Eternal Body Art

The ink looks like a it was a first time tattoo. I am scarred in multiple areas. Almost all the lines are raised. This was a upper- to mid back  tattoo with plenty of meat, not on an area that is easy to scar like your foot or hand or finger .The fact that he runs Sailor Jerry's historical Tattoo shop implies that he must be talented. I  wanted a tattoo of a whale. Simple sketch outline, nothing extensive. 300$ not including tip.
   I now I have a huge whale that is raised and scarred, some areas are just pink raw skin, The detail of the whale is Completely messed up. The small whale was freehanded and looks like a small child drew it. I'm not sure why he had a carbon copy to follow on. I texted him a picture of a few inches (the best I could do myself w a camera phone, hardly showing much at all, but so he could get the idea. He said use vitamin E. I had a deeper look at my back and realized how messed up the design was. the lines were blown out, and all meshed together. I texted him that it was a mess and I was scared and wanted him to look at it. His first response was Good luck with your move , I am sorry your dissatisfied, take care. I called him and had to convince him to meet up with me. He didn't even want to take a look for himself he just said I believe you, what do you want me to do about it?  Of course my reply was "look at it!" "It is your work, I want your professional opinion." Even though after the 14 tattoos I have, I knew it was not fixable. He looked at it in broad daylight. Downplayed the whole thing. All he said and did was use vitamin E,shrug his shoulders, and told me "Art is Relative" sorry you don't like it. I expressed I was concerned with my scarred skin, not aesthetics,(altho thats mesed up as well}  he just kept repeating himself. "Art is Relative".
I told him I wanted a refund and started crying because My back was scarred for life and I was going to have to pay to have it fixed and or removed. I don't make a lot of money, this was a whole weeks paycheck for me.  He said he could not refund me because it was his time spent. I  tried to reason with him in tears, clearly emotional and he had nothing to say really.  I said it isn't about relativity, it is about my skin and back being physically scarred, and it is improper application. I only wanted one color light grey, and he used a darker grey in the middle of a light grey outline? I know I could cover it with black but It will have scarred skin and grey mush underneath it.,and it would have to be a even bigger tattoo to fix the warped design.  The actual tattoo looks like someone who just started practicing tattooing. It was just flat out a bad tattoo.
A few hours later I got home to look at his business page on FB, and he removed my "fresh ink" photo from ihis album and defriended me. Clearly doesn't want to be related to this catastrophe or recognized for it.  I had several artists look at it. I'm scarred, I can go over it but has to be larger and wont look exactly the way it is supposed to.
I feel violated. I gave him a chance to make it right. He just said "cheers" and walked away finally. Its been a few months and i still have some soreness, especially when i bend over.
Sailor Jerry is a legend, and the fact that someone is in his shop, producing such bad work is a disgrace. I later found out that he has a reputation for "scratching" people up. I also was told he only started doing ink because the tattoo world was upset that the historical shop was only being used for Piercing, and not ink.  Look at the pictures yourself and make your own decision. = - (  Not to mention compare the baby whale that is on my back with the actual photo. I write this long review in hopes that I will save someone from having a permanent scar as I do.

There are 3 men in my life I am willing to have ruin my makeup.
My Daddy, Dr. Jon Yoshimura dds and Dan.

Dan impressed me so much with his good energy, professionalism and walking awesomeness when I came in for my first piercings that when it came for my septum piercing, there was no question who I would trust to do it.

I also missed Poota :)

He walked and talked me through the whole process, answered all my questions, made sure I was doing ok through the piercing process. His aftercare is superior, and doesn't rush you. He also has a great pamphlet for the care and feeding of your piercings and tattoos.

Dan is so generous with jewelry too. You can tell that Dan really cares about the fine art of body modification.

T h a n k   y o u, Dan! You are the BEST!!!

I first came to this shop when I first turned 18. Now I'm 24 and Dan's been the only one to tattoo and pierce me. He always seems to know how to put a smile on your face even when you've had the roughest day and is always available when I need him. I love you Dan!