Steveston Tattoo Co.

Custom work means a consultation first and a wait afterwards, and anyone expecting to walk in and point at a sheet on the wall has the wrong model in mind. You describe what you want, a design gets drawn for you, and the result is actually yours rather than a copy of somebody else's. That takes longer. It is also the reason to do it that way.

Chatham Street runs a block back from the Steveston waterfront, in the part of the village where the shops thin out and the residential streets begin. Steveston has quietly become a reasonable place for this category, which suits a village that has always had a working, slightly weathered character under the tourist paint. You can walk down to the harbour on a break, which is not something anyone says about a tattoo appointment in most of Metro Vancouver. Deposits and waiting lists are normal across the trade, so budget for both, and bring reference images and an open mind about placement. That combination gets a better result than a fixed idea copied off a screen.