Desire Art and Ink Tattoo

Awesome staff all around great vibes. Choose Kris to do a piece for my mother in law. He was super professional made her extremely comfortable over all 10/10 experience. Definitely will be back

Everyone here does incredible work. Shawn Heard is my go-to for all of mine and my husbands ink. Super knowledgeable, friendly, and patient! Not only does he have amazing original designs, he can also tattoo quite literally anything you ask and even does amazing cover ups! 10/10 would recommend.

Upon entering Desire Ink lab I immediately felt comfortable and curious as the place is so airy, clean and creative. Lauren did an amazing custom forearm piece and captured exactly what I wanted. She’s friendly, fun and extremely creative as a person and was extremely diligent in explaining her process from preparing the station cleanliness wise all the way through to tattoo aftercare. I currently have another upcoming appointment with her for another custom piece because I just love how she captured my vision. As far as Desire Ink Lab goes The shop was clean, busy and buzzing with artists and clients -I’ve found my tattoo home shop!

Nice interior, staff were professional and attentive to our thoughts about getting a tattoo. Kris was wonderful to all of my sisters and we had a great time getting our tattoos. Highly recommend Desire Ink Lab.

Super friendly enviorment,came in , got two hand tattoos from Kris and an ear tattoo from Faith. Both did amazing work, clean lines and well packed shading, would recommend any one looking for any type of art work to come get a tattoo from them, over all did an amazing job and even take walk-ins from time to time and is 100 to 150 hourly. 100% coming for more ink soon!

Sean is an amazing artist. He listened to everything I wanted and had great artistic ideas to add. I got Everything I paid for plus amazing conversation! Ill definitely be back.

Always a calm, comfortable, and fun experience every time I come here. Lauren is my go to artist and every appointment I’ve had with her has been amazing and I’ve walked away proudly with many beautiful pieces. I will always continue to come here and refer as many people as I can.

Sean Johnston does amazing work. We settled on a design and when he was done, it was better than the original! Clean professional shop, I highly recommend it!

The atmosphere here is great. Relaxed and friendly. Jessica had communicated with me about the design before the appointment and made me feel heard. She made sure everything was placed where I wanted and gave me size options using stencils. I appreciated her making sure I would be happy!!! 😊She is having me come back in a few weeks to check on saturation and healing.

Aaron Carey is who I went to. I highly recommend him. Just check out his work on desire ink labs website or his Instagram. Just mind blowing talent! Sean is worth checking out too. They have the best tattoo shop in the NW in my opinion!

Amazing artists. They make you feel welcome and comfortable

Alec is amazing and does great work! Literally everyone in the shop is SO NICE! Really good atmosphere and fantastic artists.

Sean gave me the most amazing tattoo today. Its perfect! The colors are brilliant and the design well drawn.Desire Ink Lab is clean and relaxing, and the staff are professional, knowledgeable, and super chill.I highly recommend this place for your next art piece!

Got a tattoo from Shawn awhile back and my girlfriend got a nose piercing from Andrew. Very clean and friendly people. I couldnt be happier with my tattoo and my girl loves her new septum piercing. Totally recommended them to anyone looking for a piercing or new ink!

Shawn Johnson took my design to another level. He did the custom design I wanted and made it even better. Super guy; super work! Highly recommend.

Jessica was a great artist! Quick, affordable, and very talented. The shop itself is welcoming with many tenured artists.

Not having social media, I had to track Andrew down since leaving ink daddies . Walking into Desire ink lab was already a breath of fresh air compared to seeing him at his previous employer & he was HAPPIER. So thankful for getting pierced by Andrew and having it be super professional, I definitely struggle with anxiety and of course I still was a little anxious for getting pierced but he made me laugh the entire time and was just hands down amazing. Thank you so so much, anyone reading this who gets pierced by him if youre not leaving him a nice too WHAT IS YOU DOIN BABYYYYY. Tip Him!

My tattoo artist was Kane. Hes an amazing artist. He does mostly black and white, but he did water color for me. Hes friendly and very helpful! Great place to get your ink done.

James Jordan is a great artist who is kind and very patient..lol I live in San Diego, but after having a tattoo done by James last year, I waited until I came back up to get another. I had him change a tattoo that I have had for years and I am so glad that I waited for him to do it. It exceeds my expectations by far! Thank you again James..Youre the best 😊 See you again soon, I hope 🙃⛤⛤⛤⛤⛤

Shawn was amazing! He took his time and had tremendous patience with our group. He did phenomenal work and we will definitely be going back!

