58 Hoddle St, Abbotsford (03) 9417 6669
What happens during the tattoo consultation? During a consultation the prospective client will be listened to first and foremost about their tattoo design. Then we will give them some ideas that may work well with their design, like colors, shading effects, background, styles of writing, etc. We will photocopy similar images for them to look at and take home if they are unsure of what they want and we will also design a tattoo for them with the artist’s original touch added. All our artists like to put their artistic spin on the client’s design unless specified by the client not to. After both parties have agreed and are happy with the design we will give them an estimate of cost as well as time it will take and then proceed to book them in with a day and time that suits. The client is always explained what to expect pain wise and to let the artist know if they need a break at any stage during their tattoo. When the consultation is finished the client will be given a business card with all our info on it and a farewell until we meet again.
Do you guys do piercings? Yes we do piercings. Our Stacey has been doing piercings for over seven years and loves all aspects of the piercing world and she is very knowledgeable in the industry.
Do you sell gift certificates? We do sell Liquid Silver gift certificates all year through and they are a great gift idea leading up to Christmas time.
Do you accept walk-ins? Yes we do plenty of walk-ins. If the artists aren’t busy and the design isn’t too complicated, the client can be done almost straight away. If there is a bit of preparation needed our clients are offered a can of soft drink or bottle of water (complimentary of course) and they can chill out on one of our comfy lounges or wing back chairs or jump on one of our two large computers or just watch T.V.
If you could tattoo anyone in the world (living or dead), who would it be and what would you tattoo on them? I would tattoo Woody from Toy Story and put a real tattoo of his owner’s name, Andy, on the sole of his foot.
If tattooing was made illegal tomorrow what would you do for a living? I would become a laborer and work for my mate who is a landscape gardener and get a bit of the good old outdoors running back through my veins. Tattooing for 23 years I do miss getting dirty.
Have you noticed a shift in the trend of tattoo customers? Yes I have noticed a shift! The shift in my eyes happened a while ago when most tattoo studios started tattooing as many females as males. More 50-year-olds and up have also been coming through the doors of studios being recently divorced or separated and letting loose with a tattoo they may of wanted years ago and now are doing it. As clientele tattoo trends go, heavily tattooed clients are loving the thick, bold, simplistic look of the old sailor tattoos which have gone around in a big circle and are back in vogue with a lot of tattoo collectors.
How many tattoos are there on the collective staff of the studio? Too many to count them all! Some have morphed into walking one-piece body suits. Come in and see for your selves and do a tattoo count of your own.
Do you all argue over the music in the studio? YES, YES and YES! We have 25 or 30 different playlists of eight to ten different tattooists that work from our beautiful studio on Hoddle St. We try and be fair but when someone is not looking and it’s a smooth, sneaky transition from one playlist to another (un-noticed by the playlist DJ), we give credit to the sneaky one and their music stays on! (For a while anyway.) We all love music at our studio and plenty of variety is heard every week.
Have you won any awards? I have won several awards back in the day being that I’ve been tattooing for 23 years but now it’s all my talented artists that are pushing me to one side and taking gold! We have a great atmosphere at our studio and a vast variety of talent which my business partner and I are most proud!
