Clean, professional, highly sterile, exactly the type of environment in which you want to be tattooed. read more

Thunderhand Tattoo - Joey's work on my left arm - Tattoo Near Me - Richland, Washington

Let me just start off by saying, I truly would not recommend this place to somebody who is getting their first tattoo and i am saddened to have to leave this kind of review. I went in on October 6th, 2022 for what was originally supposed to be a quote on finishing my hand piece. There was an obvious miscommunication because he (Levi, the intern) came out with a stencil after chatting for a bit about what i wanted. The miscommunication was my fault, i should've been more clear but i figured since i was there and he made the stencil already i was just going to go forward with it. I should add, nobody told me he was an intern nor were the other people there supervising what he was doing. I would've gladly allowed him to tattoo me if he had some guidance from another artist. First red flag, when he came out with the stencils i asked for them to be smaller sparkles. His reply after a long pause was "i can make it a little smaller but i don't want to make them any smaller since they'll be on your finger." I was already having really high anxiety about getting my finger tatted because of how much more painful it'd be and he was NOT making it any better with how he was talking to me and not being accommodating to what i wanted to be tatted on my body. i truly should have left after that but i thought i was reading the situation wrong so again, i continued. Second red flag, when he was showing me the stencils i asked how much it would be for the three sparkles and his response was "i don't know." He sounded really uncertain and confused about a lot of things throughout this whole session. He told me when i first entered the shop that the shop minimum was $100 which i was totally ok with, I just wanted confirmation so there was no confusion. I asked him a few times and his response was always "i don't know" until he finally made up his mind and decided to just price them at $100. Like i said, it was fine. Third red flag, when i explained to him i was having high anxiety about my finger being tatted and i didn't want to lay down (they have beds, not chairs for the clients.) i asked if i can stand while he placed the stencils, he gave me an uncomfortable reaction and said "..ok". All pervious artists have been very accommodating about this, by the way. i felt very anxious so we both decided the finger wouldn't be a good idea, so we stuck to my hand. Fourth red flag, when we were going to start he had the tattoo machine VERY loud. Even i knew that wasn't normal. One of the other artists from the back instructed him to the correct rhythm. sirens were going OFF in my head because i knew then that he definitely wasn't an experienced artist. Fifth red flag, he spent 40ish minutes on THREE sparkles. He wasn't lubricating my tattoo often enough so it felt horrible. He had an EXTREMELY heavy hand. He went over the same sparkles more than 10 times. The pain was unlike any of my other tattoos. I am fortunate enough to have had better experiences with other tattoo artists so i KNEW it wasn't right. He kept saying "almost done" and would keep going. My tattoos were so irritated for the next two days. The top three tattoos on my hand are from a different artist. They were done less than 24hrs before the bottom two that Levi did. The top ones healed within a week like normal (for my fine lined tattoos). The bottom ones are still trying to heal after two weeks. Not to mention they have bumps and inconsistent lines. It's shameful that the other artists in the building allowed him to tattoo without some kind of guidance. This review isn't so much on my tattoo because i know finer tattoos need touch ups, but it's on the artist. read more

Thunderhand Tattoo - Tattoo Near Me - Richland, Washington

I want to preface this by stating that this is nothing against Thunderhand Tattoo itself. Rather a review on one of their artists. - I've been refraining from leaving a review, but after discussing with other artists and friends I've realized that I should let others know about my poor experience. Back in May of 2021 I scheduled a tattoo with Carly Joy to get a floral sleeve. We split it into 2 sessions, during the first Carly let me know so long as I give her more than a 48 hour notice of a cancellation I would be able to get my deposit back. I remember the conversation almost verbatim because she had a client cancel on her a few days prior and she was venting about that. My sleeve was completed in early June, we then scheduled to get the back portion of my arm finished. We got it on the books for October and I gave her another $100 deposit. A few weeks later I found out I would be having hip surgery in Spokane the week prior to my appointment with Carly. I sent her a message on Instagram to let her know I would have to unfortunately cancel, and let her know why. After sending multiple messages to Carly and no response as to when I could expect my deposit back, I got a hold of the shop owner Joey to get some help on the situation. The day after discussing with Joey I got a response from Carly. (screenshots have been attached) Reading her response, I was not only accused of asking for my deposit back in May, but she said she only will refund you if she hasn't started on the tattoo yet... Which she had not started on any art since it was 4 months out. I never once asked for my deposit back prior to the cancellation. Carly will tell any client that your $100 deposit goes towards your session. As any deposit for any artist does. Aside from Carly's messages I had an all around poor experience being tattooed by her. I was accused of "over moisturizing" my tattoo during my second session and some of the ink had fallen out. This wasn't my first tattoo, and with my sister being an artist herself I know the proper way of taking care of a new tattoo. She also got ink on my shirt, to which I was not upset about at all, but she said it was my fault and I shouldn't wear bright colored/nice clothing while getting tattooed. She's extremely unprofessional and a year later my tattoo has areas where the lines have been blown out, and lines that are almost missing. PLEASE do research on your artists before going to them. They'll either fuck up your tattoo, or steal money. Mind you I never got my deposit back. read more

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Been getting my tattoos from Joey since May of 2014. Always precise and amazing pieces. Now we're in 2022, and we've just finished up my left arm and working on my last big piece to connect all my tattoos. My final piece has commenced. Thank you Joey Armstrong for you're amazing work!! read more

Another Amazing tattoo done by the Artist Levi ! He's so attentive and takes his time to make sure your tattoo looks amazing and has the right placement for more tattoos to come! Thanks a bunch Thunderhand Tattoo for Hiring an amazing Artist and guy! read more

Don't go here. My wife and I got tattooed and then called to get it touched up and they would not work with our times to get it done. Let alone the lady that tattooed us was very slopy and did a HORRIBLE JOB. I called and talked to the owner and he was very rude and disrespectful to a paying customer. read more

Jarrett drew up and tattooed mine and my husbands custom wedding bands. We were so excited with the 4 different ones he drew up. He's a really busy guy and we were so excited and fortunate to get in and finally get them on after 20 years. Thanks again Jarrett! read more

Thunderhand Tattoo - Tattoo Near Me - Richland, Washington

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Got my second tattoo from here from Andrew and it was such a great experience! He was nice, polite, and really cared about the artwork and the piece itself. I will definitely be looking to get some work done by him in the future again! Great environment and great people! read more