Ink Life Tattoo Studio

I went to Matt wanting a very personal and meaningful piece in mind. I had seen Matt's insta and even my SO's back piece. Clean lines great work. Amazing work. So I gave him 3 things I wanted in a piece before getting the meaningful one, to see if he'd be up for the challenge. I was throughly impressed. I have a piece that Matt had come up with. Completely custom. I've searched every imagine possible to see if that were true and it was. I have a one of a kinda absolute masterpiece from this man. Everyone in his shop is friendly and truly wants to make you happy. I highly reccomend going to see them.

Such an unprofessional shop. I contacted the owner (Wednesday) for an appointment and he told me that I needed to leave a $100 deposit before he could give me a date for a consultation. I sent him that money through Venmo as soon as he texted me that. Then I hear nothing. The next day (Thursday) I ask him when could he get me in and he responds with “ I can let you know the soonest date as soon as you do the deposit. If somebody drops a deposit in five minutes I’m going to give them the soonest date. So I can’t offer you a date until the deposit is dropped“... okay so you’re going to give somebody else the soonest date if they send you the money “in the next five minutes” when I already sent it the day prior? So I send him the screenshots of the transaction and still hear nothing. Skip to Saturday I ask if he was available to set up the consultation and he responds with “ I return to work tomorrow. I have had a few days off with my daughter. I promise I haven’t forgotten you. I get 60-70 messages a day and just have to catch up tomorrow.” and I let him know I was entirely unaware so I said it was fine. Skip to AN ENTIRE WEEK LATER and I ask again if we can set up a consultation and once again, no response, the following day I ask to send my deposit back and that’s when he actually cares to speak to me and tells me if he gets time that week he’ll let me know if he can fit me in, I just agree because I have to have it done before a major surgery that will put me out 8-12 months. Now it’s two weeks past the time I initially sent him my deposit and inquired about a consult and he asks me to come in on Wednesday at 11 am for another artist to do it and I agree but I responded two hours later and he said it’s too late, that’s fine I can understand that so I reach out to the other artist directly the following day and he asks me to come in Friday (today) at noon for an appointment. So I go ahead and take that time and as I show up on time, I call the shop to let me inside as they lock the doors for COVID and a girl answers and says that he’s not coming in until two. I’m absolutely livid at this point. I finally just text him saying I’m not interested anymore and he says that he had an emergency to run out to. Okay well you could of at least let me know before I took my time and gas to drive up to your store for you not to be there. Horribleeee experience. I truthfully lost the trust to allow them to tattoo anything on my body with how unprofessional they are. It’s like a bunch of teenagers.

Update: I am now being argued with over my review by the second artist, the owner did however reach out and apologized and offered to come in on his day off to do my tattoo but I declined as I no longer feel comfortable.

The absolute best shop in Maryland, in my opinion. The staff is not only super friendly, but super fun while being professional. They’re very knowledgeable and thorough, and will guarantee you the best possible experience. I recommend Ink Life to everyone, every time.

I have gone at least 4 times for my sleeve and not only is their work amazing but the the artists themselves are all very welcoming. They are all very personable and easy to talk to. The artwork is very clean and amazingly exicuted and this is the only shop I will get work done at!

Haven’t gotten any ink done in a year or so...but this is the only place I’ll ever go. I’ve been tattooed by not only matt(who’s the man) but I’ve been passed around the shop and everyone there is just talented. Any negative reviews left about this place are just arrogant people. My first tattoo was by Matt at his old shop off jumpers and it was the best experience I’ve ever had.

I came to Ink Life Tattoo Studio and Matt the Owner "Blessed" me two Amazing Tattoo's on my Left and Right shoulder. I intend to come back for some more work in the near future. The work looks Amazing and Matt was a pleasure to work with.

I came in to have a tattoo done by Brian and was definitely overcharged taking into consideration he only did the line work and he placed leaves on flowers in area's that leaves shouldn't have even been, so I decided to give Nick Thibert a call who is fixing up not only the line work but taking his time and doing an incredible job at redoing it to my satisfaction. This was a cover up and even after the outline was done by Brian, there was still part of the old tattoo showing. I was charged for 5 hour's for line work that should have taken maybe about an hour and a half. I highly recommend Nick Thibert because he will give you incredible ink and cares 💯 percent about his client's.

I have had 8 tattoos completed by Matt at Ink life. They are amazing. A friend of mine has had work completed by Jason also amazing. I recommend this studio to everyone. I am always asked by many people who see my ink where did you get your work done and I am always pround to say ink life.

I've gotten so many tattoos from Matt he did a great job on all my tattoos. He even fixed a tattoo that was really messed up by someone else. Even tho I moved out of state I will be going back really soon.

I've been getting ink from Jacob Pinkney for 7 years and now I followed him here. He's the man. I love this place. Very cool people and a good vibe. I'll be back.