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    Gully Cat Tattoo

    4.8 (61 reviews)
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    Open 11:30 am - 7:30 pm

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    Nick M.

    Great service and excellent artists. I was able to call for availability and pricing, also able to get in the same day for my tattoo. I will definitely be returning for more

    Ashley P.

    Mike was so great - highly recommend his work. He was super flexible with scheduling and gave me a short notice appointment, I love the artistic take he put on my design and his work was flawless. Thanks again Mike!

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    Sara S.

    A few weekends ago friends and I visited Gully Cat while spending a weekend in Austin. We walked out with new BFFs: the owner, Mike, Skyler, and the apprentice, Scott. These guys were so much fun to hang out with and made our day. Plus they did a sick job on our tats and gave us great prices!

    Ryn B.

    Happy again! I had an idea, Skyler made it happen - for the quality of work the appt went pretty quickly and I love the results. He also gave me marriage advice.

    Memorial tattoo for my dad who was a mechanic his entire life and recently passed away.
    Michael S.

    By far the best shop in Austin! I've been tattooed three times at Gully Cat and every time my expectations were exceeded. The artists are amazing, especially Mike Terrell. The shop is clean, professional and provides a comfortable atmosphere. You will be happy with your decision when you choose Gully Cat!

    Brian L.

    I did my homework to find the right shop with the right artists for the tattoo I'd been thinking about for about 18 months... I chose Mike at Gully Cat Tattoo to do it and it was far and away the right choice! The shop has a very warm atmosphere, it's clean, the music is great (if you gotta be there for hours on end, that IS important!), and you avoid the gawkers on 6th Street that come in to see someone get tattooed as if it's something on a "must do on your Austin vacation" list. (is it just part of having that "Austin is wierd" experience?) But, the biggest and most important part of it all: the tattoos. Mike took my thoughts and reference materials and designed a piece FAR beyond my expectations. The lines are clean, the colors are bright and he wasn't afraid to take some chances, mix some custom colors and truly use his training to create a piece of art I'm now proud to wear forever. My one "thing" (would it be a Yelp review without one?): Wish I'd been able to get a bottled water or a Diet DP or something on our breaks. Certainly not a big deal... just sayin'. If I'd cared THAT much, I'd have said something. Maybe bring your own when you come for your appointment. When it's time for new ink again, I'm headed back to Mike and Gully Cat Tattoo; I think I've found "my tattoo shop". Gully Cat has been in that little house on S. 1st for 12 years and it's clear that with work like this they aren't going anywhere! Do yourself a favor and avoid the big name shops and give yourself more of a boutique tattoo experience. You wear it for a lifetime... don't you deserve the best?

    Full view sleeve work in progress
    M D.

    This place is the best group of artist! I am Loving my artwork by Nikki! Absolutely thrilled with my most recent piece; we finished my back and my latest is still work in progress. I encourage anybody that wants a great tattoo and experience go meet this great group of artists; you won't regret it!

    My beautiful butterfly done by Skyler at Gully Cat Tattoo
    Wendy V.

    Skyler you rock!!!! I love my tattoo!!!! He made my Friday the 13th the most memorable day ever!!!!!

    Craig C.

    This place is Great! mike made me feel welcome from the time i walked in. I highly recommend Gully cat if you need some fresh ink. All around great place. He did an awesome job on a cover up.

    SKYLER THE BEST....IVE BEEN GOING GULLY CATS FROM DAY 1 OFTHERE OPENING.  THESE GUYS ARE A FAMILY...THERE THE BEST ARTISTS IN AUSTIN..

    5 star hands down. ive been gully cats for years..just go there the best...

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    Tanya G.

    When I lived in SLC I got my first tattoo by someone who hadn't been doing work for a while. When I moved to Austin I looked around for a long time to find someone who would could create what I wanted and fix up the wings on my back. I finally found Paul Smith who listened carefully to what I wanted and created an awesome back piece for me four years ago. I have gotten many compliments on it since then. Last year my boyfriend and I went to him again and each got a new tattoo. Even though the tattoo he drew for my boyfriend wasn't quite what he wanted, Paul was happy to make the corrections to exactly what we wanted. He is also really fast, with very neat lines and keeps the pain to a minimum. Now I am currently getting a rather large tattoo on my arm. He's already drawn an awesome design for me and is ready to make the corrections I want to it as soon as I'm ready to book my appointment. I highly recommend him. He is friendly, an awesome artist and can do many types of styles and custom tattoos.

    Memorial tattoo for my husband - done by Mike T.

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    Best tattoo parlor in Austin. Always feels like home. Mike Terrell was one of the best.

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    Thank you Dilan, I had a great time with y’all.

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    Thank you Sara!....

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    I've been going to Mike T for over 15 years now. Not only is he a great artist but he is also professional and a lot of fun to work with!

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    0.0 miSo-Fi (S. 1st St. District), Bouldin Creek, 78704 (South Austin)
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    Hands down the BEST place I have come across!! Pool is one of the best at watercolor tattoo's! You…read morewon't be disappointed going here.

