Wicked Boy Tattoo

If you want an amazing experience by an amazing artist, Ernesto is your person. He's a great listener and likes to make things uniquely his own with creating a perfect style for whatever tattoo you want my best friend and I have been going to see him for the past three years. His space is very welcoming and he's great to yap with. He deserves a million star review

This is my first tattoo and if I choose to get another one, I will absolutely go back to Nesto, he is so creative and his work is outstanding (from pictures I've seen) He was kind, knew exactly what I wanted and had patience with me. He pays attention to detail, which obviously is important. The thing I appreciated the most was asking me if I was ok during the session. His studio is welcoming and the music was just the right vibe. I absolutely recommend him, he did an amazing job!

He took advantage of me and tried to scam me. This was my first tattoo and such a horrible experience. I don't think it would have happened if I had any experience with having tattoos but since I didn't he took advantage of my lack of knowledge. It sucks because he is a good artist and does good work but not a good/honest business person. He quoted me $400-$450 and 2-2.5 hours for a 3x3" picture of my dog on my forearm. A SINGLE SESSION. He told me his hourly was $190. I paid his $50 consultation fee (that does not go toward the tattoo) and $100 deposit for the tattoo. I sent him pictures that I liked and asked him for something specific to be added to the design. He did not respond until the day of the tattoo when he reminded me to bring the rest of the payment in cash. There was never any communication as far as showing me his sketch ideas or seeing what he had in mind. When I got there he had nothing set up. He wasn't done with the sketches. It took him about an hour to finally get started, as far as prepping my tattoo site and actually starting on the tattoo. That was part of the time I was paying for. I paid $190 for him to get his equipment set up and finish the sketch. After about an hour and a half he said he was done for today and we needed to set up an appointment for another 2 weeks out and that would be another $100 deposit along with the $300 for this appointment. I was very blindsided and had an unfinished tattoo on my arm and so didn't really think I had an option so I paid it and set up my next appointment. So I had paid him $550 and he was saying there was still another 1-1.5 hours of work to go. My sister had gone with me and has had multiple tattoos and my brother also has multiple tattoos and they both said that is not how honest tattoo artists work. I reached out to him afterward and let him know my disappointment in his communication and that I didn't think it was fair to have to pay potentially another $300 for what he had originally priced as $400-$450. He apologized for the inconvenience and misunderstanding on my part but that was how he usually operated and that he doesn't know how long a tattoo will take. I asked for my deposit back and he refused since his deposits are non-refundable even though I had already paid one and for the work he did and had an unfinished tattoo which I feel like should be enough of a deposit. He finally ended the conversation saying I could come back and he wouldn't charge me anymore. I didn't really feel like I had any other choice than to go back and hope he did a good job to finish it. A lot of people still warned me that you don't want a tattoo artist who isn't happy working on you. I was very nervous. We set up the next appointment and I put it in my calendar at his shop for 12 pm. I didn't notice until the day before my appointment that his confirmation message had said 1pm. So I messaged him 6 pm the night before and there was no communication from him until after I messaged him that I was there at 11:56 am before my appointment. He still had someone in his shop until 12:15. It took him until 1:45 pm to finish my tattoo and he had a 2:00 pm appointment after me. I don't think he expected me to show up. It sucks that something so special to me has to have such a crappy experience connected to it. I don't recommend him. Bad business like this has consequences and I think he needs some after this experience.