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| - Those of you looking into getting a tattoo, stop looking - THIS IS WHERE TO GO! I am so glad I came across this hidden gem! I have been researching tattoo businesses for my fiance and I for about half a year. We reached out to other businesses, inquired, and received a consultation but we would either feel rushed by the person when we'd explain what we wanted in our piece, they would say they'd free hand pieces and not have a sketch, or people would give us an artists' contact info where they'd never respond back. I came across Higher Ground Tattoo through yelp and noticed all reviews were five stars, I inquired and within five hours received a response from Nick with his contact information.
My fiance got an oni mask with engraved initials, which needs two sessions to get done. Nick got done with one session and we are awaiting on the second session to happen later. I got a henna inspired evil eye piece with horoscope signs and filipino writing. When I inquired with Nick he responded within six hours and was very positive with his response saying that he is able to piece something up for me and we scheduled an appointment that same week right away. The day of my appointment I came in and was instantly greeted by Nick and he showed me his iPad and said he was working on the basic outline, and asked for my ideas as to where I wanted things placed. I am not creative at all but I knew I wanted to incorporate the evil eye and when I showed him an example he spoke to me about having a more detailed looking eye because the example looked like a blob LOL! It was true so I agreed and it was amazing as to how Nick drew a beautiful eye design on the spot! I have also wanted to include my grandparent's name written in the ancient filipino scripture, which he did awesome in replicating it. He is so detailed, he made me pull up a clearer picture of the writing chart to ensure he is writing the characters correctly, I appreciated that because from a far I thought it was correct but he caught a couple details that were out of place. Honestly, I did not expect to go big with this piece but Nick explained that if we went small then it wouldn't look good years from now so we went big! It took about 1.5 hours for Nick to draw out the piece for me and I really appreciated that because he took his time to draw out my ideas and incorporate his details to it. It took him 3 hours to get it done on my arm. Nick gave me a break to stretch, walk around, and gave me a bottled water in the middle of session. He set up movies on the TV for me and made sure I was comfortable because yes, your girl was very nervous with it being my first tattoo! Haha
Depending on what you want in your piece the price will vary but on my behalf I believe that Nick charged my fiance and I a healthy price. The environment of the business is clean and welcoming. Especially it being your first time getting a tattoo the area and the people will make you feel comfortable. Nick is amazing and is such a funny character! Hands down the best with designing and providing advice to you about your tattoo decision/ tattoo designs. What stuck out to me is that Nick took his time, literally! He does not rush you while sketching out your design on his iPad and same with tattooing you, he is very detailed in his work. He genuinely cared about the piece that I wanted done knowing it was in honor of my grandparents and even during my session encouraged me by always saying, "you're doing so good!" even though I was in pain, haha! It is rare to find that in tattoo artists.
Nick, you are an amazing soul, thank you for customizing a piece that's so special to me! You will thrive and I hope the best for your business as you continue to provide the best service to others.
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