Jon was very responsive and easy to schedule with. He made our appointment feel important even…read morethough we were just getting small, quick tattoos. Would definitely go back for any future work, the shop is spotless.

I have been a customer of Solid State Tattoo for many years. The owner Jon is my "go to guy" for…read moretattoos. I have nearly a full arm sleeve from him and 1/2 my lower calf. He is super talented and does beautiful traditional style tattoos, color tattoos and black and gray tattoos. He has always exceeded my expectations and taken my tattooed farther than I imagined. Each new one becomes another top favorite. The shop itself is amazing. Yes, it is clean and you feel comfortable and safe being tattooed there. But more than that, Jon has uncovered the gorgeous historical aspects of his shop. The brick walls, gorgeous trim work, floors,and stunning tile ceiling makes his shop a piece of artwork itself. Just stop in and be in awe. There are tons of flashes to see and lots of cool artwork. But the best thing is leaving there with your very own piece of artwork to enjoy forever. Artist Josh is also fantastic and I have see tons of his pieces as well. He is someone you can trust and you'll be happy with his work. Both Josh and Jon take pride in their artwork. It shows. That's why I keep going back. It's pretty awesome to have talent right here in the city and not have to go searching for it.

I used Laurent's website to reach out to him and he responded to me quickly, within days, much…read morefaster than other artists. The consultation was quick thanks to his many years experience. On the day of the appointment he had a beautiful piece ready for me. Despite the amount of color and detail the whole session was only about an hour. Laurent gets down to business and makes beautiful work. Go to him.

I just got my first tattoo and the experience was so much better than I could have hoped for…read more After visiting reaching out to several tattoo artists to check out the quality of the artwork as well as the general "vibe" of each parlor I was immediately impressed by the artist's work, the demeanor of the artist and the simple but inviting atmosphere at Old Salt Tattooers. Laurent's work is simply beautiful. He was certain to explore what I was looking for in design, give me his input when I asked for it and ensure that I was happily with the design prior to having it inked. I felt at ease during the process as Laurent was able to chat when I was I wanted to but worked quietly when I needed to have time to leave off on conversation. While his overall manner was what I needed, the quality of the work was what stood out the most. My Asian inspired tattoo ran from my foot to just above my knee and was completed in only two sessions. His work was quick considering the intricacy of the design but exceeded my expectations in its quality. The tattoo was simply beautiful and exactly what I wanted in its design. I will definitely be returning to Old Salt Tattooers for more work and would definitely recommend Old Salt Tattooers to others as well.

Medium Joe was able to add words to my tattoo of wings I already had. Since my mom passed away…read moreand funeral was coming up M.J. Got me asap. Fun guy, great attitude and artist! Highly recommend! Thx Medium Joe

I had another great experience with Zoe's Vicious Circle recently. There was a particular piece…read morethat I had wanted to get done for a while. Joe came up with some amazing ideas and brought it to life. I was so happy with how it turned out. I have to give a big thank you to Joe for keeping my spirits up during the tattooing process. As anyone who has tattoos can tell you, they hurt like hell. He was very encouraging to me when the pain got to be rather intense, and he also cracked jokes and made me laugh. This was the third piece I have had done here, all of them by Joe. My husband has also had work done by Joe. We will be back for anymore ink that we decide to get in the future.

The best tattoo place I've been to (and I've been to at least twenty). Very clean, professional,…read morefairly priced. Quality artists, friendly. Ciaran is my go-to guy for anything (he's done one whole sleeve for me). He's an expert at coverup, too. I haven't been to Sarah but she is nice and her work looks good, too. Make sure to check out each artist's portfolio online (or in store) and their art styles. While each artist can do any style, some have a lot of experience in one type. For instance, I chose Ciaran because the time he's spent tattooing in general AND because he's done loads of Asian-style pieces.

I got my nose "re pierced" and the hole was still mostly open so the awesome lady just charged me…read morefor the jewelry I bought! Super friendly people :)

Nate is just AWESOME!!! I would highly recommend him!! Told him EXACTLY what I wanted!!read more

We drive here from Madison, Wi as our artist Ben moved out here to work last April 2017…read more Today is our second visit to the shop, which is clean and professional. Everyone is friendly, just follow the shop rules. We love working with Ben and enjoy his creativity and vision, as he guides us with our art!

