Planning and preparation questions


HOW SHOULD I PREPARE FOR MY TATTOO SESSION?

Make sure you are well rested, well hydrated, and have eaten recently. Aside from that, take a shower, charge your phone or tablet up to full, and don’t bring in your 50 closest friends (1-2 are fine).

WHAT SHOULD I WEAR FOR MY TATTOO SESSION?

It’s more important to be comfortable than to be fashionable. Looser is better than tighter, and keep in mind you want to be able to cover up certain places that might show, depending on where you’re getting your tattoo.

HOW SHOULD I PLAN FOR A LARGER TATTOO (ARM, LEG, BACK, ETC)?

First thing, come talk to us. The best large pieces always BEGIN with a cohesive plan, not just bits and pieces loosely tied together. We can do a sleeve or back piece with existing work in place, but it will ALWAYS look better when you come in with a plan and allow the same artist to help create that plan into a unique custom design for you. Large tattoos may take multiple session and cost thousands of dollars. So plan ahead and save your money so that you can tackle these large pieces as they are investments and commitments.

WHAT ARE SOME THINGS I MAY NOT THINK OF BEFORE I COME IN?

  • Take a shower

  • Don’t bring your kids. No really, don’t bring them.

  • Bring all of the necessary documentation

  • Good work costs money – so bring it!

  • Eat before you come in!

  • If you’re diabetic plan for a crash (and prepare yourself!)

  • Your idea may not be able to be tattooed

  • Just because you saw it on Pinterest doesn’t make it a good tattoo

  • Don’t put words with pictures – we’re going to try to talk you out of it because of that whole “a picture is worth 1000 words” thing

WHEN SHOULD I NOT GET TATTOOED?

You should not get tattooed when you are:

  • Drunk
  • High
  • Pregnant
  • Pre-Surgery
  • Post-Surgery
  • When you don’t know what you want
  • When you can’t afford it
  • When you’re sunburned
  • When you haven’t showered
  • When you have your kids with you
  • If you don’t have an ID
  • Being pressured into it
  • When you’ve been told by us that your idea is bad

DO TATTOOS HURT?

The best comparison would be to getting a scratch on a sunburn or to having someone draw on you with a ball-point pen on a sunburn. It doesn’t feel good, but it’s more of an intermittent irritation than a constant pain. Remember, a tattoo has more in common with an abrasion than it does with a hypodermic needle shot from the doctor.

Caring for a Tattoo


HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO HEAL AFTER A TATTOO?

The majority of your new tattoos healing process will be done within the first two weeks. However, the skin is still working to heal and rejuvenate and you need to plan on a 4-6 weeks for your skin to be back to its previous state.

WHY DO TATTOOS START TO ITCH WHILE HEALING?

As the skin rejuvenates itself, usually about a week after the tattoo was done, the itch sets in. This is 100% normal. Good moisturizers will help immensely with this but DO NOT SCRATCH IT!

HOW DO I TAKE CARE OF MY TATTOO?

Pricing Questions


WHY DO YOU REQUIRE DEPOSITS?

Often we will have hours of work in drawing and preparing for a tattoo before you sit down in our chair. Deposits help to ensure you make it to your appointment and that we haven’t done hours of work for nothing.

WHAT IS YOUR SHOP MINIMUM FOR TATTOOS?

Our shop minimum is $100. You might not realize it, but we go through nearly the same amount of very expensive supplies to do a tattoo the size of a quarter as we do for a tattoo the size of a softball.

SHOULD I TIP?

You should ALWAYS tip those who provide services for you. Whether it’s your barber/hairstylist, waiter, or the kids with a lemonade stand down the street, if they provide you a service you should tip them. This includes your tattoo artist.

Policy Questions


WHAT IS THE AGE REQUIREMENT FOR GETTING TATTOOED?

The state of Kansas board of cosmetology determines the ages we are able to work on. For tattoos, we can tattoo minors age 16+ with a parental consent form notarized and parent present with the proper identification (birth certificate with both names as well as government issued photo IDs for child and parent – these are required for anything we do on a minor).

SHOULD I WALK IN OR BOOK AN APPOINTMENT?

We always encourage people to book an appointment for tattoos of any size. First, this guarantees you will get in at a certain time without potentially waiting for hours. Second, it gives our artists the chance to draw your new tattoo so that it’s 100% unique to you. For smaller tattoos, if we have openings feel free to try to walk in.

WHAT HAPPENS IF I’M LATE TO MY APPOINTMENT?

Don’t be. Seriously, if you’re late to your appointment it will throw our schedule off for the day. If your more than 30 minutes late to your appointment you will forfeit your deposit.

WHAT HAPPENS IF I NO-SHOW DURING MY APPOINTMENT?

If you no-show we will keep your deposit. We will then require payment in full to reschedule.