Hell Funky Tattoo

rasherbyrne

getting inked here in two weeks.

been in there a couple of times, the guys seem to know their stuff.
just wondering anyone any experiences with this place?

rasherbyrne

oh yeah have a card from the place but the website link doesnt work. have they a new one?

this is the link i have. www.hellfunkytattoo.com

Star Lord

Where is it? First I've heard of it...

Sean7

It's on cathal brugha st/marlborough st, Findlater Place to be precise. Beside The Living Room bar. It looks clean and respectable but I only ever see skangers in there.

lauralinda32

If youre worried about the tattoo quality, look at photos I guess. If youre worried about hygiene, ask for a look around, ask to see autoclave/unltrasonic certificates, cleaning products, sharps bins etc. All good tattooists should change cloves every time they touch anything.
Chekc if they tattoo anything on anyone, ask for ID etc..
good luck!

tony 2 tone

http://www.hellfunkystattoo.com/hell.html
Nice shot of the autoclave in the gallery

amazingemmet

I'd avoid the place. If you look closely at the work its very shoddy lines aren't nice, all the blackwork isn't great.

haff

Lo,

amazingemmet, Have you been in there personally or just passing a comment on something you walked past on the street?

Speaking from personal experience:D, I have the fortune of getting two tatts from Seb at Hellsfunkys and they are superb pieces of tattooing. I couldn't be happier on any level. Each has clean bold lines, delicious rich color on one, great uniform black on the other.

I found the premises to be neat, tidy and literally sparkling clean (shop lights glinting off autoclave, lol). As expected, Seb checked my id and, not that he needed to, put me completely at ease with his manner and obvious experience. I will be going back there again soon for my next piece... the beginning of a full back piece I have been putting together for the past decade... w00t ... I am proud of the ink I got there and looking forward to the next addition.

lauralinda32 - great suggestion, if you have an interest in getting a tattoo from any shop, go there, hang out for a little while and watch the artists at work, ask questions about hygiene, speak with customers. Use your eyes.

rasherbyrne - let us know how your tatt goes, Seb or Brat will take care of you!:p

amazingemmet

I'm going on whats in the portfolio on the site and if thats a display of the best work I'd avoid it like the plague

haff

Great! Less waiting for me then

Sean7

I don't mean to appear cynical but as your using a new account it's makes me curious . Do you work there?

haff

Lol, [SIZE=-1]Just because your paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you ..[/SIZE]

I live in Phoenix, Arizona. I checked the place out last time I was visiting home/Dublin after a friend who got inked there told me about it.

This thread comes up on a google search for the tatt shop in question so being a curious fellow I had to come check it out then felt obligated to comment as I have only had great experiences there both times. I felt the negative comments were unfair having personally seen clean lines, clean shop, happy customers etc and wanted to make sure that a balanced discussion was being had:cool:

Sean7

ÒK just wondering.

Dashticle

I've seen two people get tattoos there and though I said they were both good (hardly going to twell them they were ****e) one was ok while the other one was, in fact, ****e.

@ OP go elsewhere.

rasherbyrne

alright guys got the tattoo done in here in the end, im quite happy with it.

its up on their site for anyone who is interested its number 42 on seb's portfolio.

he done what i asked and added his own little touch to it and im very happy as to how it turned out, i wanted it to look as if it was carved into stone and i think this is how it turned out.

amazingemmet

Pic?

bobbythepsycho

That's a pretty awesome tattoo man, see what ya mean bout the being in stone look

Star Lord

That looks way better than imagined! Really nice!

No 33 looks quite similar stylistically, was admiring it before.

Crumble Froo

amazingemmet wrote: »

Pic?

haff

Congratulations on a beautiful tatt rasherbyrne!!! I had seen that tatt in their gallery and was impressed at the style, the stone effect looks realistic - I like how it looks etched in there, somewhat envious tbh, very nice style, knew Seb would sort you out! :cool:

amazingemmet

Nice

Will

yup nice work indeed

Pedrospuds

got my one done there as rasher will tell you .

4 hours work for 140 quid

haff

Heading back over to Dublin in a couple of weeks, will be getting some sleeve work done by Seb, can't fookin' wait

Kastro

hows it look healed?

Sofaspud

Got a tattoo done here today, and I was mightily impressed. Seb was really friendly, talked me through everything, was randomly chatting and having a laugh with me through the whole thing.
The piece came out really nicely as well, although it's still very red 'cos there was a lot of shading. I'll throw up a pic soon.

Star Lord

Make sure you do, we wouldn't wanna have to set Will on ya!!!

Sofaspud

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Make sure you do, we wouldn't wanna have to set Will on ya!!!

My camera's either broken or out of battery, I'm charging the battery at the moment so I hope it's the latter!

Sofaspud

Yay, it works.

Had to take this of myself at an awkward angle, but it's there!



edit: And yes, that is a picture of bart simpson's naked ass on my wall.

Crumble Froo

oh, ****ing nice dude! love it!

riff-raff

Nice tatt just surfing and stumble upon you guys have a bit of art work myself and buliding up to a large back piece and some script down the front of my ribs lokking for a few ideas for the pieces and ideas???

theonlyone

i got loads of ink done in hell funkys by seb and i couldn be happier, hes the only tattooist who i trust because its more than just money to him he will actually put time into planning a custom piece with the customer and not charge an arm and a leg for top qulity ink :rolleyes:. he exceptionally clean and hygienic, he takes cross contamination VERY seriously.

so anyways id totally recommend him,:cool:

and ive found that the lads in there joke around and make ya feel relaxed, id prefer to be tattooed in an environment like this rather then a cold, sterile place,,

E-G

Got Tattood here a few months ago...me and a load of girls from school went in ... really clean and good work:D people are cool and good prices too.. my first tattoo so was quite nervous :eek: let me take my time and made sure we were all ok first !! ask for Matt the brat :cool:

Sofaspud

E-G wrote: »

Got Tattood here a few months ago...me and a load of girls from school went in ... really clean and good work:D people are cool and good prices too.. my first tattoo so was quite nervous :eek: let me take my time and made sure we were all ok first !! ask for Matt the brat :cool:

It's closed down now though!

Pooh-bah

Ya Seb got pretty sick..I got a tattoo done by Brat there a year ago,its terrible!The lines were all wrong and the ink is blotchy and faded after about a month!Seb is excellent tho,he did my moms and my friends..They never asked for i'd in there!

haff

Hey,

Seb and Brat have long since parted ways. Seb was quite ill for some time and as a result had to stop tattooing to focus on his health. I am happy to say he is back in action and tattooing (Near Harold's Cross) once more and focused on custom tattoo work only.

He has a new contact email address so please direct any inquiries to: seb_leroy2008@yahoo.com

Further examples of his work (along with contact options) can be viewed over on his myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/sebleroy

PJW

From viewing brat's work in his gallery (link in post #6) I'm not surprised Zeb parted company.....strange tatt in photo No. 20, like wtf is this for realious?