Practical notes on tattooing: how to prepare for a session, which style suits you, how to care for fresh ink, and what makes up the price. Everything here comes from my own practice.
Technically good work is done almost everywhere in Prague today. What people regret five years later is an artist who never asked them a single question. Here are the criteria studios rarely talk about.
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For his first tattoo, a father wanted to bring his zodiac sign and his daughter's together. This is how we developed the design through conversation, until he felt comfortable with every part of it.
Michael above Lucifer: two figures on one arm, joined by the story of a fall. Why I reworked the original reference and gave Lucifer two different wings.
Forearm, wrist, fingers, elbow and upper arm: where a design holds, where it hurts and how big it should be.
What a half-millimetre line can and cannot do, the smallest sizes that actually hold, and how a thin line ages.
Why realism needs about 10 cm, how many sessions a large piece takes, and how contrast ages.
From 2,500 Kč. How small is too small, which placements hold, and what matters for a first tattoo.
Why marble has no outline, how big a statue’s face needs to be, and how a piece like this ages.
The client brought a collage of other people’s tattoos. One question turned it into his own design.
Real prices from 2,500 CZK, what the figure covers, and why the cheapest quote ends up costing more.
What to do in the first hours, when to take the film off, why tattoos peel, and when you can swim.
Where it is easy, where you grit your teeth, and what to do before the session.
Which motif suits which style, how they age, and when combining them is right.
Share your concept or a feeling you want to capture. We'll work through it together and I'll design something original for you.