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 ()
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 area. 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.

09/13/2025

Have you been itching for a tattoo over the weekend?

You're in luck! Our newest artist, Miles, has open availability as soon as next weekend! If you'd like to take a look more into his work, go check out on Instagram!

We look forward to your inquiries, and we hope you all have had a fantastic start to the weekend!

09/09/2025

Hi everyone!
Our email servers are currently down, so if you've reached out to us and have not heard back yet, fear not! Nick is working on that now, and we will hopefully have those up and running soon! In the meantime, feel free to DM us here or give us a call at the shop if there's anything we can help you with!

We are excited to welcome the amazing Miles Birden to Daybreak Tattoo!Miles is an incredible tattooer of almost 2 decade...
09/05/2025

We are excited to welcome the amazing Miles Birden to Daybreak Tattoo!

Miles is an incredible tattooer of almost 2 decades who specializes in illustrative, neo-trad, and black and grey work. Whether you are looking for a walk-in jammer or large-scale work, he is booking right now!

Love his work but not sure what to get? He has a bunch of ready-to-go designs looking for their forever home! If you are ready for your next fave tattoo, drop us a line today before he gets booked up!

Instagram: www.instagram.com/milestattoos
Available Designs: www.instagram.com/upforgrabs_milestattoos

We are super excited to announce that a new challenger approaches! Miles is a versatile tattooer of almost 2 decades th...
09/05/2025

We are super excited to announce that a new challenger approaches!

Miles is a versatile tattooer of almost 2 decades that does amazing illustrative, neo-trad, and black and grey work!

He is booking right now and is ready to give you your next favorite tattoo! Whether it is a walk-in jammer or one of his incredible designs, drop us a line now before he is all booked up!

Instagram: www.instagram.com/milestattoos
Available Designs: www.instagram.com/upforgrabs_milestattoos

08/29/2025

Hey everyone! We are going to be closing up early today around 4:00 PM, but we'll be back open tomorrow at noon! If you have any requests, shoot us a DM and we will get back to you as soon as possible!

Hashbrown is telling the truth, Nick has time available tomorrow from 2p-7p tomorrow and he'd love to do something cool!...
07/10/2025

Hashbrown is telling the truth, Nick has time available tomorrow from 2p-7p tomorrow and he'd love to do something cool!

He has some available designs on his Instagram (http://www.instagram.com/tattoosaredumb) and is always down for fun skulls, nature based designs, anime, weird stuff, etc.

Drop us a line about what you'd like to get and let's see if we can make it happen!

The master of lines and dots, Nate Rodriguez () is coming back for a visit and has some available spots! 7/15 - All Day7...
07/08/2025

The master of lines and dots, Nate Rodriguez () is coming back for a visit and has some available spots!

7/15 - All Day
7/17 - 12-5p

He always has some sweet designs ready to go or can start something custom. He'll be back for future visits if you'd like to get something bigger started or you can catch him at the Grand Rapids Tattoo Festival as well!

If you want to jump on this opportunity, you can fill out the form below to get things started! https://form.jotform.com/242957018089163

Don't miss your chance to collect something from Nate while he is here!

07/03/2025

Hi everyone!
We will be taking a few days off for the 4th of July and will be closed tomorrow and Saturday so our team can take a break.
We will be back in the shop next Tuesday, the 8th, for our regular hours! We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend!!

If you know Daybreak, then you know and love Jimmy!What you might not know is that they have a pretty epic set of pipes ...
05/28/2025

If you know Daybreak, then you know and love Jimmy!

What you might not know is that they have a pretty epic set of pipes and front blues rock band, Bold Bluffs!

They are going to be playing the Ironbark Brewery in Jackson on 6/14, 7-10p and you should go! The band is wrapping up their demo recording but having heard the roughs, I can tell you that you are in for a good show!

05/15/2025

Hey everyone, we're closing up early for the day, but we'll be back in the shop tomorrow at noon!

Hey, it's Nick and Daybreak Tattoo is looking for a tattooer to join the party!(I want to preface this by saying this is...
05/12/2025

Hey, it's Nick and Daybreak Tattoo is looking for a tattooer to join the party!

(I want to preface this by saying this is NOT an apprenticeship opportunity.)

When I started the shop in 2016, I had a kiddo on the way, had left my previous shop without much of a plan, and generally duct-taped a shop together to have a place to tattoo. In January of 2020, the shop moved into a bigger space, completely remodeled, with space for more artists, and then we were shut down in March for COVID. However, we keep rolling!

The shop has changed so much since 2016, but I can say that the people I am lucky enough to work alongside with are some of the most sincere tattooers that genuinely care about giving their clients their best and I would love to add someone else that I can say the same about. We've had artists leave to do bigger and better things, but not one of them has left without being a better artist and tattooer than when they started. This is due to their own hard work, but I think being in the right environment does help.

We are not the norm. The shop is employee based which means ALL supplies are provided (aside from machines, artist chair), we offer health insurance (with contribution), your taxes are automatically deducted so no tax season panic, and you have a nice big booth with work surface, client bed, storage, and 3 walls to hang art and make the booth yours. Our sliding pay scale means if you are putting in the work, more is going into your pocket. Ash, our shop manager, is there to help free you up to focus on doing your best work.

If the employee route doesn't appeal to you, I am definitely open to discussing non-employee options as well and can help you get set up as a properly independent artist.

While I am the shop owner, I am also a tattooer of 17 years. I'm right there with you, trying to do my best work as well and am always available for feedback, critique, and advice. I am human and flawed, but I try my best to take care of everyone under my roof.

The most important things I want to find in a potential artist is integrity, a desire to grow, and the kind of attitude that feeds into a positive shop atmosphere. I'd rather help the right person improve than have a rock star with an ego.

It'd be great to bring someone on that does styles of work that would be unique to the shop, especially a black and grey realism artist. This is optional, however.

So that is my pitch! If this sounds like the kind of place you'd like to rest your machine at, please shoot me an email at [email protected] with an intro of who you are what you bring to the table, examples of your work, and what you are looking for from a shop. If there is something above you aren't sure about, feel free to ask!

Thanks for making it through this novella and I look forward to hearing from some cool people. If there is an artist you think might be interested, feel free to share this with them!

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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.