Gothamist Gets Inked

Gothamist is thinking about getting another tattoo. We have two right now (yeah, we're pretty badass) and we got both out of state. So our question to you, adorable little inked up readers, is where is a good place to get a tattoo in this city?

Right now we are thinking NY Adorned, which is apparently the best tattoo shop in the entire world, but we're open to other suggestions. In addition, if you know of any tattoo artists (with or without their own shop) who can design the design that currently resides in our head...that would also be helpful.

UPDATE: Apparently our friends at Thrillist had ink on the brain today too!

Contact the author of this article or email tips@gothamist.com with further questions, comments or tips.

By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment, Miscellaneous on March 29, 2006 4:57 PM

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TattooDan

If you really want to get nice custom tattooing done then you have to go to nyartman.com NYARTMAN is one of a kind.

tattooed fanatic

just because stars get their tattoos somewhere doesn't mean you should. in fact a lot of "stars" have pretty crappy tattoos so that's really not a reason to go to a place. you should reasearch the seriousness of the work and the tattooers, not the people who go there!

Katie B

You all are crazy! Regino or Troy over at Invisible NYC kill it! Thrillist got it right!

Jason

The folks at DareDevil bought FunCity, it's an awesome shop Johnny Depp got his ink there, and they have multiple artist to pick from

www.FunCityTattoo.com

annie

Stephanie @ NY Adorned!

ryan

I've been to both Fly-Rite and New York Adorned (Eric at the former, Stephanie at the latter) and was extremely pleased with both artists.

Eric's is a tad harder to see based on where I have it, but the sun that Stephanie did on my forearm has received a LOT of compliments. Her work is fantastic.

ej

Ronda Holzer who works at Venus on 4th street between Ave A and B is the best.

She did a big tribal bat (original design) on my upper back a few years ago and it just looks awesome.

She has also done Robert Deniro's temporary tattoo's in Cape Fear and permanent tattoos on other celebrities.

Alli

Another vote for FlyRite here - definitely worth the money!

anon

thanks for this topic gothamist- I am going to a get a tattoo soon too (it must be the nice weather....) and the links were really helpful! NY adorned's site gave me some great ideas and I'm thinkin I'll go there now!

BrooklynJay

Links not working - the site is:

http://handofglorytattoo.com/

Ace

"How much would you charge

to send this one to Panama?"

BrooklynJay

Craig Rodriquez over at Hand of Glory on 7th Avenue in Park Slope is an amazing artist and tattooist. You should check him out.

phil

if you feel like taking a ride on metro north, try big joe & sons in white plains. ask for adam. absolutely top notch work. not to mention they sell the supplies to just about everyone else out there.

magdalena

Rising Dragon (www.risingdragon.com) on 23rd street in Chelsea is extremely immaculate and professional. I love the tattoos I got there.

hr

I think Gothamist should watch this:

http://www.drtattoff.com/tattoo-skit.php

hr

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http://www.drtattoff.com/tattoo-skit.php

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Christy

DAREDEVIL TATTOO!! These guys know their shit inside out and backwards. Suggested to me by my hot punk rock tattoo freak friend when I wanted to buy a wedding present gift certificate for 2 tattoo freaks. They did 2 large pieces that included a very intricate Edward Gorey drawing (around his leg) and the Godzilla turtle on her back. Both the bride and groom have been inking themselves for many years and they claim that these are their "Pieces de Resisitance".

claire

sarahoc, your tattoo is black and white? can you do tattoos w/ white ink? i've been wondering about that for a little while....

Oksana

Myles at bowery tattoo. He is an amazing artist, and does not overcharge like most tattoo artists in the city do. Bowery tattoo itself is very clean and professional. I have two tattoos from him and will soon be getting my third one. Here is some of his work:

http://www.gloriousdeep.com/

Nancy

Both Patrick and Scott at MacDougal are wonderful. Patrick's line work is distinctively delicate. His ability to develop your ideas into an illustration is wonderful. Scott's sense of color is like no other artist I have ever seen. His color is deep and saturated. I love and highly recommend the work of both.