Colossus Tattoo

Been getting all of my last pieces done here. Everyone is super kind, great atmosphere, and always a great experience. Love all the folks here! Don’t mess with any other shops now. Appreciate all of you!

I go see the fellas at this shop for new work as often as possible. The artists are all terrific... great shop vibe. Highly recommend if you're in the market for a new tattoo shop

Friendly staff with a great open atmosphere. Bree Lin is quite easily the best tattoo artist in the valley and as long as she is tattooing I will be scheduling my work with her.

I had a great experience with Devin at Colossus Tattoo. The shop is great, nice and laid back. Devin has been great creating my piece and his work is excellent. In the shop getting the work done, Devin is incredibly diligent and detail oriented. He took care and time making sure the piece looked just like we wanted it to. He was easy to talk to, laid back, and his work is exceptional. I will absolutely be back for more here!

Dan is THE BEST!! My husband & I had a great experience at this shop. All artists are friendly & hilarious. Dan is an AMAZING artist that is now my husband's go to tattoo artist - we are both obsessed with his work. Thank you for the sweet ink, can't wait for more!

Awesome Tempe local Tattoo shop! These guys do great work and it was a pleasure to experience what they offer. Absolutely recommended to anyone in the area or passing through!

Everyone there does a great job and will sit down with you to draw out the best design. They do all sorts of styles and art. I've been there twice already and would go again!

With my first tattoo I was hesitant on where to go, I stumbled upon Colossus Tattoo and was SO glad that I did. Bree was friendly and accommodating and I am ecstatic with the results! With any questions or concerns, Bree was quick to respond within minutes! Overall a clean, nice shop with friendly employees! I will definitely be recommending this shop to my friends/family! Thank you!!

Worked with Jentle Death on two tattoos that both turned out amazing! I was a little nervous getting my first tattoo but she made it a great experience. Love all the color and detail. Everyone there is awesome and friendly.

Chipp (Aaron Byrd) had been the definitive artist for all of my fiancé's, my local friend's, and my own tattoos for just around 8 years now and up until a few days ago I did not see that changing...

However at this point I would absolutely never recommend anyone to trust in his professionalism or ethics in any way. He is notorious for canceling appointments last minute, booking personal friends into your appointments and letting you know hours before your appointment, and choosing to never return emails, text messages or phone calls. He has now also chosen to cancel a project that he took a $150 deposit for and there was no follow through for the better part of the last year and states that my deposit is non-refundable...even though HE has chosen to not follow through after numerous cancellations on his end.

In the midst of that situation (prior to letting me know that he was keeping my deposit and never had intentions of completing the job) he also posted some art for sale on Instagram in which I expressed an interest to purchase. He set a price and requested immediate payment via a digital method, I sent payment and discussed meeting at the shop to pick up the art and get a solid appointment for the tattoo project, he let me know what time he would be around the next day and we left it at that. I awoke to a string of messages where he explained that he now had no intention of selling me the art, was not returning my money or deposit, and that I had no reason to meet up with him?!?!

In the past he has generally chosen to be decently high/intoxicated at appointments and that demeanor only increased with him being part of the opening/management staff at Colossus to the point where you can expect multiple "smoke" breaks out of the back of the shop during your appointment session. Normally it's to each their own but there are limits to that and the sheer lack of professionalism in such regards shouldn't exist when you are handling clients and charging them for your time.

This shop itself is full of amazing artists, Chipp... included, that can perform some unbelievably fantastic work but any business can only be as strong as the person/people at the helm and the decisions they make. Years of loyalty were met with deceit, disrespect, and in the end absolute and intentional theft. If that is how a longtime patron is treated under this management good luck on not finding yourself hurting to a horrible scenario all your own. There are better, more trustworthy and professional shops in the valley, do yourself a favor and look elsewhere.