Tattoo Studios
Gas Pedals Custom Tattoo
About Gas Pedals Custom Tattoo
Tattoo studios gather where rent is reasonable and foot traffic is steady, and the Pandosy stretch south of downtown offers both. Gas Pedals Custom Tattoo works from 2917 Pandosy Street, in a building shared with a couple of other businesses, a few blocks back from the lake.
Custom work is a commissioning process rather than a purchase. It usually starts with a consultation, where you describe what you want, talk through placement and size, and look at the artist's earlier work to judge whether the style suits your idea. A deposit generally follows, then a drawing, then one or more sittings depending on the scale of the piece. Questions worth raising early include how the studio handles revisions to a design, what the deposit covers, how far out the booking calendar runs, and what the aftercare instructions will be. Sort out identification requirements before you book rather than at the door.
Pandosy suits an appointment that might run for hours, since the surrounding blocks have places to eat and the beaches are close if you want air between sittings. Okanagan summers are hot and dry, which matters with fresh work, because strong sun and lake water are both things you will be told to keep away from for a while; booking into the shoulder seasons sidesteps the problem entirely. Kerbside parking is the norm around here and it tightens on warm days when the shore fills up, so allow a few extra minutes at the front of the appointment.
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