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| - How chronic ink manages to find every artistically advanced torontonian and make them an apprentice that turns into a top award-winning artist blows my mind. This is my first time at the toronto location of Chronic Ink and I absolutely love it. Super easy to find, super easy to sign in (front desk staff are really nice) and the place is well organized. Each artist has a station and there are curtain things that can be used to create a private space.
One thing I notice about chronic is that each artist/apprentice helps each other - during their breaks, they will wander to each other's stations and give them advice or encouragement. They're like a huge fam, and that's a great environment to have at work. I follow a lot of the artists and apprentices on instagram and definitely see how great they grow - each artist has a different style and definitely spend a lot of their time working on their art career. I was tattooed by Danny (@dannyo_tattoo on instagram) and his attention to detail is absolutely insane; he doesn't try to rush anything, which I've had to deal with before at different places. Patrick, another artist also came over and helped give pointers on the tattoo shading & even stepped in a few times to tattoo on me, which was cool (I only ever see that tag team shit on ink master lmao). I really enjoyed being tattooed by Danny because he had a super light hand and he excels in so many different styles; he's definitely going to be someone's tattoo sensei one day. (plus he's super cute too)
All the other artists have their art up on their boards and it's definitely cool to see because you can walk around and get inspired for your next tattoo.
I don't think there's one artist that works at chronic that doesn't exceed my expectations.
Some worth noting at the t.o. location (here are their instagrams)
@liviatsang, @patrick_chronicink, @davidhoangtattoo, @evanyuink and obviously danny's.
If you want to get a tattoo, you better make your appointment quick!
Everything is super hygienic, which makes a germaphobe relax.
5/5 approved by miss vegan sassqueen
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