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The studio has a very large archive of images of all kinds from which you may choose your new tattoo. I have 20 filing cabinets filled with images, and thousands of books, so if you can come with an idea we can facilitate your achieving the best possible tattoo. Essentially anything that can be a pen-and-ink line drawing can be a tattoo, within constraints of size and complexity. I'd like to suggest that you take a look at my Online Tattoo Design Store in hopes that it will help you formulate an idea of what you would like. Then the day you come for your appointment when you have narrowed your preferences down a bit, I can show you more designs that may be similar, and you can make the final call about which one you will get. You may also want to visit my LuckyFish Celtic Tattoo Bookshop, where you can peruse and purchase books that I recommend as art sources. Whether you are interested in Celtic work or images from other cultures,
we can look in my
extensive reference material, and of course I am capable of doing custom
designs that combine elements from several. I of course recommend Santa Barbara as a destination for a vacation, and suggest you ought to plan to come a day early for the pleasure of it. That way we have time to talk and plan, and I have overnight to draw if necessary. Then the next day you can get the piece, having rested comfortably in some quaint hotel, and perhaps done some tourism. Not to worry if your schedule won't permit
this, you may see something I have already drawn that is perfect, and
we will personalize it by choosing ways it can be stylized with
alternate colors and shading. Quick installation, while you wait! But
in the meanwhile please do look on my online store for design ideas: LuckyFish Art.
I charge by the
piece, not the hour. That way we both agree up front on how much will
be spent. It is the way I prefer to pay for my own tattoos, because
I've had the experience of watching the minutes tick away as an artist
talked on the phone, while I'm thinking the taxi meter is ticking away
my tattoo fund.
Price depends on:
size of the design, complexity of the pattern, placement on the body
and
customer attitude. My studio is
equipped to take cash, Traveler's Checks, money orders, Visa,
MasterCard, and American Express. Deposits to hold appointments
are best sent via: All the equipment used in my studio is SINGLE USE.
EVERYTHING used on one client is completely NEW and will be disposed
of properly afterwards. I have been trained by a representative of the
Center for Disease Control in Atlanta in the Blood Borne Pathogens
Standards. I have also passed the course offered by the Alliance of
Professional Tattooists. I presume every client has the potential to have gonorrhea, syphilis, herpes, hepatitis or AIDS; and I act
accordingly. I don't risk contamination and neither does the next customer. This is the moral part of the job, and I appreciate your trust both in my artistic ability and my committment to making this a safe procedure. I have made a video that I show every client before they get their tattoo, which explains in great detail why I believe it is necessary to use entirely new equipment. I used to autoclave equipment... but I now firmly believe it is morally necessary to use NOTHING that has EVER come into contact with anyone's blood. You can watch that video here:
No matter who does your tattoo........I want you to be an informed consumer. I also show all my clients a second video after the tattoo that explains in great detail how to care for a new tattoo. You can watch that video on the Tattoo Aftercare Information page. BUT IF you HAVE a communicable disease, or a life-threatening condition such as severe diabetes or heart disease, please be sensible and don't risk getting a tattoo. If you are under the care of a physician I would need to see a doctor's signed permission slip on office stationary that they feel your getting a tattoo is no threat to your health. If you are pregnant, undergoing chemotherapy, or in any other way immune compromised please do not ask me to tattoo you. You are not in a position to heal properly. If you have artwork already that you wish to send for my opinion or evaluation please send it by email in .jpg format Please understand that it is
not possible
for me to do much online. But if you want to ask if I think a
design you have found is workable, go ahead and send it by email and I'll
give you my honest opinion. Often this saves time because I can tell you I
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