Tattoo & piercing studio · East Austin
Permanent work, drawn for you
Custom tattoos, flash and professional piercing from four resident artists and an APP-member piercer. Clean, calm and honest about what will look good in twenty years.
Custom, flash & cover-ups
APP-member piercer
Walk-ins when a chair is free
Single-use needles, sterilized tools
Four resident artists and an APP-member piercer
Licensed studio · 18+ with photo ID
4.9 stars from 600+ clients
What we do
Custom work, flash and piercing under one roof
Custom pieces start with a free consultation. Flash, touch-ups and piercings can be booked online, with live availability for every artist.
Consultations & Touch-Ups
Every custom piece starts with a free, no-pressure talk with your artist about placement, size, style and budget. Touch-ups on our own work are free too.
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Custom Tattoo Sessions
Your design, drawn for you after your consultation. Book a small piece, or a half or full day for larger work and the next sitting of a sleeve or back piece.
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Flash Tattoos
Ready-to-wear designs from our artists’ flash sheets, at a set price. Pick one, book a slot and walk out with it the same day.
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Ear Piercings
Lobes, helix, conch, daith and industrials, pierced with single-use needles and implant-grade titanium jewelry.
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Facial & Body Piercings
Nostril, septum and navel piercings, placed for your anatomy and healed with jewelry that fits.
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Jewelry & Check-Ups
Downsizes, jewelry changes and free check-ups for piercings done here, so they heal straight and stay comfortable.
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Our approach
Clean studio. Honest advice. Tattoos that age well.
We would rather talk you into a slightly bigger, simpler design that still reads in twenty years than tattoo something that blurs in five. Ask us anything; there are no silly questions here.
- Every custom design drawn for you, and changed until it’s right
- Single-use needles and cartridges, opened in front of you
- Tools sterilized in an autoclave that is spore-tested every month
- Honest advice on size and placement, even when it means a smaller sale
- Free touch-ups within six months on our own work
Recent work
Fresh off the table, and healed
Flash
Pick it off the wall, wear it this week
Ready-to-wear designs drawn by our artists, at a set price. Book a flash slot online and tell us which one in the notes.
Moth
$150
Butterfly
$150
Resting lion
$280
How custom work happens
From idea to healed
1
Consult
A free 30-minute chat with your artist about the idea, placement, size and budget. Bring references; we’ll sketch on the spot.
2
Deposit & design
A deposit holds your date and goes toward the final price. Your artist draws the design and shows it to you before the day.
3
Tattoo
We fine-tune the stencil together until the placement is perfect, then get to work, with breaks whenever you need them.
4
Heal
You leave with written aftercare and a wrap. Once it has healed, any spot that needs it gets a free touch-up within six months.
The artists
Find the artist who draws the way you think
Every artist here has their own style. Choose yours when you book, or tell us your idea at a consultation and we’ll match you.
Mara Quinn
Owner · Blackwork & Dotwork
Theo Brandt
Neo-Traditional & Color
Elias Ward
Fine Line & Script
Ruben Castillo
Black & Grey Realism
Nia Brooks
Lead Piercer · APP Member
Reviews
Straight from the chair
★★★★★
I walked in with a Pinterest board and a lot of nerves. Mara turned it into something completely mine, talked me through every step and the blackwork healed perfectly.
Alyssa R. · Half-Day Session
★★★★★
Theo covered a faded name on my shoulder with a peony so bold you would never know. Honest about what was possible, and fun to sit with for six hours.
Marcus D. · Cover-Up Consultation
★★★★★
My first tattoo, a tiny fine-line sprig, and Elias made it feel easy. The lines are still crisp a year later.
Priya K. · Small Custom Tattoo
Got an idea?
Every custom tattoo starts with a conversation
Book a free 30-minute consultation with the artist whose style you love. Bring photos, sketches or just a feeling; you’ll leave with a quote and a date.
Aftercare
Heal it right, keep it sharp
Leave the wrap on
Keep the clear film on for three to five days, or as long as your artist tells you.
Wash, pat, moisturize
Clean hands, fragrance-free soap and a thin layer of unscented lotion, twice a day.
No sun, no soaking
Skip pools, baths and tanning for two weeks. Then SPF 30 or higher, for life.
Ask us anything
Not sure if it’s healing right? Send us a photo or drop by. Check-ups are always free.
From the journal
Advice from the studio
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How to prepare for your first tattoo (and what to bring)
A good first tattoo starts the day before. Here is how to sleep, eat, dress and plan for your session,…
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Tattoo aftercare, day by day: the first four weeks
How you treat a new tattoo in the first month decides how it looks for the next twenty years. Our…
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Titanium, gold or steel? Choosing jewelry for a new piercing
The jewelry in a fresh piercing matters more than the piercing itself. What “implant grade” means, why we never use…
The studio
Find us on the East Side
MonClosed
Tue – Thu12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Fri – Sat12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Sun12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Appointments first, walk-ins when a chair is free. The studio is on the ground floor and step-free, with street parking out front.
Books are open
Let’s make something permanent
Custom work starts with a free consultation. Flash, touch-ups and piercings in the next two weeks can be booked online right now.