At the end of your consultation, we take a deposit to secure your appointment spots and start working on your design (generally $60, or more at the artist’s discretion for large-scale designs). We have a copy available here for your reference, of our policies on changes and cancellations to your design or appointment. Thank you for your cooperation in this, as short notice changes to our schedule cause us to lose tattooing and drawing time, when other clients are waiting for availabilities as well. We truly appreciate your understanding.

 

Deposit Policy

A tattoo deposit is paid after a consultation with an artist to begin work on a tattoo design, and to hold a tattoo appointment thereafter. The amount of the deposit is equal to roughly 30 minutes of the artist’s hourly rate. (Hourly rates vary by artist and currently range $100-$120/hour)

All tattoo deposits are non-refundable. 

For multi-session tattoos, the deposit will be held as payment towards the last hour of the last session of the tattoo.

Upon paying a deposit you acknowledge that you have communicated your tattoo design idea to the artist to your satisfaction, and have reviewed the artist’s prior works to decide that the artist can implement your idea to your satisfaction. Please understand that creating a tattoo design based on a client’s concept is subjective, and that variations may exist between your concept and the finished design. If the finished design is not to your liking, minor changes will be made at the artist’s discretion. However, substantial changes to the design or the request of an entirely new drawing or draft will require a new deposit, and the original deposit will be forfeited as payment for the artist’s drawing time.

No Drawings or drafts are emailed or otherwise previewed to clients before their scheduled appointment time.

A deposit will also be forfeited in full in the case of:

  • I do not appear for a tattoo appointment;
  • I cancel or reschedule an appointment without giving at least 48 hours’ notice;
  • I reschedule an appointment within 48 hours more than twice;
  • I arrive more than 30 minutes late to a tattoo appointment;
  • I fail to reschedule a new appointment within 30 days of a cancelled appointment;
  • I fail to reschedule an appointment within 30 days of being contacted with the phone number or email given;
  • I arrive to a tattoo appointment without government-issued identification.

Billing Policy

Clients will be billed at the artist’s hourly rate, starting when the physical application of the tattoo begins and ending when the piece is completed to the artist’s satisfaction.

We do not accept pre-payments. We do have hand-designed gift certificates that you can purchase if you wish, but you are solely responsible for keeping the physical copy until your appointment.