Welcome to our new website! We’re proud to present the latest Urge website complete with updated portfolios, a bit about our sister shops and history, as well as a new Art Gallery dedicated to displaying artwork other than tattoos by our amazing staff. We hope you enjoy cruising through the pages and look forward to […]
The truth is that tattoo artists and our industry in general do not have the gleaming reputation for self-preservation and healthy-lifestyle that, say, the banking industry might enjoy. From motorcycles to scuba diving, to all manner of other hi-jinx, we’ve earned a label that portrays us as injury-prone goof-balls. It’s a reputation that makes adequate […]
The 5th Annual Urge Poppy Tattoo Drive benefiting the Canadian Legion was a great success! 2015 was one of our most successful drives. Urge, with on-site help of Goldstream Tattoo, raised $3500 while the other two shops who participated in the effort (The Burly Beard Tattoo and Incendiary Tattoos) brought in $3800 and $550 bucks […]
We’re pretty jazzed about the season our favorite Football team had this year! For another season, Urge was proud to sponsor the Victoria Xtreme – the all-woman football squad that kicks ass across the region — and they certainly made the most of our contribution. “We couldn’t have gone to the Duncan Sunbowl Tournament without […]
Urge Studios is celebrating 20 years of Tattooing Victoria and Everyone is Invited! So come out to Wheelies Motorcycles on Friday, June the 5th, for the rock n roll parking lot party that’s going to kick start your summer off proper with some of your favorite illustrated ladies and gentlemen. The Stockers are opening up […]
Urge Tattoos is excited to announce that, in partnership with the Wounded Warriors Foundation, we will be holding a tattoo fund-raiser for injured Canadian soldiers in early February. Sunday, February 8th, Urge tattoos will be donating our time, art, and materials to give participants and patrons armed forces themed tattoos. We will have several designs […]
We would like to thank everyone who voted Urge Studios the Best Tattoo Shop in Victoria for the 5th consecutive year! We’re really honored to be held in high esteem by the great people of our beautiful region. We’d like to send an extra special thanks out to our customers without whom we couldn’t practice […]
We’re big supporters of Victoria’s veterans, and those living elsewhere, so when approached by the Wounded Warrior organization for a donation we jumped at the chance! Sparky painted the 5-foot canvas that this poster has been designed over. The painting will be auctioned off at the end of the event to help raise additional funds […]
On October 6th 2013 the first Urge Ink & Ride in support of fallen riders throughout Vancouver Island took place. We meandered around the scenic route and through the streets of Victoria eventually ending at the shop for motorcycle tattoos, hot dogs and donations. It looks like donations from the Urge Ink & Ride are […]
Tattoos mean many things to many people but for one group of friends it was a way to show solidarity with one of their own who was fighting brain cancer. Check out this CTV News clip (starting at the 6:18 mark) to learn more about this group of awesome women, and you might just notice […]