summertime tattoos 🌞
booking through August 〰️
Hi friends! It’s been a while, I hope life has been treating you well!! Chicago has been so cold and rainy for June 🙃 but lots of fun updates, changes, and projects I am sharing below so I will just get into it.
If you joined me here recently - I just want to say hi and welcome!! Whether you've been here a while or just found me, I don't take our time together lightly. This community means everything to me, thank you for being here.
what to expect in this newsletter:
personal essay | custom pricing updates | flash drop | color projects | booking through August
specialization? being me?
Typically in tattooing we see artists begin to lean into only doing a certain type of work after they’ve matured in the craft. This style is usually one they’ve worked really hard to perfect and become highly sought after for. As I approach my 6th year of tattooing — insane, I can’t believe it’s been that long — I’m feeling called to evaluate my style and the values my craft/business holds more deeply now than ever before. And that’s led me to asking myself: should I be niching down?
I ask because if you follow my work, you know I do a little bit of everything. Bold black fill, fineline, color, a wide range of subjects. I also genuinely enjoy doing all of these styles. The challenges you all regularly bring me keep me on my toes, and I appreciate the trust to interpret your ideas creatively.
I’ve always approached my art with a focus on diversity, even before I started tattooing. I’ve dabbled across so many different mediums, which is why I lean into the title of multidisciplinary artist more than anything else. In tattooing, my goal is to keep developing my skills technically and expand what I can offer — including getting back to painting, both in tattoos and on canvas.
The two pieces above are examples of recent work that were really fulfilling and they’re completely different. Yet - both are still true to who I am, how I see beauty in the human body and where I want to go in this craft. So I will continue to follow what lights me up and grow in all directions I feel pulled — trusting that the right people will find me along the way because of it.
custom pricing updates
I’ve been working hard on making some updates to my pricing structure for customs. My goal is to streamline the process for my most requested service and make sure you have all the info you need upfront to prepare to book with me.
New custom booking options will be:
Quarter Day — $400 (under 2 hours) Simple line work, single color only, up to 6 inches. Can be multiple small tattoos.
Half Day — $750 (up to 4 hours) Over 6 inches and can include shading, black fill or multiple colors, quarter sleeves.
Full Day — $1,350 (up to 7 hours) Over 10 inches & half sleeves, complicated placements, full color projects, heavy shading. Full sleeves will require multiple sessions.
All custom work will have a $250 nonrefundable drawing fee, collected upfront and applied toward your session total.
If you already have an approved quote from me that you want to lock in, I am still willing to honor that pricing. Just email me and I will send new appointment link. Any new forms after this is release will fall under new pricing.
I’m really grateful for every single one of you who continues to trust me with your ideas. This update allows me to make sure the systems around my work protect the time, integrity and care I put into each tattoo I make.
flash drop
… with that being said, flash work will remain my most accessible option financially. Luckily, they are also always going to be my favorite thing to do! I’ve been slacking the last few months on drawing new flash and that is truthfully why this newsletter is so late because I didn’t want to come back here empty handed again 😅
So here we are! I have lots of fun new ideas I would love to make for you. There are sooooo many new concepts so please take a look! And yes, I am tattooing hand/fingers only for my flash.
For further ease of planning, I’ve given some guidance on what to expect for pricing on these concepts. Pricing dependent on complexity and sizing but overall lots of choices for everyone and all budgets!
color projects
As I mentioned before, I want to improve my color tattoos as I learn how to work with a painterly style. I have two concepts I would like to do on at least 3-4 different skin tones. These projects will be discounted half day sessions at $350 - and only able to do on legs and arms. Only requirement is that participants come back to see me in 4-6 weeks after the first session to take picture and/or do touchups.
If you are interested in being a part of this project, pls respond to this email to let me know so I can send you the details!
booking through August ~
My schedule has updated with appointments available through August! Thank you for sticking with me through all the updates. It is a pleasure to make art for and with you all!!
I hope you enjoy your summer and I look forward to seeing you soon! 🌞
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