When designing a custom tattoo, we at Reef Side Tattoo have a strict drawing policy and system to ensure that the Client and the Tattoo Artist avoid frustration throughout the drawing process. We realize that you want us to design your complete Tattoo drawing or sketch before your tattoo appointment so that you can approve the picture before your scheduled tattoo appointment. Nonetheless, our drawing policy is in place to ensure our total concentration is on your tattoo/sketch. However, our drawing policy states that all tattoo drawings and custom designs will not be available to the Client until 24 hours before the tattoo appointment. This protects the art from leaving the studio.

Our Tattooers are constantly busy tattooing. Due to the high number of custom tattoo drawings, our tattooers must prepare for them daily. The Artist draws the tattoos the night before their scheduled tattoo appointments. After the references are given to the Artist at the consultation, the Artist will create the best style they can with the references given to create a tattoo that flows with your body’s natural curves. Trust in your tattoo artist that they can design your creation with their imagination is critical.

All of our tattoo artists get paid by the hour, so are drawing policy states that after the Tattoo Artist designs your tattoo, you have to come into the shop physically to see the proof drawing. The drawing or sketch will not be sent via text message, email, or any other physical copy that puts the Tattoo Artist at risk of losing the art. We take our drawing seriously, so no pictures of any kind are allowed to leave the shop before it is tattooed upon your appointment. Again our policies are in place to protect the Artist and the tattoo client so that we can ensure a successful system of operations for our tattoo shop drawing policy. Our drawing policy is non-negotiable, with No Special privileges.

We have put our drawing policy in place to better help the Client by ensuring the Artist has enough time available to put total concentration into one drawing at a time. As Tattoo artists, we create daily and are very comfortable with our style of art. This policy allows our Tattoo Artist to be able to make changes to the tattoo on the day of the tattoo appointment so the Artist can take into account the placement of the tattoo, the curvature of the body, and the contrasts and depths that will be needed to flow the tattoo from foreground to background. As Tattoo Artists, we are good at creating tattoos, and most of us use different styles and techniques when applying the tattoo design to the skin. It’s hard to understand, but having the utmost trust and confidence in your Tattoo Artist will allow for a better tattoo design. Most of our Tattoo Artists use skin pains to draw directly onto the skin after applying the stencil to give your tattoo that 100% custom feel.

Our number one goal with our drawing policy is to give the Artist and Client one-on-one time during a free consultation so that the Artist can try to figure out what’s inside their Client’s mind while trying to get a grasp on how they want it to look. We ensure that we have enough time on the day of the tattoo appointment so that while you’re there, we can design on the spot while having exact measurements for the placement of the tattoo.

If you’re looking to get a custom drawing done, your first step would be to set up a free consultation after you visit the shop and look at the tattoo portfolios so that you can match the style that you want with the Artist who can create it. Once you find the Artist you want, you have to make a deposit and talk to the Artist about the ideas you want. Thanks, everyone will see you for your free tattoo consultation at Reef Side Tattoo.

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