I don't have any ink but thought of having a small memorial for my dear past brother done.
There is a shop here in town that has been established for a long time and is highly recommended.
I stopped in to price such a thing.
I kid you not a very nice young man that looked like he walked off the set of a 1950's sitcom (no pricings or visible ink) came out and talked to me.
{could be they sent the low key guy out to talk to the middle age dude shopping for a tat

}
San Pedro & Long Beach
were huge Navy towns and thus have a long history of tat parlors and dive bars.