$1,000/day, full days
Tattoos I WannaDo
Secure your dedicated, full-day session for one of my Wanna-Do projects and let's craft a conversation piece of your own. Pick one or something like it and get my best pricing.
The discount is for creative freedom, not for less work.
01 / Find your direction
The lineup
Everything's thrown in together. Sort it, group it, or go straight to a direction. Tap any piece to see it big.
02 / Drawing to skin
Healed, on real people
I use all tools. That's the part most people can't picture, so here it is. Spin it, or tap one to see the drawing next to the tattoo.
Finished work
03 / The rates
My day rate is $1,500.
You can buy your way down.
Full day
You bring me any design and I will make the minimum adjustments needed to make it viable.
Full day
I design it. It will look cool like something here, but it can be any subject matter.
Wanna-Do · Full day
One of these premade directions. Most of the design work is done.
The discount is for creative freedom, not for less work. If you're handing me a thousand dollars and letting me make something I already know is going to look good and be fun to build, that's worth five hundred a day for me to get it into my portfolio.
Full days, 6 to 8 hours. Deposit required and it comes off the total.
04 / How these get made
I drew these on a screen. They only become real on skin.
I call these 80/20 designs. I spend twenty percent of the time getting eighty percent of the way there, then eighty percent of the time dialing in the last twenty. I draw, sketch, reference hunt, digital paint, 3D sculpt, literally anything I can play with. That last part is the part that matters and it's the part I do by hand.
In the time it used to take me to sketch two drafts, I can put a hundred on the table and throw out ninety seven getting to the perfect fit. You're getting the one that survived a gladiator battle of critique, and then my hands on it getting it just right for a tattoo.
Also: these don't get repeated. You won't run into yours on someone else's arm.
How it works
- Pick a directionA specific piece or a whole direction. Send your name, number and what you want.
- Monica texts youInside five minutes. She's a helper I built, running on my knowledge, awake when I'm not. She'll answer questions and line up a call.
- I call youI'm on the phone between 10 and 8, just never while I'm tattooing. Consults are video calls: I share my screen and draw while we talk.
- Deposit, date, doneDeposit locks the day, and we both show up for final edits at tattoo time.
05 / Straight answers
What to expect
What if I want changes past the premade design?
Then it's a custom at $1,250 a day. The gap is small on purpose. We'll figure out which side of the line you're on during the call. Some directions are running custom at the $1,000 rate right now: Caricatures and Neo Floral.
Do you send designs ahead of time?
I don't send artwork ahead of time. Twenty-three years in, that's the part that reliably goes wrong. You'll see it before we start and we'll change what needs changing. If needed we can work live on video together and I can share my screen. But I do not send a design to float past distant relatives.
How does the deposit work?
Deposits are mandatory. Each session needs its own and it comes off the price. The clock starts when the needle touches skin, not when your appointment was scheduled.
How far out do you book?
For custom designs I need at least 2 weeks to ruminate and work on it, and I try not to book more than 3 months out. When you're choosing from this page we just need the first date that works for us both, since the work is mostly done. The Wanna-Dos have the shortest contact-to-completion pipeline.
Where do you tattoo?
Missoula, MT, 4 days a week, full-day bookings, inside Montana Tattoo Company. I also do conventions, guest spots and private bookings around the country. Check the Tour page for where I'll be.
Creative freedom goes both ways
Not sure which one?
You don't need a finished idea to start a conversation. Having an idea or a feeling and letting the imagery support the story is sometimes the best possible situation.
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