My tattoo artist "Shoes" was very easy to get along with and squeezed me in on a Sunday for my two…read morekoi fish tattooes(Jeremy Novy's design). Ambience inside was comfortable and the environment was cleaned. I definitely recommend this place for your first tattoo, or your 100th. You wouldn't expect this place to be my favorite tattoo parlor, but it's one of the best in Wisconsin

Thank you Steve for making my new tat mine with all my adjustments. I appreciate your time and am…read morevery happy with how it turned out.

Jon Murray is a good guy and does great work, he has done over 30 hours of work on my sleeve which…read morelooks amazing and other tattoos of mine. Not only is he good at tattooing but he is nice person and great with people. Go see Jon Murray if you want a good tattoo!

Artist here was Josh; super chill, hella funny and a great tattoo artist. I gave Josh a few ideas…read moreand he gladly went with it. He produced a tattoo i was happy with. There seems to be a part of the tattoo he didn't shade in? Or else I lost a bit of ink in the saniderm. The saniderm wasn't laid completely flat on my arm, so it bubbled in one spot, which I don't think helped the healing so I took it off instead of leaving it on. Josh is a great artist; I'd highly recommend. Shop is clean. Parking is street. He tends to be booked out, as any good artist would be.

I struggled with how I wanted to approach leaving this review. I wanted to wait for the tattoo to…read moreheal and for my anger to subsided a little. However, I'm permanently branded and I'm sick to my stomach over this. My dog passed away on July 28th, even though I knew it was coming I was still devistated. I had always planned on getting her paw print tattooed on me. Yesterday July 31st 2020 I had someone by the name of will do my pawprint. I was very specific in how I wanted this to look. I brought in my Maggie's paw print and asked if he could replicate it without harsh lines and to keep it light and shaded. I had her actual pawprint as well as a picture pulled up on my phone for reference the entire time. When he was done he barely cleaned off the excess ink and purple stencil. I thought that was strange because every other tattoo I've had the artist make sure to clean it up really well. I made a comment about it being dark and patchy. He stated that it would lighten up as it heals and to come back in for a touch up in a few weeks. After cleaning it and looking at it the next day it's obvious why he didn't wipe up the excess ink and stencil, because it was camouflaging how bad it really was. not only does this look nothing like the picture that I brought in for reference, but you can clearly see harsh lines, some of which go right through the shaded areas. The outside, or border if you will, goes from dots to straight harsh angled lines. Nothing is consistent or organic about this at all. The little imperfections and wisps of hair from her paw print look like random polka dots. Almost 100% of the tattoo is filled in. There's no negative space or area for skin to show through. The reason I got this tattoo was to help with the grieving process of losing my dog. Now I'm feeling anger and frustration that I have a tattoo that looks like it was done by a 7th grader with a safety pin. It's going to cost me hundreds of dollars to have this removed professionally. There's no touch-up or cover-up that is going to make this look the way it was supposed to look. I was told by the doctor I have to let it heal for 8 weeks before they can start the process of removing it. With that being said it's not even about the money, or the facts that it's going to take me a long time to have this removed. It's about the fact that for whatever reason the time and care that should go into a memorial tattoo like this didn't. This tattoo was very important to me. It was a way for me to heal, and now it's just another bad tattoo story that I'm going to have to explain to a lot of people.

I just got my first tattoo with my hubs from Bill! He inked…read moreexactly what we had in mind. We were welcomed the same day we called for an appointment and the loved the vibe of this place. We had the idea of what we wanted and in just 10 minutes, we had drawings of our tattoos ready for our wrists. Super clean, professional,thorough and friendly! Bill is an amazing artist and I'd definitely recommend I ov thee dragon!

Had been recommended to Hannah Butts and called to make an appointment for a consultation. She said…read moreshe doesn't do that. You either are getting a service from her or you're not. She was too busy to have these apps. She literally said she has a life, when I said Excuse me, everyone I've ever had work done, will. Why wouldn't you. I then saw some of her work and am really happy I went elsewhere. It's all printing. Rude and bad artist. They do not like walking inside, obviously. I tried just to call to make a consultation and was treated horribly by her.

I got a dumbo tattoo here for my sick mother and joshua billings was the one to do my tattoo. It…read morewas neatly done and a decent price of $125 an hour. He was very professional and the environment was chill. I watched movies while he was doing my tattoo. It was fun getting a tattoo here, they are renovating so walking in the front it looks kinda janky but he brought us up stairs and it was a nice little tattooing setup. I'm very happy with how it turned out and I would recommend this place highly.