TJ’s Dermagraphics

Critical: Professionalism, Quality, ValueCame by as a drop in for small and simple tattoo on my forearm. The price quoted was $175 and I was thinking, okay it seems expensive but he free hands. As he’s starting to draw, the placement seemed crooked so I politely asked if it would be straightened out in the process. He apparently took offensive and said if I didn’t like it, then get a stencil but he doesn’t do stencils. At this point I was nervous to have him continue on my tattoo as he seemed unhappy with me so I said, sure a stencil is great. He asked the woman to call the stencil girl because I didn’t like what he was doing, which wasn’t true – I had never had a free hand tattoo done before so was a little nervous. Simple reassurance would have helped. Well the stencil girl, Alex, showed up after about 45 min and we get started. Everything is going good, tattoo is about 3in long and 1in wide, no color – basically outline with a little simple shading. It all goes wrong. She didn’t take into account the movement of my arm (as most tattoo artists do when placing) so in certain arm movements it looked wonky. Extremely heavy handed, an aura of blow outs surrounded the tattoo and scar tissue resulted from my body trying to heal this. On top of that, after a 30 min small tattoo, who essentially is still an apprentice (which I wasn’t told until I asked her long she had been tattooing after we had already started) I was still charged $175. I left in shock, it was only after I got home and showed my husband that it all began to sink in. I got in touch with Alex on Instagram and asked about touch ups – she said they are $35. I complained that this wasn’t exactly a touch up, it was getting the damn thing to look better after paying $175. She said she would touch up for free, I apologized for going off on her and said it was fine. I would be dumb to get a touch up from the artist that just screwed this up. I had to wait about 6 weeks for it be healed (with scar tissue in spots) and paid another $200 to get it covered up by one of the great artists at Alley Cat. You can still see the old one as it is very dark, but at least I have a well done colorful piece of art on my arm rather than (what my husband lovingly called) a prison tattoo. Would not recommend – obviously – and no Alex did not put my tattoo on her Instagram as she does all of her other work, which says it all. Would love a refund, but this happened in November 2020 and I figured I would be fighting a losing battle. Lots of fantastic artists and shops in Harrisonburg – check those out instead.Came by as a drop in for small and simple tattoo on my forearm. The price quoted was $175 and I was thinking, okay it seems expensive but he free hands. As he’s starting to draw, the placement seemed crooked so I politely asked if it would …More

Came by as a drop in for small and simple tattoo on my forearm. The price quoted was $175 and I was thinking, okay it seems expensive but he free hands. As he’s starting to draw, the placement seemed crooked so I politely asked if it would be straightened out in the process. He apparently took offensive and said if I didn’t like it, then get a stencil but he doesn’t do stencils. At this point I was nervous to have him continue on my tattoo as he seemed unhappy with me so I said, sure a stencil is great. He asked the woman to call the stencil girl because I didn’t like what he was doing, which wasn’t true – I had never had a free hand tattoo done before so was a little nervous. Simple reassurance would have helped. Well the stencil girl, Alex, showed up after about 45 min and we get started. Everything is going good, tattoo is about 3in long and 1in wide, no color – basically outline with a little simple shading. It all goes wrong. She didn’t take into account the movement of my arm (as most tattoo artists do when placing) so in certain arm movements it looked wonky. Extremely heavy handed, an aura of blow outs surrounded the tattoo and scar tissue resulted from my body trying to heal this. On top of that, after a 30 min small tattoo, who essentially is still an apprentice (which I wasn’t told until I asked her long she had been tattooing after we had already started) I was still charged $175. I left in shock, it was only after I got home and showed my husband that it all began to sink in. I got in touch with Alex on Instagram and asked about touch ups – she said they are $35. I complained that this wasn’t exactly a touch up, it was getting the damn thing to look better after paying $175. She said she would touch up for free, I apologized for going off on her and said it was fine. I would be dumb to get a touch up from the artist that just screwed this up. I had to wait about 6 weeks for it be healed (with scar tissue in spots) and paid another $200 to get it covered up by one of the great artists at Alley Cat. You can still see the old one as it is very dark, but at least I have a well done colorful piece of art on my arm rather than (what my husband lovingly called) a prison tattoo. Would not recommend – obviously – and no Alex did not put my tattoo on her Instagram as she does all of her other work, which says it all. Would love a refund, but this happened in November 2020 and I figured I would be fighting a losing battle. Lots of fantastic artists and shops in Harrisonburg – check those out instead.

Positive: Cleanliness, Professionalism, Punctuality, Quality, ValueAlex did my first tattoo and im in love. I will definitely be going here for any future tattoos!!! Tj did my friends tattoos and she’s also so very pleased!!! Very friendly too.

Alex did my first tattoo and im in love. I will definitely be going here for any future tattoos!!! Tj did my friends tattoos and she’s also so very pleased!!! Very friendly too.