Tattoos by Em Scott

Em Scott rules!
I thought about getting a tattoo for almost 10 years. The concept was clear to me: a trail of stars starting at my wrist and flowing across my forearm, maybe using negative space for stars and colors in the background. But I knew I also didn’t want them to be your average five point or nautical stars. After years of trying to find a decent design, I came up empty and realized it was time to find a very creative tattoo artist to help bring this to life.
Em was the perfect artist for this job. She was incredibly patient with me and tackled the challenge head on by throwing out cool ideas, sketching freehand on my arm, and giving honest insight about what would work best. Throughout the tattoo session, she was easy to talk to and checked in regularly on my comfort level. She’s laid back, kind, intuitive, laser-​focused, and trustworthy. You can’t ask for a more professional tattooer.
She captured exactly what I wanted in the custom design, and could not be happier with my first tattoo. I highly recommend Em to all of my friends and other Unilocalers!

Let me just start by saying I don’t write reviews… pretty much ever.
I’ve written 1 in the last 10 years or something– only at the request of my hair stylist of 15 years (who had changed shops and needed some Unilocal help). Anyways, I digress.
EM SCOTT is amazing. I’ve been getting tattooed for about 13 years now, only ever found 1 artist that I liked/​was awesome and he is now living in Norway. Em is my new artist for life. She just did 3 small pieces for me last night, and can expect to be doing a lot more work on me in the future :). Her work is amazing. Best linework I have ever had done. Absolutely clean needle work. I can’t even begin to express how thankful I am to have found her.
She’s got crazy talent and makes you feel very comfortable, while giving you straight up advice on what you are thinking of getting (she won’t let you get something that won’t work – which I value HIGHLY). She’ll work with you until you’re happy and you find the perfect fit for the beautiful work that she’ll do on you. Thx Em. ;)

This lady is amazing!
Absolutely one of the best in my eyes. Her talent and attention to detail is incredible. I first saw Em’s work on my friends boyfriend forearm. It Read «California» so clean and beautiful. Her script is ON POINT. I recommend her to my boyfriend at the time and he got some scrip work «Reap what you sow» it looks so sick! and I think our friend Danny also got some artwork from her as well. I’ll try and get some pics.
Anyways… Then it was my turn… :)
I had been wanting a pretty big (for me at least) piece for a few years, and between not being a 100% sure of what I wanted and building up the courage to actually do it I knew once I saw her work that I was ready and she was going to do it. So this past May I gifted this artwork to myself :) I went in for a consult and we talked about what I wanted and how I wanted it to look. Although there was a small misunderstanding on what I wanted, Em did what she does best and redrew the artwork (cherry blossoms) all together until I was happy.
Personally this speaks volumes about a tattoo artist. There is nothing more terrifying then to get work done by an artist that doesn’t take criticism well, and gets upset that you are not 100% happy with the work. These are tattoo we are talking about. FOREVER!!! so for her to be so open, willing and understanding was great. My whole experience with Em consisted of two sessions totaling out to 7hrs. It was painful but I LOVE IT and wouldn’t have gone anywhere else.
xoxo
Thank you Em.

Em was great, she was very helpful and realistic about what she could do with i had in mind. She seems to really care about here work and the product she puts out. I would highly recommend her.

Highly recommend! She is very talented, cool chick, knows what she is doing and very sharp with her skills! She did my lower stomach and Im very happy. Hit her up!

I found Em Scott when I was looking for an artist to do my very first tattoo. I had been thinking of the design for over 5 – 6 years. Even with thinking all that much about it I still wasnt 100% sure on exactly what style I wanted. After meeting with Em I was relieved to see that she was very sincere about her need for the tattoo to come out in the best possible way. She was very patient with me as I tried to pinpoint for her exactly what I was looking for. After taking me through a plethora of images of similar ideas online she had a good idea of what I wanted. Throughout the entire consultation she was very proactive in asking questions, expanding on my ideas, and making suggestions to improve the entire experience as a whole. This is something I very deeply appreciate since I am a beginner to the whole tattoo thing. Fast forward to now, I have a ¾ sleeve of the Phoenix that I’ve been thinking of since I was 16. I go in a few days to finish up the rest of the black and grey shading and I couldn’t be more excited. I’m lucky to have found such an awesome artist.

Emily has a history of working with talented artists/​good shops– I followed her from her previous shop and I prefer the atmosphere at Under The Gun. She is professional, talented and I highly recommend her if you are looking for quality work and creativity.

Definitely recommend!!! Super down to earth and chill
she listens to what you are looking for and will work with you on a design, she is very realistic and upfront with what you give her as a basis for your tattoo and will let you know if it translates well or not as a tattoo or not. She wants to give great tattoos that last, so she will drive herself nuts to try to make what you want work. She has a pretty light hand, which is a plus. I’m getting my 2^nd piece from her right now, so i’m definitely a returning customer :]