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| - I solicited advice from many friends before booking my consult at Passage; I got several really enthusiastic recommendations for Tyson Ward. I booked my consult and found everyone I dealt with there as sweet as pie. It is honestly like dealing with a retailer or restaurant whose owner has gathered all the staff together and said, "Okay, so, here is the deal. We are going to be known as the nicest god-damn people in the business. That is our number-one mandate."
From the desk staff, to the artists, to Tyson himself - it's completely judgement free. They haven't decided that tattoos are for a "certain type of person," I think they feel tattoos are for everyone, and that everyone deserves to be taken seriously and treated courteously and with respect. They seem to be genuinely pleased people want to put their work on their bodies forever and ever, and act happy to see you and completely grateful. I love that.
They are booked 2-3 weeks out, so think ahead, but it's worth the wait. My actual appointment was great, we tried 2-3 sizes before pushing ahead, and Tyson threw up the right amount of resistance when I started taking the alignment of something in the wrong direction - correct to my eyes from my perspective, crooked to the rest of the world. It was the right call.
He chatted to me through the session which was reassuring, and the result was totally perfect. He seems to subscribe to the LITHA healing method, which worked beautifully for me. But I agree at first it seems like you're not getting much aftercare instruction. A typed single-page sheet on this might be a good idea.
Cost of tattoo came in under the original estimate, which was a nice surprise.
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