemed interested in us as people who wanted artwork, all he seemed interested in was getting money from us. We had to describe to him several times the basic ideas for our tattoos. It seemed through the whole visit that he was only half-listening to us. He gave us a ridiculously high estimate for his work - he includes empty space in the cost regardless of the fact that there is no ink going into the area, so six nickel sized circles in a line end up costing $180 because he charges you for the space BETWEEN the circles in addition to the actual art he's doing - and charged us $50 to draw up our ideas. When he got around to sending us the drawing a week after we went into his shop, one of the two pictures hardly resembled what we had discussed in person. It was messy, he had added things that were not in the original image and taken other things out. When we tried to talk to him about fixing the messed up image and/or scheduling an appointment for the other tattoo idea, he never responded to us. He never took us seriously, he charges exorbitant sums, and in our case HE STOLE $50 FROM US BY IGNORING US AFTER WE HAD PAID HIM TO DO DRAWINGS FOR US. I've seen great art by Rico, but his terrible customer relation skills (acting like we were an inconvenience to him, not listening to our ideas, charging us $50 and then messing up our drawings, then ignoring our request to fix them or to schedule an appointment to do the work on the one drawing that turned out well) have made us decide never to step foot in his shop again. We are both extremely disappointed in Rico after having had good tattooing experiences with him in the past. I can't guarantee that your experience will be this bad but I would not recommend Blackline Tattooing to anyone, ever. Read Less

I went for the Friday the 13th special. Stood in line along with many others to get a tattoo. 3:20-7:00 was my wait. Enjoying conversations with those around me and passing some of the time helping the VERY patient assistant behind the desk. Even though Rico was the only artist he was very conscious of every person in his chair as well as their friends and family. Took the time to talk with them as if there wasn't over 100 others in line behind them. Never rushed nor lost patience when some were not quite so kind. No idea how long you were at it, but you are an amazing artist! I will be back very soon for new ink! Read Less

Excellent as always!!! Both of my tattoos were done here. Super clean facility, awesome easygoing staff and OMG THE TALENT!!! Yesterday, I was the first person to be tattooed during a special event they had (Friday the 13th) and got a tattoo that I've been wanting for a long time. It was so easy, Ricco was able to freehand the design and tattoo me in less than. 10 minutes. I plan on getting more tattoos, all of which will be done here! Read Less

my brother and his buddy both got tattoos from here and loved them absolutely amazing job bot have such amazing detail and both were very well priced i will be coming here in a month or so to get one of my own Read Less