The sitting
Sitting.
One client per day. The price is named before the needle touches skin. A receipt returns at once from the door; the answer returns within three days, written by hand.
What it costs
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$150
A sitting begins here — the floor for any piece, however small the mark. Above it, work is priced by the piece.
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$75
The design fee, on custom work only. It buys the drawing and the revisions it takes to be right. It is not returned, and it does not come off the tattoo — those hours happen whether or not you sit. Flash carries none: that drawing already exists.
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$100
A deposit holds the day — $200 for a full day or work that runs across sessions. Not returned either, but this one does come off the final price. The date is not held until it is paid.
So the smallest a custom commission can be is $225 — of which $175 is sent before the day and $50 is owed in the chair. Flash asks less: the price on the sheet is the whole price, and the deposit comes off it.
How a day is held
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1
Write from the door — idea, placement, size, what you can spend. Or text the number. The letter is answered within three days.
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2
If the answer is yes, the price and the deposit are named. The day is not held until the deposit is paid.
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3
Arrive prepared — before the day. The address is given with the booking, not published here. Afterward, keep the mark — aftercare.
Nothing is charged on the letter and no day is held yet. The day and the deposit come after I have answered.