Propaganda Tattoo

Wonderul experience. John Sabin is a dream to work with. I will never go anywhere else now that I've found this place. The other tattoo artist that were in the shop were also really cool. The atmosphere in this place is fabulous.  Very clean and bright with great pieces of art to keep your mind entertained while getting tattoo'd.
With 6 tattoos under my belt I have come to hate paper towels. With that being said, John is so gentle with the dreaded wipe of a paper towel. He also uses the best soap solution to clean you up at the end. I've been in for two sessions and I've healed up so quick. My tat looks great so far! His portfolio is really diverse. He can do all sorts of different concepts all very well. I'm getting a half sleeve so I have a few more sessions to go. I look forward to posting a pic when it's finished!
I've been telling all my friends to come here. I can't wait for them to see John.

My husband got a tattoo done not too far from us, but since then that tattoo parlor has closed.  So I turned to Yelp to find a new place.  After researching what people had to say around town (and MAN are there a lot of tattoo spots in San Diego...hello military town!) I found Propaganda Tattoo.  I checked out their website, reviewed the artists' galleries and liked what I saw.  So last Saturday I had the day off and decided to take a chance and did a walk in to see if they had open spots.  I never recommend doing that as a general rule, but this time even I made an exception.  

I was immediately greeted by Brad.  He was very nice and told me he didn't have an open spot that day, but he called up Travis who was available 90minutes later. Perfect! So we kicked around Point Loma killing time and came back. Travis sketched up my idea I wanted after I showed him a picture. I picked out a design for a Ogham tattoo and I really wanted to make sure it looked like brush strokes, and he really nailed it.

Another kudos to Travis, it's like he knew when the pain was getting intense for me because right as I was about to say ok that's enough, he would let up for a moment. It may just be the timing of adding ink to the tattoo gun, but never was the pain too intense. Thank you Travis for my lovely new tattoo!

He had another free spot after me, so my husband also got his tree of life tattoo done. Travis once again took his time and made the tattoo look fantastic. Very happy with the results of both our tattoos.

Good price, friendly staff. The parking lot has practically no spots but I won't hold that against them. That's all of Point Loma short of Liberty Station.

Heads up to anyone looking for a smaller and simple tattoo, this place is $100 minimum.  Also,  you must be 18 with ID to get inked here.  No exceptions (I'm talking to you 16 year old with parent's permission...)

About a year ago I got a tattoo by David. It was a great experience start to finish. I was combining 4 different elements into one piece on my forearm. Dave took my ideas and created something awesome, I couldn't be happier.  I'll admit my forearm was a little angry after 6 hours, but the time flew by with some great conversation.  I highly recommend the shop for fair prices and great work.