Category: | Tattoo Shop |
Address: | 1092 S Virginia St, Reno, NV 89502, USA |
Phone: | +1 775-786-3865 |
Site: | evolutiontattooreno.com |
Rating: | 4.1 |
Working: | 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM |
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Anthony Fragola
Here is my experience with Evolution Tattoo in Reno, NV. I met with an artist (who will remain nameless) a few times before my first scheduled session with him, I also gave the artist a folders worth of sketches, pictures and designs at least a month before this session. I got to Evolution Tattoo the day of my first appointment to find that the artist had not prepared any designs, and wanted to free hand draw the tattoo on me, which was a lengthy process. After getting to a design that worked, he only had time to tattoo the outline. He then charged me almost $400, I was promised that the high price for the first session was a deposit on the design time and would be put into the rest of the tattoo. After a few more visits and almost $1000.00 in the tattoo (which was not even to the halfway point), and numerous attempts to get a budget quoted. I finally confronted the artist about what I had been charged thus far. I told him at this rate it would cost over $2000.00 to finish the tattoo, he shrugged his shoulders and told me that I should just save up more and come back whenever I have money. I took that as very arrogant and and a refusal to work with me or make good on his promise about the design costs. Being that it is a free market, I decided to shop around, and get other opinions, every artist I talked to here in NV and even in NYC told me I should have not paid anymore than $5 to 600 dollars for what was done. After these findings, I decided to I try another artist, at another location, and was extremely pleased with the work, attitude, and price. This is where it gets interesting! Soon after getting work done by another artist, I was harassed and cursed off by my first artist at Evolution Tattoo (via Facebook and text messages). A couple of days later, after cooling off, I called Evolution Tattoo and asked to speak with the owner. He heard my story and proceeded to defend his artist for everything that had transpired, even for harassing me! In his defense, the owner did say that the artists harassment was unprofessional and told me that he would talk to the artist, but the owner also said that I have to realize that artists are very passionate about their work, and proceeded to justify his artists actions. The owner also did not try to rectify the situation, or even offer me anything to make me feel better, very bad business practices. I would not recommend Evolution Tattoo to anyone.
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Snarky_shark Gaming
I got my very first tattoos on my wrists of the chains from bioshock and though it was a simple tattoo, the artist, Johnny, was very enthusiastic about. I was a walk in and though he was busy at the time, it only took an hour after they wrote me down in the book to call me back and do them on the spot. It took and hour and a half I believe to finish them (wording and chains) and he even let me negotiate my price, which was much appriciated since I couldnt do too much at the time. He was a very friendly man and even had works he had done previously for others on his wall, as well as pictures of his wonderful family. After we were done, he gave me an instruction sheet on how to take care of them and answered any of my questions or doubts I had. *NOTE: make sure to follow the instructions on spot and listen to ANY suggestions he gives. Otherwise your tats will fade EXTREMELY fast. Because I work in fast food, I wash my hands and wrists frequently which resulted in fast fading. Im going back to him after four months with my chains. On a side note, Ive gone back to him to get my second tat done and was happy with it as well. I had to call quite a few times to get hold of him, however, if this is the case, ask to leave a name and number so he can get back to you. I wasnt impressed with the few times a female answered the phone, she was a bit rude and hung up before I could finish talking, but that just comes with the store I suppose. My second tattoo was of the godfather hand puppet and it looked and looks wonderful. Not a lot of people understand where its from, but thats okay. He was just as equally enthusiastic and even slightly concerned when I showed him my chain tattoos. He offers free touch ups, where as Ive seen a for parlors charge for them, so that was awesome. Im thinking of getting them done again soon. Often and only have I talked to Johnny, but Im sure that the rest of the tattoo team is as equally fabulous. I would highly recommend them to anyone.
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M Lang
For the past 35 years I had a vision of the perfect Taurus tattoo. I had searched tattoo parlors and the websites. Couldnt find anything that captured my vision. In 2014 on one of our frequent trips to the Peppermill in Reno. Me and my wife decided to stop in Evolution tattoo shop. We were greeted by friendly staff and the shop was very professional. Spoke with a staff member of what I wanted but was unable to express my vision. In December 2014 I found the perfect tattoo on the internet. Living in San Jose we searched tattoo parlors in San Jose, Milpitas, Fremont, Sunnyvale, Oakland, Fresno and Sacramento. Then me and my wife decided to wait till November 2015 for our next trip to Reno to visit Evolution. On our trip we stopped in and was greeted by Johnny. I showed him the picture of the Taurus and set up a appointment for the next day. Coming in the next day I was very impressed he had a stencil already prepared. While working on the tattoo we conversated about our families. Before I knew it he was done. I looked at it in the mirror and it brought a tear to my eye for he had far exceeded the vision I had for the past 35 years. I highly recommend Johnny. I also will be returning in February 2016 for my 25th wedding anniversary to renew our vows and will be getting a remembrance tattoo of my mothers passing. Thank you Johnny for exceeding my vision.
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A Private User
I did a lot of looking and asking around before I decided where to get my first tattoo. So many of the places I checked out in town just did not make me feel welcome or at ease, but Evolution won me over right when I walked in. Every single person I talked to there was extremely friendly, fun, and professional, and the shop is great. Its super clean and bright and the music is loud enough to enjoy but not loud enough so that you cant hear yoursellf think. They matched me with a great artist who did my tattoo, Danny, and I got an appointment that weekend. Danny was amazing! He made my tattoo better than I imagined and chatted with me/got me laughing throughout the tattooing process. He gave me a great price and a perfect piece of artwork that I couldnt be happier with, so if youre looking for an all around great experience...GO TO EVOLUTION! I will definitely be going back for my next tattoo.
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A Private User
First experience at this place didnt go so well with a tattoo artist called Missi (which I was referred too.) I scheduled my appointment a week ahead of time (for 3pm) and arrived 30 min early on the day of my appointment. I waited 2 hours before she even sat me down (about 5pm) and started on my tattoo. She made stops constantly for personal calls, texting, food, and several smoke breaks. It took her 2 hours for a small tattoo around my right wrist, which got finshed at about 7pm. Missi was very skilled with the actual tatoo, but bombed on the customer service. I dont think Ill be using Evolution again for future work, and will be hard-pressed to refer anyone to the shop.