Custom Tattoos From the Soul

Came here in August of 2009 for my first tattoo. I had gone there beforehand to check everything out; it was not a spur-​of-​the-​moment decision.
Unfortunately, walking in, I’m sure I had a bullseye written all over me as an easy mark– young, blonde girl looking for her first tattoo.
Paid $ 200 for a tattoo on the arch of my foot. Black text, 8 words, 14 minutes (the pain made me remember that very well).
Found out that I grossly overpaid.
Tattoo is fine. Fading, but fine (I’ve heard conflicting reports on how resilient foot tattoos are, so I wouldn’t attribute that to poor tattooing). Price is ridiculous.

I have 12 tattoos from here by Robert …
the color is great after several years now and the art is amazing…
I came in with my own pieces and was not taken advantage of… prices were fair and I trusted him from the first line of ink
im ready for another !

I’ve gotten four tattoos done here by Rob, and have referred several others to him. I can’t speak higher about my experience with him. He is patient, professional, and fast without losing quality.

No sure about the negative reviews, but Robert is awesome. Robert was referred to me by a close friend and I most definitely appreciate it. He did my first and it won’t be my last from him.

I got my first tattoo here in 2003. The artist I had was really patient with me, especially when I started getting lightheaded and whatnot. He asked if I wanted to stop or keep going.
Once I realized that BREATHING is important (I had been holding my breath for most of the outline), I was absolutely fine.
The shop seemed really clean, and everyone I dealt with was nice, and they laughed with me about my mom having to wait outside.
I went back a few months later to get a touch-​up (the tat is on my foot AND I babied it far too much during aftercare, so the color got kind of uneven) and I haven’t had to touch it up since. It’s been almost exactly 7 years since the touch-​up and it still looks great. No chips, no fades, nothing weird (the fact that I wear SPF 80 helps, I’m sure).
It’s definitely good work. I later got a ‘matching’ tattoo on my other foot at a studio in Dallas (where I live now). Between the two, I still prefer the first tattoo I got. The lines look a little better or the shape is slightly better.
To be fair, I haven’t been back to this shop in several years (well. seven), so the quality could have gone downhill, or the artists could’ve changed.
However, I can attest that this place HAS done quality work in the past. Am still 100% satisfied with my tattoo.

It really sucks that that happened to the last person; I definitely didn’t see any of the unprofessional-​ism Charlotte saw. Rob, the owner/​one of the artists, treated me very kindly. It was my first tattoo so I was really stressed about it, but he was great and worked well with me. I came in with only an idea, and he turned it into a beautiful piece that was done perfectly.
I’m positive I’ll get all of my pieces done by Rob.
And, it was clean. When needles are involved, I really need clean. I checked out another place on the Drag (forgot the name), and there was plastic wrap with Vaseline on the floor. Ew.

Called here maybe a year ago when I was thinking about expanding my realm of experience with Austin’s tattoo studios. I got some guy who was, unfortunately, probably legally an adult but acted like a pre-​teen brat.
I asked him about the hours and if there were any artists who particularly specialized in American-​style traditional images. He laughed at me and said «Ugh no, everyone here is terrible.» I didn’t get the sarcasm so I said «Um, ok» then he laughed at me some more at which point I just hung up on him.
Just because your business is unconventional doesn’t mean you have to abandon all professionalism at the door. I never even bothered to go by there since I got such a bad first impression before I’d even stepped foot in the door.