Salem Ink Tattoo and Art Gallery

Visited Salem on holiday and decided to get a fun tattoo on a whim. Found Salem Ink, saw the good reviews, and walked in. We were greeted by Loki who was a gem — ended up getting 3 cute ghosts (from flash) with my friends. It was really quick, clean, and efficient. Loki was so friendly and also gave us some tourist recommendations. The studio is gorgeous and so fun to look around (they display and sell art too!). Highly recommend if you want to get a tattoo in Salem :)

We were on vacation and wanted a spur of the moment tattoo, but it was Salem, what better place! It was our first tat and it could not have been easier. I had Erin as my artist and she explained everything she was doing and also explained the After Care, which is relatively simple. FYI - you can wait at the Oyster Bar around the corner and they will call you when they are ready for you.

I wanted to take a piece of Salem home with me from my epic trip, and saw they accepted walk-ins. I went in on the Friday before Halloween to add my name to the list, and was called back about 10 minutes after. I met with Jillian, who was super friendly, knowledgeable, and nice. She drew up what I wanted, helped me with placement, and my session was done pretty quickly. Not only is she amazingly talented artistically, she was really cool to chat with. I was so excited about the end result, and so grateful she was able to fit me in on one of the busiest weekends in Salem. Thanks Jillian for my little piece of Salem. I love it!

I put my name on a list for walk-ins. When I was called in I had Eduardo as my artist and he did amazing! He gave me advice to consider when I wanted to adjust the placement of my tattoo and made sure I was comfortable before we started. I am very happy with my tattoo and I’m glad I got the chance to get it while visiting Salem!

My friends and I came in the other day to get Halloween themed flash tattoos. We have been talking about this idea for a year, but a lot of shops wouldn't do a tattoo party and just recommended that we just show up as walk-ins. We understood October is a crazy time, but we are October babies... there was a reason to the madness.
If anybody wants to get tattooed as a walk-in, I highly recommend you budget your time so you're there when they place that list on the door. I'm guessing the list was 50 names deep and I don't know if they were able to do them all...just as an FYI. We took slots 5-7 on the list. And they called us an hour and a half after they were open.

They were easy enough to work with as we all knew what designs we wanted, and understood what "flash" tattoos mean.... My friends and I all had good experiences with 3 different artists. I'm horrible with names (I apologize) but I would have loved to give my artist a shout out. The cute male artist with the fake scratches on his face for halloween; didn't seem to be listed on the website. But he did a good job, and was quick. Cracked a few jokes to lighten the mood, as my tattoo was on my butt. It was an easy experience for me and fairly plain less.

If you're looking for a talented artist, ask for theundeadsage. That's his Instagram, we never did find out his real name. Fair warning, he will roast you. That line work is clean though. The photo attached shows my beloved witches hat in remembrance of a Samhain trip to Salem, MA with my long time bestie and was taken 24 hours into the healing process.. Also in the photo, the supposed-to-have-been-a-phoenix-aka-thunder-chicken above it is a 10 year old example of "mistakes were made" by myself and the artist, not to be attributed to this artist or shop. Just look away, that happened in Florida in 2012 by a guy who said he did the back piece on Celo Green, probably false.
Perfect examples of two vastly different tattoo experiences side by side and I couldn't be happier with my new addition.

Had an excellent experience from begin to end. I happen to come across a sheet ghost tattoo done by Ricky Mo on Instagram. I sent it to my fiancé immediately because in the coming weeks we were going to be in Salem, and I thought it would be a great way to commemorate our trip. Communication with Ricky thru email was great, he was informative, and booking with him was super easy. On the day of our appointment we were greeted by Ricky, he was friendly and welcoming. The cleanliness of the studio, Ricky's room, and equipment were all on point. He made both our sessions extremely comfortable, checking in on us, playing good music, and having a few laughs. We couldn't have been happier with the whole experience. Ricky is a great artist, and I would recommend him to anyone visiting Salem. We have gotten so many compliments on our tattoos and we had a few people in Salem and Boston asking were we got our work done, we spread the world in hopes that it will bring more people his way. Totally worth it, and definitely looking forward to getting more work done by Ricky. Thanks for capping off a wonderful trip to Salem with our new forever friends👻🌹👻🔥

Very accommodating and friendly artists. Love the custom armband I got done by Loki! The place also has some really cool artwork from local artists on display and for sale. I snagged a couple of pieces made by Danny Wicked after Loki finished my armband. I will likely return for a second armband in the near future.

We had an excellent experience here! Everyone is super friendly and inviting, the artists are so talented and were able to take some abstract ideas and give us exactly what we wanted! Highly recommend for your next tattoo (big or small)!

Best tattoo experience to date!Me and friens visited here in Ocyober which is most likely their busiest time all year. I had Erin and she was amazing! Super personable and easy to talk to. I changed things up a but before meeting her and she was so kind and willing to work on my new idea! Would definitely recommend this place to others and will be coming back for more!