3 Best Tattoo Shops in Portland, OR

“Paramount Tattoo Studio is owned by tattoo artist Nathan Mollahan, who brings over two decades of experience in offering high-quality, customized tattoo designs. He is an expert in all kinds of tattoos, specializing in large-scale, custom designs. Tattoos are appointment-based, full-day sessions (no walk-ins); inquiries are made via email. Their professional body piercers have over three decades of combined piercing experience. They also have the most reasonable prices on body piercings and jewelry. They offer a wide variety of body jewelry in many styles and materials, available both in-store and online. They are open Tuesday through Saturday, take walk-in piercings, and accept clients starting at noon, with a cut-off time of 7:00 PM or once their waiting list reaches maximum capacity for the day. They accept cards, cash, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. Their street has plenty of street parking available. For payments, they also accept prepaid debit gift cards.”

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“Ritual Arts is the first Green Certified tattoo and piercing studio that provides high-quality tattoo and piercing services to its customers. The studio's highly skilled tattoo artists offer a wide range of tattoo designs, from traditional to modern. Ritual Arts is a queer-owned studio where creating an inclusive environment starts with their team and extends to their clientele. The studio provides a comfortable, safe, and relaxing space. They offer aftercare products for tattoos and body piercings. Their goal is to treat everyone like they are part of the Ritual Arts family. 'Ritual Arts' offers vegan pigments and body jewelry made with vegan ethically sourced materials. Here you will find a comfortable, clean, and safe space.Their lobby and tattoo stations are grade-level and wheelchair accessible. For parking, you may use the parking lot on the north side of the building.”

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“Adorn Tattoo is a female-owned and award-winning studio that has four tattoo artists with unique artistic expressions and is versed in various tattoo styles, from traditional Americana to photorealism. They are committed to meeting or exceeding all industry, state, and federal health and safety standards. They are internationally known for having one of their studio's largest selections of high-end jewelry collections. Their body piercers average more than ten years of experience and are all members of the Association of Professional Piercers. All their body piercers are members of the Association of Professional Piercers (APP) and take annual continuing education classes on everything from bedside manners to advanced ear curations and human anatomy. Adorn Tattoo uses disposable needles and piercing jewelry of the highest quality. The studio also has branches in Portland and Vancouver.”

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