Canyon Body Art

Best place to get tattoo in the Beaverton area. Reasonable pricing and great service. Ami knows what you want and how to finish it. Highly Recommended

Ami at Canyon Body Art has done several of my tattoos and I love her work. She’s versatile in her style, and before all else a true artist! She’s always upfront about what she thinks will be good long term as far as placement/​size/​possibilities with future tattoos, which has been a huge benefit to me as someone who aspires to add to my ink collection over the years. The shop is always impeccably clean and if someone can’t help you right away they at least acknowledge you and give you an estimated wait time.

I just came in to get a tat and got mine done by Chelsea. I had a really good experience. We had a great conversation, she was engaged and more than happy to work with me to make sure that tattoo was exactly what I wanted. I think maybe folks who have some of these complaints haven’t gotten tattooed much before. Tattoos can hurt, a lot, depending on what you get done. If that isn’t what you think you’re signing on for, maybe you need to remember that tattoos are made with needles – it’s not going to feel like a walk in the park! Also, I’m not sure what folks are comparing their tattoos to when they say things like «it was way more swollen than it should have been.» I’ve gotten a lot of tattoos [more than twenty] and the tattoos all swelled very differently depending on where on my body they were located, how thick the lines were, etc. I’ve definitely had tattoos that didn’t hurt as badly as these did, but at the same time, those were the tattoos whose ink faded a week or two after I got the tattoo. Personally, I would rather have slightly more pain right off the bat than to have to return for a second or third shot because the person doing the tattooing was being overly gentle. It’s a tattoo, not a surgery. Delicacy and practicality are a fine balance to strike, but for a tattoo, I would rather the artist make sure the tat is going to stick!
Also, I’ve personally gotten a lot of outline pieces done; they have ALL faded with time, usually in more than one place. I don’t know what kind of magic ink y’all expect to get, but the fading? Usually is just kind of what happens, in my experience.
I also was very reassured and pleasantly surprised by the lack of naked women posters and artwork on the walls. This shop felt very welcoming and very safe to me as a woman, which almost never happens in a tattoo shop [actually, this is the first one in which this has been the case]. I was also pleased by how professional Chelsea was. I really don’t want or need an artist who rushes over and makes me feel like I’m at home; I want a professional who knows how to do her job swiftly and safely. Chelsea clearly does.
As far as bandages go, I don’t think it matters much to the healing process whether you cover the tat initially with a paper towel and tape as opposed to with a bandage. I’ve had both and I haven’t noticed a strong difference in fading, or infection, or anything like that.
I would suggest that some of y’all think strongly about how much control you have over your own experiences. If you need the artist to stop, don’t expect her to guess that’s what you need; use your voice and ask her to stop! If you don’t like the outline as it is drawn, ask her to change it BEFORE it goes on your body! If you make the decision to get it done a certain way, though, and then realize later on that wasn’t what you wanted, that’s your fault. One of the things I appreciated most about this shop is that Chelsea did not treat me like a child or an incompetent. She asked me if I needed an aftercare sheet; when I said no, she trusted my word. She let me position the tattoo myself and asked me specific questions regarding what I wanted. To me, that’s the best thing a tattoo artist can do – try to ask the right questions, and let the client figure out what we want and then verbalize it. If you cannot tell your artist what you want in the moment, including whether you need a break or not, you have no business getting a tattoo. It is not her job to do these things for you, because she is not your parent.
Have some boundaries, people – and have some self-​respect.

I got my second tattoo here
Chelsea was offering up magical girl tattoos which I was all for. The design was simple enough I was sure it couldn’t get screwed up.
Not on is the art bad the the experience was horrible. I know tattoos hurt but it hurt way more than it should. It was more swollen than it should have been when it was done. I’m pretty sure she was digging too deep with the needle. It stings like hell even hours later and after cleaning it.
The worst part was during the process I started crying and shaking cause it hurt so much she kept going and afterwards said rudely «it was like tattooing someone having a seizure» like there was nothing wrong
Did I Mention the piece it’s self is poorly done? The coloring/​shading is sad and the line art isn’t much better. The red is barely there.
Also a paper towel and two strips of medical tape does not count of a bandage
As soon as it heals I’m getting it fix maybe even covered up by a better artist my friend goes to

Morgan and his staff member are some great tattoo artist me n my bf been getting ink done from Morgan for years yes we are going back super clean place

Morgan is a great tattoo artist, he has done several pieces for me and they’ve all turned out really beautiful! His portfolio is really nice and shows just how experienced he is! I highly recommend him!!!

I went here years ago after my navel rejected the piercing I got at Adorn. Liked the serivce I got here better. They were quick at re peircing it. Still my body rejected it again and I had to get it pierced a third time.

I have 6 tattoos, and I can say this place was not great. I initially got a tattoo with the outline of the state of Michigan (my home state) on my inner right ankle back in 2009 in a town near to where I was going to college.
I moved back to Beaverton in 2010, and in 2011 I believe it was, I decided to add Oregon (my 2^nd home state) to the left inner ankle. The outline ended up being too thin and faded in a few places. It was just not a quality job. I kept meaning to come back to make the artist correct her work but the shop really didn’t feel that clean and the artist wasn’t that personable. I will probably ask someone I trust to fix it down the road, likely when I get my next piece done.
I know that this can vary by artist, but unfortunately it was so long ago I can’t recall her name. I was just not impressed, I mean, we live in Oregon, and I know that the state outline is very common amongst others my age, how do you mess that up? Of the 6, it’s the one I like the least, I think because of the awkward outlining done. It just needs some help. Luckily, I don’t think it is something that cannot be fixed.

Nice place, easy to get to, decent parking.
Received a piercing, they did a great job and were very careful to be sanitary.
I however could not take the pain so I ended up taking my piercing out, certainly not their fault. Super nice folks.

Don’t go to Ami for ink. You’ll regret it. She’s really nice, but she does awful work. Bad lines, worse shading. I’m embarrassed to show the tattoo that she put on me. Spend the extra few dollars and go elsewhere. That’s much better than scrambling to find a good cover-​up artist.

NEVER EVER GO… anywhere else for a piercing!!! I forgot my piercers name, his wife works there, and he is amazing. Pain free cartilage piercings — 3 of them I got this week while in town — all 3 combined were less painful than ONE I got in Palm Springs, and zero bleeding! Knowledgeable about piercing, the care of the piercing, and state licensing. This guy takes his profession seriously.

Everybody here is super cool! The people are a little quirky but I love them.
I started going there when my tragus (I had gotten it pierced somewhere else) was giving me trouble, to ask the piercer if he had any advice. Paul cleaned it for me every single day, for free and it has been doing great ever since. He was so great, I had him do my industrial piercing for me. He helped take care of that one too.
I also got a tattoo there. Josh did an amazing job translating my logo to ink, and he draws a mad zipper. I’m very pleased with everything I’ve had done there.
Oh, but most important: everything is CLEAN and SAFE.