The prices of tattoos depend entirely on the body placement, amount of detail, amount of color, and size of the design. Generally, the average tattoo costs between $60 and $200. Large, highly detailed, or custom tattoos are more expensive and are billed at an industry hourly rate.   I will offer my availability to host tattoo parties for a reserved amount of time.  If there is a scar you would like covered up, it depends on the condition of the scar, whether it is faded or not too noticable in the first place. If the surface is too raised, then that skin may not accept ink.  As far as covering up existing tattoos, that can definitely be done, but generally be charged more. Typically a new piece needs to be two to three times the size of the original to achieve a successful cover up.  So make sure you take that into consideration.

The time it takes to do a tattoo depends on the individual style of the artist and the intricacy of the tattoo design. A custom piece can take multiple hours and require a number of visits.  It's best to set up an appointment so you know what exactly you are getting into.  This not only gives the artist enough time to come up with cooler ideas of designs for your tattoo, but it gives the customer enough time to find out exactly what they are looking for as their tattoo.

I use black talon ink which is a water based ink.  Now a days, inks are becoming better in vibrancy due to all the chemicals used to make it.  Since the ink business is not regulated (meaning, since inks are made up of natural elements they are not considered to be hazardous), there are some colors that contain materials that can cause cancer as well as birth defects.  Not to mention, color inks do not necessarily show well on all complexions.   The tattoo industry has not been regulated by the F.D.A.  So many of the new inks (such as glow in the dark types) may pose heavy metal toxicity.  I use a water based black ink for most pieces, though if you are interested in color, I have a select number of available colors which are not water based.  The color additives used in tattooing pigments are the same as those used in cosmetics. They are monitored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and approved for topical application only. There are more than 100 different color variations, but the most common colors are red, green, yellow, blue and white. White is used to mix colors to make color variations but does not stay on all skin tones.


All needles and tubes are individually packaged, dated, sealed and/or autoclaved.  Everytime you come to the parlor a fresh set of needles and tubes will be opened in front of you.  Permanent tattoos are applied by injecting the color pigments mention above into the skin using a solid, round-tip needle attached to a motorized instrument that holds up to 14 needles attached to the pigments. The pigments are injected into the middle layer of the skin at a rate of 15 to 3,000 times per minute.  Depending upon the complexity of design, the process takes anywhere from fifteen minutes to several hours or sometimes months to complete.  All unused ointment, pigments, needles, gloves, razors, and containers used in the applying of your new tattoo will be discarded after every use.  After the tattoo is applied, I will disinfect the work area with an EPA approved virucidal that will kill any surface bacteria or viruses (greensoap or 1 part bleach/9 parts water).