policies

Masks are optional.
You may bring one guest with you to your appointment.
You must agree to reschedule if you have any illness or if you may have been exposed to COVID or any other illness within 10 days of your appointment.
Do not come to the studio if you are sick. If you arrive at the studio exhibiting any symptoms of illness, you will be asked to leave and you will lose your deposit.

My minimum is $350.
The price of your tattoo will depend on a variety of factors. I set a flat rate; I do not tattoo at an hourly rate. If I can take on your tattoo, I will send you a price quote before you book.
I don't take any additional fee for making a custom drawing for your tattoo. The only charge is for the tattoo itself. However, if you want to change the idea after I've started designing, or if you come up with new requirements later in the process, this additional work may be reflected in the final cost of the tattoo, and we may have to reschedule.

When you schedule an appointment, you will pay a deposit.
Deposits are non-refundable.
If you need to reschedule, your deposit may be transferred to a different date/time only with more than 14 days notice. If you need to reschedule, and it is within 14 days of your appointment, you will forfeit your deposit, and you will be asked to put down a new deposit for the new appointment.
If you cancel your appointment or don’t show up for your appointment, you forfeit your deposit. Deposits can not be used by anyone other than the person who has booked the appointment.
Please make sure you can make your appointment before booking.

You can expect me to send you a design the day before your appointment. Most other tattooers I know do not send a drawing before you arrive. However, I like to give you a chance to sleep on it and look it over. That being said, the design I send you is the product of my own lengthy and recursive drawing process.
Reasonable changes will be considered of course and accommodated as well as I can—I want you to be completely satisfied with your tattoo—however I will let you know if there is a technical or practical reason for one design decision over another. Tattoos function and age differently than art on paper and sometimes you need to design for that.
For significant edits we may have to reschedule, in which case you may forfeit your deposit and be asked to put down a new deposit for the new appointment.

I am anti-racist. I won’t tattoo any racist or hateful symbols, obviously. I won’t tattoo anything that I feel is offensive or culturally appropriative. I am continuously learning and reevaluating my principles.