Daybreak Tattoo

Daybreak Tattoo Recently unhacked, custom tattoo shop located Kalamazoo. Cool tats for cool people! We are not slaves to overpriced trends that will age poorly.
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Home of:
Jessi Root ()
Jimmy Jazz ()
Miles Birden ()
Nicholas Rivera () Daybreak was opened with the hope to create a shop that artists wished they worked at and clients want to get tattooed by. We strive for the highest standards we can in both maintaining a clean and friendly environment and to put out some of the best work in the ar

ea. While we love what we do and love making a living by tattooing, we work to be honest and transparent about what will make the best tattoo we can. Our goal is to give you a tattoo that will still love a decade from now! WE DO NOT OFFER PIERCING SERVICES.

I guess we will find out! Due to some cancellations, we will be closing the shop a bit early today, probably around 4-5p...
11/29/2025

I guess we will find out! Due to some cancellations, we will be closing the shop a bit early today, probably around 4-5p, and will be back at it Tuesday at noon!

Be safe out there!

Jimmy had a cancellation for today, so they have the availability for walk-ins till 5:30! If you're interested, shoot us...
11/22/2025

Jimmy had a cancellation for today, so they have the availability for walk-ins till 5:30! If you're interested, shoot us a message here or give us a call at (269) 978-7799 to get started!

The weather might look like Christmas but if your heart is still in spooky season and missed our flash event, Miles has ...
11/11/2025

The weather might look like Christmas but if your heart is still in spooky season and missed our flash event, Miles has a lot of availability this week and would love to do designs from Halloween.

He also has a TON of available designs if you want something fancier or can whip up something custom just for you!

Drop us a line here or call the shop to make the magic happen!

It is HALLOWEEN FLASH DAY! So here is a peak at the fun designs for the day! This is your chance to get something rad fo...
11/01/2025

It is HALLOWEEN FLASH DAY! So here is a peak at the fun designs for the day! This is your chance to get something rad for treat of a price!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE! Don't forget, tomorrow is our Halloween Flash Event from 12-7p and we can't wait to see you th...
10/31/2025

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE! Don't forget, tomorrow is our Halloween Flash Event from 12-7p and we can't wait to see you there!

It's that time of year! On Saturday, November 1st from 12p-7p, we will be holding our annual Halloween Flash Day!

As always, we will have dozens of designs in different styles ranging from creepy to cute in your choice of color or black and gray! We reveal a sample of available designs on the day of the event but until then, they will remain a mystery!

As an extra TREAT, one lucky person that gets tattooed at the event will win a $100 gift card! What is better than one tattoo? MORE TATTOOS!

This will be a WALK-IN FLASH day so that means we will only be tattooing from our premade designs for the day and it is FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED so if you want to guarantee your spot, show up early!

Please note that you must be 18 or older with a valid photo ID to get tattooed at this event.

We can't wait to see you all on Saturday!

Hoping to get something spooky to celebrate Halloween? Miles has availability for walk-ins today until 6:00 PM! Shoot us...
10/30/2025

Hoping to get something spooky to celebrate Halloween? Miles has availability for walk-ins today until 6:00 PM! Shoot us a message or give us a call at (269) 978-7799 if you're interested!

It's that time of year! On Saturday, November 1st from 12p-7p, we will be holding our annual Halloween Flash Day!As alwa...
10/27/2025

It's that time of year! On Saturday, November 1st from 12p-7p, we will be holding our annual Halloween Flash Day!

As always, we will have dozens of designs in different styles ranging from creepy to cute in your choice of color or black and gray! We reveal a sample of available designs on the day of the event but until then, they will remain a mystery!

As an extra TREAT, one lucky person that gets tattooed at the event will win a $100 gift card! What is better than one tattoo? MORE TATTOOS!

This will be a WALK-IN FLASH day so that means we will only be tattooing from our premade designs for the day and it is FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED so if you want to guarantee your spot, show up early!

Please note that you must be 18 or older with a valid photo ID to get tattooed at this event.

We can't wait to see you all on Saturday!

10/23/2025

Hey everyone, we are going to close up a little early for the night, but we will be back in the shop tomorrow at noon!

Hi everyone!! Miles has some walk-in availability until around 4:00 PM later today, and availability for larger projects...
10/23/2025

Hi everyone!! Miles has some walk-in availability until around 4:00 PM later today, and availability for larger projects this weekend! If you're interested, shoot us a message here or give us a call at (269) 978-7799!

