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    Southern Star Tattoo

    4.0 (94 reviews)
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    My dogs nose print with a butterfly atop
    Tara S.

    I watched Cara clean everything so thoroughly while I was being tattooed, and well as they kept the doors looked to prevent additional people from coming in. The studio is large, but there were minimal people and everyone was following proper procedures. When I emailed, Cara was very quick to respond and within an hour I had made a same-day appointment with the incredible Demian. Demian did a create job commemorating my dog that had passed and was very very patient throughout the whole process. Overall, I was pleased with how welcoming, friendly and COVID aware everyone was. Will definitely be back.

    Anthony S.

    They handled me as a customer very well, walked in applied the work easily. Progressively did the artwork (yin yang) for a reasonable 98$ would recommend. Smooth work, stable needle handling, and preferred professional work in handling the ink.

    Love my tattoo ! Thanks Bill !
    Dina D.

    Oh Bill oh Demian you guys are fucking awesome. For some girls visiting out from California you truly knew how to make us feel welcomed! Bill was a little quiet at first but once we got to talking was truly the freaking coolest down to earth dude. Demian wasted no time getting to work and explaining what he was gonna do. Both guys executed the tattoos beautifully! I am obsessed with my foot tattoo and my friend loves her arm tattoo. Both quality pieces. Next time I am back I will be sure to visit and get another tattoo! Thanks guys, if you are ever in LA/Bay Area let me know you, you are welcomed with open arms! Thank you thank you thank you !

    Been scabby and infected for about a week now.
    Tommy M.

    I recently went in to get a smallish black symbol on my forearm. First off, the guys there were pretty much complete a-holes. If you delayed them in any sense (eg discussing how large you wanted the tat, browsing at other designs) they immediately started heckling you. I even think they had a sign that said something along the lines of (if you're here to think about it, you shouldn't be here at all). Second off, they guy who completed my design was MUCH too heavy handed on it. It's been scanning horribly these last two weeks and already looks faded. I'll have to get it retouched when it's completely healed which sucks. This is not my first tattoo so I recognize the difference between normal scabbing and flaking and whatever the hell this guy did to my arm. Find another shop that's highly rated and has some nicer guys working there.

    Erin M.

    They are great. Got a tattoo yesterday with Andrew on my shoulder. He did a great job and put a little flare on it to make it stand out. This was my 4th tattoo and this one was the least painful one I've ever gotten. I'm very pleased.

    Inspiration colors on the left. what I got on the right.
    Jeremy M.

    Proceed with Caution: I will begin with my experience from the moment I walked in the door. I WASN'T greeted by an unfriendly fellow (that i can only assume is the receptionist) that never even welcomed me to the shop, I only got " what do you want?" The Artist that did my tattoo took on a job that he wasn't skilled enough to do. He wanted to squeeze me in for and extra 250 dollar job before his next client came in. He rushed through a half arm piece and was done in under an hour. I came in with an unfinished tattoo that needed to be colored in. I showed him a inspiration picture of the colors I wanted. This picture including.. pinks, yellows, oranges, bright blues, purples and green. He must be color blind because there are no pinks, oranges, purples to be seen. He already had his color pallet picked out and waiting when i sat down, and never added any of the colors I was insistent on having. My feather tattoo now looks like ivy spewing blood growing up my arm. I've never in my life been unhappy with a tattoo. I emailed the artist a few hours later and asked him if there was anything we could do because the colors i wanted weren't in the tattoo at all. He replied to me, that he "DID WHAT HE KNOWS," and "IF I WANT ANYTHING ELSE DONE I WOULD HAVE TO PAY." PAY? I just paid you $250 bucks for something I'm COMPLETELY unhappy with. Don't forget the tip of 50 bucks, only because I work in a similar industry where I take care of clients. I would never tell a client those things, this is just bad business. I thought, well, maybe the artist isn't a business person, so i contacted the owner Chris Howell of Southern Star in hopes that they would hear my plea and be willing to work with me. Boy, I was wrong. I sent him the emails that Alan no so graciously sent me back. Only to receive an even worse email. I really wonder how the customer service aspects works in their business model. This is something permanently on my body. My only complaint is that I never got what I wanted as far as the coloring of the tattoo goes and their unprofessional attitudes.

    Mark B.

    Not very good for me. Tattoo that was asked for in red turned up pink. My wife's tattoo ended up awesome and red, as intended, and as mine should have been. I have to wait one more week, to get mine redone. Never would go to the artist again who did mine, but would go to my wife's in a second.

    An it still hurts.. to deep on my tatt ..i have over 15 tatts an none look like this
    Nena B.

    Update with the healing part is by far the worst healing I've had out of all my 15 tattoos when i was getting it done i was wondering why it hurt more then usual. It was because he went 2 deep in 2 spots on my tattoo which looks horrible but my husband tatt is awesome and it's his first tatt an i been taking care of he's and mine an he's looking better . I been getting tattoo for over 20yrs and never and i do mean never looked or feel like this .. i want be back..now in going to have to spend some more money on something that was so simple.. next time I'll investigate before i jump on the wagon. ..

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    Felipe did a great job taking my ideas and bringing them all together. He is a laid back guy with lots of talent.

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    Coming back next weekend to add a hummingbird to my gardenia! :) ... all of the way from Cali!

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    Bill was a little quiet at first but once we got to talking was truly the freaking coolest down to earth dude.

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