I always laugh when I see "best at ..." or anything related. At the shop he does have a bit more larger pieces than what is online (i think there are better in his physical portfolio than what is online). I checked out a few shops, but being as new to the subject as I am, I apparently went to all the "wrong" shops. Google was my friend and turned up a lot of garbage (places I walked in, then simple walked out). Only more recently have I found a few shops that are definitely in my lineup to go check out and most probably get more work done at. (To name a few Invisible NYC, Last Rites). The only problem I am finding with my current artist is lack of availability due to the shop being high volume. My roommate told me about his tattoo being done in an appointment only shop and said the experience was much smoother as there were less people milling around, and it was a more one-on-one situation (he is signed up currently to get a tattoo at NYC Invisible).
As for what I want to get from Toxyc is a bit hard to describe in words, but very much along his style. I heard somewhere he is around 300ish an hour, correct me if I am wrong.
I have work from Stefano at Last Rites, and as of last fall, all of the artists there (except for Paul Booth) were $225/hr. That's plus NYC sales tax and some obscure city tax. Of course, prices could have gone up since then. I'd love to see what you get from Toxyc. I've been thinking of getting work from him, but I'm worried it might be awkward going to someone else in the same shop. I've also been tattooed at Invisible (by Tim Hendricks when he was doing a guest spot) and it was great there too. It was a definite change of pace to go from being blasted with heavy metal and skulls staring at me, compared to Invisible's more relaxing environment. Of course, I was too busy crying while Tim went at my ribs to really pay attention :o . FWIW, I have Regino on my short list of potential future tattooers.
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I have work from Stefano at Last Rites, and as of last fall, all of the artists there (except for Paul Booth) were $225/hr. That's plus NYC sales tax and some obscure city tax. Of course, prices could have gone up since then. I'd love to see what you get from Toxyc. I've been thinking of getting work from him, but I'm worried it might be awkward going to someone else in the same shop. I've also been tattooed at Invisible (by Tim Hendricks when he was doing a guest spot) and it was great there too. It was a definite change of pace to go from being blasted with heavy metal and skulls staring at me, compared to Invisible's more relaxing environment. Of course, I was too busy crying while Tim went at my ribs to really pay attention :o . FWIW, I have Regino on my short list of potential future tattooers.