Epic Tattoo

So after I went back to have the artist with the gray hair to fix it (I had an appt.) he was working on someone else (I guess he never spoke to me) ANOTHER artist who I never seen before offered to fix it in a week. I never went back I went to Sparrow Tattoo and had Jermay (sp) fix it and now it looks decent! There are pics up on my review for Sparrow.

I won't go back to Epic ever again I would not recommend this place based off my experience.

From what I've heard, there are some really talented artists here and I am only speaking of my experiences with one artist: Ryan. Because of all the promising things I heard I felt like I was going to be in good hands. Now, I am stuck with a shitty tattoo on my arm that I am constantly having to cover up with sleeves because I really can't stand looking at it, and I don't really want anyone else looking at it either.

First of all, from the moment I walked in I wasn't greeted with any hospitality in the least, but I also can't say I expected to be. Some tattoo shops can have the pretentious vibes which is still mildly annoying but hey, whatever, I prepare myself for that. Although, AJ and a woman, who to my knowledge was the piercer were very friendly.

I got set up with Ryan, and he began drawing up what I described to him. I really did like what he drew. Unfortunately, my tattoo somehow looks like an extremely rough draft of the stencil.. and is very poorly done. I have only one other tattoo that was done by Jay Joree at Last Angels in Dallas (which I am in love with and would recommend her as well as any of the other artists there any day), and the whole time I was getting tattooed, Ryan was talking trash on my tattoo specifically as well as her as an artist. I found that to be really annoying and unprofessional, especially because because I love my tattoo, Jay was wonderful, and my experience at Last Angels was infinitely better than my experience at Epic.

While also being super annoying in that aspect, Ryan was extremely rough when tattooing me. I don't have a ton of experience and like I said, I only have one tattoo, but I did sit for 4 hours for a thigh piece for and while for me, it wasn't a particularly pleasant feeling, it was definitely manageable. However, when Ryan was tattooing me it was as if he was literally digging into my arm, and whenever he would wipe any excess ink away he would basically rub my arm raw with a dry paper towel which as you could imagine, wasn't very comfortable.

Not to mention in the middle of tattooing me, he decided it would be a good idea to tell me how stoned he was. Greaaat... at this point it was too late to ask him to stop.

Whenever he was finished, I noticed things that were wrong with it right off the bat, but there wasn't really anything he or I could have done anyway. The shape is too obscure and the colors are too bright/dark for it to be easy to fix or cover up. So now, I will have to pay for laser to get it faded and covered up.

Whenever I got home, I took a good look at the tattoo in the mirror and just started crying. Also, I was already familiar with how to care for my tattoo, and this wasn't due to an infection, but within about 2 days of getting my tattoo my arm was bruised from the inside of my arm all the way to the inside of my elbow. This was strange to me because my tattoo is on the outside of my arm just under my shoulder cap, and no where near my elbow. I guess this might be able to give you an idea of how rough he was.

Basically, despite all the promising things I heard about this shop, my experience sucked and I won't ever be going back. Every time I see my tattoo I become frustrated, thinking of the cost of laser and how much money I wasted on a shitty tattoo/experience in the first place.

Please keep in mind that I am only reviewing one artist, and that there are other artists there that I have heard great things about. This review is only pertaining to one artist/experience.

Guys were super helpful with great designs. My friend and I both got one.  Mine says "I refuse to sink".  I'm gonna add some to it later.  Great experience!