Human Kanvas

I tried to come to this tattoo parlour after my friend recommended it to me after a wonderful experience last year. I arrived 20 minutes prior to opening on walk-​in day and waited to go in as I didn’t want to be inappropriate. One couple walked in before opening and moments later they opened the store for business. We went in and explained that I only wanted a small tattoo no more than an inch big. They told us they only had 1 tattoo artist on and that the next appointment available would be at 1pm when the mentor to their apprentice came in. We left to kill time for an hour before receiving a call that I wouldn’t be able to get my tattoo until 3:30. I asked why it was to take so long and they told me that the first person in the door had a larger tattoo that would take 4 hours and the mentor had been delayed from coming in.
Honestly this service is appalling. I was under the impression that walk-​in day was only for small tattoos and larger tattoos should be booked on separate days with a consult. I cannot believe that this tattoo that was to take 4 hours was bumped ahead of my tattoo that was supposed to take 15 minutes.
I will never be returning to this parlour and I will never recommend it to any of my friends.

I came in after emailing Sean (aka SAGA) as he has a unique style that incorporates realism and watercolour (from my exploration — pretty rare to find in Calgary). Sean was professional and worked hard to create a tattoo design that I loved, he took my input and together we came up with a really sick tattoo of an owl and dandelions, with his signature geometric hexagons.
Sean worked on my leg for about 6 hours with a few breaks, he was focused and it turned out AMAZING. So impressed with his work and his professionalism.

This place has probably been the worst place I’ve ever had a piercing done at. (I have numerous piercings)
First off ill start off with the staff. I had gotten my helix pierced 3 times. The girl who did it wasn’t overly friendly and gave me really bad advice. Months went by and my ears were still really sore and crusty. Months later one had started to reject and they were all migrating and looked off. When I went to go get the one taken out it had rejected so bad that I could see the barbell through my ear, the next piercer who took it out said that the lady who pierced it left and she was really sorry and told me then that the other two would heal. It didn’t. And the next time I went in there ANOTHER piercer told me that the initial girl who pierced my ears did it wrong AND got fired. Are you kidding me ?? Fired? Pierced my ear wrong? She also said it would have NEVER healed. Well that’s great 150 $ down the shit hole. No offers of my money back or nothing. Not only was that dangerous but it wasn’t my bodies fault it was the piercers. I had been lied to and went through months of pain and now my ear is scarred badly. Worst place to get piercings I DONT recommend for anyone to go there. The staff was a bunch of rude snotty women who don’t know what there doing.