Chimera Tattoo Studio & Gallery

This is as good as it gets. Every single person here is far beyond talented!
Special thanks to one of BodyWay piercers, Mateo, for his superb patience.
Camille is also a doll and has the most beautiful pieces. I love my tattoo and it's still as bright as the day I got it

The ONLY shop I recommend to friends and family. Solid work.

I have a great story about Chimera Tattoo.

So, I do my research (I'm in Alameda) and immediately fall in love with Jodi Lyford's style. I brought two designs to my consultation and upon seeing them, Jodi knew instantly that she'd love to tattoo one project and that another artist in the shop would enjoy tattooing the subject matter of the other.  Her referral networked me with Pat Blackstorm. I left that day feeling that I'd had one of the best days ever spent at a tattoo shop and yeah, I'm a frequent flier :)

I'm more than happy with the projects Jodi and Pat worked on with me. Both of them did such beautiful work. I'm actually planning on working with them again in the future to continue what we started. I also had opportunity to speak with Kai and Wyatt during my sittings and liked them instantly. Chimera is one of these rare places where the overall energy is really good and the talent therein is truly worthy of checking out.

P.S. I was reading other posts and saw a few mentions made about "music choices." Related: I ended up with a "P.M.A" tattoo because it played twice during my sitting with Jodi. If you know about PMA, no further explanation is required :) Anyway, this little, unexpected tattoo was the proverbial cherry on the cake; an awesome day spent at Chimera. NOW GO THERE AND GET TATTOOED RIGHT NOW.

This place is sexy, unpretentious, natural lighting, and full of awesome artists that don't judge you at all (unlike how I felt when walking in to Love Dog)...

Also, it's important that the music that's being played while you're getting tattooed be universally appreciated... and they just completely nailed it with whatever playlist or channel they were riding!  Thank you!!!  I love my new tattoo!