INKSTINCT NYC

Founded by Carlos Guzman, who has more than 15 years of experience in large-scale custom tattoos and black and grey realism, Inkstinct NYC works out of Astoria, Queens and serves clients from Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Long Island. Resident artists range from one year to 17 years of experience and cover fine line, blackwork, neo-traditional, new school and anime, color realism, lettering, biomechanical and freehand work, with guest artists featured too. The studio keeps a clean space with premium materials and strict hygiene standards, and one review says a portrait tattoo there looks like a photograph. It does tattoos only and no piercing. Clients must be 18 with valid ID, and a non-refundable deposit books an appointment. Rated 4.9 from 483 Google reviews, 461 of them five stars.