Focused Tattoos

Category:	Tattoo Shop
Address:	1799 Coventry Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44106, USA
Phone:	+1 216-938-6074
Site:	focusedtattoos.com
Rating:	4.4
Working:	1–9PM 1–9PM 1–9PM 1–9PM 1–9PM 1–9PM Closed

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Reviews 8

DEEK KEEP

Doing my best to keep this short: I hired Steve K. to do work in the past for me. In all fairness the guy is a talented artist with clean slates, maybe decent with SOME cover-up work, but when it comes to complex cover up work I believe he is still way too green. I re-hired Steve for additional work, which included heavy cover up and more ink on fresh skin. Continuing on, Steve started the 1st stage of the cover up work I had requested, and finished it. Moving on to the 2nd stage, the standard $50 deposit was requested, which is applicable to the tattoo (as had been the case in the past), and I decided to give him $80 as a sign of good faith. He willfully accepted. He took pics, took his time, drew up a design, and we scheduled an appointment. Unfortunately I had unforeseen events occur where I had to reschedule with Steve twice, however these were not last minute, "hours before" cancellations. These cancellations were made days in advance. If ever I needed to cancel, I always made an offer to pay him more money in advance to keep my financial end of the commitment. Ultimately when rescheduling for a 3rd time, Steve informed me that the initial $80 deposit would not be going towards the tattoo and that it was for "helping me see my vision" and for the artwork only. Clearly this was unbeknownst to me and caught me off guard. This had not been the case in the past as my deposits I had given him always went towards the cost of the tattoo with Steve. It should also be noted, that Im a transplant from Southern California, and have high expectations with regards to tattoo work. Steve had made several trips to the L.A./San Diego area in hopes of networking with SoCal Artists, I provided him with 3 different tattoo artists names and businesses that I know personally, and he sought them all out. I had no problem with helping him, and name dropping, on his behalf to help see "his vision" as a tattoo artist, so I indeed feel a bit burned when he essentially took my $80 deposit and tried to spin things and call it an artist visionary fee. In the end, there were pieces that I had to have Steve redraw simply because they were not what I was looking for and I think he took offense. I absolutely believe that Steve simply got himself in way over his head with the large cover up work that he started. I have since seen 2 other tattoo artists, both of who were clueless as to why Steve went in the direction he went with the outlining and cover up work that he started. They both pointed out huge mistakes made on his end. I give credit where credit is due; Steve is talented in his own regard, but got himself in too deep with coverup work that was beyond his capabilities.

Celina Sarko

I have 6 tattoos and I got my 5th one done here, by Donny. He was wonderful! He made sure that I was getting exactly what I wanted in exactly the right place. He was very gentle and easy to talk to without pushing conversation. His line work is precise and clean and he was very reasonable about pricing. I would easily go to him again. The only reason Im not giving this shop 5 stars is another artist, Eric. Eric was supposed to do my tattoo but after sitting with a friend of mine while hers was done by him, I couldnt do it. He was rude, sexist, and bigoted the whole time. He told my friend her tattoo idea was stupid, which was very unprofessional. He complained about the work hed have to do for it the whole time and the proceeded to overcharge her for it. Not only that, but her tattoo healed weird and the color ended up patchy and faded. We thought this might have to do with her eczema but when she went to have it touched up, another one of my friends got a simple black outline piece which did the same thing. We have concluded that Eric just does NOT use quality products and I would never go back to him. Overall, this shop is clean, professional, welcoming, and reasonably priced. I would go back again to Donny for sure, but I would never go to or let anyone I know go to Eric.

Brittany Antognazzi

Horrible experience with Matt. I contacted him in October to get a piece done, and he responded almost immediately via text and seemed cool. He scheduled a consultation with me, and the day that I went in for the consultation it took him a half hour to get to me (he had scheduled someone in the same time slot). Our meeting lasted two minutes tops, where I showed him pictures of how I wanted the tattoo done, and he told me to go home, find other clip art images and email them to him. So I drove fourty minutes to Coventry for something that could have been settled over the phone. I ended up texting him for his email, and he replied quickly. I sent him images and a description on how I wanted it done via email, but I never got a reply. I texted him two weeks after that asking if he had started on my design and he did not reply to my text. So I just gave up on the place. It was too much of a hassle and I had such terrible communication and an overall poor experience from Matt.

Kate Teal

One of my favorite tattoo experiences!!! Went to the shop in Coventry. Everyone in the shop was so freaking nice. The artist hand drew my piece on my skin and stayed open late just to finish it. Talented, clean, and friendly I am DEFINITELY going back here for my next one. They are booked up a lot so be sure to make an actual appointment or you could be waiting for a while. It is def worth it though. The pricing was perfectly reasonable. It was a small shop, but intimate. Very clean, I watched them clean for closing. Super talented and nice artists. Steve, you rocked my world. My tattoo pops! Its healing super well and he was incredibly patient. Highly Recommended.

Stephanie Raudenbush

My mom and I went in together to get tattoos and they were both our firsts. I was extremely nervous going into it all but we worked with Matt Madda and Johnny and they were both extremely professional and really put me at ease. I absolutely LOVE the finished product of my tattoo. The place was very welcoming and clean, watched both of them open all new, sterile equipment and they explained how they would do everything I and will most certainly be returning to them in the future!

Jackie F

I got introduced to Focused Tattoos by a girlfriend of mine (currently dating the artist I used). Ive had Ed do several tattoos on me and I love them! Ed is very clean, very artistic, AMAZING work! I would highly recommend Focused Tattoo to anyone wanting a tattoo. I prefer Ed and havent had the other artists work on me (probably wont because Im picky about who does my work).

Shawn Head

A must go to place if you want great ink done. The artist are seriously trained and experienced. I know that Steve has a degree from the Cleveland Institute of Art; the quality of work can be seen as soon as you open the doors. Looking forward to getting my next tattoo on Wednesday.

Joseph Schwind

Im only basing my judgement on one session, but my tattoos were small and on my wrist, and were simple dots. They all bled out around the sides. I did everything I was instructed. The rest of the shop was clean and the tattoos that I saw were amazing. I must have been the exception.