Cynical Tattoos Shop

Designed my own tattoo (I am NOT an artist), but Becca brought to reality exactly what I had envisioned with my sketch. This was my first tattoo and was to commemorate my fight with cancer. She has also done piercings for me in the past. Clean, professional, highly recommend!

Becca is amazing! She's professional, personable, highly competent, and efficient!
While there isn't a handicap parking space 😢, there is a ramp into the lobby. You'll have to transfer from your wheelchair onto her piercing/tattoo chair. She is very patient and helpful with getting situated on her chair.

Awesome experience. Benjamin was great! My daughter wanted her first tattoo and I also got a piece done by him. Very patient and helpful and amazing work he did! Highly recommend this place.

Got my double helix here. Smooth and fast experience, piercer answered all my questions, no problems with the piercings yet.

Best tattoo shop in town by a lot. I’ve gone to Anna for a septum piercing, ear piercings, and two tattoos and she is always so good!! I’m so happy with my piercings and tattoos, and she is always so nice and makes great conversation so it goes by quickly. I will never go to anyone else as long as I live in Tuscaloosa!!

They do great work, priced very well which is surprising for a college town. Very Clean and welcoming environment. Can't say enough good things, but they do get booked up. You may have to wait a month or two but it's definitely worth the wait.
I will be back
If your deciding on were in Tuscaloosa you want a tattoo this place should be at the top of your list!

Awesome experience! Bailey and Bianca are super friendly, I personally got my tattoo done by Bianca and it looks amazing. Reasonable price for the time and detail put into the tattoo!

Me and my friends got pierced here; Bekah managed to fit in all four of us(!!) and did a stellar job on the piercings as well as alleviating all the concerns/answering all the questions we had. Super personable; will be coming here again in the future!!

Bianca is so lovely and does such incredible work every time. I love getting tattooed by B she’s so friendly and fun, it feels like therapy🥰

they were all so friendly and very precise with our tattoos!! my favorite tattoo shop!

I had a great experience with Rebekah! She did 2 tattoos for me and the line work was fantastic. Cynical is very clean and professional.

Didn’t hurt as bad as I thought it would. Definitely recommend.

I got my ears pierced by Anna and she did an amazing job! She was very professional. Ryan did my friends tattoo and also did a great job. I would definitely recommend this shop for anyone in Tuscaloosa looking to get a tattoo or piercing.

I haven't gotten a piercing since... Eternal Art when Bubba was piercing. Anyway, we decided to stop in at Cynical, and Bekah was fantastic! Very easygoing, explained everything step by step and made the experience super relaxing. We will definitely be back!

Bailey was incredibly patient with me and understanding, it was quick and efficient, and a great tattoo. I’ll definitely be coming back

I’ve gone here for both of my tattoos, and I don’t wanna go anywhere else. I got my 2nd tattoo a week ago and I am IN LOVE. David did such a great job

I had my tragus piercing done here and I had a great experience. I forgot the name of the piercer unfortunately but she was awesome! I was worried about getting this piercing done because I had so many issues with my cartilage on my other side. But it did not hurt at all. I don’t know what she did to not make it hurt at all but good on her haha. I’ve had it for about 3 days now and have had zero pain. Just some soreness when I accidentally bump it.

Have gone here for all of my tattoos! Never had a bad experience with any of the artists! Very professional and helpful for placement, ideas, cost, etc…

My daughter has been begging for her second lobe piercing for two years and I have been wanting a nose piercing for close to 20 years. We decided to get it done together! We walked in a were greeted by so many friendly faces, everyone was so kind and helpful. We were taken back right away, and were back out within 20ish minutes. It was a very pleasant experience and the sweet lady that did our piercings was amazing! Very patient, kind and helpful! 10/10 would recommend!!!!

3/1/2022
We still love our piercings and are considering heading back this summer for a couple more and maybe a mother/daughter tattoo since my girl will be heading to college. Still 10/10 recommend!

I came here for my first piercing in 8 years and I was really impressed with the cleanliness and professionalism of this place! Anna was very sweet and talked me through the whole process to calm my nerves. The piercings look great and I’m very happy with them! My only criticism is that the place would instantly be 100 times cooler if they had a worm-on-a-string curtain for one of the doorways.