Wicked City Tattoo History

Back in 2007 the doors for Wicked City Tattoo opened. It began in part of the old hospital up in Jerome Arizona... just a small little studio where Cody and another artist felt like it was just the place to create the perfect tattoo. After a few haunted encounters and some night terrors they quickly packed up and moved down the street.  

Wicked City Tattoo moved into the the Old Jerome High School where the views we’re almost 360° out the windows. In the summer with just a window unit to cool down the place you could really feel the Arizona heat beating you down through those windows. In the winter, well the thin window glass and the location of the heater switch located in another studio, it made for some cold sessions and hard nipples. Spring and Fall... those were the time! Perfect weather. 

 Although the high school was a nice place to be and it was definitely calm and quiet, the space was small. And at that time the shop had taken on a couple more artist. Standing room only at times. 

We decided to move into a bigger spot in the same location. Sharing a space with the worker bees of Pucifer. 

We had three artists and the spot we moved into had three platforms. And a whole lot of room for activities! And parties.... fashion shows! Live music! We felt classy. 

But maybe it was too much room and not enough business. Because even though we were getting my more noticed the foot traffic in that location just wasn’t enough. And with two of the three artists living down the hill... well... we had to rethink our location. Once again. 

We moved to Old Town Cottonwood to snatch up that foot traffic, to be apart of the business that make old town great. We hired on another artist to accommodate the spike in clients. And the location was great! Old Town is becoming a wine lovers Mecca... but when you spend all your money on wine there’s none left for tattoos. We saw all walks of life stroll passed those shop windows... Definitely a different vibe than Jerome. We loved it but when our lease was up, our time in that spot was over. We needed to evolve. 

Now located in the heart of Cottonwood. Just down the hill from where it all began. 

Through all our ups and downs and all the different views we've had, this place feels like home. 

Besides a couple bad apples we’ve had at the shop, the family of artists really do make it feel like home. Comfortable and inviting.