Best Tattoo Shops in McKinney

Cat Tattoo Company is a shop serving McKinney and surrounding communities. Its artists provide custom tattoo services and accommodate walk-ins and appointments. They specialize in their own unique tattoo styles such as black and white, colored, sleeves, Japanese, and mandalas. Moreover, a topical anesthetic is available for clients. The studio also offers piercing and laser removal services as well as pieces of jewelry. Its website contains a variety of tattoo images completed by each artist and videos of tattoos in progress.

Cowboys Tattoo is a local tattoo parlor in McKinney that has been tattooing clients since 2006. It is a team of artists that specializes in different styles of tattooing, including traditional, neo-traditional, abstract, black and gray, and photorealistic. They also offer body piercing services done by a professional piercer. Cowboys Tattoo is a family-owned and -operated business and follows the rules and regulations established by CDC to ensure that its artists provide customers with a clean and friendly body art experience.

Karma Ink is a tattoo and body piercing shop located in Plano that also serves clients in McKinney. It specializes in performing various tattoo styles, such as black and gray, portraiture, coverups, and realism. In addition, it provides various types of piercings for the ears, nose, lips, and belly buttons. The shop also has resources about tattoo and piercing aftercare on its website. In addition, its staff can speak Spanish, enabling it to serve Hispanic clients.

Legacy Arts Tattoo is a tattoo studio catering to clients in the McKinney metro and its surrounding communities. It has a roster of award-winning artists in its three studios across Dallas. Its tattoo artists perform a broad range of tattoo styles, including portraits, photorealism, neo-traditional, full-color illustrative, black and grey tattoos, and nu-skool. They also have piercing and dermal anchor services. The studio has garnered first-place awards for its large portraits, floral, and colored works.

Lone Star Tattoo is a Dallas-based tattoo studio that serves McKinney and other neighboring communities. It specializes in a variety of styles, including American traditional, neo-traditional, Texas-style, and black and gray tattooing. It also does Japanese Irezumi tattooing, a traditional method that originated during Japan's Edo period. It features mythological creatures such as dragons, kirins, and phoenixes, which are common imagery at the time. Owner and artist Scott Cooksey has been in the industry for more than 26 years.

Nychelle Elise Studios is a tattoo studio that caters to clients in McKinney and nearby communities. Its founder and namesake is a visual artist who specializes in black and gray realism illustrations. She can provide ready-made tattoo designs, consult for an existing tattoo, and give custom designs. When she's not in the studio, Nychelle travels around the country as part of the Ladies of Ink Tour. She is also a contestant in the TV show "Inkmasters Season 13: Turf Wars."

Scarecrow Galleries Tattoo Company is a tattoo and body piercing shop that serves clients in McKinney. It employs tattoo artists who can perform various tattoo styles, such as black and grey, portraiture, and realism. The shop has a tattoo workspace, a piercing room, a reception area, and an art gallery where clients can purchase artwork from its artists. Moreover, piercing artist Kelsey Schwartz joined the team in May 2019, and she uses single-use hollow needles. Owner Daryl Distler has more than 20 years of tattooing experience.