I used to work at Irie Tribe Glass & Gifts, also known as Irie Ink or Irie Tribe Ink, the only tattoo in Sandy, OR.
I no longer work there. Because I practice Zen, I will not dive into the dirty details of why I left that shop. I wash my hands of that place. I wish the owner, Justin Kruckman, the staff, and the tattoo artists there the best.
For a time I was at Voodoo Tattoo. The shop is a trip, full of New Orleans signs, doors, beads, skulls, and crows. The ambiance cannot be matched. The girls that work the counter are friendly and not hard on the eyes, if you know what I mean. But I was a ship in the stormy seas of Willow Sparrow when I worked there; loud claps of thunder, bright flashes of lightening, sharp rain blasting in the cold wind. Every once in a while, a clear sunny day. But the storms were too much. Never knew when they'd come, how long they'd last, or how severe. Tragic, really. Voodoo Tattoo could be a great shop.
So, far there's only one shop where I would actually work. Graveyard Tattoos in Clackamas, OR. Allan and Bob are solid artists. They could definitely, use a Web site re-design though.
Graveyard Tattoos is clean, well lighted, and offers a safe, interesting tattoo experience. Bob puts flash from his students and his artist on the wall.
In fact, I got my first professional tattoos from Graveyard Tattoos when I was learning the art of tattooing there as a student. Overall, it's a professional environment, but still has the essential elements of real tattoo shop. And it's right across the street from Fantasy Adult Shop (inside joke.)
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