
Dark Pearl Tattoo welcomes
all clients for any custom work!
We pride ourselves on maintaining a professional shop with a laid-back and comforting environment, perfect for any returning client or first-time walk-in!
Where skilled artistry meets lifelong passion, you'll find our artists at Dark Pearl!

Our tattoo shop, 3 artists strong, is voted a Platinum winner by CommunityVotes, due to our incredibly skilled staff and our commitment to realizing unique visions. We offer clients a comfortable and professional experience, from first consultation to last touch up.

There's an artist for everyone at Dark Pearl! From custom work to coverups, our artists can do it all, including color, black and grey, illustrative, realism, neotraditional, fine line, and script. We have over 40 years of combined tattoo experience, with various passionate backgrounds in fine art, graphic design, and illustration.

As an artist-owned and operated committed part of our community, we strive to work closely with other small businesses, hold fundraisers, and support donation events. The support from our clients, friends and family, and neighborhood is what makes us what we are and keeps us close to home.
Chuck and Aric started tattooing in 2005 and 2007, respectively.
They met in 2008 (even though they lived across from each other as
children), when Aric convinced Chuck to let him start his apprenticeship, and they soon became best friends over their shared love of tattooing.
In 2009, they both packed up and moved to Hollywood to give their careers a big push; Aric went back to Rochester at the end of the year and Chuck remained in LA. During this intermission, Aric tattooed around Rochester and throughout several states. In 2012, Chuck moved back to Rochester and in with Aric at their base of operations, and together they opened Tumbleweed in 2013 as their first tattoo shop in Rochester, NY. Aric moved to South Carolina in 2016 to build up his clientele there, and Chuck moved back to California to continue his work there. But in 2017 they called each other up, came back together and opened up Dark Pearl Tattoo in their Rochester roots, sharing their artistry with
family, friends, and their community.
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