Redwave Tattoo And Art Gallery

Came in to get two piercings done and after waiting for 10+ minutes without even being greeted I walked out. Heard they do awesome work but never had the chance to try them out.

After having made an appointment, our family went in for tattoos. Sean was helpful and patient. He did a great job. We are very happy with our experience and our tattoos!

Rico is a talented artist! I got my first tattoo from him. He did it very quickly and exactly the same as I wanted. Also, he is very patient. I recommend him!

Sean was awesome. A friend and I went in for piercings and he was professional and informative. Fun time! He knows his stuff and is clean and sanitary.

I got pierced here and it was a great experience. Sean was very professional and I trusted him with what he was doing – he knew his shit concerning piercings which is different. Not much of a selection in jewelry but definitely a great place for piercings. Very clean too – he switched out his gloves at least twice while I was there. Also, they’re super supportive of each other. When he found out I was a photographer, he showed me another artists portfolio while I was there which was really refreshing, to see that kind of support in a piercing and tattoo shop, especially since he tattoos too. Seeing that kind of community in Fresno is really nice.

I’ve scheduled appointments with Rico twice. Both times he has had some shitty excuse as to why he can’t honor my appointment. In addition, he posts pictures on FB of a new piece he «just did» after claiming to be sick. He gets his friends in over customers who are willing to wait months to pay thousands of dollars for sub-​par work. If you want to be shitted on by Rico and his staff, give this shithole a call.

Seriously this place is the worst In Fresno!
First off.
Sean Deheart!
You are the most racist dude there at «RedWave»
I over heard this Guy on the Phone Yelling The N-Word.Second The work there sucks!
Have you guys seen your latest review.
Secondly The owner is Racist against «Gay People»
He Kept calling someone The Fa-​g Word. Im really surprised at the way this Bussiness operates. Last but not least this place is dirty. I noticed after one of the guys doing a piercing he Just used the same piercing instruments on his next client.
I feel sorry for that girl. I think it’s a way for them to cut back on there expenses. Do yourselves a favor and close your door or clean your act up. If I could cuss on this site I would. But I will keep it Pg!
Ps you guys suck!

I had my tattoo done by Cody, he’s a very cool guy and light handed… i didnt feel that much pain… I will highly recommend him!

Been here twice for my friend and myself. Left satisfied both times. Our artist was Mario who kept up with communicating with us when he was done with the sketch. He worked pretty fast but the ink always came out good. Used lidocaine before he started which helped. He also does some artwork which you can see around the shop. I’ll be back for Mario if I wanted anymore ink and recommend him to anyone.

I have had a terrible experience here. This shop ruined my tattoo. They asked me to take off my post that simply showed the mistake they made. My tattoo meant everything to me and they didn’t fix it. $ 400 for a basic, cartoonish, unrealistic tattoo. First they outlined a shotty job of my original idea in black. Then the owner tried to fix it by coloring it in with an unrealistic face. I specifically said realistic and there wasn’t supposed to be craters. We had talked about all of this. When I asked him to fix it he blamed me. I trusted him as he asked and he didn’t even do what I asked him. DO NOT GO HERE! They’re unprofessional I saw one of them drinking there! Very expensive for something I didn’t want perminantly on my body. They didn’t answer my emails texts or calls. Now they refuse to fix the mess they made to make it even a little better. I have an unfinished tattoo and what is finished isn’t what I wanted. And he blames me because expecting quality work or at least doing what a paying customer wanted is aparently too much.

I went to redwave on my birthday for a tattoo with a million different ideas in my head, I gave all those ideas to RICO, and he asked me if I wanted him to stencil it out, but I said no, I let him free hand a half sleeve on my arm, and it is BEAUTIFUL. It’s honestly art. And I’m so proud to have it on my body. He was supper patient, made 3 hour long sessions comfortable and fun! I’m not the easiest client but he never complained. I’ll be back for any and all art I decided to put on my body. I’d also like to say, this isn’t your whole in the wall tattoo shop it’s SO CLEAN! (And when I commented on the cleanliness he stated that this isn’t even up to it’s usual par, the shop help had been sick) I mean I would have eaten of those floors! So clean! No crazy metal music blaring to where you can’t hear yourself think, everyone is welcoming and considerate of the other artist and their customers. Great environment. Thanks redwave!

