This place is the definition of mediocre if you want a mediocre tattoo that's gonna be chunky, uneven lines come here I got a tattoo here and it was the most unprofessional experience of my life. I was definitely unexperienced to say the least because it was my first tattoo, but the artist completely botched what I asked for and I would just completely recommend avoiding this place if you can go to a truly trusted artist and don't just go to a random place in your small hometown cause this is the definition of that this is no better than getting a tattoo from red Dragon if you know you know. read more

It's an extremely cool place the way it's decorated. All of the artists are chill and it's overall a great place for tattoos depending on the artist. I have gotten two from here, different artists, and they turned out great! read more

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Do not recommend, save yourself from an awful tattoo. My family went in for finger tattoos from the artist Bri, she over charged for being incredibly inexperienced. This tattoo is also TOUCHED UP keep in mind. It was suppose to be a little T for my newborn son. But now it's huge and bled so bad. I have 8 finger tattoos from different artists (obviously) and they all are perfect exactly what I asked for. So not only is the tattoo terrible she charged $150 for this.... DO NOT RECOMMEND BRI.... also this is not the first time i've got a bad tattoo from this shop (a different girl) but I wanted to just get a quick tattoo not thinking someone could possibly mess up a T? I was wrong. read more

Black Buffalo Tattoo Collective - suppose to be a dainty little T, for my newborn son - Tattoo Near Me - Rocklin, California

If I could rate this zero stars I would. Me and my mom booked a day so we can get a tattoo together cause the girl said she can do our tattoo so when she sent a picture of the design she created we told her it wasn't what we wanted to get she proceeds to make a design that we don't want. She tells us that she cannot do the tattoo we want and she kept my deposit of $50. If she couldn't do the tattoo why couldn't she tell me before booking the appointment. I want my refund back. This is her @inkybysol. read more

Ive gotten two more amazing tattoo by Kylie Sandoval from here. She also did the touch up on the one from my review of Les Tattoos that had lots of issues. She's an amazing person and talented artist. One of my favorite benefits of working with Kylie is how fast I heal from her work. It's always even prettier than expected. When she did a tattoo for my elbow ditch, I couldn't believe how quickly it healed. Especially since I wasn't able to use a bandage and it's an area where the skin is moving a lot . I have already booked with her for more work on my arm sleeve. I'm so glad she's not too far away read more

Black Buffalo Tattoo Collective - Bird by Kylie Sandoval - Tattoo Near Me - Rocklin, California

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Very happy with my Majora's Mask tattoo from Val. Worked with my schedule and was a very smooth experience. Definitely coming back :) read more

Black Buffalo Tattoo Collective - Majoras Mask - Tattoo Near Me - Rocklin, California

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Truly, the artists were excited to see us, which was my first indication to turn around and leave. Heheheh. Nice change of pace, actually. There are a lot of taxidermy animals on the walls. It's a different vibe. The shop was bright and had a good playlist going and seemed pretty clean. They actually were very talented artists, friendly, personable & we are very happy with their work. When we met them they took a photo of the art that we wanted and said they were going to draw it up and call the owner and see what he wanted to charge for 4 of us to get the same tattoo of a spade, the size of a quarter. She came back and asked us to fill out paperwork. I asked her what he said we would be charged, and she said that her boss quoted $150. I thought that was a very good deal.There was a sign on their wall that says their minimum is a hundred dollars. My mistake was not asking better questions. $150 is a good price for 4 tattoos! The part that hurt is when we were leaving, and she told me that the total was $550 with the discount.I think I stopped breathing for a moment. She told us then that their minimum was $150 per person, which contradicted the sign on the wall. In any case, I wish she would have said that up front because I likely would not have stayed, (mama's decimated her budget!) Again, the service is great, the shop is clean, we're happy with their work.It was just miscommunication that had me knock down my star rating. Just be sure to ask the right questions and get clarification when you visit. read more

