Mark'd Body Art

I always have the best time when I get tattooed! All the guys in the shop are awesome and super professional and funny! I have been getting work done here for years and would recommend them to anyone!

Have had several tattoos done here over about a 2 year span and it only gets better every time. My latest was done by Northern Frank and I love it. Healed amazing, looks amazing. Love it here

Went here for my first tattoo and will be going back for more as time passes. Russ is an amazing artist. Russ went above and beyond to take something I love and tattoo it onto me in ways I didn't even dream of. He made sure I was taken care of before, during and after the whole procedure. The entire shop and all of the staff are focused on cleanliness and a healthy recovery.

Outstanding crew of talented artists! Clean, fun, professional environment at a great rate! You cant go wrong with any of the gentlemen in that shop. Thetll treat you right and help see your vision to be a reality.

Jon Promer is the artist I've had do 2 of my tattoos. He does great work and seems to be a great guy too. I will see him again; very soon.

First time coming in to Mark'd great atmosphere and felt very welcoming. Marcus is a wonderful artist and human being! Will be coming back again.

I refuse to get inked anywhere else. Northern Frank is an excellent artist and 99% of the art i see get done in the shop is perfect and beautiful. They are all very good artists and a very funny bunch to be around when you are getting inked.

They were very accommodating with walk-ins. They were able to fit in 2 small tattoos right away. They have a $60 minimum, $100 minimum on finger tattoos. I removed one star because of customer service, I felt rushed and that I didn't quite know what was going to be on my body at the end. It turned out great but I like to know what is going to be tattooed on my body forever.

I seriously love this place. I have never left disappointed. Marcus(the owner) runs a very professional business and they truly care about their clients. Jon, marcus and russ are amazing tattooers. The only place I get tattoos.

Went to Marcus to have a tattoo done. Scheduled an appointment for all of the work to be done at once. When I showed up he said he would only have time to do the outline because of his next appointment. Thought I was his only appointment, was disappointed but agreed. Next"appointment" was his wife...not a customer. 3 weeks later returned for the color. Showed pics and described the type of shading I wanted for stars specifically... He deemed it "radial shading" and went to work. I had asked each star to alternate, with the shading going from light to dark for 1st star, dark to light 2nd star, etc... As i was face down and couldn't observe what he was doing I was very shocked when I was finally allowed to look in the mirror and to my horror, all the stars had been done the same WITHOUT radial shading...
I TOLD Marcus's and he told me "Well, it is what it is NOW... sorry" No offer to help fix it or even listen to ideas. His mood changed towards me, much like a child who has made a mistake. He lost focus on me and began (while still tattooing me) dealing with all the other people in the shop and THEIR business.
People showed up discussing contsruction projects that they are working on together....holding their cell phones OVER MY BACK WHILE ITS BEING TATTOOED to show him pictures...My fiancee had to push them back to a semi-sterile zone. All the while them being pushy and Marcus just carrying on with them like I wasnt even there...EXCEPT for the fact HE was ACTIVELY putting ink into my skin for $140/hour! Was horrified by my experience and super dissappointed in my tattoo...
Then things got worse...
Two of his employees showed up totally drunk and started tattooing eachother. They were loud, stumbling, and making it an unsafe place to be. I was vulnerable laying there on the table. One of them began beratting a fellow artist and tattooist that was working on a customer at the time, saying he wasn't a decent artist and had never done a decent tattoo... This made me feel worse because the tattoist being attacked was the first guy I had gone to in the shop and he had done bracelets on me.
This is a WALK-IN, storefront business, DOWNTOWN that is supposed to provide services to children:
i.e. earpiercings.
I brought my mom-in-law to have her ears pierced 2 weeks ago...Thank God this wasnt going on then. I would have been humiliated and its not even my business, just one I USED to recommend.

Marcus Tanner
to me
And I hope you dont think that you are anything but a narcissistic nightmare of a client. Nearly every review you have left on Google is a 1 star, showcasing that you only know how to speak for yourself from behind a keyboard. If you had any substance, character, or conviction you would have brought your concerns to me directly where I would have apologized for my distant behavior that was caused by a personal crisis I learned of that day that was taking up my attention, as well as let you know that both Russ and Aaron were placed on probation as soon as the shop emptied that night due to their poor behavior and judgment. My wife is co-owner of the business and as a family establishment all of our spouses and children regularly stop in. Clients are expected to come back and chat during brief consultations, something you yourself did when approaching me about your project. None of that is your business however.
Not only are you a judgmental, reactionary coward, but you are the worst kind of client anyone in the service industry can encounter. Someone who is too afraid to speak for themselves and give the employee a chance to fix the situation, and rushes to publicly shame people for being human. For having off days, and for not being perfect.
Much of what happend the day in question could have been addressed and resolved maturely but you chose instead to try and drag myself, my staff, and my family through the mud. Emailing me personally to make sure I saw your review is not only petulant and childish but entirely unnecessary as your review will do nothing to hurt either my feelings or my livelihood.