Pittsburgh Tattoo Company

Shannon Daley is one of the best artists I've ever seen and the only artist I'll go to. I have tattoos that she did seven years ago and people still ask me if I just had them done. She's great to hang out with while getting work done, she's very professional and clean, and she's great at helping me convert my vague ideas to amazing artwork. I wish I could give her and her shop more stars.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND!! I've been a victim of terrible tatts the majority of my life, until I walked into P.T. co. It was such a welcoming, CLEAN, chilled atmosphere with amazing artists! Justin Sims was my artist and not only was he a great person but he is BEYOND talented! The tattoo he did for me he drew from scratch and it is absolutely breathtaking! I was in shock til I got home, looked at it and reality hit me.. the beauty of it made me cry tears of joy. I couldn't be happier! Its everything I could of ever wanted and more. Will definitely be back for more!

Ok, I would like to start with this review is for piercings only. I do have a small tattoo from them from a Friday the 13th event and had no problems. My piercings on the other hand, have caused problems. I got my lip pierced here on the say day as my tattoo and ask for a hoop, knowing how I swell and heal. I was basically told told no and was pierced with a short bar. The placement of my lip is great but due to how much I swelled, healing was so hard. I ended up stopping at another shop to have it looked at because the base of the bar was digging in so much. The other shop didnt want to change it just because of the healing but agreed I should have been pierced with a hoop when I explained how I heal. The most recent time I was there was about a month ago for a cartilage piercing (as pictured with different jewelry). I really wanted a piercing during a bad day and knew my friend loves it there and was going to try it again. I again asked for a hoop and again was denied. I again like the placement of the piercing itself but the bar was far to short. When I swelled, the flat back dug into the skin so bad, I wasn't healing and scabbing bad. I ended up having to change it to a hoop earlier then I should have but I knew it wasn't healing with the bar. Looking at the bar, it was shorter than bars my roommate used for his healed cartilage piercings. I'm now having such a long heal with this ear piercing, I'm having another piercer look at it. Again, nothing against the tattoo artists but multiple bad piercing experiences.

Walked in for a piercing was done in like 5 minutes flat. Piercing prices a reasonable too. Will be going back for another, and probably a tat once I figure what to get. Place is clean and tidy as well.

I got my first tattoo with John, and I left disappointed. He didn't ask enough questions about my specific design and he seemed more interested in what he wanted to design that what I wanted to get tattooed. I imagined something pretty simple and thought it would be fine, but there was clearly some miscommunication.

After some initial discomfort, getting the tattoo itself wasn't too bad, and he was pretty friendly, but he spent a lot of time talking to his coworkers complaining about other customers.

Service was good and my artist was super nice but I just don’t think he was paying much attention while he was doing this. I was during the $20 tattoos but still, I think it should’ve been better than this. Stray lines and one of the circles isn’t even complete.

My entire experience here was awkward and unsettling. My artist was 20 minutes late. Whatever, no big deal. But, while I was waiting, several people kept walking in and assuming I worked there because no one would greet them and I was the only one making eye contact (it was only me and two workers in the shop, no other customers yet).

When my artist arrived, she didn’t greet me but I guess she knew I was her appointment because I think they had just opened and I was her first for the day. She just kind of shouted at me from behind the counter to come look at the sketch she came up with.

Prior to my appointment, her email to me was very brief. No questions asked. No indication that she couldn’t/wouldn’t do anything I asked. So, when I asked her to space the flowers out, she said “THAT’S NOT HOW THEY GROW and if you’ve seen my Instagram then you’d know what my work is like.” Without another word, she sighed loudly out of frustration and began furiously erasing her sketch tablet like a child.

The funny thing is that I felt like I spent months obsessing over her work before deciding to book with her. I felt like she was refusing to take responsibility for not really putting any effort into the sketch or for not putting in any effort to communicate with me.

While I waited for her changes, I considered slapping $50 on the counter for her time and running out the door. Instead I decided to get over my anxiousness and just trust her. After all, I had seen plenty of her work online and I figured no matter what I ended up with would be nice. I 100% regret that now. We spent two hours in awkward silence and now I’m stuck with a tattoo that’s nice enough but not really what I was imagining. Sure, that’s partially my fault for being awkward, but this artist was so confrontational, aggressive, and unhelpful that I just felt backed into a corner.

I think artists like these need to be more considerate of the fact that these are intimate and anxiety-inducing situations for some people. Also, we’re coming to you, a professional artist, trusting that you’re going to help guide us and create something unique based on our requests rather than just throwing any old sketch together. It’s not okay to talk to paying customers who admire your work like they’re stupid just because you’re feeling lazy and uninspired. I will definitely be finding a different artist to finish my tattoo.

Awesome and friendly tattoo shop,great work and great prices,very satisfied with my tattoo.

I could not ask for a better group of guys! Thomas Kenny was my girl friends artist, and he was unbelievably fast, efficient, and produced amazing art!

Great people, Great atmosphere and out standing job on my tattoo. I will definitely come back soon