Collected at the three month touch up rather than in the chair, because that is when somebody actually knows what they think.
They talked me out of my first idea and drew something better. Two years on it still reads exactly the way it did the week it healed.
I booked a consult expecting a sales pitch and got forty minutes of somebody drawing on tracing paper over a photo of my ribs.
Tam planned the whole arm before touching a needle. Six sessions, no improvising, and it fits me the way it was meant to.
First tattoo at 41 and nobody made me feel stupid for asking obvious questions. The aftercare sheet alone was worth the deposit.
Mika matched a colour piece to a fifteen year old tattoo next to it so well that people cannot tell which is which.
I rescheduled twice for work reasons and they moved my deposit both times without a word about it.
Collected through our own booking system, from people who sat in the chair.
Time given, honesty about size and price, and whether people felt talked at or listened to.
Whether the design matched the conversation and how easy changes were on the day.
Starting on time, breaks offered, and the room being comfortable to sit in for hours.
Clarity of the instructions and how quickly we answered a worried message.
Whether the final number matched the number quoted at consult.
Plasma, flaking, the itch at day six. A day by day account of a normal heal, so you can tell it apart from one that needs a call.
The first drawing answers the idea. The second answers the body it is going on. Both happen before you sit.
Muscle moves, skin folds, and a design that looked square on paper reads crooked on a shoulder. How we plan around that.
Consults run forty minutes and cost nothing. Come with references, a rough placement, and a budget range. You leave with a date, an artist, and a price band.
