AUG 12 2025

LET’S TALK TATTOO DEPOSIT SCAMS. I’ve been seeing a lot of local shops dealing with this problem lately and unfortunately if you fall for one of these, there’s nothing we can do to help except report accounts. It’s up to you to do your research. Here are some things to consider-

What usually happens in this situation is you’ll get a message from an account. You probably won’t follow this account or it might be a fake account of an artist that you do follow. They will ask if you want to book. This is very unusual behavior for a real tattooer; we will pretty much never reach out to someone unless you’re one of our regular clients.

They’ll quote you and give you a deposit price and request it through a money transfer app, such as Apple Pay, PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, GooglePay, etc. A lot of tattooers do accept deposits in these forms but if the person refuses to let you drop off cash at a physical shop location, it’s a big tell that it’s a scam.

I only conduct business through this website. If you’re talking to someone about scheduling a tattoo and you did not come to this website and fill out a booking form, you’re not talking to me.

If you have ran into a scam that involves my business, please provide me with info and screenshots so I can do my best to make reports.

Here are some things to look out for-
-How old is the account you’re talking to? Is it well established and does it have a reasonable amount of followers?
-Did you find the account through a paid ad?
-Is the quality of the work too good to be true? Try reverse image searching some of their photos.
-Did they contact you? Real tattooers will never reach out directly to someone they haven’t worked with before.
-Did you search the shop address, is it real? If it is, is there proof on the shop’s socials or website that person works there? Try calling the shop or messaging the shop directly to ask.
-How are they requesting the deposit? If it is a money transfer app, how old is the account? How many transactions do they have? Is it verified? Do they say no to dropping off cash at a physical location?
-Ask to do an in-person consultation. Do they say no?
-It’s very common for scammers to reach out multiple times asking for more money to be sent to them to purchase supplies. Real tattooers will never do this.

DEC 20 2024

Howdy fartners, I wanted to wish you happy holidays and a happy new year. Reminder that books are open and will remain open for new projects into the forseeable future. I don’t have too much of an update, just wanted to round the new year with an entry. Please remember to support small businesses during this time of year and get your loved ones some handmade and local gifts! And donate to our local cat sanctuaries, of course. I plan to have some new flash pieces in the next few months. Thank you for the great year and I hope to see you in the shop soon!

JULY 16 2024

Morning (it’s night). Books are open for new client requested work and I plan on keeping them open for the foreseeable future. The tattoo industry went through a big boom from 2020-2023 and it’s beginning to slow back down and return to how it was pre-covid. When things were crazy, a lot of tattooers started opening and closing books in order to handle the insane amount of requests we were getting. Now that it’s calming down you should see more tattooers booking indefinitely just like ye olde days.
This swing in demand has a lot to do with the economy. It’s tight for everyone and completely understandable if a tattoo isn’t in the budget right now. But if you can, please support your local small businesses! Since it is a little slow, now is actually a good time to book a tattoo and get in quickly. Byeeeee