After a disappointing experience at Skin City Tattoo, walking into Dead Gods Tattoo was a…read morecompletely different experience. From the moment I arrived, I felt heard, unrushed, and like the artist genuinely cared about the work he was creating. Cameron did an incredible job. My tattoo turned out beautifully, and he was so gentle I honestly could have fallen asleep during the session. The shop itself felt extremely clean, the artists had a fun camaraderie with each other, and the overall vibe was welcoming and comfortable. I've spent years considering a back tattoo, and after this experience I felt confident enough in Cameron's artistry and professionalism to immediately book a consultation for a larger piece. Couldn't recommend him and the shop more.

I am still a customer. I'm so happy to have watched them grow to two shops and so many more AMAZING…read moreartists. Have my next session booked and am eagerly awaiting the sting of the needle.

Morgan is a legit tattoo artist: He does great work and is super detailed oriented. I've been…read moreseeing him for nearly a decade and he's the only artist I trust complete with my skin in Portland. I've always had good experiences healing post tattoo and he's a genuine dude to yap with for hours

I cried after I got home and took picture of my Anchor tattoo. It was some years ago done by a man…read morein the shop in which I forgot the name. The lining was bad. I got depressed after the tattoo for a long time. Finally, I found the strength to come up and post a review today! I have ink on my entire body and this was the worst tattoo. The line was crooked and the ink broke under my skin indicating the technique in depositing the ink was wrong! The artist gave my boyfriend a discount after the work because he knew he messed up! I tried so hard to be nice but after 2-3 years I still want to cry everytime I look back at it because it's so bad and it's on my neck. I broke up with my ex because he introduced me to such a horrifying experience. I will have to have it covered up even if I have to black out my entire neck. It was one of the couple tattoos we got. While lining up my ex's neck, he crooked the tattoo in which I reminded him but he got mad! My words to the person who hold up the tattoo gun to ink me 2 years ago: just because you hold it up and know how to run it doesn't make you an artist, just because of a couple hundreds bucks you hurt me intensely because tattooing is holy to me and I treat it as a religion. I am so sorry for trusting you! You obviously don't care about the aftermath.

I'm so psyched right now! Almost feel like keeping Brian a secret just so I, and those that know…read morehim, can keep him to ourselves ;) I love my latest tattoo! It's beautiful. Brian (obviously the artist) is wonderful, he is super relaxed, he listened to all my silly request (I made plenty) and steered me in the right direction. The above was my review right after my tattoo by Brian. Way to many months have past, and this dumb blond obviously forgot to hit "post review". Anyways, way back when I was showing off my latest tattoo to my family back in the Netherlands my sister got so enthusiastic she booked a flight (May 2017), told me to "please book appointment with Brian" and came over for him to do the same tattoo on her. I feel should explain; for years I've been trying to get my sister her 1st tattoo, and for it to be a sisters one. I showed her many ideas before and usually got a ", not sure", until I came up with a rough draft for a sisters/family design (as to have my family close, having lived overseas and missing them daily), as I showed it to my sister she fell in love with the simple design on paper and said she would love this, Yes! she wanted one too. She wanted me to help her find a good artist in Amsterdam blahblah, moving forward... for myself I found Brian who made my design absolutely gorgeous so when sis saw it she knew she wanted him to ink her as well. She immediately booked her flight and was on her way to not just get her first ink but also visit me ! Yay! This was the best decision ever. It's even better than mine I'll be coming back with some other ideas I have

Great service and they did an amazing job on my tattoo and very good affordable price so if your on…read morea budget 100% recommend this place

Sam was really fun to chat with and very professional. I wasn't from the area so I reached out via…read moreemail. I sent him some ideas initially and he executed my tattoo beautifully. We had a good chat during the session and I left with exactly what I wanted. Thank you, Sam!!! Facility is clean and the decor is adorable. I'll be back!

I highly recommend this place!!! Very professional and clean. He does amazing work...his talent is…read morebeyond. As an older lady it was my first and means so much to me! I look forward to going back soon to get another.

Few issues here... Unfortunately Dustin wasn't very…read morecommunicative on how he charges and the process of coverups. I came in for a coverup, and was not told that it would take two sessions with a minimum of $500 for each visit. The first visit was unnecessary, he had no idea how he was going to perform my coverup. He blasted the coverup area with grey that didn't hold very well. The second visit, he completely changed the plans for the cover up to something I didn't like so I had to wait until we figured something out when he initially said he was super confident to perform the coverup as planned. There are also grey areas he was too stoned to remember to cover up. Also during the first visit, it looks like he just rolled out of bed and came to work, messy hair in a ponytail he clearly slept in, also in his pajamas... During the second visit, I brought an 18yr old family member. Dustin proceeded to smoke weed/dabs twice in front of us. He then made comments about a trans person throughout the entire session, and not in a positive way. I'm hard to shake and this guy gave off weird vibes. Not creepy, just... weird... Could not wait to get out of there. And I am not 100% please with the coverup but no way am I going back. I feel ripped off.

Impressed beyond words with how amazing of an artist Dustin Kendig is! I made my appointment via…read moreemail, which was super easy. His assistant was very friendly and helpful with my questions. I walked into my appointment today, and Dustin really listened to exactly what I was looking for. He efficiently & creatively drew up my tat, and went to work. I was so happy with how it turned out, I got emotional at the end.... I may or may not have teared up. :-) The tattoo is beautiful, and it's more than I could have ever hoped for. New life time customer right here! I couldn't be happier! Thank you so very much!

Maryn at Tigerlilly is THE artist!! She has that rare combination of art history knowledge,…read moreartistic talent, and openness and curiosity to help anyone bring their vision of body art to life!! Recommend as highly as I can! Would give 6 starts if I could!! AND Tigerlilly is the BEST shop! None of the pretentiousness you can find at a lot of other portland shops!! These folks find pleasure in their artistry and will make you feel at home!!

My wife and I wanted almost spur of the moment tattoos and could not find a shop with walk in…read moreavailability even tho they said they accepted walk ins but TigerLily lived up to their claim we got right in. I was tattooed by Mike and my wife was tattooed by Danner. Both artists were extremely friendly but most importantly very detail oriented from stenciling to application. Shop has a cool american traditional / Japanese esthetic. We couldnt be happier with the cost and quality. Also both tattoo artists are very painless tattooers my forearm tatt and wifes wrist tattoo were about 1/10 on pain scale. 10/10 would recommend.

Amazing little shop tucked down in the basement under a big older building. Really clean shop ,…read morecool vibes and nice caring polite staff! Josh ( pokey) did my little wrist tat and was a perfectionist about getting it right and making him & I happy. Will definitely come here again if I choose to get another tat.

Very cool little shop, whenbyou enter you go down the steps in a little dungeon area. Amazing work…read more& affordable prices!

Very awesome tattoo artist, Dan is a very wonderful person!…read moreThis was my very first time getting a tattoo and it felt like he was very thorough in telling me what I should know about the process along with the after care. I appreciated him during the whole process even though the pain from the tattoo wasn't fun lol He does beautiful work and I love my tattoo, I would highly recommend him to everyone!