I love this place! the guys there are really great and super friendly. Kris who did our piercings was great and has a hello kitty addiction, which is awesome.
I got my third piercing on one ear which cost only 10 bucks. My friends got their cartilage pierced which costs 20 bucks.
These guys are great, if you want to get a piercing done, go here! They are also a tattoo parlor.
Skin Gallery seems to have changed a lot in the past few years. When I went to Downers North right down the street it was THE shady place to get underage stuff done. Heck, I'm sure my paperwork is still on file with my fake name from when my best friend signed to get my belly button done for me when I was 16. Although the place had kind of a bad reputation for that very reason back then, you could always count on Skin Gallery for an accurate piercing in a nice clean environment. Now, Kris (the piercer who did my belly button) is still there but there is also Kenny. Both great guys who are good at what they do. Definitely the place to go to get an affordable well done piercing. They have definitely shook their shady reputation and have honestly only gotten better with time. They also have a great selection of cheap body jewelry in the case upfront, much better prices than most piercing places. I don't know too much about their tattooing staff although I can say I had a friend get a shoulder tattoo done here in gray scale and it looks beautiful but anyone who knows tattoos knows it all depends on the artist and I'm not sure who did hers. Only reason I gave it four stars instead of five is because the parking here SUCKS. There is only like five spots up front and they aren't easy to get to and although there is additional parking in back, it's still not the easiest to park in especially when it's busy. All in all though this is my favorite place in the area. Definitely recommend checking it out.
Review Source:I did not have an appointment when I came so I waited a decent amount of time before someone saw me. I didn't walk out because I'd chickened out too many times before and the artists seemed nice so I decided to stay. I ended up getting tattooed by Eloise who was finishing up someone and had done a good job on him so I figured I was in good hands. I wanted a tat on my ankle and brought in a pendant of the same symbol and they xeroxed it and blew it up so it'd be easier to trace. She took her time and made sure it was right, and gave me a great price on my tattoo and after care instructions. I'm still happy with my tat to this day and even though it hurt like hell, I'm happy I knocked that off of my bucket-list. I'd recommend this place to anyone in the area who is looking who is looking for a clean place with nice people and Eloise for her patience and gentle hands since it was my first tattoo.
Review Source:I showed up at Skin Gallery for their Friday the 13th $20 tattoo special. Â I had never heard of Skin Gallery before, so I figured this would be a good way to test the waters and check out a new shop. Â I'm definitely no stranger to tattoos, I have over 25 already. Â
The Friday the 13th event wasn't as hectic as I imagined. Â I anticipated a very long line outside the shop with no parking within a quarter mile in any direction. Â I was pleasantly surprised to see that there weren't that many people (under 30) and there were multiple artists, not just two like some other shops have.
They were really nice people and they were totally professional. Â The artists had images to choose from. Â There were multiple varieties of jewelry for piercings, too (not included in the $20 special). Â I chose an image, had the stencil applied, and waited just a few more minutes, then went back to the tattoo artist. Â I got AJ. Â His room was very cool, lots of art work on the walls and some in the corner. Â It's cool because it seems like every artist has their own unique spin on art and their own style. Â AJ was very clean and never touched anything to contaminate his work (I've seen some guys at other shops wipe sweat or grab dirty pens and then try to go right back to tattooing). Â He was very precise and my tattoo looks amazing!
I will be going back to Skin Gallery for more work. Â I also got to see Mikey Lo in action tattooing someone's arm (same day). Â His room has a ton of cool art on the walls, too. Â Lots of stuff to stare at and take your mind off the pin pricks :) Â He's also got a really bad ass Triggerfish in his room.
I honestly loved everything about Skin Gallery!
My friend's were visiting from Boston and decided they wanted to get tattoos because the pricing were I live is pretty affordable. The place my sister usually goes to was closed since it was a Monday. It just so happened Skin Gallery was open so we decided to go check it out.
I guess the girls were lucky because the guy that ended up helping us, Munk, was fantastic and very nice.
My one friend brought with a small photo of what she wanted. Since it wasn't a picture of a tattoo Munk redrew it. He explained what was possible and what she could add on later if she decided to. The art was clean and simple. She loved it.
Munk was also very understanding when my poor friend got nervous and he had to stop tattooing. All in all her tattoo only took about a half-hour including the stop.
My other friend wanted lyrics done on her ribcage. Her and Munk were able to find a size and typeface she liked. This tat took considerably more time. But Munk did a great job. The words were crisp and scripted wonderfully.
On top of everything else the prices were very reasonable. He took Cash and Credit.
I'm now considering getting something done just because I loved Munk's work so much. I'll defiantly be recommending him in the future.
I've seen a quite a few tattoos done by this place on friends and acquaintances.
Not one of them is happy either with the work or the price.
I'm not sure how many artists they have or who did the tattoos I've seen but what I've seen seem rushed and at best amateur.
If you're 18 years old and want to go pick something off the wall that you've only thought about for a whopping 4 minutes then it might be a decent fit. But if you're looking for something well done, well thought out, and at a good price then keep looking.
I have gotten all of my tattoos here at Skin Gallery and they are all fabulous! I have 3 of them and they were all done by the artist 'Joe'. He's is an amazing artist and he does an great  job!
