I got my first tattoo done at inksmith in orange park a few years ago, the artists didn't want to do my basic tattoo. They all contemplated on whether or not to do it, then a guy wanted to do it. After I got home, I realized the tattoo was done so horribly, every line was different. After a few phone calls I was told the GUY WAS A TATTOO APPRENTICE! I had no idea and he wasn't even supervised all the other artists left the shop to go smoke pot. I just cant believe this happened. (I have a picture of the guy doing my tattoo and Inksmith didn't even offer to fix my ink if anyone is interested in seeing this, please send me a message.) Even though this isn't the location, Inksmith isn't a tattoo business to trust regardless of where they are located.
Review Source:These are suppose to be the best tattoos shops in the whole city. As many reviewers have stated - there's definitely talent... but the social skills are sometimes lacking.
1. Great talent ...Jeremy as my friend says is "bad *ss"
2. Decent customer service depending on person, day, and time
3. Expensive BUT WORTH THE Cost for a unique tat... go to #1
The ONLY reason I'm giving this place even two stars is bc  my tattoo is actually great, I love it.  I got some text on my wrist.  However, I think his name was Mike?  Oh my gosh that guy needs a nap & a lesson in chivalry.  He told me my tattoo was going to be "upside down" so it'd be $10 extra.  Fine whatever it's only ten bucks he's the artist, it's cool.  The experience just goes down hill after this.  I had just sprained my ankle about an hour before.  As I was hopping into the room where he was waiting for me I fell very hard right in front of him. I was literally writhing in pain.  After I regained my composure,  as I got up & looked at him and he didn't budge.  Didn't try and help me up, didn't ask if I was okay, didn't even pretend to look concerned.  He was just looking at me as if to say, "Any day now lady".  He told me that ten years ago when people wd get script on their arms or wrists they'd position them in a way where others cd read them.  However my best friend & I were positioning them to where we could read them.  He said we were prob reading a People magazine and stole the idea from some reality star.  Really dude??  Like who urinated in your corn flakes this morning?  He then freaked out at one of our friend's for bringing me a chair to sit in since there was now a baseball sized lump on the side of my foot.  He said he was rearranging all of "HIS" furniture w/o asking.  In actuality I feel like this should have been Mike's idea in the first place.  It's called CUSTOMER SERVICE homey!  I was the customer in his place of work.  This guy has serious anger issues.  But I was not about to bring that up as he was inking my best friend & I for life.  So we just sucked it up & sat there in awkward silence.  This guy is for sure artistically talented however he needs to figure out a way to deal w/ his anger problemos before getting near sharp objects.  I'd never go back there ever ever again.
Review Source:rude. pretentious. obnoxious. the list goes on . . .
the first tattoo i ever got was tiny and undetailed & from inksmith of orange park. the guys in the orange park location were great. nice. etc. therefore -- i think the shops all vary by location.
my husband & i have been trying to look into tattooes for a while. i want a 3/4 sleeve & he wasnt a 3/4 sleeve and rib piece. hes already almost done with his arm and its amazing. (ps. inksmith didnt do it.) when we were looking around at artists -- i already had someone in mind, but i figured -- hey why not give some other people a chance to show us what theyre offering?! we went into the atlantic inksmith and showed them what we were interested in. my husband wanted something by the works of dan mumford. very detailed -- doesnt look like a typical tattoo & i was looking for something by audrey kawasaki. again -- not a typical tattoo. they immediately turn us away saying "it doesnt look like a tattoo -- we cant do it." they were rude & short with us. sad that theyre not talented enough to do a tattoo that doesnt fall under the typical 'tattoo standard.'
needless to say -- we found a muuuch better tattoo shop in riverside to do our work with much more talented artists who know what theyre doing.
I got my second ink done here last summer and I was very pleased with the whole experience. The artists were an eclectic but fun bunch. They sat down and worked out my custom design with me. The location was very clean and well kept. While waiting for my artist to finish sketching there were tons of pictures to look at, history of the shop to read up on, and books to go through to pass the time.
While he was working on me, which took 4 hours by the way, he didn't mind stopping occasionally to let me take a smoke break. The end result was great. I was given plenty of information about it's care afterwards. I absolutely plan on getting more work done by these guys, and I recommend that anyone considering getting a tattoo check this place out.
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