State of Art Tattoo Studio

I have had , like I said before, three tattoos By Kevin Patrick, due to some scheduling issues, his and mine, we had to reschedule an appointment , I was going on vacation, he had some family schedule time, on and on.  The last time I was there, he failed to discount my deposit of $40.00 from our last session, he said he would discounted on our next scheduled appointment.  I didn't think anything of it, cool, I said, then we scheduled for October, kinda far, but hey... it gave me time to think of what I wanted.  As the time approached I sent him there or four tattoo ideas, never hearing from him, like before, so I started thinking this must be the way tattoo artist are, not sure....
When I came back, the night before my appointment, I had an emergency at the house, so I sent him an email telling him I would reschedule, he said ok immediately following, then within an hour , I was abel to solve our emergency, emailed Kevin back and asked if we could continue with the appointment, he emailed me back 5 or 10 minutes later and said , sorry I have booked another appointment.  Well, i was disappointed so I asked if he would reconsider, he would not, sounded a little cocky, said "I book far and fast", ok, then he said especially on weekends.  I told him, I don't need a weekend, I can come anytime... he then told me that he would not be able to schedule me till December...., again I asked if he would reconsider, he told me what do you think, I can just call and reschedule my client, or something to that effect, silly me, I thought I was a client also...., I told him, hey i think you just don't need anymore clients, and you think that your all that, or something to that effect, don't remember my exact words, but I didn't like the way he handled the whole thing.  Then he emailed me back and said that I had forfeited my deposit, since I had not given him 24 or 48 hr notice, mind you, I had not cancelled, and he never gave me anything saying that, except a business card with the deposit written on the back.  Ink Masters would not be proud, today your on top, tomorrow who knows, the bottom line is, he treated me like a bother, unprofessional, took my deposit, and.... I will never , ever recommend this place to anyone, at least not Kevin...., from the beginning I felt like he was doing me a favor, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt, and I was right..... if you get too cocky, well, there are always much better artist who are willing to go the extra mile, and most importantly, conduct yourself as a professional , not an amateur...

Bad for him, because I had several people who were interested, so he lost out, not me.  Enjoy my deposit..., pro's don't need to do that.....

Last week, my husband and I started our journey to find an artist to do pieces on the both of us. There's something uniquely scandalous feeling about searching for a tattoo artist- promiscuously reading reviews and popping in to shops, basically to go in and silently interview their portfolios of work- and then to "meet" the artist and see if they offer any traits that either turn you off or on..  

Unless you have severe compulsive issues, you take your time, and when you find the artist, you just know.. When we "met" Jake Kloos at State Of Art Tattoo, we knew he was our guy. His color work is beyond perfect, and even more impressive, his portraits are beautifully accurate and life like. I feel, this is the greatest telling attribute an artist has- the human face.

Jake totally went out of his way to say hello and be personable, and "real". We booked our appointments and returned today, a week later. Jake is time conscious and works with a gentle hand- I had a large piece done and felt as relaxed as can possibly be, under the circumstance. The work was perfectly interpreted from my ideas, and turned out, technically, and aesthetically, better than I even imagined.

Go to Jake, you won't be disappointed. He's a nice person, and a legitimately talented tattooist.

Jake at State of Art was awesome! He does amazing color work and was super personable. Its hard to find tattoo studios where the artists aren't super pretentious and you definitely won't get that at State of Art. My favorite part, they do amazing work at fair and reasonable prices. I will definitely be back!