Exile Ink

"I’ve had two pieces done by Kaitlin in the past few months… both very unique and very personally meaningful to me. She is absolutely wonderful and so talented. He r attention to detail is so incredible and she was able to take the vision I described for each tattoo and make it better than I even imagined. Highly recommend!"

"Loved my experience both times! Ray tattooed my entire left sleeve, hes very upfront about locations of tattoos that will work great or not so great. We both agreed on how far my tat went up my hand due to him informing me they tend to blow out and fade quickly the farther up the fingers they go. I tend to let the artist take the lead on any of my concepts and he definitely did not dissapoint with both of my big pieces! Highly reccomend :)"

"EDIT:looking at the other reviews i do believe ray did my tattoos. but he seemed too arrogant to even tell me his name so i cant be sure. honestly, not very impressed all around. i went for a flash event back in october, i go to many in the pittsburgh area. we get to the location, and no line was there so i was pretty stoked. and the studio itself is small but cool and seemed clean. the lady who took down my name was nice. that’s about where the good ends….i got 2 flashes, both colored. the one is fine i guess aside from some weird lines but the spider is just a little wonky. i dont think its “bad” by any means, but it definitely makes me cringe to look at up close. i felt kinda rushed thru the whole thing. the man who did my tattoos was rather rude towards me, he called me “lame” for not having any colored tattoos and just line work (at this point). i have a skin condition that causes my skin to flake and become dry, he made fun of me for that when cleaning my skin. he also made rude comments about my pain tolerance (which is not bad at all, i literally grunted like once), and all in all was just really uncomfortable for me. before i went in he was yelling at this woman to stay still. i get it, u gotta stay still. but dude was yelling at her—if shes moving just stop and let her breathe… i understand its a flash event, but at the very least i would hope the person stabbing a needle in my body a billion times per second would have some professionalism. he was very rude and only had rude things to say. ive never had such an odd and distasteful experience at a flash event or studio in general. i feel like the other artists here r way kinder, seeing how they interacted w their clients and i feel i would have had better things to say ab this place if i had a different artist. sad to say i wont be returning."

"Exile Ink is probably one of the best shops around. Friendly, professional, and well informed with tattoo design, color palettes, handling, and aftercare. I had a chest piece done by Ray; a down to earth artist who made sure you were comfortable. He's a elite with designing, choices of colors, and fairly light handed when it came to actually tattooing. The whole experience was worth the price, but the second skin type aftercare was enough to make me go back for my next tattoo! Less worrying about the challenges which comes from aftercare, the second skin type aftercare, you just leave it on for a few days, peel it off and somehow it heals rather quickly, but not fully. I feel like all shops she invest in the type of product! Overall, I would definitely recommend this place to anyone wanting a great tattoo!"

"Got my 3rd tattoo here done by Kaitlin, work came out perfect and is exactly what I wanted, met Ray and both were very cool. Would for sure get another tattoo here. (Also pictured is before color)"