*They deleted their Instagram*
WARNING !! THIS PLACE IS NOT WORTH IT.
My tattoo sucks. And they'll copy your design on other people before blocking you.
Yelp is my last opportunity, last resort and last attempt in contact because of the ridiculousness of what's happened. But I also want to make sure that the fellow community understands what kind of business & artists (well, artist & partner in this case) you're dealing with at this tattoo shop.
Leftie/Joe (and his wife Ava, secretary?) were way cool.. at first.
We made a 3 way deal with a third party friend of mine. Leftie would receive a new high quality iPad from the 3rd party & I would pay that 3rd party $1000 to receive $1400 credited in tattoo work (worth 14 hours) to be completed by Leftie.
Mid-late February, I took a trip from Dallas to Denver to get my tattoo work done.
I was SO excited.
Let me tell you, I've been SO disappointed.
I took as much of the needle for my sleeve as I could during the 2 days I was there for my trip. Although understandably unfinished because it was sleeve work & shading, we still completed our 14 hr duration deal.
Since what WAS done has healed, it looks like CRAP!!! Uneven, SO many crooked lines & crossed lines because it all started blending during, confusing him as to which line went where..??
I texted Leftie in March with a video of it to maybe reschedule another session to finish and perfect it. I was thinking.. maybe another chance and the finishing touches would change something, ya know? So, he said he'd get back to me and THEN BLOCKED MY NUMBER!!!
NOW WE ALL KNOW that part of the allure of tattoos are their authenticity & uniqueness. No one wants the same exact ink (unless planned) right??
WELL BEWARE BECAUSE I FOUND PICTURES OF MY SAME UNFINISHED DESIGN COMPLETED ON OTHER CLIENTS ON HIS INSTAGRAM @LEFTIENAVA !!!!
I'm pretty sure Ava runs the account but regardless, when I commented on the post acknowledging this, THEY BLOCKED ME FROM INSTAGRAM.
I'm honestly shocked & blindsided by how I've been treated after we had all left things on good terms with initial hopes for return work. I would've never made the deal with them had I known, they were going to be sketchy like this, straight up copy my work to others and then block me thinking I wouldn't know and so that I can no longer address them.
If you want UNIQUE, QUALITY work by a talented & GOOD person marking your body PERMANENTLY, find a better spot or at least someone else. read more