Prohibition Ink Custom Tattoo

Prohibition Ink Custom Tattoo Serving SLC and Sugarhouse with custom tattoos since 2016. BY APPOINTMENT ONLY - NO WALK INS

It's not just a tattoo - it's an experience.

Featuring artists JJ Ohlinger and Geoffrey Sutton with phone/email/scheduling support from Darlene Fuhst

Welcoming all to our comfortable, safe space At Prohibition Ink, you'll get a gallery-worthy piece of art you can wear forever while simultaneously experiencing an exceptional level of customer experience from initial consultation through to aftercare.

100% smoke-free facility (no vaping)

S

pa-like, relaxing atmosphere

Organic and vegan-certified ink

Medical grade aftercare

Co-Founder/Tattoo Artist JJ Ohlinger has over 35 years of fine art and design experience. He likes to blur the boundary between art and tattoos by incorporating fine art and illustration techniques into the tattoo process. JJ has had clients travel from as far away as China, Europe, and Australia to have him create custom tattoos for them. Co-Founder/Director of Operations Darlene Fuhst brings 20+ years of marketing and customer service experience to the company. She is also a fine artist specializing in oil painting and maintains a paint studio in the shop.

posting in hopes that we'll get some more of this stuff - it's cold, bring on the snow! ( do we need to make an offerin...
01/15/2026

posting in hopes that we'll get some more of this stuff - it's cold, bring on the snow! ( do we need to make an offering to the 9th & 9th whale? )

Here's a selection of artwork created from prompts. If one catches your eye or inspires a tattoo idea, let us know.
01/14/2026

Here's a selection of artwork created from prompts. If one catches your eye or inspires a tattoo idea, let us know.

Here's a little showcase of drawings done from prompts.If you resonate with one of these, or one inspires another idea t...
01/14/2026

Here's a little showcase of drawings done from prompts.

If you resonate with one of these, or one inspires another idea that you'd like to turn into a tattoo, please let us know

Thanks Bob. I’m going to miss you
01/11/2026

Thanks Bob. I’m going to miss you

We lost one of the greats today. Fare thee well, Bobby. After all those thousands of hours on stage you deserve the rest...
01/11/2026

We lost one of the greats today. Fare thee well, Bobby. After all those thousands of hours on stage you deserve the rest. The music lives forever

Over the holiday break everyone at the shop worked on preparing the following drawings based on daily prompts. The Decem...
01/05/2026

Over the holiday break everyone at the shop worked on preparing the following drawings based on daily prompts.

The December 23 words were bird and leaf. Slide 1 by at JJ Ohlinger. Slide 2 by Geoffrey. Slide 3 by Sage.

The December 24 words were matching apple. Slide 4 by Sage. Slide 5 by Geoffrey.

The December 25 words were cherry and spider. Slide 6 by Bryton. Slide 7 by Geoffrey.

The December 26 words were planet and leaf. Slide 8 by Bryton. Slide 9 by Milo.

The December 27 words were shark and diamond. Slide 10 by JJ. Slide by 11 Milo.

The January 1 words were I and gargoyle. Slide 12 by JJ. Slide 13 by Geoffrey. Slide 13 by Geoffrey. Slide 14 by Milo.

The January 2 words were frog and lantern. Slide 15 by JJ. Slide 16 by Sage. Slide 17 by Bryton. Slide 18 by Milo.

The January 3 words were skull and key. Slide 19 by JJ. Slide 20 by Sage.

If you’d like to get any tattooed, let us know. .inks

We are back from break and the shop was all a buzz with and .inks
01/03/2026

We are back from break and the shop was all a buzz with and .inks

2025 was a wild ride! Thank you to everyone who got tattooed and supported our artists, we are so grateful to you all. ...
01/01/2026

2025 was a wild ride! Thank you to everyone who got tattooed and supported our artists, we are so grateful to you all. We have some fun things coming up for 2026. This year will be the 10 year anniversary of the shop, and we have some fun things planned to mark the occasion. Stay tuned for updates

And last but not least, here are Bryton’s remaining highlights for the yearSnake Half-Sleeve: This snake was so fun to d...
01/01/2026

And last but not least, here are Bryton’s remaining highlights for the year

Snake Half-Sleeve: This snake was so fun to do. In part because it looks cool, but also because I got to hand-draw about 3/4s of it on her arm before we tattooed it.

Flower Circles: I was so happy I got to do these. I was so excited to get the message that my client wanted to get all three of them. I loved doing the color and adding the harsh black behind it makes it pop even more.

Gem Flowers: My first time tattooing a gem or crystal of some kind, and I think they turned out great. I love that I got to add them into some flowers.

Cranes: Designing this was really fun, and I also really enjoyed all the shading I got to do.

