Happy Place Tattoo Studio sits at 685A East Coast Road in Katong, Singapore, holding a 5.0 Google rating and sharing its work on Instagram. A tattoo is for life, so the first real decision is finding an artist whose portfolio matches the style you want — fine line, blackwork, traditional and realism all take a different hand. Expect a proper consultation: size, placement and design settled before a stencil goes on, and a good artist will often rework an idea rather than tattoo it exactly as first described. The session is only half of it; a fresh tattoo needs a few weeks kept clean, moisturised and out of the sun and sea to settle properly. On a Katong stretch of East Coast Road better known for Peranakan shophouses and laksa than for studios, Happy Place Tattoo Studio leaves its own small mark.