Black Buffalo Tattoo Collective - Family tattoos - Tattoo Near Me - Rocklin, California

I went to Brianna for a tattoo and she's amazing ! Her line work, to her artistry, all the way down to her attention to detail. I've gotten 3 tattoos done by her so far and I love every single one. I've seen her work in person with other people and every single one shes done is phenomenal. She's very laid back and super sweet. read more

The guy who did my cover up (dustin?) Took 2 hrs to draw a spider. It's not even filled in all the way. The tattoo underneath was also less than half the price of this cover up. Will not be back...since I clearly need to find a tattoo artist to redo this mess. read more

What a fantastic place. I have been wanting a tattoo for over 20 years, but life seemed to always get in the way. Raising a family, work, bills mortgage and so on. Recently divorced, kids are grown, house is sold. So why not. My daughter is on her 4th tattoo. All designed and done here. She loves their work, so I decided to go and check them out. Austin did my first tattoo, I showed him what I wanted, he designed it with a few changes that turned out great. Now I am hooked and looking forward to my next one very shortly. I would highly recommend Black Buffalo Tattoo Collective. read more

Black Buffalo Tattoo Collective - Tattoo Near Me - Rocklin, California

Had an outstanding experience... beautiful, clean shop and Cameron was so thorough, thoughtful, and made my vision better than I pictured. Can't recommend highly enough! read more

Black Buffalo Tattoo Collective - Canadian maple leaf tattoo - Tattoo Near Me - Rocklin, California

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Joy is my tattoo artist, I have been going to her for almost 5 years now and have never been disappointed! Not only is she a fantastic tattoo artist, she also is a really great person who makes you feel super comfortable during the entire process. I couldn't recommend her more. This is a pic of my most recent piece. read more

Black Buffalo Tattoo Collective - My recent tattoo from Joy - Tattoo Near Me - Rocklin, California

The shop is clean and has the coolest decor. Everyone is super friendly and incredibly talented. I've come in twice this year to see Jose, the first in July for some beetles with my best friend, and the second time in October adding to my sleeve. Both times were great, I felt very comfortable and I know I'm in good hands! Finally, I'm obsessed with my sleeve and can't wait to finish it in the upcoming year! read more

Black Buffalo Tattoo Collective - Tattoo Near Me - Rocklin, California

I'm obsessed with my tattoo that Maci designed for me. I basically told her I wanted a DeLorean and a T-Rex in honor of my kids (Martin and Ellie, named respectively after those movies.) And she did NOT disappoint. Maci is really talented and super sweet. Everyone else on staff seemed pretty cool too. read more

Black Buffalo Tattoo Collective - Fresh after appointment. Will post a follow up photo once healed. - Tattoo Near Me - Rocklin, California

I can not thank black buffalo enough for fixing my tattoo. I got a horrible tattoo from another tattoo shop. I hated looking at it. I when to black buffalo it see what they recommend. My artist was amazing so nice and so sweet! I felt so comfortable around her and trusted her to fix my tattoo. (Honestly I was so nervous I was as scared to have another bad experience.) She turned my horrible tattoo into something I love to look at! She made the hole experience of getting a tattoo amazing. After the 1st I was dreading getting it fixed. Everyone at black buffalo is so nice and fun made the pain of getting a tattoo almost non existent. Thank you all so much read more

Black Buffalo Tattoo Collective - The healed fixed tattoo! - Tattoo Near Me - Rocklin, California

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A huge thank you to Joe Truck for this amazing work. I'll upload photos of the finished product, stencil, and what I sent him for inspiration. What he turned my idea into is truly amazing. Black Buffalo is a clean shop with some awesome artists. Please go check them out if you're thinking about getting yourself a new tattoo. read more

