Wicked Ways Tattoos

I had my tattoo done there totally on a whim while on a vacation with my husband and kids. I'd had a version of what I wanted in my mind for years, but I am no artist. I described my scene to Norm who turned it over to Matt. The piece that Matt came up with blew my mind. Never in a million years, could I put my description in such detail. The problem was that his art, ended up being quite a bit bigger than I had in mind. (Did I say that this was my FIRST tattoo?) I admit that I was not the easiest person to draw for! After a few re-dos (and, admittedly, cutting some of his cooler things out of the design for the sake of size and placement) it was the perfect size and perfect tattoo. Matt did an amazing job! I have wanted this tattoo for so long and cannot imagine that anyone else could have come up with something so perfect me. Being that this was my first tattoo, and I have no other experience with them, I have no clue if I charged appropriately- however, I'm thrilled with the work and would rather love something I may or may not have paid too much for than underpay for something that looks like crap. I will be going back.

I bought a Groupon as a gift for my boyfriend and he took in his own idea of his tattoo. It wasn't extremely detailed or elaborate and not even that big, yet he was charged $350. In my opinion as someone who has several tattoos, ranging from so-so work I had done on impulse to extremely good work from one of the best artists in Houston, his tattoo ended up good but not great and EXTREMELY OVER-PRICED. It was small to me for what was charged, it was literally done in one hour, so of course there really wasn't any time taken to ensure good detail and excellent line work. Also there's a lot of unnecessary black outlines, which to me just indicate either inexperience or unwillingness to put in the shading work, and the lines themselves aren't even perfect. There's obvious shakiness in some areas.

I WISH I had gone in with my boyfriend the first time when he agreed on the price, because there's no way in hell it's worth that much money. I honestly think the prices were raised to make up for the loss in the Groupon discount. If you don't want to give discounts then just DON'T give out discounts.

My boyfriend and I went in to get different pieces. We walked in when the shop was being somewhat remodeled and Norm took time away from that to consult with us. He was able to understand my boyfriends vision (which in my opinion was not easy) and arrange things in a way that would look awesome and make sense. He took both of our ideas and ran with it and so far has done an amazing job. They work as a team there and I can really appreciate that. I would definitely recommend any one there. I never felt uncomfortable once like I have at plenty of other tattoo shops. I'll be going back soon