Absolute Art Tattoos

I got a tattoo with marina. She is new there. So professional and soooo talented. I am one of those super picky people. It took me 4 years to find the artist I wanted. She is amazing! Already scheduled 2 more appts with her and bringing my sister and my friend to get their tats too :-) the prices are so great too especially when you compare it to dc.

When I moved down to Richmond for graduate school, I was told by a host of people that Absolute Art was the best tattoo shop in the city, and that I should check it out. I was wanting to start the process of covering up two very bad half-sleeves that I had gotten done early in college. Many shops just turned me away, saying that there was no way they could cover up an already existing half-sleeve. The very first day I went in there, I showed them my crappy half-sleeves, and Dave Boisineau immediately said he could get it done.

I was still a bit unsure as to how such a big cover up would work out; as most people cover up an individual tattoo, not a huge piece like a half-sleeve. When we started though, I was amazed by his sketch and everything he has done with my first "new sleeve" so far, and as I get into the closing stages of the cover-up process, I couldn't be happier. I never expected that such bad work could be turned into such an epic sleeve. Dave Boisineau is a genius, straight up. When my friends see what my sleeve looks like now, they can't believe that it is so awesome when they think about how crappy it used to be.

What is even better about Absolute Art is that Dave Boisineau, Brian Bruno (tattoo artist and owner), Jason Hobbie, and the other guys working there are all extremely talented and very experienced...so no matter what artist you get, you are going to get great work that will make even other tatted-up people come up to you and ask where you got your work done. It's really awesome that I was able to put the time in and be able to fix such terrible work and turn it into a piece that is absolutely gnarly and makes me wish I had gotten it in the first place. I can't recommend Absolute Art enough; because as being quite experienced with getting terrible work done by terrible tattoo artists, it's great to finally find a shop full of guys who will charge you a good price for tattoos that you (and they) are actually proud of. No matter how big or small your tattoo needs may be, you'd be remiss to land at any other shop in Richmond or in the state of VA for that matter. Absolute Art is where it's at.

I got my first "real" tattoo here back in 2003 with Jason Hobbie (sp?).  It still looks great and I get alot of compliments on it.  It has a lot of color that has aged well and the outline is still clean.  He also did a good job on placement on my body as it has grown well w/ my body shape. (It is on my upper right shoulder blade, about 8" long and 4" at its widest)

I remember him being patient as it took over 4 hours and I was getting tired.  His technique was good as well, as I had no scarring.

Recommended!  :)