Living Art Tattoo Studio

Category:	Tattoo Shop
Address:	25 NW 1st St, Gresham, OR 97030, USA
Phone:	+1 503-492-6420
Site:	jadedsoultattoo.com
Rating:	4.4
Working:	12–8PM 12–8PM 12–8PM 12–8PM 12–9PM 12–9PM 12–6PM

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Reviews 6

Jim Donohoe

Hands down the worst studio I have ever interacted with. It all started back the first week of February when I gave Andy $60 as a deposit. My appointment was scheduled for the following weekend. I canceled that appointment on the artist because it was a day and a half prior to my appointment and Andy failed to have any correspondence with me regarding the drawling. I waited a couple weeks and contacted Andy via email about rescheduling hoping he had time to come up with something. He failed to get back to me at all until a week later I called the shop. He then told me he has yet to drawl anything and he wanted me to come in for a sit down discussion about the piece again. (2nd time) Why he could not have asked me these questions over the phone throughout the say 5 weeks that went by, i have no idea. During this sit down we rescheduled for the following weekend again. This time Andy canceled on me, still no drawling. When I first gave andy the deposit he told me it was for his drawling time. I never saw ANY sketch or drawling. At this point I had had enough and fired andy as my new local artist. Time went by and i tried to contact Andy via phone at the shop but he was always busy tattooing and NEVER returned any phone calls. I also tried via E-mail but again, zero response. Here we are, halfway through May and Andy still has my deposit. I finally spoke with Jade. Complete waste of my time. He was a complete rude dick from the get go. He told me he will not refund my deposit because "it is company policy for over a decade." So basically the OWNER of the shop told me over the phone that it is OK that his employee pretty much stole my deposit because I never saw a drawling or received any inkwork. Therefor the owner is harboring a thief and is OK with that. I will NEVER recommend ANYONE EVER to this lousy and poorly managed shop. HEY JADE, keep my $60 and hire yourself some trustworthy artists that hold true to their word and communicate. Until then I hope business sucks. You handled this matter very poorly.

rebecca fredlund

I will never be going back here nor recommend this place to anyone. Although the tattoo I received was good quality, the customer service was appalling ! I had given my deposit to a tattoo artist who actually ended up leaving, no one reached me about it and when I finally was able to get a hold of anyone it was a pretty much a sorry for your luck situation. I ended up staying and getting a tattoo by Jade, which as I said the work is good, but the attitude was a no go. He talked about costumers who were in the shop so disrespectfully and literally was making fun of the people walking in ! If he says that about these people what does he say about anyone behind their back ?! Let alone when you are in the middle of working on a client. I had a friend who went after my experience because the work was good. Took NINE times of going back and fourth to the shop. Jade would make him go there and then he said he forgot to put it on the schedule or there was an error. Excuse after excuse. Seemed like he was doing anything and everything not to finish the tattoo. He already had his money so didnt seem to care. DO NOT GO HERE. The experience is just as important as the tattoo. Work on your costumer service and learn to treat every one with respect.

Brianna Hipes

Went in to get a nostril piercing with my younger cousin, it would have been her first facial piercing. The woman who does the piercings was awfully rude. Ive dealt with boldly assertive people before, and the reasons she turned us down were fine, but she was just incredibly rude about it. My cousin ended up leaving, crying, because she was so disappointed and the woman really was quite in her face about it. I, myself, told the woman my boss would allow me to wear a retainer at work, so I asked if I could get my nostril pierced with a retainer and let it heal with that. She told me she could do that, but wasnt going to because it was no less visible than an actual piercing. I told her I understand, but my boss isnt worried about THAT but could only let me have a retainer in. She turned us both down. Im glad that that had happened in a way, there was no way Im paying $75 for a nostril piercing. I had my previous facial piercings done at Multnomah, and Ill be returning there for this one.

Spidey Webz

Last night a friend took me to Living Art. My 1st time there, she wanted to switch her nose piercing out and I was just going along. I asked the piercer Rivka about how my left ear is a lot less stretchy than my right and told her they were uneven sizes because I cannot get my left to catch up. She was AWESOME explained everything in detail and helped me pick out some great WAY BETTER quality jewelry then caught my left lobe up to my right. Now sitting at 00G in both and super happy. She was amazing and I barely felt it. I had a bad experience with another job and told myself only I would be stretching my own ears because of it but now I completely have respect for Rivka and will definitely be back! PS. My lobe is a little tender but NOTHING compared to the "usual" pain Ive experienced with other piercers! Thanks so much!

A Private User

I went in for my first tattoo here on my 18th birthday with a pretty good idea of what I wanted. I had Joe look at it and he drew his own version of it which was quite a bit better than what I actually had in mind. After it was finished I realized it had been done pretty sloppily though; dots that were supposed to be in a straight line and spaced evenly apart looked rushed and horribly uneven, as though he hadnt even followed the sketch hed done when working on that part. A few other parts of the tattoo seemed rushed as well, so I never went back for any of the other tattoos Ive gotten since. As far as creativity went, Joe did an amazing job, but when it came to taking time with something that will be on my body forever he really should have spent more time making it look how it was supposed to.

Brynn Lerma

i went in here to get my industrial pierced. when getting it pierced, i was not explained what was going on. the only thing i was, told was to wash it. but i wasnt given an example of how or what to use. over all the piercer is very scary, looks wise. i havent gotten a tattoo here, but my mom did, and enjoyed how social her tattoo artist is. they kept a conversation the whole time. but when i asked him about tattoos, he called them stupid and said: why would you put words on your body, so much room for pictures and you want words. over all i was disrespected, and will not be getting my tattoo here.