Captain Jack's Tattoo Studio

I have gotten all of my tattoo's done here. The shop is always very clean and the fact it is a school eased my mind when I was searched for shops to go to. All the artists are extremely talented. I've worked with Thor for 4 of my pieces and he's worked on about 7 of my friends. They also offer free touch-ups for life regardless of the artist (I always give tip for their time). I highly recommend them.

I like going to this tattoo studio, in fact ive gone here for 90% of my ink and had the same guy working on 95% of the ones i've gotten here.

I like how clean the place is for starters which is always a must when going to a tattoo studio. I also like that the owner is very friendly and has been there quite a few times that ive gone in, which shows that it's a good business to me. The staff is friendly and will answer any questions that you have they also walk you through the process every time you go to get a tattoo and open clean needles in front of you, a very sterile environment. They also go over proper hygiene at the end of every tattoo regardless of how many times you've been there and will do touch ups if anything ever fades.

One thing i wasn't a particular fan of was when i would have appointments set up with the guy who usually does my work and then i would drive all the way to Portland, which is not cheap but I'm such a fan i prefer to get my stuff done here; only to find out he called in for the day and isn't coming, but i never received a phone call letting me know not to drive up there, or to reschedule. That's happened to me at least three times, the third time it happened the owner had another guy that worked there do what i had come in for (touch ups) that particular time.

They do get busy so setting up an appointment or making a trip up with what you want or your ideas on what you want would be best, but it is well worth the extra gas money to get in to this place and have them work on your ink.

Oh another thing the artist i go to there was supposed to be drawing me a sleeve, i put down the deposit thingy and asked multiple times to see the piece and i never have seen any of it, he insisted that he emailed it to me but i never saw it like i said.  I would have loved to see it since it was something that i really wanted, but i'm not sure what happened, it was disappointing. Even the couple times after i asked him to draw it for me that i came in he didn't have it, one time he said it was misplaced, and then i got pregnant with my daughter and told him i would still like to have it and see it, and that was the last i ever heard of it.

Captain Jacks is the worst tattoo experince I have ever had. My best friend and I had a lillies done back in 2008. We went there because the price was cheap but now I know that you get what you pay for. We had the same artist who based our lillies off a photograph I brought in. The artist who did both of our lillies should have done a better job with the experince he had and the photos in his portfolio. He missed so many spots on both of our lillies.

 After both tattoos were done the artist told us to leave the bandage on, wash it with soap, and then "dry heal our tattoos" he sent us home with a paper with the dry healing after care instructions. NEVER AGAIN! Both of our tattoos cracked, scabbed, and bled. My friend's tattoo even got infected! After our tattoos healed they had so many spots of missing color. The color was flat and dull. I had people constantly telling me  my tattoo  "looked old and like shit." My friend and I have both had our flowers redone since then by other artists and shops.

 This was almost  4 years ago but the experince was so brutal it's hard to forget. I do not recommend this shop .I really hope the shop has changed since.