Artworx Tattoo and Body Piercing

I was supposed to have my first tattoo done at another shop. However, after traveling from TX discovered the other location had scheduled me at  a time when the artist I wanted wasn't around! My friend suggested I give Artworx a try. I was skeptical and ready to bail on getting a tattoo done. Then I met Shaun Christopher and he was everything I wanted in an artist. He listened. Came to the table with his own ideas. Recognized I was on a time crunch not being from the area. Didn't pressure me at all when I said I was just wanting to look at his portfolio of work. He completely understood that the artist I had put great time and care in picking turned out to be unavailable for a consult and that making a decision about another artist on the fly wasn't something I was really prepared for. He showed me his work. We talked about ideas, price and time it would take.
I thought about it and he agreed to come in on Sunday (normally a closed day for the shop) and do my tattoo so I didn't leave Maryland without one!
This was very impressive to me considering at the other location I arrived for my consult and the artist wasn't there and no one even offered to call him about my appointment.
Often artists take a "don't treat me different because of my tattoos" attitude but then they themselves often treat a person without tattoos shitty. Not one single time did anyone in the Artworx shop treat me any such way! No one acted like "oh girl getting her first tattoo..pffft...whatever."  Instead each artist I encountered was nothing but positive about the tattoo and the experience.
The only thing I hate about Artworx is they are too far away from my TX home to just run down and start planning ANOTHER one with Shaun!
Darla M. McCorkle