This is not a simple answer. Tattoo pricing is based on a few different criteria, they are as follows:
1. Size: How big is the tattoo you are looking to do, and if it is too small to be done properly, will you make adjustments as recommended by the artist? Sometime when a tattoo is done too small, problems arise. A little too small over the length of the life of a tattoo can cause severe problems. The image can become distorted through aging and sun damage as small open places in a tattoo will start to blend into the line work of the image creating a sort of "fuzzy" looking image.
2. Placement: Where do you want the tattoo? Some areas of the body are more problematic to tattoo and to heal than others. You may be urged by your artist to think about this regarding your tattoo placement. Areas of high friction, such as the sides of feet, hands, fingers and toes are prone to drop ink even when expertly applied. The other places, we will not recommend are areas of high motility, as in at the joints or anywhere that constant motion is unpreventable. All of these concerns are things that can potentially effect the overall look of your finished tattoo. There are also other factors regarding skin and how pliable it actually is, that will affect your cost. Places on the body that stretch out naturally also stretch the image we are trying to apply, usually increasing its size, and making it take longer to do the tattoo. Areas of intrest for this sort of scenerio are places like the lower back, hips, ribs, and necks.
3. Time: How long will it take your artist to actually do your tattoo? This one is pretty self explanatory. The more time that it takes, the more it will affect the price. How can you offset this in larger scale pieces? Many times larger pieces will be broken up into sessions, thereby breaking up the cost into smaller increments over several visits. This can afford you being able to get a larger tattoo without hurting you, or your budget.
4. Detail: How fancy, or realistic do you want the image to be? Certain levels of detail require far more time to perform as well as a great deal of focus. In these instances, the cost of your tattoo will also go up. Images that are photo realistic can be done, they are just going to require more of your artist, that means he will probably require more from you. If you want your image simplified, we can do that as well, this will often times bring the cost of your tattoo down. If you were to tell us that you had a certain budget, our artists will do their best to get you a tattoo to suit your needs.
5. Color: Do you want a colored image or just black and grey? This is probably the element that least affects the price of a tattoo. In larger scale pieces, color has far more bearing in the overall price. In a smaller tattoo, color will barely affect the overall cost. Remember that color can always be added later, so if you are indescisive about color or not, you are still in the clear.










