Gold Coast Tattoo
639 Lighthouse Ave., Monterey
642-9404, www.goldcoasttattoo.com
Tattoo artist and Gold Coast Tattoo Manager Rick Webster’s friend handmakes the plethora of inks, and Webster is so involved in the industry he’s a veritable tattoo dictionary—knowing exactly when and where his needles are made. He prefers to use the best stuff on the market, which in this case is 100-percent vegan ink, with a powder pigment that holds color longer and gives better saturation. Webster, who has about 90 percent of his body tatted, says it’s Gold Coast’s dedication to its clients that makes it the best. The shop, which has been around since 1977, will also pierce anything that can be pierced. Use your imagination. Your artistic imagination.