Custom sessions, specialities and studio rates
Clear rates and careful drawing for every scale of project. Single-session pieces are quoted as a flat price up front; multi-session large work is billed only for needle time, never for stencil setup or breaks. Each style below states what it covers and who it suits.
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Consultation & one-off flash
free consult
Up to forty-five minutes with the artist who would run the work, at no charge. References are read, placement and sizing are tested in the mirror, and the conversation ends with a written estimate. Original flash from the artists' books is tattooed once and then retired, from the $150 shop minimum.
Suits Anyone deciding whether a piece is possible, a first tattoo, and anyone wanting a flash design nobody else will wear.
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Fine-line, botanical & woodcut
from $220
Tight-needle florals, etched botanical specimens, architectural line and script, flat-quoted per piece for 60 to 150 minutes. Each line is set at the right depth with room between strokes, so stems and lettering heal soft and legible rather than blurring together.
Suits A first tattoo, a delicate piece under a hand's span, or a botanical addition that has to sit beside existing work.
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Traditional & neo-traditional
from $250
Bold outlines, smooth whip shading and lightfast vegan colour or black and grey, flat-quoted per piece for 90 to 180 minutes. Rooted in American, European and Japanese-inspired foundations, and built to hold their punch through decades of real life.
Suits Swallows, peonies, animals and folklore motifs, and anyone wanting a classic that reads clearly across a room.
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Custom large-scale sessions
hourly $180
Sleeves, backs, thighs and chest pieces planned across two to six sessions, after a mapping consultation that traces the limb or back. Lines come first, with shading and colour spaced three to four weeks apart. $180 an hour; a full day of six to seven hours is $1,100.
Suits A committed project with a drawing already agreed, and anyone travelling to Baltimore for the work.
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Cover-ups & reworks
$190/hr
An in-person look at the existing work under studio light comes first: its density, its age and its edges. Texture, dark focal values and directional flow then hide it completely or revive it. If laser lightening would give a cleaner result, the studio says so before starting.
Suits Anyone carrying work they would rather not carry, including people who have already been told a cover-up is impossible.
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Blackwork, ornamental & dotwork
$180/hr
Crisp thermal stencils combined with freehand marker drafting on the skin, so mandalas, stippled dotwork and heavy black contrast keep their symmetry around elbows, knees, collarbones and spine. $180 an hour, in sessions of two to five hours.
Suits Geometric and ornamental pieces, joint-framing designs, and heavy blackout work over older tattoos.
Contact about blackwork
From first idea to healed ink, in three stages
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Consultation
A conversation about the idea, its size in inches, the placement and two or three style references. It costs nothing and commits nobody, and ends with a written estimate.
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Drawing and estimate
A drawing deposit of $80 to $150 holds the date and is credited in full to the tattoo. The artist draws the piece for the specific body and placement, and the drawing is reviewed together at the start of the session.
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Session and aftercare
An unhurried session, then home in a breathable second-skin wrap with written healing instructions. If a small spot heals light within six months, the artist touches it up free of charge.
When another studio is the better answer
Black Finch Tattoo does not work on anyone under eighteen, asks for valid photo ID and a sober, rested client, does not tattoo hands, necks or faces on a first visit, and declines work that copies another artist's original design. Saying yes to everything is not generosity; it is carelessness.
Start with a consultation
It costs nothing, commits nobody, and ends with a written estimate for the piece.