Custom policy and guidelines.
Before you read this super long thing! None of these boundaries are because I believe that my design skills are gods gift to tattooing or because I don’t like tattooing other ways/things than what I come up with. I simply have found that I am not good at designing customs for people outside of these rules. It’s just a skill I haven’t really found success with. And I don’t want anyone to waste their time on me.
Guidelines and boundaries:
I take a $120 drawing fee for custom tattoos. This is not a deposit and does not go towards the cost of the tattoo.
My rate is $200 per hour (I work very quickly)
A hand sized tattoo will typically take around 2-4 hours. A tattoo that is twice that size will probably take around 4-6 hours. A full sleeve or large thigh piece will take multiple sessions. But these are just estimates.
When I do custom tattoos it’s very important to me that you have gone through my work and made sure you love at least 80-90% of it enough to have gotten those actual tattoos yourself. If that’s not the case then I am probably not the artist for you. (That really goes for any artist)
For the design itself, I will typically turn down anything that does not sound like something within the realm of things I typically tattoo (dark nature-y stuff/ witchy things/ neotraditional/black and grey). I also ask that you only request 1-3 elements (a snake, flower, dagger, animal, etc) because it becomes more and more difficult to create a design that works the more elements that you add.
The big one: I ask for full creative freedom.
That means you are putting the design totally into my hands and not asking me to design something based off of another artists work, your own sketch or something that you have an exact idea of what you are wanting. This requires a LOT of trust in your artist which is why it is so important to choose an artist whose work you love enough to give them that trust. It also means that if you are looking for a design based off of something you drew yourself or a friend drew, I am probably not the artist for this project.
I will show you the design before you come in for your appointment to make sure you like it! However I do not do modifications to the design other than very small ones, such as “move this leaf over there” or “ make this flower a little smaller” or changing the accent color to a different color, etc
If all of that sounds good, go ahead and fill out the form (completely!) and add a description of what you are looking for in the message box and submit!
I (or my assistant) will reach out to you whether I am able to do the tattoo or not!