Had an amazing experience with Ned--they designed exactly what I wanted, made changes when I…read moresuggested them, didn't feel rushed, and gave me a fantastic tattoo. Ned it an amazing artist! The atmosphere of the shop is very different from other shops I've been too--you can definitely feel the 'gallery' influence. It's a really relaxing place and even though I'm not local, I'm going to make it a point to come back to get another tattoo here.

I got my last tattoo there little over a year ago. I loved it and I've told a lot of my friends.. I…read morewould recommend this location if your looking for great work!

I returned to Chuk for my half sleeve. I told him I wanted to have my kids' birth flowers, but with…read morethe possibility of adding more if I have another child. I am obsessed with it! He drew up the design himself, and the color is just amazing. We knocked it out in 4 hours, and it's healing really nicely. The artists here are top notch!

Dan was great to work with. My tattoo is fully healed now and I'm so happy with how it turned out…read more Reasonably priced and professional.

Gotmy first tatto today and i can't say enough about this place. People were awesome to work. They…read moremade me very comfortable with getting my first one. Very very knowledgeable and Very talented. Would recommend to anyone looking for a decent Tattoo place. Thnkx for making this one awesome experience! HSO-D

I was a client there for 6 years. I have personally watched them cancel an appointment with out…read moretelling the client and then saying how funny it would be if the client showed up after they gave his appointment to someone else. I have heard them talk shit about clients in front of me and then tattoo them a week later acting buddy buddy. I have witnessed someone paying for a whole body part in advance but all their appointments keep getting canceled do to "something coming up". There is a lot more I could say but I think that's enough to show people that this is not a professional business, they will not treat you with respect and if they do it won't last long. Me and so many others are proof. They canceled all 3 of my appointments but only auto messaged me about 1. They couldn't even personally message me telling me why.

Justin is the owner and he is very talented artist. I had large script writing on my back that had…read moreblended together and you could not read it anymore. I need a coverup and I wanted the celestial wing tattoo and he came to my rescue. I love the way it turned out and I couldn't be happier! I absolutely recommend Justin.

I was looking to get my 4th tattoo done and searched around Madison for the right artist. I wanted…read moreto get my grandfather's engineer hat. It was old & ratty, but had very special meaning for me. When I met with Michele, I showed her a picture of the hat and explained the other elements I was hoping to add somehow. I knew it wouldn't be the easiest tattoo, but she was up for the challenge. She played around with it and when I saw the final product, it was exactly what I had envisioned! It was the perfect depiction of my grandfather's hat, yet her own special touch. I will be going back to Michele for several more tattoos and can't wait to see what she comes up with next!