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Just got my tattoo done with Joy! She is so sweet and very talented. I got a simple phrase. It's part of a tattoo project by one of my favorite poets. He will be publishing the poem once everyone involved has had the chance to get their words/phrases tattooed as well. Anyways, I booked with Joy through Instagram. I loved her work! The tattoo shop is clean, bright, and very open. Everyone else was super friendly as well. I will be coming back to get more work done with Joy! read more

Black Buffalo Tattoo Collective - Tattoo Near Me - Rocklin, California

I started getting tattooed by JOSE DIAZ about 2.5-3 years ago. He is amazing, detail oriented and super creative. I gave him very little input and he came up with all of my pieces. The first tattoo he did for me was my left ribs. I was so nervous but he made me feel comfortable and talked to me to get my mind off it. He even made me laugh my ass off during the session too. I drive from the Bay Area every time to see him and he never disappoints. I would drive or fly anywhere to get work done by him. Love the new shop and the new location. Super clean and open. read more

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If you're looking for a clean, reliable, knowable and experienced shop owner - You've found it here. Joe himself is an all around wonderful and admirable individual, he also is extremely talented. So so talented and will always tell it like it is. I felt completely confident and comfortable with him as my artist. I'm extremely grateful to have found a shop that is not only clean, well kept, has other talented artist, and is able to creative beautiful artwork. If you're looking for a lifetime shop. This is your place. read more

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I love love Black Buffalo and can't recommend them enough. I've had three tattoos there now and am obsessed with all of them. Every artist I've met there is kind and wonderful and I'll continue to go back. read more

My brother and I got tattooed yesterday by Jill. We highly recommend this place!! Jill was an amazing tattoo artist and extremely good at fine line work!! Jill made us both feel very comfortable for our first tattoos and never made us feel rushed. Jill also made sure we liked our tattoo placement and size before starting to work on us. I reached out to the owner, Joe, about a week before to schedule the appointment and he was amazing as well. He was extremely helpful and answered any questions I had. My brother and I are extremely happy with our tattoos and couldn't recommend this shop more! Thank you to Joe and Jill!! read more

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Jose Diaz (specializing in bw line tattoos) did a stunning job on my tattoo! He had everything I wanted in there and showed me a sketch beforehand so I would know what I would be getting. The building has an amazing interior and has many things to look at on the walls. Everything is clean, organized, and spacious. I will definitely want to get another tattoo from Diaz once I let my tattoo finish healing :) read more

Black Buffalo Tattoo Collective - Finished tattoo (photo taken by Jose Diaz - tattoo artist) - Tattoo Near Me - Rocklin, California

