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| - I went to Living Canvas to have my oldest tattoo recolored. The yellow and brown of my beautiful sunflowers had faded over 13 years and i was excited to have it looking bright and shiny again. I made my appointment after speaking to one of the artists there, didn't seem like it mattered which one, the receptionist just pointed me to the one who was free, and he seemed comfortable with the job. Not like it was super complicated. I guess I would've liked some confirmation that the artist was experienced in this type of art, but I figured "It's just flowers, nothing too intense."
I came back a few days later for my appointment, and the artist who was supposed to take me, Joe or John or something, was working on someone else. I was a few minutes early so i thought "What the hell?" An hour and half later, I'm finally getting put into the chair. I understand that other artist there couldn't help me, as no one would be left to man the desk, but if you know you have an appointment, wouldn't you turn down another job that will run into that time? It seemed a little unprofessional to me.
Then before he started working on me, he had his gun adjusted for something. I have no idea what was done to it, but for the entire length of the process, the pain was way worse than I'd felt on any of my other tattoos. Don't get me wrong, i totally expect there to be a fair amount of pain when you're getting ink (this isn't my first time at the rodeo), but this was pretty extreme. I asked him about it and he said it should be more painful as he was trying to get through it quickly. Awesome. You're late and trying to rush me through so you make the pain almost intolerable? Not cool.
The end product was ok, he did touch up the color like I requested, but he'd also said he was going to add some more shadow, and it wasn't there. And there are several instances of blurred edges or missing lines that make me think he was rushing so much, that little pieces were missed.
I think the staff is good, the location is very nice, and I'm sure they do good work. But to be honest, i was a little disappointed. I don't think I'll go back to Living Canvas for future work, pictures of Tommy Lee on the wall be damned.
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