    DO NOT GET A PIERCING HERE! More than happy to provide more detailed information about my purchase…read moreof the jewelry in store , the insertion of the jewelry, and the and the date of this interaction to prevent this from being taken down so I can help others. I came in to get a new fitted nose ring about a month ago I only needed a new fitted ring. I've had the piercing itself for 10 years now & I've never had an issue with changing jewelry and I've had it at a 18 gauge the full time. The piercer said he grabbed the right size jewelry after sizing . Showed it to me.. I said it looked kinda thick and he said it was standard size. I thought that was weird but trusted him since I told him the gauge size to begin with. Then I asked for help getting old nose ring out and this one in. He proceeded to gauge my nose with out my knowledge and when I pulled back and said "OWCH" he said it just needed lube because it wasn't going in and continue to force it in and was extremely aggressive about it and acted like I was stupid or didn't know what I was talking about when I voiced I've never felt pain like that changing a piercing. My nose bled and was so swollen the next day that I had to go to a different shop to get it taken out because I couldn't even sleep on that side of my face it hurt so bad. The next shop I saw said that he gauged my nose ring to a 16 and ripped it a little from gauging it so roughly.

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    Zulu Tattoo

    Zulu Tattoo

    4.8(19 reviews)
    0.4 miTravis Heights, 78704 (South Austin)
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    This review is way past due. Last year, I was absolutely devastated over the loss of Prince, and I…read moreneeded something to help me heal... something permanent... a tattoo! I wanted to have "him" with me in some way for the rest of my life... enter ZULU. I am a hairdresser, and a wonderful client of mine said to me one day as we were discussing tattoos, "there's nobody on earth I'd let tattoo me other than Zulu". This is HIGH praise coming from this particular woman, so I looked him up. As soon as I went to his website, I felt an energy that I can only describe as "this is it, this is my guy", I knew it immediately. Browsing through his work, I was blown away. His meticulous attention to detail is unmatched. He is an ARTIST of the highest degree. His website images don't do justice to the work- I don't think any picture of his work can do his art justice. You *have* to see it to believe it. I had a consultation with him, and shared with him images of things I liked, and things I'm drawn to, but mostly I wanted him to create it. Several days later, he sent me an image of what he came up with, and it was a slam dunk, just as I knew it would be. It took 3 sessions to complete, and it is a MASTERPIECE. I love the art on my forearm so much it's stupid. I get so much attention because it's so incredible. I even met Prince's band The Revolution, and they were blown away! Wendy and Lisa couldn't stop touching it! Anyway, you get my point, right? So here's another thing... Zulu himself is an amazing human being. He and I had the most wonderful conversations and now he's my friend forever. Choose Zulu as your artist and you'll have more than just a tattoo, you'll have a masterpiece.

    So this past weekend was my first experience directly under the hand of Zulu. Since we visited a…read morefew months ago for him to work on my wife's back, he and I have been in contact about what I've had planned for the remainder of the sleeve on my right arm. Because I travel for 6 months of the year the remainder of our conversations have been via email and also a 30 minute FaceTime consultation while I was overseas in place of a telephone call. Khani (shop mgr/wife) has done a wonderful job throughout of keeping the flow going and making sure that Zulu was available to discuss issues with me as needed. Zulu spent a considerable amount of time prepping for our arrival this trip as I had provided a number of different pieces of Tibetan art work to use for reference on my arm. After the FaceTime consult he fully understood what I wanted and that he was also given full artistic license to do what looked right and would flow with what I already had on my arm. He is only the second artist I've aver talked to that immediately got my concept and was genuinely excited about doing the work I was requesting. This was first obvious to me when we originally visited, but once we had talked and he started the work on the final design, the true light came out in Zulu. I arrived about 15 minutes early to the studio and just sat while he continued to collect his thoughts and worked to get the various pieces setup. We started with a fitting of the largest piece that would be done which was a full incarnation of Mara in demon form. Zulu only needed to resize it once and then worked on the angle and layout on my forearm (which is not big in any way) however, he laid it out to allow for the rest of the piece around and on the back of my arm. Once we had it fully laid out he applied the initial stencil for Mara and then he got to work. Zulu uses a rotary gun to apply his tattoos (as does Pinky which makes for a soothing sound in the small space). The beauty of this style of application is that unlike a normal gun that basically hammers you throughout the process, the rotary is more like a smooth flowing motion. When you add this to the extremely delicate touch that Zulu has while tattooing it makes for the absolute most pleasurable experience I've had to date. There was literally no pain until about the last 10 minutes of the session. We took a total of 4.5 hours to do all of the outline work for my arm, the detail in person looks unlike any I previously thought possible from a tattoo. His classical art training comes out when he works and his chair side manor is beyond reproach. The music in the studio is also spot on allowing Zulu to get into his groove and produce the beginnings of a masterpiece. I say beginnings because I can't wait to come back to finish the color and shading in November. Bottom line: if you want something that is truly a masterpiece on you as the canvas...than Zulu is the person to do it for you. There is no longer a need for me to search out an artist for my other projects, Zulu has a client for life.

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