I had an appointment with Joy on May 18th at 5pm. I wanted to get the fingers on both of my hands done. When I emailed a few reference pictures and asked if she could do something like them, she said yes and scheduled my appointment with no questions asked. I thought for this type of tattoo I might get some questions (am I aware of fading, do I have other tattoos, etc) but nope, no questions and no warning such as these types of tattoos might fade or need touch ups. But I just figured maybe that's common knowledge, and artists aren't as strict about those types of tattoos anymore. During the appointment Joy was very nice and patient, and reassured me that I could take a break whenever I needed, that we could tattoo just one hand that day if the pain was too much, etc. I was super nervous because not only is this a really visible spot, but also pretty painful from what I've heard. She spent around half an hour drawing the designs on my fingers. I did speak up a couple times to note things I didn't love, and she didn't hesitate to change them which I appreciated. I wish I had really spent more time to think about it once she had the designs drawn on, and look at my reference pictures again, because now that I've had time to adjust and get used to them, I don't think they really resemble the references or look that I was going for. I understand that I okayed the design and went along with it...but I was going to ask for some touch ups/additions to get the look I really wanted at the appointment we had scheduled for the next week to do my other hand. I'm hindsight I wish she would have prepped the design before my appointment instead of just free-handing during my appointment. The actual tattooing took 30 minutes. I paid attention to the start time 5:30pm and the end time 6pm. When she finished the first hand she was like "okay it's been about an hour" and suggested we do the other hand another day. I was prepared to do both hands that day, but Joy recommended we just do one for healing purposes, and then do the other hand and touch ups on the next appointment. That wasn't what I planned, but I was a little nervous about healing both hands at the same time so I said ok. I did however say that I could handle getting both hands done that day. I have not experienced an artist charging for drawing time before, so I'm not sure if that's how she works or if she wasn't paying attention to the time, but I didn't feel comfortable bringing it up. Part of me also wondered if she wanted to do the other hand another day so I would end up paying more. Unfortunately that second appointment never happened. She contacted me two days before my appointment and said "something came up" and asked if we could reschedule. Not a huge deal since she suggested the following week, so I agreed. I let her know that any day besides June 1st would work for me. She replied and said Wednesday should work for her, but she would check her schedule and get back to me. The one day that I said would not work is the day she offered, but since she said she was going to check her schedule and then get back to me, I waited for her to reply. She never did. From the looks of her instagram posts the day of my cancelled appointment it looks like I got blown off for her friend's birthday. That wouldn't have bothered me if she actually got back to me and rescheduled. However, now I am at a point in which I don't feel comfortable returning, not like it matters though, because she forgot about me. So now I'm stuck with one unfinished hand until I can find an artist willing to help, which won't be easy. She also did not provide me with any aftercare instructions that I can recall. I have a lot of tattoos already so it's not normally an issue, but with these tattoos being on my fingers I feel like I should have been given some information. I'm not sure if they healed correctly. There are some spots that are bumpy and don't look like they ever peeled. I made the mistake of trying to find an artist closer to me, instead of holding out and waiting until I could make it work with my first choice artist. Traveling isn't easy for me, and I thought I could just find someone closer and it would be okay. Unfortunately it did not work out for me. read more

Black Buffalo Tattoo Collective - Tattoo Near Me - Rocklin, California

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Five stars to Eugene. I can honestly say this was the best tattoo experience I have ever had. He was very communicative and made me feel comfortable. All of my tattoos have been from different artists but I will definitely be coming back for more of his beautiful work! read more

Black Buffalo Tattoo Collective - Tattoo Near Me - Rocklin, California

Ok place to go I guess if you want your original thoughts and design you discuss with your artist used for other peoples tattoos. Haha ok bud. There's been multiple instances where one of the artists takes original ideas from other clients, changes them in the slightest, and redoes them on other people. read more

Very cool and comfortable place to get tatted. I went with a friend to provide the support and we had such a good time. Thank you Skyler for the awesome experience. Definitely recommend this place, everyone is so cool and nice. read more

Black Buffalo Tattoo Collective - Tattoo done by Skyler Rey - Tattoo Near Me - Rocklin, California

From the moment I entered the Black Buffalo, I have been treated with the best customer care I have received from a tattoo shop. Joe worked with me on my cover up when other shops have turned me away due to the difficulty of the task. The environment is very clean and pleasant to be in. I am very pleased with my cover up, even though he isn't finished I have attached the before and after photos. As you can see Joe does a tremendous job at his profession. I definitely recommend this shop to anyone looking to have a pleasant experience while getting a top notch tattoo. read more

Black Buffalo Tattoo Collective - Before shot. - Tattoo Near Me - Rocklin, California

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Can't say enough good stuff about this shop. I found a couple of the artists on Instagram and booked an appointment with Kylie for a piece from her flash drawings. From the moment I walked in I felt right at home. The shop is super clean without feeling sterile, nicely decorated with some classic tattoo shop oddities but a modern twist. Everyone was approachable and welcoming, Joy even came over to say hi. Kylie was so great, professional and easy to talk to. My session was about 2.5 hours and it seriously flew by because we were just chit chatting and having a good time. It honestly felt like hanging with an old friend, except the friend is stabbing you with tiny needles over and over again. But seriously, I really enjoyed my experience and if this place were a coffee shop I'd come by every day. I live in Sacramento and it's definitely worth the drive. This shop is a gem and I'm already saving up for my next piece. Don't bother scrolling any further, trust me, this is the spot!! read more

