Tattoo Services

• Custom Tattoos$150+
  1. Our Shop minimum is $150.00. A tattoo the size of a coin, or a small simple outline with no shading is usually considered a shop minimum tattoo. 2. Tattoos that take a few hours or less are usually quoted outright by the artist. 3. Larger tattoos (including multiple session pieces) are based on an hourly rate of $200. It’s fairly common for a custom tattoo to take 2 hours but may cost $500 if that’s the price it was quoted at. On the other hand, a four-hour tattoo done at our hourly rate would only cost $800. To use an analogy: buying a dozen roses is cheaper than buying just one, and the artist’s drawing and prep time should be taken into consideration, as we do not charge for these things. If one thinks of needles as different styles of paint brushes, two different tattoos may be the same size and take the same amount of time to complete, but one may require multiple paint brushes to get a specific effect. This requires more set up/prep time, and the paint brushes (tattoo needles) are single use, resulting in a slightly higher cost in materials.
• Tattoos
  The pigments used in tattooing are also potential sources of contamination and therefore Slave to the Needle NEVER reuses tattoo pigments. Each tattoo customer gets their own pigments poured into disposable caps. At the end of the tattoo, any leftover pigments are disposed of along with their caps.

Body Piercing

• Body Piercing
  Slave to the Needle is a group of friendly, talented, highly motivated people who would love to discuss any ideas you might have about tattoos. We also provide body piercing at our Ballard location, featuring one of the largest selections of ‘Professional’ Body Jewelry in the Pacific Northwest.