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." Â 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