He is a great guy! We walked into his tattoo shop because he still had a sign up for $20 tattoos for Friday the 13th even though it was Sunday. He gave us tattoos in under 10 minutes and was super kind. read more

Tattoo the Future - Tattoo Near Me - Bloomington, Illinois

I went here for the amazing friday the 13th deal ($13 for tattoo and $7 tip)!! He had a huge sign up sheet of people to serve. He was nice enough to work late to get in as many people as possible, even though one of his employees didn't show and he was working for 14 hours. Everything was sanitized properly and replaced between tattoos. Even though everything is accessible through the internet, I do wish he had provided me with more information about cleaning and taking care of my tattoo, given it was 2:00am. OVERALL: wonderful experience, highly recommend!! read more

Tattoo the Future - Tattoo Near Me - Bloomington, Illinois

Great guy. Good conversation. Would go to get another tattoo here again. Thanks David.

Let me first start off by saying that I hate giving 1 star reviews. I very much prefer to give 4 or 5 star reviews. And I did not even get tattooed here. I walked out and I will never go back. To begin with, the place reeked of cigarette smoke. It appeared to be "clean", but if you look around, the walls and floors and base boards were disgusting. They also have no photos or drawings of their own work in the place at all. All of these were my initial warning signs, but I thought to myself "hey, it's a $13 tattoo. I'm not expecting much." I walked into the studio around 4:30 asking if the rumor I heard about $13 tattoos for Friday the Thirteenth was true. I was told to sign my name and come back at 11PM. No big deal, so I did as I was told. Mind you - they close at midnight typically. So you would expect a studio to explain to their potential customers "I appreciate your interest in our deal, but it was a limited time only, and unfortunately we have filled up. We may be running another deal in the future if you would like to be placed on an alert of some kind like email or text messages". No, instead this tattoo studio continued to let people fill the list up longer and longer. Then the one other tattoo artist apart from the owner apparently up an left in the middle of the day, so there was only one ( 1 ) artist tattooing. I came back at 10:45 so I could fill out the waivers and paperwork and let them copy my driver's license and prove I am 18, only to find out that they aren't having anyone fill out a waiver, nor are they even checking ID's. My red flag alert was SCREAMING at me to turn around and leave, but I stayed against all of my better judgements. There were three teenagers, probably no older than 16, but maybe they were 17 (definitely *NOT* 18 and old enough for a tattoo) hanging out, laughing, waiting for their turn, and cracking dead baby jokes. The owner stopped tattooing whoever he was working on at that point to tell everyone (probably 10-15 other people including myself and the 3 teenagers) that it would be a minimum of an hour, probably closer to two, before he could get to us and to leave and come back. When everyone decided to stay and wait (because, hey. It's 11PM on friday the 13th and there really isnt much else to do when you are just excited to get a tattoo), the owner stopped working 5 more times to tell those of us who were sitting quietly in his waiting area to "leave and come back", but said nothing to the teenagers who were cracking dead baby jokes. The place is small and I understand wanting to not have people in the way, but these were paying customers. Or wanted to be paying customers. I dont ask a lot of people in customer service jobs, all I ever ask is to be a little professional and prove to me you are trying to do your job. I dont even ask for a smile and a kind word. Just do your job and be professional. This man was doing neither. On top of that, all of the artwork all over the studio were printed off pictures from google. No original art from the artists, no photos of artwork they've done on people, and to be honest, i didnt even see a health department check. I would not recommend this tattoo studio to anyone. Save your money and go someplace that respects its customers and does quality work, not quantity. read more

David is AMAZING! He did so amazing on mine and all my friends tattoos!!! He was super clean and extremely nice! I will be definitely be going back, I have several tattoos and this was by far my best experience yet!! Strongly recommend!! Thanks david! read more

David did a great job with my tattoos. Clean place and very friendly. Cant wait to get more art work. I will always go to him for them.

If I could give it a 0 I would. Had my belly button pierced here. He lied about the quality of the jewelry, did not clean my belly button prior to piercing. Did not mark it or clamp it and it turned out too deep and crooked. When asked about the depth (it was obviously too deep and tight) he said it was fine and told me not to touch OR CLEAN IT. Six days after I had to go get medical attention for the piercing and was told if I waited one more day it would have required surgery. I have attached a picture from right after the piercing then once it was removed professionally. I was also told by another piercer that she corrects several piercings originally done by him every day. DO NOT GO HERE FOR ANYTHING. read more

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This is a good shop, clean and knowledgeable. The price is very fair and the work is great. Dave went out of his way to accommodate us. I would not go anywhere else in Bloomington Normal considering pretentious people and ridiculous prices. Tattoo the future is my new tat place. Dave is a great artist with attention to detail. read more

Got my belly button pierced here and it was great! Very clean and sanitary and have had no issues with the piercing.. I love it!

went to get a cartilage piercing with a friend. we were kind of suspicious as we walked in, but it turned out ok. didn't have a lot of earring options. very sanitary and a good price, $40 for a piercing. he did tell us, however, that we could take the piercing out after a month, but i know it takes at least three to six months for cartilage to heal. he also told us to not use piercing cleaning solution but just soap and water instead. it's been about three weeks since i got mine and i've been having a pretty good experience so far, no complications. read more

I was diagnosed with Thyroid cancer and told myself after all the treAtments and im cancer free, i will get a tattoo with a thyroid cancer logo. I searched the net and found 1 i liked. I printed it amd showed it to David and voila! He copied every detail of it and i liked it! Everything is clean and sanitiized. I am a nurse so i know what is clean from not. And tell you, everything is clean and new. And because i liked them esp the price, my husband got his ink too and i actually went for a second one. I might go for a 3rd one but still begging hubby to say "yes!" read more