Artistic Encounter

Amazing Dom Random lol her name unique was so fast with my jewelry change! No the facility was beyond cool! I liked how each artist have a private booth to work in I want tattoos for my birthday in September may be going there!! Now Dom gave me some organic foam solutions that us supposed to help with my small keloid i really hope it works

Billyjack is a master at his art. His shops make you comfortable and such a great vibe. The talent in his shops are amazing! If you want; line work, color, portrait, ir anything in between he has someone there to do it. I've had friends and family go to his shop that have the same experience.
Billyjack did all mine (6) including a cover up and an improvement on 1 that I hated and now I LOVE!!

Absolutely the best shop in Deep Ellum. Always open, busy, available artists. Billyjack Gunter has been building a Legacy in Dallas for over a decade. He and his artists are accepting, inviting, friendly, and loyal. All traits that are rare in the industry, and traits he requires from his team! I highly recommend either this location or their Rosemeade location where you will be able to find a range of artists at either location to cover ALL your tattoo needs and desires.

I’m so glad I went to this tattoo shop! I walked in hoping to get an old tattoo fixed and the staff was super quick to fit me in. Thank you Kaegan for revamping my tattoo! Will definitely be back for my next one.

I was referred to this place by my two younger sisters who received amazing work by artist Calvin Xavier III. I'm in the process of getting a cover up done and has taken multiple sessions to achieve full coverage. The knowledge that that Calvin possess is astounding not to mention he is totally relatable, funny and can tattoo anything you throw at him.If you want amazing work and a superb artist come to artistic encounter and ask for Calvin!

I had a consultation scheduled with Ana. She was not there after I drove from Red Oak to Dallas just for the consultation. I emailed her, she apologized and we scheduled a consultation via facetime never heard from her. I've emailed her several times no response
She's very unprofessional I hope that's not a reflection of all the artists.

Nice clean shop! I’ve gotten work done by Billy Jack a few times and very pleased. Other employees and artists are all friendly and do great work from what I’ve seen. Highly recommend AE.

Helped out with a piercing that was almost completely yanked out by a chair. Super friendly and very helpful. Will definitely go back as a customer!

Best shop ever. My mom got me hook on them and 8yrs later still use them and only them. Have had every artist do work on me and super proud and honored to display their work. They are definitely family.

I was in there a week ago. The first time was about a year ago. The artist I had last time has left the shop..I cant say I blame the guy. Although a year ago I experienced a rude staff and no greeting at all The artist I had tattoo me whom I am leaving nameless was very sweet. Since he is gone now and I have no clue where his business card is I cant find him..I just went back to the same spot.. Anyway I was greeted by Jeremy. I recognize him from last time. He can be somewhat nice but all he really does (with a smile on his face) is say discrediting things about other artists in the shop he works at and he pressured me to go with his tattooing me. Well I looked through the portfolios..Let me be the one to tell you Jeremy is not the best at AE. He will tell you how so and so isnt qualified to do a certain style or whatever he was saying but in the end his portfolio was one of a few I found to be weak in representation..If he is that good, he should fix his portfolio. Ok, I just wanted to say that guy is not the nice guy he portrays to be and is clearly trying to take business from his piers. I noticed the shop was dead and a couple guys were there, drawing and hanging out..Not a one greeted me..Finally I got a hello from a bigger gentleman from the back. Ive heard great things about this place from others and I have yet to see this big amazing shop I hear about. I mean Ive been treated better in Deep Ellum.. I am simply looking for a professional, custom shop..All Ive gotten at AE is huge egos, crappy attitudes, and too much ghetto hip hop.. Good artists are all over Dallas..But the artists at AE are a bunch of egotistical bad mouthing children. There was an older gentleman there who seemed out of place.. He was nice..I cant remember his name but even he couldnt help me..I say screw it and go visit another of the billion of shops in DFW. This place and the people who work there clearly dont need the business nor care about your time or money..Well maybe they do care about your MONEY. I will not recommend this place to anyone who wants a pleasant tattooing experience.. To top it off the music was way too loud and god awful cursing hood rap!! I have never left a review before..I would otherwise never waste my time..But I am appalled by my experience