Sacred Souls Ink Tattoo Studio

As far as the shop itself, it looked very clean, modern and spacious. No problems there. The reason for this negative review is their new artist, Randy Prause.
Grossly unprofessional and disappointing.
I had asked him multiple times to give me some ideas to add to a current piece (from multiple photos I sent as suggestions). He didn’t and insisted he would have a great idea when we met. He showed up to our appointment slightly late, got stoned in his truck in front of me, (Who would ever do that in front of a paying customer? So insulting.) and was generally unprepared and disinterested. When I seemed slightly uncertain about his half-​baked (no pun intended) concepts, he became alarmingly anxious and irritable and said he no longer felt comfortable and I had to leave. He refused to even touch up the poorly faded original piece we were adding to. After reminding him I took off work and drove an hour to pay him to do some work for me, he cited his «four kids and alimony» and how much he was losing out by turning me away from an hour long tattoo. Logical lol
I feel bad for this shop… they are probably great but unfortunately hired a psychotic. BEWARE.

I’m in town for a couple days and wanted to get a NJ outline tattooed on me with my friend Katie. I don’t care how cliché or lame you might think that is. I grew up in NJ… and now live in GA and gotta represent. I have 11 tattoos: they’re all for me, and this is what I want. :)
I emailed the guys here on Sunday asking if they take walk-​ins because I’m only in town til Tuesday, so I was hoping to slide in on Monday. I thought it was likely they were closed on Sun and Mon because my normal shop in GA *IS* (and I think most shops are as well) — but no, SS is open 7 days a week. WIN!
John got back to me pretty quickly and said come on in around 1:30−2 and we’ll work something out. Katie and I showed up around 1:30, which is half hour after the shop opens. I expected them to be slow on a Monday, which they seemed to be. Good day to slide in if you have the flexibility to choose!
Immediately I noticed how clean the place smelled and looked. I later found out they’ve been open for about 6 months, and it’s apparent they take pride in their work space. Patrick, the owner, told me he and 5 of his buddies built the whole inside of this place — a shop that is attached to a dress shop, and you almost miss it from the road.
There are couches in the front by the window on a clean light brown wood floor. The front desk is a wood and marble looking mixture and the walls are cleanly painted, simple and with awesome art hanging. It’s just days after Thanksgiving and they have their Christmas tree up, which I love.
There are 3 or 4 rooms to get tattooed in. John took Katie who was getting hers on the back of her neck. Patrick took me to tattoo my arm (inside by the elbow). We both got the exact same thing, so once it was on paper, the rest went by pretty fast. The actual tattoo took all of 4 minutes — and that was WITH he and I chatting about rescuing dogs and cats :)
When all was said and done, I had a great experience at a great price at Sacred Souls. and feel like I will definitely be back next time my Tattoo-​needs and NJ-​travels overlap :) I’d recommend anyone check out this conveniently-​located, friendly and talented shop!