Tattooed Planet

I have been in here twice since my last review to get work done and both of my pieces were done by Misty. I have gotten several tattoos done by a number of different artists, but the customer service Misty has given me is unmatched. A few weeks after my first piece, she texted me to see how it was healing and to let me know to come in when it needed a touchup and she'd do it for free. She constantly makes herself available outside of the shop, which is why I continue to get work done from her, well along with her talent of course. I've already talked to her about coming in for my next piece and I look forward to it.

I debated about writing this review for a really long time. Misty is an awful tattoo artist, as stated by someone else on this. She's really sweet, super nice, and also very professional: but she is also the worst tattoo artist I have ever had work done by. I had liked her so much as an individual that this is why I couldn't write this review earlier, but I think she's such an awful tattoo artist that I feel like I need to warn off other people from her.

What drew me to her was her portfolio: gorgeous line work. What I didn't pay attention to was that the images I was looking at were all from fresh tattoos, not healed ones. I had her do a line of ants marching around my wrist, and I brought the artwork in that I wanted done. The lines on my fresh tattoos from her looked wonderful, and I was beyond pleased. As soon as they started healing, I saw that there were "stray lines" going off in all different directions, lines that were never part of the tattoo and that will never go away. She couldn't follow the stencil she put on my wrist at all, and instead of breaking to see if she was doing it correctly, she continued on. You can't even tell that the tattoo was meant to be ants (I get spiders constantly), and I don't think there is anything that can ever be done to fix this.

The tattoo also bulged, hurt, and was tender for an obscene amount of time, something that I've never experienced with any other tattoos. There were two or three separate areas that were still extremely tender almost three weeks after getting the tattoo - I gently cut into these and squeezed black ink out of them. The pain/tenderness I had been feeling immediately went away within minutes. It was absolutely disgusting, extremely concerning, and I've never heard of anyone else ever having that problem.  

I don't recommend Tattooed Planet for any work. Beyond the awful work I had done, the prices were also far, far above what they should have been. Don't go here, don't go here, don't go here. It doesn't matter that the artists are nice - what should count is the quality of their work.

The level of professional courtesy displayed by Jen Imler is horrible and beyond the pale. There is no way I would ever step inside this shop if this is what they think is an acceptable level of professionalism and decorum.