O'reilly's Tattoo Parlour

Five stars! I got my first tattoo with Dan, and I couldn't be happier with it. I felt very comfortable and everyone was professional and friendly. It took me a while to find the perfect artist, I looked for a long time. I picked Dan because of his experience with large, detailed, well colored back piece, and his obvious ability to shape the image to the body in question so that it looks natural.

I went in for my first sitting and when Dan had the transfer paper all ready, he paused and inversed the entire picture and said I think we should do it this way instead. He was really thinking about how it would look as a piece of body art. I was pretty nervous and said okay that's fine, do that but honestly at the time it made no difference to me. It looked the same. Once my first session was done and I saw it, I realized it made a huge difference! It was a great change and it was entirely his idea, unsolicited.

My second session was bumped up after someone canceled because I had let him know I was moving soon. My third and last session he even bought me coffee. He was super professional and did a wonderful, detailed job. Everyone there was friendly and I always found myself surrounded by people to talk to for every sitting.

I have gotten a lot of compliments on the detail and color. People who don't like tattoos tell me that they can still appreciate it as a nice image. I would recommend this place to anyone in Santa Cruz!

Klem is the man! He does fantastic work!! It has been several years since I have gone to see him for another tattoo since I moved away, but as soon as I am able I plan on having him do some more work on me. He did the blue tiger that I posted in the picture section.
I have yet to find a artist that is as good as he is! Hopefully I can make it back down to Santa Cruz at some point for some more amazing work.

Love love love. 100% worth the wait! Honey had gotten a tattoo from Klem a few years ago and decided it was time for more ink so he made an appointment at O'Reillys to start a huge arm piece. While I LOVE tattoos I have never been brave enough to commit to a big piece so I figured when the urge for some new ink hit me klem would pass me off to someone else since I literally wanted a small one session tattoo and he is so in demand.  Because he is AWESOME Klem did my tattoo and made it look AMAZING. He also managed to fit me in right after one of honey's session so I didn't have to wait the 4 months I was originally quoted (Having seen Klem's work I gladly would have though!) I have only seen the other guys work while working with klem but they all seem super talented, and are way friendly which makes it even better. There is nothing worse then a "I'm such a cool guy" tattoo artist acting like a Dbag. The O' Reilly's guys are real, fun, and kick ass at what they do. Plus they have the cleanest shop I have ever seen! This is a major thing to be aware of with body art of any kind. Don't get discouraged by appointments being way out it is A) worth the wait B) worth the wait and C) WORTH THE WAIT! Also Danielle who is a rock star is always willing to help make scheduling as painless as possible You go girl!) Honey and I will be back for sure!