Chronic Tattoo

I've bought some new navel rings here and it's the nicest jewelry my belly has ever worn. They stand behind their products too so no need to worry if a stone falls out, free replacement! The place is clean and the staff is really friendly.  I'll keep coming back Fo Sho!

My former experience with getting a tattoo at a shop in another state wasn't so great. I had a tattoo done years ago in TX, and later when I was in the guy's shop and mentioned he'd worked on me, he looked at the tattoo and then declared loudly where everyone in the shop could hear, "That's not MY artwork. It's crap!"  I was devastated and never liked the tattoo after that.

THEN I met Karin Ackerman. I showed her my tattoo and asked her if she could make it different and better. She worked out a sketch and made my nice-but-unloved tattoo really cute and wonderful. I loved it so much I have come back for two more tattoos. One is a gorgeous water sprite that curls around my lower calf and ankle, and the other is the absolutely CUTEST old school looking Hello Kitty Lucky Money Cat EVER. My husband loved my first tattoo from Karin so much he has had her do lots of cover up work, as well as new work, on his legs and upper arms. When it comes to covering up old ugly tattoos, Karin is masterful with both ideas and execution.

I'm really impressed with Karin's line-work, which is SO CLEAN and CRISP.  Recently I was at Comic-Con International in San Diego, and I got stopped constantly by people who were totally taken with the Hello Kitty Lucky Money Cat tattoo. I couldn't wait to tell each person who asked that they could get a great tattoo from Karin at Chronic Tattoo in Pacific Beach.

Not only is Karin a great tattoo artist, she is also personable and friendly, and she's willing to work with you on your idea. The woman's an idea machine and can come up with great tattoo ideas if you're not sure what you want. She'll also tell you honestly if she feels it is something that won't work and help you find what will. I totally trust Karin and will be going back to her for my next tattoo.

This place sucks. Or at least one of the guys who worked there did. My friends and I took my sister here for her birthday to get a small tattoo. The Asian guy there was totally chill and made us feel like we had chosen the right place. Then the big white guy came in (don't know his name) and gave us attitude the moment he talked to us. Everything about him was douchey. He made us feel like he was racist or retarded. We told him what she wanted and what kind of font we wanted. He sketched out the lettering but it looked nothing like we wanted. We didn't want to be rude and tell him we did't like it right did the bag so we asked for a few minutes to think about it. He rolled his eyes and pretty much yelled "you should have thought about it before you came in, I sketched all this for you". He acted like it was something drawn by Picasso. It was one damn word. An artist is suppose to help and make someone feel excited about their first tattoo experience. He seriously pissed us off with his rudeness and ignorance. Never coming back here again. If you want a tattoo, go to FUN HOUSE tattoo. They're awesome. Can't believe what we had experienced. Looking at the other 1-2 star reviews, the douchey guy was probably the same guy in all the other reviews. Ughhhhh.