For this weekly blog post I'm going to take a different approach. Instead of reviewing artists around the world for their work, I'm going to review my personal experiences at a shop downtown by the name of Adrenaline Tattoos, from where I got two of my tattoos from. This is a great and well known shop in the city of Toronto with a wide variety of tattoo artists that specialize in different styles. Adrenaline Toronto not only specializes in tattooing but also piercings. With a large selection of both piercing specialists and tattoo artists, you can walk into the shop comfortably knowing you will get exactly what you want. The employees will make you feel welcome and more than happy with the results of your tattoos, while keeping a clean and safe workplace. I will review both artists which did the work for me on a personal experience basis and also show off some of their art.
Firstly i'll begin with my first tattoo done by an Adrenaline employee by the name of Raidel Bas. He was born and raised in Cuba, like myself. I chose him upon viewing his previous art in his portfolio, I was convinced i wanted to get my tattoo done by him. The tattoo the Raidel did for me was the Cuban Coat of Arms on my right shoulder. The overall job took about two hours as he was a fast worker, but also with great technique. I was happy with the job he had done and the work space. Adrenaline has rooms for each artist that they work in and customize to their liking. Raidel had pictures and sketches of his art around the room and music which made the experience that much better.
My second tattoo was done by Joe Baker. Finding this artist took me a while because for the piece I wanted done I needed a specific style of artist. Joe did a Koi Fish piece right below my coat of arms on my right arm. When I first went in for my consultation to explain what I wanted exactly, he listened carefully, by the time I went in for my schedule tattoo appointment, he had drawn out exactly what i was looking for and asked for. The reason I chose Joe is because i saw the complexity of his art when i was looking through his portfolio, along with his long years of experience tattooing. Joe has been a long time employee at Adrenaline and he is known by the tattooing community within Toronto. His years in the industry reflect on his work style as it is amazing, while also being a fast worker. My Koi fish took about three hours to finalize but the quality of the work was most definitely worth the wait. My experience with Joe was above excellent, the work space was clean and tidy and it was a good environment overall, and I would most definitely return to Adrenaline for a third time.
My overall personal experiences with Adrenaline Tattoo Toronto have been phenomenal and I have never walked out disappointed. The moral of the story is; if you need to find a great parlor with great artists, you should most definitely check out Adrenaline Tattoo Toronto!
Some of Raidel's and Joe's art can be seen if you click on their names!
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