GRAPHIC FLESH

best tattoo/piercing

Douglas Bridges-O’Connor
daily vidette senior staff

While choosing a tattoo or piercing you won’t regret is no easy task, choosing a studio to get that tattoo or piercing can be even more difficult. However, ISU students know exactly where to go: Graphic Flesh.

Tim Kintz, tattoo artist and co-owner of Graphic Flesh, tattoos recent ISU graduate Teresa Altobelli.
David Schiller / Daily Vidette Senior Staff
Tim Kintz, tattoo artist and co-owner of Graphic Flesh, tattoos recent ISU graduate Teresa Altobelli.

For the second consecutive year, Graphic Flesh was voted the Best Tattoo/Piercing Studio in Bloomington-Normal.

“I’m extremely proud and thankful for all the support in town and on campus. We really try to keep our standards very high and treat our customers with so much respect. That’s always been our number one goal,” Alysha Franco, Graphic Flesh owner, said.

According to Franco, students prefer Graphic Flesh over other local tattoo and piercing studios because of the amount of customer service and artwork its artists and piercers provide.

“We really try to keep our studio top quality and provide the best experience. You really get the whole package here,” she said.
Graphic Flesh will soon have “amazing” tattoo and piercing specials in celebration of the studio’s eighth year in business, Franco added.

Artkore Tattoos came in second, and while owner Steve McClintock is grateful to have been voted for the category at all, he strongly believes his studio should have placed first.

“I think that people need to go online and compare our competitors’ tattoos to the work that we do at Artkore and make their own decision based on that. At Artkore Tattoos, you’re going to spend a little bit more money, but you’re going to get what you pay for in the final work,” McClintock said.

Second Place

artkore tattoos

Third Place

exquisite body piercing
Best of Bloomington-Normal 2011 Seal