Hey there everyone! Our artist Miles has walk-in availability until about 4:30 this afternoon! Feel free to give us a ca...
10/15/2025

Hey there everyone! Our artist Miles has walk-in availability until about 4:30 this afternoon! Feel free to give us a call at (269) 978-7799 or shoot us a message!

Additionally, Miles has availability to do some fun, larger scale pieces as soon as this weekend!

Looking to get some new ink but not sure what you want? Miles has a bunch of designs pre-drawn to pick from and has avai...
10/10/2025

Looking to get some new ink but not sure what you want? Miles has a bunch of designs pre-drawn to pick from and has availability today! He has time for pre-drawn designs, walk-ins, or consultations, so if you're interested shoot us a message!
Available designs: https://www.instagram.com/upforgrabs_milestattoos/

Hot from the State of Michigan regarding body art regulations! While it has been our policy to not allow numbing creams ...
09/24/2025

Hot from the State of Michigan regarding body art regulations! While it has been our policy to not allow numbing creams to be used prior to appointments, now it is prohibited by the state.

If you arrive to your appointment with any type of numbing cream or ointment, your appointment will need to be rescheduled and your deposit may be lost.

It's been our policy to not use these products because many of them contain ingredients that can negatively affect both how your skin responds to being tattooed and how it heals. Difficulty in saturation, excessive swelling and redness, and more are common during the tattooing process while using these problems.

Additionally, in our experience, these products only last a limited amount of time and, after wearing off, can lead to more intense discomfort and pain than would have been experienced without these products since the body is not given the chance to acclimate to the skin trauma and pain.

While tattooers are sometimes asked if we enjoy hurting people, we promise you that we don't! We do our best to cause the least amount of pain we can and still solidly apply a tattoo while also acknowledging that tattoos are dumb and they hurt. 😂

Address

4125 Portage Street
Kalamazoo, MI
49001

Opening Hours

Tuesday 12pm - 6pm
Wednesday 12pm - 6pm
Thursday 12pm - 6pm
Friday 12pm - 6pm
Saturday 12pm - 6pm

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We just want to do good tattoos!

Daybreak Tattoo is all about doing awesome tattoos and having a good time doing them! We genuinely want to do tattoos that you are still happy with 10 years from now. That means we are going to be honest and upfront with you. There are a lot of trends right now that won’t age well but that look really cool in a photo for a day. Our job is to educate and help come up with the best way to capture your idea. It can be intimidating walking into a tattoo shop, we have all been there. Don’t worry about that at Daybreak. Come on in and one of us dorks will be there to say hi! :) LGBT+ FRIENDLY · FIRST TIMER FRIENDLY · TATTITUDE FREE ZONE! We gladly accept walk-ins but appointments are recommended! You must be 18 or older to get a tattoo without parental consent. WE DO NOT OFFER PIERCING SERVICES. We respectfully ask that you do not bring children with you to the shop. It is an adult environment and we are trying to focus on our tattooing. ***MINORS*** Tattoos on minors will be handled on a case-by-case basis. We reserve the right to refuse service. We will not tattoo a minor anywhere that is not covered by pants and a t-shirt and we will not tattoo anyone under the age of 16. ***AFTERCARE*** Our full aftercare recommendations can be found here:http://daybreaktattoo.com/daybreak_aftercare.pdf We also sell aftercare products at the shop! ***PRICING*** Shop minimum is $50 / Hourly rate is $125 ***DEPOSITS*** $50 • Minimum $100 • Large Single Session Tattoos $250 • Multiple Session Tattoos Deposits are non-refundable and are applied to the last session of your tattoo. No deposit = no appointment. ***CANCELLATIONS / RESCHEDULES*** Cancellations / reschedules that give less than 48 hours notice may lose their deposit at the artist’s discretion. We don’t want to take your money for doing nothing. Respect us and we will respect you! ***UNCONFIRMED APPTS*** All appointments are sent a text message reminder 7 days before their appointment and the day before. You are asked to respond to confirm your appointment. If you do not, we will give you a call but if we cannot get in touch with you and the reminder stays unconfirmed then your appointment will be cancelled. ***MULTI-SESSION WORK*** For large, multiple session projects, appointments will be booked out every 2-6 weeks until completion. If you cannot commit to that schedule until completion, then we ask you to wait until you can before booking. With large projects taking anywhere from 10 to 20 hours of drawing time, we just can't commit to that much time preparing for a project to not finish it. Every project we book pushes the next large project back further, so it isn't fair to our other clients as well. ***TOUCH-UPS*** Sometimes a tattoo needs a little more attention. We offer free touch-ups for the first year on most projects.