Absolutely love red wave tattoo! Not only are the artist extremely talented, the shop is very clean. I am repeat customer and everyone I have referred has never been disappointed.

Rico was my artist, I recommend going to him or Johnny Rocket. Rico worked with me and gave me my first tattoo. I loved it. Took some time as he is really busy, but definitely was worth the wait. Ended up getting a full half sleeve… Couldn’t be happier!!! Overall awesome experience, and for those that never have been here, don’t be afraid to stop someone and let them know you are there and why you’re there as they are always really busy.

Passing through town and I must say, this place is a Zero. Business is business and these guys must not like money, unprofessional, unhelpful– waited way too long before being asked what my business was and when the guy came from the back he had attitude and an overall pissyness about him that was off putting.
The first thing that crossed my mind was, I don’t want this guy anywhere near my body. All I wanted was a quick seven letter script done-​nothing special, just a quick nicely done letters on my wrist, that’s it. Obviously that was too much for the pissy stoned guy in the back to accomplish.
The place was empty, a few artist in their cubbies not wanting to make money or art I suppose. Wouldn’t recommend getting something as intimate as a tattoo from these guys, spend your money elsewhere.

Scheduled my appointment 4 weeks in advance. Not only did i state that i didn’t like waiting forever for some type of update on the design, i was promised that my design would be finished over the weekend. The weekend passed and so did 3.5 weeks and still only 20% of my design was even shown to me. After many attempts (5 is too much if you want my money) i finally get a text back that my appointment had to be cancelled… why didnt he tell me sooner? So its 3 days before my appointment and no design and canceled appointment with me (the customer) asking if the appointment was still on because of all the failed attempts to reach my artist. My 1 star goes to mario and not to the other artist. I dont know about the other artists. Maybe a family emergency or something happened to my artist but what ever the cause, tattoos are serious $$$ and customers cant be treated like that. Im not sure of his work because i never got to see it and now im out my 20 $ deposit because i refuse to be treated with this kind of disrespect. Now i will take my 800 $ and any future business some place else. Oh btw mario seemed professional enough but what ever happened made him lose me as a customer. I also tried to reschedule or see if there was anything he could send my way as of the design and he still did not reply. So thats when I decided to take my $$$ some place more deserving

I love all of my tattoos! I have four, all I’ve gotten done at red wave by Cody. He’s amazing, and handles twitchers well, I’m a bad twitcher lol, hands down the only place I will go for tattoos

Had a tattoo done there. Not only was it extremely painful, but it completely blistered. Got a bad infection, and it completely scabbed. Most of the ink pulled out and have many scars. now have two keloids. In the process of having it fixed SOMEWHERE else. keeping my fingers crossed.

After hearing how great Rico is for so long I Decided to book. Even though I still have one more session to complete my tattoo I had to get on here and recommend him to ANYONE looking to get a great tattoo. I’ve been to several places but from the shop to Rico this place is on hit. He is so creative and talented. Whipped out something greater than the vision I had. Then his method, speediness, professionalism, attitude, talent, friendliness and overall personality made me decide right then and there that I’ve found my forever tattoo spot. I will have repeated business for him from me to my husband to friends or family or whoever will listen… He is great!!! Love his work and my piece is awesome. The shop is clean and definitely a spot you can feel safe in regards to sterilization. Awesomeness!!! All the way around!!!

The people here were awesome. They were straight forward about pricing and options and made sure I had thought out my choice for tattoo. When I asked questions about pain levels and healing they were straight up with their answers and did not coddle me. Yes it hurst sometimes it is a damn needle.
I have since moved from the Fresno area but if I had the urge the next time I was in town red wave is the only place I would go.

The first time my sister and I walked in, my first impression was the shop looked very clean and professional. We sat down and had to wait a while but when one of the tattoo artists, Sean, came out he was soooo helpful! He asked what we were looking for even did some rough sketches for my sister and we made a deposit and set up an appt. my tattoo was done by Cody and he was so nice and did an amazing job! I know where I’m coming from now on!