Chose this spot for my first tattoo, and I couldn't be happier!! Joy is a visionary, and she has the patience of a saint lol. Went through a couple rough drafts ((after I had a change of mind )) and, she was more than professional, welcoming, and talented. I'll definitely be going back for shading, color, and the next piece read more

Black Buffalo Tattoo Collective - Tattoo Near Me - Rocklin, California

I was very happy with the chicken tattoo that I received from Austin. I asked him to make a few revisions on his drawing, which he did without issue, and it turned out exactly as I had hoped for. He was professional and considerate. Looking forward to another one from him in the near future! read more

Black Buffalo Tattoo Collective - Tattoo Near Me - Rocklin, California

I can't say enough about Jose! He did a piece on me from when he worked at legacy in east sac but when I was ready to finish my quarter sleeve I went back to Jose of course! Jose is professional, creative, a perfectionist and extremely talented. He's kind and personable and has the lightest hand. Jose is able to do styles no other local artist can do as well in my opinion. His new spot is clean and a great change from a traditional tattoo parlor. It's relaxed and inviting artistic spot. This is a welcoming spot for all ages new or old to tattooing. Thank you Jose can't wait to finish my piece ;) read more

I got an amazing tattoo done from Rebecca! She was so patient with all of my questions and details I wanted incorporated into my tattoo! I showed her some pictures of what I wanted and she came up with a design better than I could have ever imagined! This is by far my favorite tattoo! The detail is amazing! I can't wait to come back, thank you so much for my sun and my moon! While I was there Eugene was able to touch up a tattoo for me too and the tattoo looks way better than before! The staff here is really amazing! The place is really clean and COVID safe! I started by sending a message to Maci on Instagram... her Insta says DMs okay! Make sure to check if that's okay with the artist! I sent her over some ideas and she blew my expectations away!!! She fixed/ added onto a crappy tattoo I had, she's super light handed and she's so sweet! Maci is super creative and gave great suggestions and took my suggestions really well! I can't wait to get more tattoos from her! The shop is super clean and everyone is very welcoming! Thank you Maci!!!! read more

Such an amazing experience from end to end! I had a tattoo done by Jose who is an amazing artist. The studio was professional and my tattoo was so well done and has been healing beautifully. I will for sure be coming back and referring people to this tattoo shop! read more

Black Buffalo Tattoo Collective - My poppy tattoo! - Tattoo Near Me - Rocklin, California

Joy did my tattoo a few days ago and it was a great first tattoo experience! The art work looks great and everything was very sanitary. The other artists that I saw and talked to seemed very nice also and what I have seen of their work looks great as well :) read more

I was tattooed by Joe and I really don't have one complaint. My tattoo will need another session but it's looking great so far. He was very nice, easy to talk to and eager to do the tattoo! Cant wait to get more tattoos from him. read more

I've gotten two pieces now from Kylie and they are both so beautifully done. She is such a nice girl, very professional and extremely talented. I couldn't be happier with her work or her as an artist and will definitely continue to work with her. The shop is spacious, well decorated and comfortable. 10/10 experience every time. read more

Just got a tattoo from Rebecca and she did a great job! She really worked with getting a design that worked for me and was incredibly patient and knowledgeable. Would definitely return !! read more

My volleyball team and I came in and Joy did such an amazing job on all our tattoos and was very kind and accommodated all of us and our tattoos were very clean and beautifully done and the placement was perfect. read more

The shop is clean, conveniently located in a strip mall, (not strip club-bummer), fascinating and comfortable atmosphere and there's always some great, random conversations going on between the artists, the owner; Joe Truck and the customers...lots of fun and the work they put out is always amazing and well priced. Artis; Joy is always meticulous and is an overall amazing artist...go see her for some awesome 'line-work'. read more