I love this place. Its the second tattoo I have gotten here. My sister and I saw Sheena last minute and couldnt be happier with her patience and professionalism. Very happy with our final results!

What a great experience! I was a walk-in and Shawn Heard helped me finish my design idea and executed it beautifully! The lab is clean and comfy. Im a fan!

Got my medusa pierced. Andrew has pierced me for many years! The shop is amazing and super friendly, they do amazing tattoos and incredible job with piercings. Andrew is the best!

Came in for some work today, couldnt be happier. Staff is very professional and very caring for their clients. I will definitely be back and I wish I could give 100 stars. Thank you Jared for the phenomenal work.

Been getting tattooed for years and this is the most accommodating place Ive ever been. Fantastic work from great guys. This place will soon be legendary in the PNW, without a doubt. Everything youve ever wanted in a tattoo shop.

My daughter got her nose pierced and the guy was wonderful. And we Loved that the jewelery is included in the price of the piercing unlike all the other shops

Sheena is my go to artist and she does amazing work, but I have see the work of everyone in the shop and they are all super talented. Sheena is amazing and is hands down my go to artist

Sean Johnston does amazing work! If you are looking for detail and mind blowing color tattoos, plus a beautiful clean shop, I recommend Desire Ink Lab!!!

Kane is amazing and super talented, something came up the day of the tattoo so he couldn’t do it, but he was so nice and let me and mom come in on is day off to get matching tattoos!

This place is amazing! Super clean which I like! Got my first tattoo here from Aaron and will most definitely come back!

I absolutely love going to Desire Ink. Always a friendly, down to earth atmosphere. Super clean and you leave with an amazing piece of artwork.

Loved the experience. The staff was friendly and it was very clean. I had Jessica and she did amazing.

Excellent Aaron is highly recommend! It was my first tattoo. And he made me feel very comfortable.

Jared tattooed my foot. He was quick and is a great artist.

Aaron and Jared are phenomenal artists. Friend had hers done there too by Sean and it looks great.

Great customer service awsome artists and Im very happy with all of theyre workI always recommend the owner Shawn and Shawn Heard to visit for work.

Clean, Friendly, and love Sheena. She is a great person and tattooist. I will return. Thanks Sheena for my dragon.

Great artists, reasonable prices and walk ins are welcome!

I just visited their website among others because I want to get a tattoo. It looks like they do wonderful work but still not quite sure who Ill ask to give me one yet.

Sean was amazing, his work was detailed, meticulous, and goregous. I will absolutely be going back for my next tattoo.

Newly added, to the team at Desire Ink Lab Shawn Heard , formally ink daddy does some Awesome work check his stuff out on Instagram at Tat2_shawn or Facebook Tat2shawn83

Came in looking to get a few tattoos. very unwelcoming environment. guy i was talking to was being very rude. talked to us like we were dumb.

This place is awesome! Shawn does the best tattoos. Only person I go to.

I LOVE this place. Great service, not overpriced and amazing artists! Sheena is my go-to!

Kris was fantastic. Super clean, friendly, and talented. Super pleased and will be coming back!

Great attentive tattoo to tat on two or more, totally attentive and top notch!

This place is super clean and has a great vibe! The artists are very talented

James is awesome he does great work I highly recommend him!

Best shop around. great pricing for amazing work. hands down arron is the only person doing my work

Great shop. Clean. Friendly. 👌

Great service , Great Work and very reasonable price I will be going back for sure :)

Best tattoo shop in Salem, no other place to go, everybody loves their work

My favorite tattoo shop in town. Great people and the owners are great

Great tattoo artists and great art work, I’ll be going back

Super nice, clean shop with lots of talented artists inside.

Great artist go see James Jordan he the best .

Awesome experience and very talented artists.

Great people with normal human morals 🤎 highly recommend

Andrew was great. Place was VERY clean.

Excellent everything so excited for new ink!!

Great work and friendly service as always!

All their artists are very talented!

Arron Carey does outstanding work.

Awesome artist, great staff!

Clean, friendly and amazing artists!

Awesome tattoo artists working here.

Sean is the absolute best.

Lauren was fantastic!

Shawn was great!

Love these guys!

Best tattoo shop in salem

Clean place to alter your body

Closed permanently

Incredible talent!

Sean Johnston.