Southside Tattoos

Joe is awesome! I cant explain how professional, creative, and talented he is. It’s no wonder he has a long list of appointments. What I appreciate is that he cares about each client. If it’s your appointment, he won’t stop to book other appointments or anything. You have his undivided attention throughout your time slot. There’s not many artists like him that put his client first. I waited a long time to have a bad tattoo covered and was skeptical until I saw Joe’s Instagram and I’m very happy that I took a chance on him. The cover up hurt far less than my original tattoo. He works fast, always cross checks his work, very gentile, and is beyond affordable. I would highly recommend Joed!

Jose has done all my tattoo work including portraits… and cover-ups.I trust no one else. Plus it’s affordable

About 4 years ago I found Jose. I went around to different shops and talked to many tattoo artist before going to him. My sister recommended me to Joe and decided to meet him. When I began talking to him I sense he understood exactly what I wanted. He has a good vibe. He’s very friendly and a good conversationalist. His prices are also reasonable. Make an appointment and make a small deposit then come on your appointment day… the wait will be worthwhile. When you sit there he plays some jams and makes you feel relaxed while talking. I love the pieces he’s tattooed on me. he’s also done a cover up. Every time I look at them and people see them they are like… WOW! that’s nice!!! when I meet people that want work done or need to cover up or re-​do some wack azz job… I tell them to go to him. He’s really the man. I highly recommend to everyone. I can’t wait to get my next tat soon. YEIH!!!

My sister and I just got our first tattoo here. We absolutely love them. Joe was courteous and extremely friendly. He put us both at ease since we were very nervous. We are happy we chose him!

TATTOO JOE IS THE MAN! My husband accompanied his sister as a «hand holder» to get color added to her butterfly tattoo and while waiting with her, he decided or rather got talked into (Lol) allowing Joe to cover up a much regretted tattoo of yes… his EX’s three letter name! My DH has an extremely low tolerance for pain (hmmmm… not sure how he ended up with a tat in the first place SMH)… anyhow, Joe is quite an artist and has a very light touch, and after many years of regret, my husband was able to put that chapter of his life far behind him FOREVER! Thank you, Joe from the both of us! You are the man… 4 Real!!!

Jose is a great artist. I have about 20 tattoos & he’s done them all, i have no complains about his work. He is very professional, extremely friendly & very nice.
I will continue getting tattoos with him. I love his work. I don’t trust anybody else with tattoos but him. I am a very happy customer. — Julie

I have 3 animals tattoos in my body and decided to add 1 more near my chest. But its my girlfriend’s name i wanted. Southside Tattoos will give you everything all you wanted for your tattoo. I never regret I choosed them because my girlsfriend so love her tattoo name in my chest. I owe Jose for having me this so wonderful tattoo in my body. More wonderful than the first 3 tattoos i have.

Jose~Jose~Jose hands down!!! Love his work. Very creative and positive spirit. He’s definitely the best by far. Won’t let no one else Tat my precious skin ever again but Jose. He’s always busy so make an appointment and once you’re in his chair trust me he’s gonna hook you up.

Jose is the best artist in Los Angeles it’s always business. I have been getting my ink done by Jose for over a year now and I’ve never had to wait when I arrive for my appointment he is always ready! No matter where I go I’m always getting stopped by someone asking me who does my art? I love it when people refer to my tattoos as art. Jose and Norma are the best!

Jose does the best work. I got my ex girlfriends name done in Nov 2004 by Jose free hand, which was marvelous. I have now entered a new promising relationship and me and my ex have no relationship what so ever so I have decided to finally go through with getting it covered up. I told him my idea and he put the rest together. It came out way better than I imagined it.

The main tattooist, tattoos horrible. I had to get my tattoo redone by another tattooist. Word of advice, GO TO OTHER PROFESSIONAL!

Jose is the business!!! I was referred here by a friend who had gotten work done by Jose. Her’s was very pretty and looked well done so I decided to check it out for myself. I went to his shop (which is in the slauson swapmeet) but don’t let the location deter you, it is definitely worth the drive! First I called to ask if what I wanted was something he would be willing to do. I had an existing tattoo I wanted more work done to and had asked other artist who were not wiling to work on existing tattoos. After the phone conversation I made an appointment to meet with Jose. I was greeted by the receptionist (I don’t remember her name) and was asked to wait until Jose returned from lunch and invited to look at books and pictures of his work. From the pictures I was impressed as a lot of his work is done free hand. Fast forward appointment set, and had to be rescheduled due to my work schedule, Jose was very cool about working with my schedule. Once in the chair, Jose explained everything that he was going to do and made sure I was comfortable with his design. Tattooing HURTS and this was no exception, but I was very comfortable and he gave me EXACTLY what I wanted. He mixed his artistic skills with already existing tattoo and some printed pictures. I got two beautiful pieces, exactly the way I wanted them for a fair price!