I got my first tattoo here last weekend, and it is safe to say I will never be back. I went with a group of three other people, and we had made an appointment over a month ahead of time. On the day of the appointment, we received a call from the shop to come in as soon as possible, three hours before our appointment. When we arrived, an exacerbated worker approached my group and asked: "Who has the fern tattoo?", to which I raised my hand. The girl showed me one of the reference pictures I had sent and aggressively told me "This is not a small tattoo, and it will take me close to two and a half hours for this." This confused me as we had booked a large slot of time and two artists for our group. The tattoo I asked for was only around 5 inches long and simple line work. I explained to her that there was a second reference photo along with the first, and that the description explained what I wanted in detail. (We found out later that the shop had not received all of our pictures and descriptions that we had sent weeks before. This included my second reference photo and description. Yet they had failed to tell us that they were not received.) She stomped away and printed out a stencil, not taking any time to tweak the drawing or ask about specifics with me. She brought it back to me and held it up to my arm and asked what I thought. The stencil was on the side of my arm, and I couldn't see the full thing without a mirror. I tried looking down at it, and about 10 seconds later she loudly huffed and angrily told me to go look in the mirror around the corner, to which she had not pointed out before. I felt super rushed looking at the stencil as she glared at me like I was inconveniencing her in some way. It was the size that I wanted so I approved. A few minutes later, the set up was ready and she told me to go sit in the chair while she prepped my arm. I made a small tweak to the design once the stencil was on my arm, and we started. I later searched up that Melissa (the shop owner) was the artist who printed my stencil and did my tattoo. She barely talked to me during the whole tattoo, as she was too busy chatting with one of her employees. About 20 minutes later, she was done. This seemed fairly quick to me, but as this was my tattoo I didn't question it. Filled with adrenaline, I didn't really see the messy lines, and I approved the tattoo. She put on the "second skin", and didn't cover it completely, not covering a branch of the fern. When my group was done and it was time to pay, she told me the tattoo would cost $250 (wow!). I took off the second skin a few days later, and was met with a hot mess. Rushed shaky lines, splotchy leaves, and even missing spots in the branches. We had spoken about the fern not looking "bold", but I had unfortunately assumed that did not mean "you can rush with this tattoo, and scribble on leaves with no thought or manner!". I attempted to contact the shop by their number listed online, left a voicemail, and I have not yet received a response. I'm unfortunately going to have to get it touched up or even covered due to its poor quality. I would have much rather been turned away or rescheduled then having a poor quality tattoo permanently on my arm. I would not recommend Artisan Ink, and I would avoid this buisness if you're not looking for a rushed, overpriced tattoo! read more

Artisan Ink - Fern Tattoo, whole arm view. - Tattoo Near Me - Queensbury, New York

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Great place. Benny is still an "apprentice", but he knows his stuff. 3 of my friends, including me had our first tattoos here. He would talk me through what he was doing and constantly checked on me to make sure I was doing good. 10/10 read more

Got a tattoo redone by the shop apprentice it was a touch up tattoo should not have been a big deal.She grounded the ink in it weeped ink for 3 days during which i went to the er and was prescribed multiple antibiotics for what was though to be an infection went for a follow up with my doctor who said it was a burn showed it to a tattoo artist at another shop and he said she overworked the skin and destroyed the tissue. Contacted the owner who was rude and condescending and refused to assist with issue Just dont want anyone else to experience this pain ever read more

I have actually been a customer of this shop for over three years. I took my sister there to get a tattoo on an impulse and was really impressed with the owner. She was super friendly and helpful. A few months later I went there to get an old tattoo fixed and bring my dad for a new tattoo. Again, very impressed with the service of both the owner and the other artist that day. HOWEVER, I went there a little over a year ago for a piercing deal they were running with a few friends. When they advertised the deal on facebook it was not mentioned that they were training their new piercer Jade. My friends left the shop after being pierced uncomfortable with the experience, but I wouldn't hear any criticism. It was my favorite shop and everyone needs to be trained, right? So a few months ago we were looking to get more piercings so I insisted we try this shop again. They recommend an appointment so we tried multiple times to connect with them through facebook and our messages would be read but never responded to. We ended up trying out a really nice shop in Saratoga and had a great experience. I had gotten an industrial piercing and it started to become very swollen a week later while I was on vacation. My mom (who highly disagrees with piercings) insisted I take it out "before my ear falls off." I went to a tattoo shop in that area to get them to take a look at it and they removed the bar and discovered I had gotten quite a bit of hair stuck in it, which I couldn't see because of the swelling. So they gave me two separate rings so it would be easier to clean. Then I had to get an MRI and had to take all my jewelry out and replace it with all plastic. A few days after the MRI the industrial started to bother me again so I replaced the plastic with the original industrial bar I was given to put in it. It felt better for a few days and started to swell again. Then I decided I wanted a professional's opinion, I knew I had not been making the best choices with it. The shop that had done it was closed that day so I walked into Artisan Ink. Jade, agreed to look and the owner suggested helping me change it to two separate rings. The entire time I was trying explain the situation she kept saying "Well, I wasn't there so I don't know," and "If you had come here, we would have..." At the time I felt judged and refused to tell the name of the shop that had done it. Even though she had been implying it was somehow the other shop's fault, I knew that I was the idiot in the situation. And at the end she made a few comments about coming back for a "check up" and coming to her for future piercings. So, I left that day kind of angry but I let it go, my ear felt better at least. Now, last night after being forced to remove all my piercings for surgery, I noticed that the balls on several of my piercings were missing. So i decided to put the two seperate bars I had gotten on vacation back in. My ears had been pain free for over a month and I didn't want to do anything to change that so i chose to go back to a pair that I had no issues with. I struggled to get them back in for 5 minutes before I decided to compare the ones Jade had put in with my original bar and the two I had gotten on vacation. The ones she put in were a smaller gauge that what I had been pierced. I don't know if it was just incompetence or if she was trying to guarantee I would be forced to come back there to have it changed out. Either way, what she did was wrong. I would never go to her or Artisan Ink for any reason again. Which is a shame because I really enjoyed my first two experiences there. read more

Always a great place. Very clean. Been there for all my tattoos. Alex is an amazing artist, I always recommend him to my friends.

Cold and unwelcoming. Went to buy a friend a gift card and was glared at and was discouraged from using a debit card (even though they take them). Drove to an ATM, got cash and was then made to feel stupid for not knowing which artist my friend used. It was a very lame experience and everyone in the shop acted condescendingly. read more