I went to Michele in September 2007 with a custom design. I did so for the same reason as the other…read morereviewer - to avoid the big burly men of other tattoo shops. I expected professionalism and instead she was pushy and condescending. I allowed her to do the design because the price was reasonable and I didn't know of any other female tattoo "artists" in the area. It was a larger design than she was used to tattooing but she said she could do it. She suggested I add the vines (which was just clip art... not even her own creation!) and I told her exactly where I wanted it placed on my back. She did not ask me to look at the stencil before she put it on and I didn't ask to see it because I believed she would honor my request for a lower back tattoo. During the tattooing she actually said the word "oops..." because she messed up. When she was done I saw she had placed the design two inches too high and the "oops" was in reference to a squiggly line where it should have been straight (turns out there was a lot of "oops"s...) All of her lines were done with an unsteady hand... Not only that but there was a mysterious bleeding of ink all around the tattoo. It looked smeared - as if the ink had run and she didn't wipe it up. But it was a permanent smearing. Since that day I have been to tattoo artists in Madison, in Hollywood, in Paris, and in Dublin, Ireland. And everyone who has seen it has said it was a very poorly done job. Every single one of them said "It sucks!" :( I was told the smeared color around the tattoo was from something called "blow out" and it is when the tattooist does not know how to properly use a tattoo needle. Michele held the tattoo needle at an improper angle and pushed too deep into my back where the skin could not hold the color. So not only did the color not stick (and would continue to disappear with time!), but I was told by a myriad of other tattoo artists that in 5 years the lines of the tattoo would blur together and become an unrecognizable blob. I had no choice but to go to a new tattoo place and have the tattoo reworked! Big burly men don't scare me nearly as much as a BAD TATTOO JOB does! Here is a before and after so you can see how childlike and unprofessional her job is compared to a REAL artist's work: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/shimmer_x/comparison.jpg Here are close up shots taken right after she tattooed me. I don't have any recent photos to show how much it deteriorated over the past year, but you can clearly see the "blow out" of the green and black ink (the red is a normal after effect, the other colors should not spread hazily in a similar way but as you can see they do. The hazy shade of green and even black were all spreading as the tattoo aged and the only way to get rid of it is to cover it up with a new tattoo.) You can also see the shaky and squiggly lines. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/shimmer_x/Dscf5747.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/shimmer_x/Image8.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/shimmer_x/Image1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/shimmer_x/Image10.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/shimmer_x/Image7.jpg She told me the squiggly lines were the result of my moving while she was tattooing me but I do not flinch from pain - you can ask the man who reworked this tattoo, Just Dave, from Ultimate Arts Custom Tattoo right here in Madison. He is an AMAZING artist - a true artist - and you can see in the before and after shot just how talented he is. This man knows how to use a tattoo needle properly. Michele does not know how to use her own equipment, and as a result my tattoo was disfigured and the color was spreading outside of the lines and disappearing from within the lines! The black lines would have blurred together and been unidentifiable in just 5-6 years. Do not ruin your body by going to Michele. She does not honor her clients' opinions, nor does she keep things confidential - she badmouthed me and my design to other people after I told her I was unsatisfied and had to go to a new tattoo artist to have her mistakes fixed. This woman is immature and unprofessional and unskilled with a tattoo needle!!!

I've gotten quite a few tattoos here, solid work, good pricing, clean shop and amazing people. I'm…read morereally happy with all the tattoos I've gotten here. Highly recommend this shop!

Another great tattoo at Black Moon!! Took my idea and turned it into something awesome!…read more Thanks Aaron

I have been going to Custom Tattooing Art Studio for over 10 years, same owners wonderful…read moreatmosphere! Again he did an amazing piece on my thigh and I absolutely love it! I was sure it would cost me 300-400$ but I got an amazing price for it I only paid half of 300$ and got a whole thigh sleeve! He and his wife made me feel so comfortable in their shop, nice clean peaceful and relaxing! Great Art Work! I love it

I am literally sick to my stomach looking at my tattoo. My cousin was friends with this guy who…read moreruns this shop "T" and had gotten a few very basic tattoos from him. When my cousin passed away in a car accident earlier this year I thought it would be fitting that his "friend" do the tattoo because I figured he would do an extra good job because he had a personal connection with the picture he was tattooing. I should have known the quality was going to be lacking when he just kept going on and on about how "nobody else does pictures for $200". Well there's a reason he can do the pictures for so much cheaper than everybody else. That is because he doesn't actually do anything but print out the picture and then trace the lines. The tattoo barely resembles the picture/my cousin and the total experience was so terrible I never even took the guy up on his offer to add color or "a picture of the capital in the background" as he put it. You only have one body, and let me tell you, a tattoo is not something that you want to "save" money on. I am already trying to figure out how I can get this covered up so I can get my cousin a proper tattoo. Maybe I'd consider going back to this place for some basic lettering or something. Sure this guy gives tattoos but he is so far from a tattoo "artist" it would be comical if I wasn't stuck with a tattoo I cringe at.

I waited until my 50's to get my first tattoo and now I'm hooked because of Angie's service and…read moreatmosphere. Angie is an amazing artist and answered every question and concerns I had. I just got my second tattoo and plan on going back for many more.