The Collective Gallery and Tattoo Studio

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EditX2( more work done by Erik this time on my arm 1 year after wife’s rose/lace this is 4 weeks healed up )
Edit:)update) Eric gave us a post48 hour courtesy text to see how it was healing and if we had any follow up questions. We need more courteous people like this in the world.

Just awesome talent and imignation, take an idea to him and let him run with it. You will not be disappointed.

If you want to be stopped and complimented on your tattoos/art on a daily basis then this is the perfect place to go. Eddie’s work is phenomenal — so creative & beautifully done! He’s so professional as well. I’ve bounced around from shop to shop because I’ve never found anybody that checks all the boxes for me but I think I found my new home lol.

Best experience I've ever had. My tattoo artist was Nate. He did an amazing job not only on my tattoo but on his ability to make me feel comfortable and confident in his work/ abilities. Tattoo quality was amazing, NO scarring, healed quickly, color is vibrant and bright. He has a very light touch, he made it as painless as possible. Definitely plan on going beck next month to have more done. Thank you Nate

Lefty was the artist that did my tattoo and I'm far beyond impressed and satisfied. Lefty gave me 110% and ensured that I was taken care of all the way to the time I stepped out of the shop. I was on a short time frame and I requested Lefty to draw and finish this piece as soon as possible. I went in on Saturday and Lefty stayed late to draw my piece after we had talked about it and I returned the next day and was able to finish the tattoo (Sundays are usually Lefty's days off). Lefty is not only an amazing artist, but he will take the time to explain to you what he sees in your ideas and make suggestions to guide you to your perfect tattoo. Thank you very much for your time Lefty and the best of luck your freakn awesome!

Lefty brought my 13 year old tattoo back to life-and better than before! The staff here are top notch artists, friendly and professional. I would definitely return for any future work. =]

Dam!!! Erik is the best artist in town hands down. The healing process was golden and he has great rates. Highly recommend this artist ive had tats everywhere and never had the quality of work done as good as his.

Well me and my friend have visited this place a couple of times and have always had a great time till i went the last time. I decided I wanted to get a soldiers cross and put my drivers name to it, he died of gulf war syndrome a basically rotted from the inside out. It . Certain parts of it weren't finished and one of the boots if you look didnt have any outline where as the other boot does the helmet looks jacked up. My artist walked away from doing my ink and went out back with some guy for maybe 15 mins. That day I spent almost 1000.00 dollars and wasn't pleased mine looked like a 100.00 tatt my friends turned out good. I'm going elsewhere to get it reworked. The lighter one is while I was still there and the darker one was after it was healed.

Eddie was the man! Tattoo experience could not have gone better, especially after shopping two other shops in the area, the Collective was the perfect spot. Eddie took my amateur sketch and transformed it into a perfect design that he altered to better flow with the shape of my arm, totally brought my drawing to life and it looks great in person. Of all my tattoos, this is the most even fill and steady linework I've gotten done and a great price for how attentive and clean the place is- I'll definitely be using this shop for the rest of my designs.

First off I am new to San Antonio and had been on a search for not only a new shop but also an artist I can feel comfortable with, I never believe in just settling.
I did the review and distance search and found collective art and tattoo studio. As I walked in to the studio for a visit immediately I was astonished at how clean the shop was. We were greeted by Eric and he was super informative. He was on the same page of our wants and needs and was not pushy. It was also a feeling of mutual respect and not just some guy trying to take my money. So after checking other shops I decided on Eric and the collective art and tattoo studio. His work is amazing, so detailed and clean, what I liked is his vision and input on the piece was more than I had visioned. I even had other artists impressed by his work and ask me where I got it done.

I was told about this tattoo shop through a friend, and I was looking to get a nice, classy chest piece done. I set an appointment and arrived 15 minutes early, they were very accommodating and really pleasant; they had really great customer service and they were full of smiles. Especially with what’s going on nowadays, it’s really nice to see genuinely nice people who are ready and willing to do a good job at their trade.