Shop Policies

Alaska State Requirements

You must be at least 18 years of age to get a tattoo. Minors may not get a tattoo even with parental consent in the state of Alaska.

You must have a valid ID to get a tattoo. A valid ID includes a driver’s license, pilot’s license, state issued ID, passport, military ID, or another form of government ID with proof of age; your ID must be on your person at the time of your appointment and cannot be expired.

Those who are pregnant or nursing cannot get a tattoo under any circumstance.

Shop Requirements

Making an Appointment

You must fill out your artist’s appointment application (found on the booking page when available) to begin the scheduling process. These applications are only available when each artist opens their books to accept project proposals. Submitting an application does not guarantee an appointment.

Once your artist accepts your submission, you must pay the non-refundable $80 deposit (shop minimum) to make the appointment. This deposit goes toward the cost of your tattoo and comes off the end of the (final) appointment. You will need to pay an additional deposit (per artist) if you are scheduling an appointment with more than one artist.

Alterations to the design can be made at the time of your appointment; however, your artist may need to reschedule at their own discretion if necessary adjustments will take up too much of the appointment time or if they have not been given enough time to prepare your design.

Payment

Tattoos are charged by the hour for tattooing time only (with the exception of flash, which are flat-rate). Send an email to the shop to find you artist’s current hourly rate. Cash and card are accepted.

Payment is due at the end of each appointment, even for multi-session pieces. Your deposit will come off at the end of the final session. Failure to pay for services rendered will result in a permanent ban from the shop and possible legal action.

Touch-Ups

Each tattoo* comes with one conditional free touch-up if need be - valid for up to one year after the original appointment.

Your free touch-up may be forfeited at the artist’s discretion for any reason. Reasons for forfeiture of the touch-up include visibly and obviously not following proper aftercare guidelines - this includes failure to wash your healing tattoo 2-3 times per day, regularly moisturizing, and protecting it from UV damage either with clothing or sunscreen. Please see the Aftercare page for the full instructions.

Re-doing the entire tattoo or adding onto it is more than just a touch-up; that will count as an actual appointment and you will be charged accordingly. Disorderly clients may also have their touch-up privileges revoked.

*Flash tattoos do not come with a free touch-up. Tattoos on the hands and feet will be subject to a $20 touch-up fee as these locations almost always require a touch-up (due to the nature of the skin on hands and feet).

Tardiness

Please respect your artist and their time. We understand that things happen, so if you are running late, you should notify your artist as soon as you can. Otherwise, if you have not arrived within 15 minutes after the start of your appointment, you will be sent an email clarifying your appointment time. You then have 45 minutes to show up/contact your artist. If not, after that time (one hour after your scheduled appointment time) you will be considered a no-show and you will need to put down a new, possibly increased deposit in order to get tattooed. Time spent waiting for those to show up is time that could be spent tattooing and earning income.

Rescheduling

You can reschedule your appointment as long as you give at least 72 hours notice; your initial deposit will be transferred to your new appointment date. A new deposit is required if you give less than 72 hours notice. Your previous deposit will be considered forfeited and will not go toward the cost of your tattoo. Your deposit rate may increase if you provide less than 12 hours’ notice (see next section).

You will need to put down a new deposit if you are rescheduling the same appointment for a third time.

The rescheduling policy is still in effect even for sickness. These policies are in place to protect the artist from loss of income.

Cancelation/No-Shows

Cancelations or no-shows result in a forfeiture of your deposit. You as the client are responsible for keeping track of your appointment(s) and showing up on time. If you need to cancel your appointment, please provide as much notice as possible - at least 72 hours. You may be able to reschedule your appointment instead of canceling so that you do not lose your non-refundable deposit.

The design for your tattoo appointment may be made available to someone else if you do not reschedule within two weeks of canceling/no-showing.

For those that have been no-shows or cancelled an appointment the day-of (less than 12 hours notice), your new deposit rate will be an hour of your artist’s time (non-refundable). Not showing up or canceling day-of for a second time will result in a substantially increased deposit (up to $300) to be determined by your artist. This deposit is non-refundable. No-showing/day-of cancelling more than 2 times will result in a permanent ban from the shop.

A deposit may be refunded if your artist needs to cancel your appointment. Some exceptions apply.