The ink still looks fresh and the oldest one is about 3 years old.
It is extremely clean inside and the tools they use are brand new as well. Everyone in there is really nice and social. Especially if you get piercings there, Chris is really really cool! He makes all of your experiences really memorable and funny!
Definitely give this place a try and atleast check it out!
My friend and I went here to get tattoos together. Â I wanted to get a completely custom design, but I wasn't sure about the location or arrangement and I was looking for assistance. Â Joe, who'd done my last tattoo, seemed completely uninterested in helping with the design. Â Eventually, I gave up and went somewhere else (see Tattoo Factory review).
Meanwhile, my friend was getting her tattoo done... also her first, and a relatively simple design (basically a 3" butterfly, black outline with 2 colors). Â Her artist was Munk, who was a really cool guy, very friendly, but holy crap did he screw up her ink! Â After it healed there were blow outs, uneven and skipped lines, and blotchy coloring. Â It looks absolutely horrible, even from several feet away... so bad that she doesn't want to go back and ask them to fix it. Â Joe did a great job on my last tattoo, but I don't think I would recommend this place to anyone after seeing how my friend's tattoo turned out. Â If you do go here, DO NOT have Munk do your piece... Â Joe is the only person I would allow to touch my skin here (if I could get his attention for more than 2 minutes).
I don't have anything positive to say about Skin Gallery. I happened upon it one night with a few friends of mine and wanted to get a small tattoo done for the heck of it (I already had 17 of them). I had heard nothing about this shop but decided to go in anyways - HUGE MISTAKE. The shop down the street has a reputation of being a little too expensive for the suburbs - but at least it has a reputation. That's something to think about. You'd think that, with having 17 tattoos already, that I would've been a little more cautious of who was doing my artwork. Well, my judgement was off. An artist at Skin Gallery did three of my tattoos - and let's just say that after the final tattoo, I would never go in there again. As a matter of fact, I left the tattoo unfinished because of my experience, and am having it completed at a shop elsewhere.
The first night I went in, I met a tattoo artist by the name of Rob, who saw the picture I had brought in and gave me a quote for it. Since there were a few of us getting tattooed by him that night, he gave us a break on the prices. Great, I thought! I was the first to get tattooed and, after the tattoo was done, I was pleasantly surprised. The color appeared to be great, the lines appeared to be straight, etc.
The next night I walked into Skin Gallery alone and had Rob do my 18th tattoo. After being there the night before, he gave me another break on this tattoo. I told him what I wanted and he did it - it's nothing major and didn't necessarily require talent. Again, the colors appeared to have come out vivid and the lines appeared to have come out straight.
Two weeks later, while my other tattoos were still in the healing process, I went to Rob for the third time with a custom piece that I wanted done. When I brought him the artwork and he saw what I had wanted, he again gave me a break on my tattoo. Please bear in mind that I had seen some of his other work (his portfolio, while I was there the first time) and it appeared to be well done, so I didn't necessarily go into this blindly. He had experience tattooing big pieces, ornate pieces and colorful pieces - so I figured, what the hell! My other two tattoos hadn't finished healing yet but, from the looks of them, they were fine. I gave him the go ahead.
When I had first walked into the shop, Rob didn't mention that he thought my tattoo would take more than one session. I knew that it was a big tattoo, but I sit very well for them and figured that he'd knock it out in one night. He started tattooing me and, after two hours of tattooing (with a few breaks in between), decided that he would have me come back to have the tattoo finished. I was incredibly confused by the fact that he was stopping the process, but noticed that he looked absolutely exhausted and he was a tad bit shaky when cleaning up. Yeah, not a good sign. He wrapped up my tattoo and told me to come back in a few weeks to finish it. I saw what he had done in the mirror and it looked good (through the saran wrap).
Fast forward a few weeks when my first two tattoos done by Rob had healed. After the scabs had fallen off and the true tattoos were showing, I was horrified to see that my lines weren't straight and that my color appeared to be extremely faded. Out of 17 previous tattoos, I had NEVER had color fade so quickly on my tattoos. I knew, right then and there, that I would not have Rob finish my third tattoo as planned. However, that thought was further confirmed once my third tattoo fully healed. Although it had looked great immediately after being done when the lines were true black and raised due to swelling, it became incredibly apparent that Rob shouldn't have been tattooing that night. I don't know if it was that he was tired or on some substance, but he ruined my tattoo - which obviously means a part of my body as well.
The lines of the third tattoo are absolutely horrible. There are areas where ink is actually missing, there are many areas where the lines become bumpy and it became truly obvious that Rob freehanded an area of my tattoo without my prior approval. It looks HORRIBLE. Keep in mind that this tattoo is QUITE large and is on a very OBVIOUS part of my body.
Every tattoo artist who has seen this "masterpiece" has told me that it needs to be entirely redone. That's nice, huh? It's great that an experienced tattoo artist who talks himself up to be one of the best in the suburbs took my money and drew on me like a first grader in art class.
If you go to Skin Gallery, do not get tattooed by Rob. It's a waste of your time and you will be left with a permanent reminder of how stupid you were.
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