Very disappointed !!!
I delt with Devin.
Had a first small tattoo with him, and it was fine.
For the second one, i explained clearly over text exchanges and phone what i wanted. Once there, it took 3.5 hrs of negotiation to get a final drawing. And i had to concede 70% of what i wanted.
What i wanted ? A mage, the cape down to the knees, a staff, and a shield. Above the head, some night sky. Too much expectations ?
Not according to what i've seen after, and heard from people with experience.
I got a night sky ( that looks a lot better on his Ipad ), and the
head part, which is way too big for what i had in mind for the follow up on my forearm.
The desing is not that good for someone who charge $140/hr, really.
It's not because you do tattoos that you are an artist !
Plus he round it up $ on the high side !! In other words, he brings up the cost, and i felt he was abusing after so many hrs of discomfort and being tired.
So for this second tattoo, i went to do the black part first. But he didn't tell me, when this first part was done, that there was a differance between the healing part ( 2 to 2.5 weeks for healing ), and the sensitivity of the skin. About +/- one month.
So going back for the colours so soon was extremely unpleasant.
What incompetency !!!
i expected more professionalism, for that price !
Then i realized an understood that i was limited by his limits .
So he never gave me explanations why he couldn't do what i asked for, and being new at this played against me.
I do not recommend him !
Can't say about the others.
There is other good places in R.D. Don't repeat my mistakes !
TAKE YOUR TIME to ask around and shop for some trustworthy places.
Frank