This is a shop I have been wanting to check out since it's old location. It's taken a few years to do it, but I finally went........SOOOOOO well worth it. The shop is quaint in size for just the right amount of room and comfortableness needed to get any type of piece done.
Mike Drossos is the own of this shop. He is also one of the main artists with Scott Cole working at the chair beside him. Scott's portfolio is amazing as well and can't wait to get a little banger done by him in the future!
Had my appointment with Mike on NYE & couldn't have been happier to spend my last day of 2014 with him. He is an artist first & then a tattooist. I needed a part of a piece I had changed/fixed due to another artist royally messing it up. We sat and he took the time to do a "real" consult. He sketched out freehand over the mess up, took his time, and made this piece finally something I will show off rather than cover up. Hell I didn't even bleed! I absolutely love his OCD to making sure every line, shading, size and color is perfect. Watching him work was fascinating! Precision to anything you want to get touched up, covered up, or brand new is just superb. No wonder why he has a wall covered in awards and trophies.
I made sure I grabbed a bunch of his cards before I left to make sure that Uptown Arts is the place to go. Hell I was asked about my stuff in the market when I left and gave some out there. ;)
All in all this will be the place for any recommendations I will give and the only place I will go for any future work. This is the ONLY tattoo shop in Uptown & in my mind the only one on the CLT.
Thanks Mike!