Lo and Behold Tattoo

I was introduced to Lexi, the owner of Lo & Behold, through a roommate of mine who had had a touch-up done by Lexi on a half sleeve of his. After finding his work online and seeing his vast artistic styles, I called up the shop to make an appointment for a consult with him. They were able to get me into see him the next day, so I printed out six references of roses and henna style tattoos that I had in mind, though they had absolutely nothing to do with each other. Lexi was able to take my random references and throw them together into a design more beautiful than I ever could have dreamed up on my own, and he did it in less than 24 hours. He had originally quoted me $300 for a tattoo over the size of my hand on my right thigh the day of the consult, but when I came into see his design it was much bigger than I had anticipated. He offered to do the larger design (which would have gone from about my knee to the very top of my hip) for $400, which was unfortunately out of my price range, so he scaled it down a bit for me so that I could pay his original quote. He had quoted me $300 because he said he thought he would be able to get it done in two hours, though we ended up having about a three hour session (with a short cigarette break for me at the halfway point, which I GREATLY appreciated). Even though he took about a full extra hour to work on my tattoo, he still decided to charge me the original quote of $300, which I thought was really kind and very classy, even though he put in much more work than I think either of us anticipated.
It's safe to say, I have found my new tattoo artist in Olympia! I don't think I'll be going anywhere else anytime soon, his work is fabulous, his detail is incredible, his color work is outstanding, and his personality and calm attitude really made it a wonderful experience for me. I have an appointment to get a tattoo done by a different artist in B&W filled in with color, and I can't wait to see what Lexi does for me next!