Deposit/ Cancellations
Deposits secure your appointment and are part of our commitment to providing a professional, private tattoo experience.
✨Your deposit goes towards the cost of the session you booked.
👉🏼Because Mark only takes a very limited number of appointments each week and has often already put time into concept creation and sketching for your custom design, last-minute cancellations directly impact our schedule and livelihood as small business owners.👈🏼
⚠️In a private studio, we cannot take walk-ins or fill your slot on short notice.
‼️Cancel or reschedule more than 72 hours in advance, deposit can be applied to a future appointment.
‼️Cancel or reschedule within 72 hours, deposit is non-refundable. No exceptions.
This policy ensures everyone who books gets the time, attention, and quality experience they deserve, and helps Mark continue doing what he loves.
Design Process
The design process can’t begin until we've established a date and time to start your tattoo. Setting a date and time helps me figure out how to manage my designing schedule for all my client’s concepts throughout each month. Concepts will not be designed without booking an appointment and paying a deposit.
Once your appointment is booked:
**Communication will be via email, not facebook messenger or texting.**
Reference photos/Pinterest board
Please email any reference pictures or share a pinterest board dedicated only to this scheduled tattoo. Please have all reference photos delivered no later than 5 days out from your scheduled appointment. If you are extremely particular, multiple reference photos are important.
Photograph of the Area to be Tattooed
Unless a face-to-face consultation is necessary (in which I would take photos), please email a picture of the area to be tattooed.
Tips: When taking the photo, hold your phone directly above the skin’s surface, as if you were taking a picture of an art canvas. Do not take pictures from your own perspective or in front of a mirror and do not use selfie mode (selfie mode can tend to distort the image). This works best if you have a friend or loved one (maybe not your ex, ha) take the picture for you.
Tattoo Concept Design
There is no initial design fee - it is included in your tattoo.
I will try to contact you with any questions/ concerns regarding your design a few days out from your appointment and deliver the initial design the day before or day of your appointment. I try to offer some flexibility with this but it’s not always possible serving numerous clients per week.
Again, all communication must be made via email.
Redesigns/ Design Changes/ Placement Change (left vs right side of the body)
*Alteration fees will be in ADDITION to your total tattoo cost.*
Our initial discussion about your design is the most important; Unless you're giving me free rein over your design, you need to have a good idea of what you want.
You have one free alteration, so long as it does not consist of more than 50% of the design changing. Any changes made after the first alteration, will result in additional fees - fees will vary case by case, but start at a minimum of $40 per alteration.
A decision to flip the tattoo during or after the design process, from one side of the body to the other, will result in an additional fee.
In some situations, decreasing or increasing the size of your design too much, may result in alterations requiring an additional fee.
In some situations, changing the location of your tattoo may result in alterations requiring an additional fee.
Consider these things so our initial design discussion is detailed enough to avoid additional time and fees.