Nova Tattoo Studio

I came in September 2021 to get a cover up of a cover up of a cover up lol and Les slayed the tattoo! I can not see the old cover ups at all! I even have Ankylosing Spondylitis and chronic pain, and it wasn’t as painful as I thought it would be and we finished it all in one sitting! Les a really great artist and listens to your ideas and brings the magic!!
Thank you Les!!!

Haven't been in recently but when my Harry died 6yrs ago this is the place where I got his paw 🐾 tattooed on my hands. The guy was really cool about it even when I asked to have some of Harry's ashes mixed in with the ink. The hairbear lives on!!!

I love the work done by Les. He is very talented and I come up from Utah to get work! I've gotten a sea turtle tattoo on the top of my foot and a memorial piece for my dad from him. He's super friendly, professional and knows so much about tattoo work! He's even done cover-up work on my brother in law!

Had a great experience from start to finish. I was recommended to Les by someone that has several pieces by him. Got back to me quick, drawing was amazing, I had a tattoo drawn up that wasn't an easy one and was a head scratcher and he Hella pulled out a great drawing. He listened to any changes I wanted made and happily made them. Got schedule and it wasn't a stretch I had to wait for my appointment. It was the fastest 4 hours with little pain. I have other tattoos from other artists that seemed to drag on and on with more pain than not. Great back and fourth convo to get you thru. I highly recommend Les to anyone looking for an amazing artist with patience and great customer service. I will definitely be back to this dude! My tattoo looks amazing.

Les is one of my favorite tattoo artists. He is very easy to work with in designing custom tattoos, and a delight to spend time with as he creates your permanent body art. I've recommended several people to him, and they've all been thrilled with the results.

I had stopped by several months ago just to check the place out as it was new to the area, Les was nice to talk to and I came back a few months later and Les and i talked about a Dragon Fly tattoo. I gave him a few ideas that I liked and when he drew me up my first look it wasn't quite what I wanted, Les was more than happy to make all the changes i wanted and came up with the prefect tattoo, in fact I was so pleased I chatted with a friend of mine and she decided she wanted to have a different tattoo done to cover one of hers up. Again Les came up with the prefect tattoo and made the time to get both me and my friend in on the same night! we both love our new tattoos and plan to get another one soon. Les keeps the shop very clean and professional. Thank you Les! Theresa and Kristen...

I fulfilled one of the things on my bucket list, to get my first tattoo.
After carefully researching tattoo parlors, I choose Nova's. The experience was great.
Les, the owner was so professional and talented, he carefully gave me great aftercare. Requirements. I've only gotten compliments from everyone that sees it.
Thank you Les, for making my first experience relaxing.

*EDIT: The last posting was a bit glitchy, so trying this again.

Simply wow! I had never gotten a tattoo before. To give some perspective, I had grown up with my dad telling me that tattoo shops were "the places you never wanted to go to" filled with things that go bump in the night. When I decided I wanted to get a tattoo, I had walked by Les's shop several times but never gone inside.

The instant I sauntered in, Les greeted me with a big smile. His shop was clean, the artwork on the walls was ornate, and the place simply looked awesome. I told him exactly what I wanted from my first experience and it snowballed from there, two weeks of swapping ideas back and forth, sarcastic jokes, and more design changes...then the day came. I sat down and Les gave me a few "trial sticks" to ease my nerves. The entire time through my tattoo we joked around and blasted AC/DC and deadmau5. It was an absolutely legendary experience.

You want to talk quality? I had the best healing experience ever. This is totally because Les did it right the first time. The ink was fantastically laid in the skin, no imperfections or strange marks anywhere. Four weeks later it still looks like it did that first night.

I've come back to Les's shop a few times since then...the dude's a good friend. He's going to give me a free touch-up in a few weeks...I really appreciate attention to the customer like that.

In conclusion, don't waste your time with the other jokers out there. Les is simply amazing. He did a fantastic job (I mean, check out the pictures!) and I would recommend him in a heartbeat to anyone looking for a great tattoo experience.

Don't get anything with any amount of detail from this place! He's good at cartoon style tats, but that's it. He messed up my design, and after multiple tries to fix it, not only could he not, he made it worse! I ended up having to stop him while "fixing" it since it was getting so bad. My recommendation is to just stay away - it's not worth the risk of having a bad tattoo permanently on your body!

Teddy was the artist I was dealing with and am basing this review about. Teddy was extremly unprofesional, his state of mind was lapsing and made me question what kind of drugs he was using because it was that bad. The smell of alchol he was emmiting from his breath/body odor I would question his sobirity while using a tattoo machine. Considering the extensive time I sat in a chair, I'd never let him touch me or anyone I know.