DESIGN CREATION
If you do not have a finished design for your tattoo, our tattoo artists can draw it for you. The creation of the design is free, but you cannot take it out of the studio in any form other than tattooed on the skin. This rule was introduced to avoid situations where the tattoo artist spends time creating the design and the client uses the drawing to get tattooed at another studio.
To make it easier for the tattoo artist to create the design, try to collect several reference images. For example, if you want to tattoo an octopus, find one image where you like the body position, another where you like the octopus itself, a third from which we can take the background, etc. The better you explain what kind of design you want, the faster and easier the creation will be, and you will be more satisfied with the final result. If you are not 100% sure what you want, please think it through carefully before scheduling a consultation appointment with the tattoo artist, because when we don’t know what we want, no design will suit us.
One of the important facts you must be aware of before getting tattooed is that skin is not paper; skin is a living organ that ages and changes, and therefore the tattoo changes over time as well. Very thin lines and soft shading can disappear over the years because skin cells constantly regenerate, and if the ink is not deep enough under the surface of the skin, it can simply vanish. Colors that are very intense at the beginning become more muted over time, and colors similar to the skin tone can completely fade.
Every tattooed line will slightly expand and lose sharpness over the years. For this reason, certain basic rules of profession must be followed in tattooing. One of these rules is the minimum feasibility. This means that not every design can be tattooed in the same size it can be drawn on paper. If the design is tattooed too small from the start, in ten years it will no longer be possible to recognize what it was supposed to be. Two lines need to be at least 2–3 mm apart for the tattoo to look good in the long term.
Every professional tattoo artist will warn you if the design you want is too small. This is not to get more money out of you, but to ensure the tattoo looks beautiful and high-quality in the long run, as it represents the artist’s work. Almost any design can be tattooed in a smaller size than recommended, and you will definitely always find someone who will do it for you. Keep in mind that once the tattoo becomes a hard-to-recognize smudge, it usually cannot be fixed anymore; it can only be covered with a new (significantly larger) tattoo or removed with a laser.
INSCRIPTIONS
heavily decorated letters = larger tattoo
When tattooing lettering in a foreign language, the client bears full responsibility for the accuracy of the desired text. Tattoo artists cannot know all languages/scripts of the world, therefore it is up to the client to verify the correctness of the design.
If you want to tattoo any kind of lettering (name, quote, date, etc.) you first need to decide what type of letters (font) you want. There are many fonts available and you can find them on any font generator on the internet, e.g. DaFont, 1001Fonts and others. Keep in mind that letters with too many details may require a larger tattoo in order to preserve execution quality.
As an example, we will take the website DaFont: DaFont:
CALLIGRAPHY
If you are looking for calligraphy or something of that type, choose the category ‘Script’, or the subcategories ‘Calligraphy’ and ‘Handwritten’.
SIMPLE FONT
If you are looking for a simple font, without many flourishes or decorations, check the category ‘Basic’ or ‘Script – school’.
LARGER LETTERING
For bolder lettering and a medieval look of the font, check the category ‘Gothic’.
INITIALS
For initials (the first letter of the name and/or surname), you can look in the categories ‘Fancy’ (subcategories ‘Curly’, ‘Initials’), ‘Gothic’ (subcategories‘Medieval’, ‘Initials’), ‘Script’ (subcategories ‘Calligraphy’, ‘Handwritten’).
UNUSUAL FONTS
For more unusual fonts, check e.g. ‘Foreign look’ (‘Arabic’, ‘Various’), ‘Dingbats’ (‘Runes, Elvish’) – keep in mind that, for example, the ‘Arabic’ category does not contain actual Arabic script nor will it translate text from Croatian to Arabic; it is only a style of writing that looks like Arabic script.
DESIGN PLACEMENT
A tattoo should be positioned in a way that complements the natural lines of the body, and there are certain rules of profession regarding this as well. For example, if you tattoo a large square design in the middle of the chest, it will not look very good. If you place a small cross on the wrist so that it is upright when you look at it with your palm facing your face, keep in mind that you will have an upside-down cross most of the time, when your arm is down.
The tattoo artist can give you advice regarding the placement, size, and overall look of the design, but the final decision is yours, and you bear full responsibility for the final check of the desired design. Please carefully review the design on paper and the stencil that is applied to your skin before tattooing.
Subsequent complaints cannot be accepted.