Sleeve of Favorites: This was a really fun project to work on. There’s wasn’t much of a plan going into it other than just a fun collage of all of her favorite things. Learning the backstory to why each one deserved a spot on her arm was really fun and exciting.

Sleep Token Moth: Another fun design that I had a good time coloring. Even though there aren’t a ton of different colors, I think the whole thing turned out awesome.

Here is the second half of Milo’s highlights for the year- Demon Babe Chest Piece: inspired by folklore from my Filipino...
01/01/2026

Here is the second half of Milo’s highlights for the year

- Demon Babe Chest Piece: inspired by folklore from my Filipino heritage, also I think the placement is sick

- Mermaid: love cryptids and mythological creatures and I think this design was so cute

- DnD Dice: DnD is a huge part of my life and I got to do this piece on one of my best friends and fellow DnD party member

- Death’s-Head Hawkmoth: really dig the design and placement

- Floral Calf: one of my biggest pieces and my client was down with me adding some of my own style into it

- Unicorn: I’m a big fantasy fan and am really drawn to gay- I mean, unicorn iconography, especially the more medieval goat-like interpretations

Here is JJ’s second set of memorable tattoos for 2025“Peen-ana” - are you happy to see me or is that just a peenana on y...
01/01/2026

Here is JJ’s second set of memorable tattoos for 2025

“Peen-ana” - are you happy to see me or is that just a peenana on your leg?

Ruth Asawa - In July we found ourselves walking around the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco and I completely became obsessed with the wire sculptures of Ruth Asawa. This tattoo is my attempt to do a freehand piece inspired by our day experience her amazing work. Look her up, and then call me so we can talk about doing some more abstract tattoos.

Owl - people that get tattoos from my flash sets are the type of people that won the lottery and get to sit in the front rows of concerts. If you’re not that kind of person, get a flash tattoo from me and all of your dreams will come true. This was from my flash set in case you couldn’t figure that out.

Hobbit house - I really tattoo a lot of Lord of the Rings inspired tattoo. This one was pretty cool. I even found out someone in the area built a hobbit house in their backyard.

Candle - I’ve been painting as long as I can remember. Sometimes I get lost in a tattoo and find myself painting the image more than tattooing it.

Dog - I’ve always said that I owe my tattoo career to dog paws, and 15 years later, I still love being a part of helping people take their pets with them wherever they go.

Arm of confidence - The best part of tattooing is getting to be apart of someone’s journey to discover the skin they are comfortable in wearing. I love seeing her around town and the confidence that radiates out of her. She has been through some big changes, and I got to be a tiny part of it. That’s pretty cool.

Pieta - when I was a kid, at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska, fora brief time they had a cast of the Pieta on display. Why it was there, I have no idea, but I remember standing in line for quite a while to see it. As a kid I actually thought I had touched a Michelangelo statue.i had not. But I did touch a cast of a Michelangelo statue and I guess that means something. Now I can say it was more meaningful to tattoo a rendition of it.

As promised, here are Sage’s second set of memorable tattoos for 2025:(Robot wasp)- this was maybe one of the hardest cu...
01/01/2026

As promised, here are Sage’s second set of memorable tattoos for 2025:

(Robot wasp)- this was maybe one of the hardest custom requests I’ve gotten. He wanted a mechanical schematic of a parasitic wasp and I don’t know anything about machines or robots so I was pretty lost. The whole thing really came together once I added the circuit board stuff to the wings and I’m really stoked with how it came out.

(Fig and Peach) - I think fruit tattoos in this kind of illustration style look so good and you an almost never go wrong. Just
(Dali clock)- this tattoo was fun because it’s such an iconic image
And I really tried hard to get it as close to the painting as I could.
(Fig and peach)- I think fruit tattoos in this kind of illustration style look so good and you can almost never go wrong just pick a fruit or vegetable and bam you have a cool tattoo. These ones in particular I was really happy with.

(Snake)- Another very Utah specific tattoo, but I loved this one because snakes are one of my favorite animals. I regularly catch snakes while hiking or camping (not rattle snakes). This tattoo was challenging to draw because of all the little scales. I probably redrew them like 5-6 times.

(Skeleton)- I love doing western/ desert themed tattoos. Being born and raised in Utah (and also being named after a desert plant) I’ve always felt really connected to the outdoors and anything involving camping, hiking, or rock climbing. I also particularly liked this tattoo because of the style of linework and how they are intentionally inconsistent.

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1516 South 1100 East Suite B
Salt Lake City, UT
84105

Opening Hours

Tuesday 12pm - 7pm
Wednesday 12pm - 7pm
Thursday 12pm - 7pm
Friday 12pm - 9pm
Saturday 12pm - 9pm

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+18014852294

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