For the second 12 months in a row, New Age Tattoos and Physique Piercings has received greatest tattoo store in Springfield, and one other of the parlor’s tattoo artists, Jesse Flock, has been voted the most effective tattoo artist. Established in 1998 and at the moment positioned on Wabash Avenue, New Age Tattoos is owned by skilled tattoo artist Jason Lee, and has knowledgeable piercer and 4 different tattoo artists on employees.
The enterprise web site describes it as “one of many cleanest and friendliest retailers on the town.” The tattoo artists are so common that almost all are booked weeks, if not months, prematurely, though walk-in tattooing (palm-size or smaller) is accessible from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. each Wednesday. Piercings are completed on a walk-in foundation Monday by way of Saturday from 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
New Age provides again to the group by way of numerous occasions corresponding to internet hosting blood drives and the annual Tats for Tails, the place the tattoo artists donate their charges to Buddies of Sangamon County Animal Management. At the newest fundraiser, held earlier this month, the artists accomplished 70 tattoos and raised $8,750 for the trigger.
A former design scholar at Lincoln Land Group School, Jesse Flock grew to become apprenticed to New Age Tattoos proprietor Jason Lee in 2017 and has been working as knowledgeable tattoo artist since then, specializing in anime and neo-traditional tattooing. Lee’s portfolio of tattoo work is viewable by way of his Instagram account, @brokeass_tattoo, the place the development of the artist’s ability growth might be seen by way of posts of accomplished tattoos over time.
“I wish to give an enormous thanks to all of the individuals who have helped me in my profession, in addition to those that have let me tattoo them,” Lee stated in an Instagram publish on the finish of 2023. “It means a lot to me, the quantity of belief I’ve been given…”
