{"id":15,"date":"2026-10-27T18:54:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T18:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localstarterthemes.com\/ink-st\/home-5-large-scale\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T18:54:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T18:54:33","slug":"home-5-large-scale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/localstarterthemes.com\/ink-st\/home-5-large-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Home 5 \u2014 Large Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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No. 01 \/ Large Scale<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Large-scale work, one session<\/mark><\/em> at a time.<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Fig. 01 \u00b7 Full back \u00b7 11 sessions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sleeves \u00b7 Back pieces \u00b7 Bodysuits<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japanese-inspired work drawn for the whole body, built slowly over months and years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We take on a small number of long projects each year and give them the time they need: one client per artist per day, sittings spaced so the skin can rest, and a plan you can see from the first line to the last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sessions per project<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 \u2013 30+<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Full day in the chair<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 hrs \u00b7 $1,150<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Next open start<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Book a Consultation<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
See the Projects<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n
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No. 02 \u2014 The Work<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Three scales of commitment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Measured in sessions, not hours.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Every large project is drawn as a whole before the first line goes in. These are the three shapes most of our clients choose, with honest numbers for each.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Colour<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fig. 02.1 \u2014 Arm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sleeve<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Shoulder to wrist, one composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wind bars, water or clouds tie the motifs together so the arm reads from every angle. We design it whole, then tattoo it from the shoulder down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sessions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4\u20136<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hours in the chair<\/p>\n\n\n\n

24\u201336<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Typical span<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5\u20138 months<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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From<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$4,600<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fig. 02.2 \u2014 Back<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back piece<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The largest flat canvas you have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One central figure \u2014 a koi, a dragon, a temple guardian \u2014 set in a background that flows over the ribs and down to the hips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sessions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8\u201314<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hours in the chair<\/p>\n\n\n\n

50\u201380<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Typical span<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10\u201318 months<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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From<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$9,200<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fig. 02.3 \u2014 Body<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bodysuit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Back, arms, chest and legs as one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We map the whole suit at the first consult and build it outward section by section, often alongside the rest of your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sessions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

30+<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hours in the chair<\/p>\n\n\n\n

180+<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Typical span<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3\u20135 years<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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From<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By plan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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No. 03 \u2014 The Journey<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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One back piece, start to finish<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eleven sittings, thirteen months.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

A full back piece in colour, sitting by sitting. Every project keeps its own pace, but the rhythm is always the same: plan, line, build, colour, rest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Session 07 \u2014 colour going into the koi scales<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sittings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hours in the chair<\/p>\n\n\n\n

64<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Start to finish<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13 months<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rest between sittings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3\u20134 weeks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Week 0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consultation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Session 00 \u00b7 45 min \u00b7 Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We look at your back, talk through the story you want to wear and take measurements and photos. You leave with a rough plan, a session estimate and a date for the outline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Week 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outline<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Session 01 \u00b7 6 hrs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The design is drawn on freehand with markers so it follows how your back moves, then lined in one long sitting. Everything that comes after is built on these lines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Months 2\u20136<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sessions 02\u201305 \u00b7 4 \u00d7 6 hrs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wind bars, water and clouds in black and grey. Sittings are spaced three to four weeks apart so each area has healed before we work next to it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Months 7\u201311<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colour<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sessions 06\u201310 \u00b7 5 \u00d7 6 hrs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main figure gets its colour, darkest tones first. Slow, saturated passes \u2014 the stretch most clients say they look forward to the most.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Month 13<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final pass & healed check<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Session 11 \u00b7 4 hrs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last highlights, small touch-ups and a healed photo shoot in daylight. We go over the whole piece together and sign it off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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No. 04 \u2014 Day Rates<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Priced by the day.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Large work is booked in sittings, not by the piece. You pay for time in the chair; consultations, drawing and the final healed check are on us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Half day<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mornings only<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

$650<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up to 3\u00bd hrs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mornings from 11:00. For outlines on smaller areas, sensitive spots like ribs, knees and feet, and anyone new to long sittings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:00\u201314:30<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Breaks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One, 15 min<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Best for<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ribs \u00b7 first sittings<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Full day<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Most booked<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

$1,150<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up to 6 hrs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The standard unit for sleeves, back pieces and bodysuits. Most of our long projects run entirely on full days, with a proper lunch in the middle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:00\u201318:00<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Breaks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lunch + two short<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Best for<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sleeves \u00b7 backs \u00b7 suits<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Consultation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

45 minutes with your artist, in the studio or on video. No deposit, no obligation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Deposit<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$300<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holds your first sitting and comes off your final session. One deposit per project, not per day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Notice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

72 hrs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Move any sitting with three days of notice and keep your deposit. Life happens over a long project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rate lock<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fixed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your day rate is fixed once the outline is in, for the whole project \u2014 no rises mid-piece.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Prices in USD, sales tax included. Pay per sitting by card or cash \u2014 never the whole project upfront. Drawing time, revisions and the healed check-in are not billed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Diego at Station 03, East Village<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Years tattooing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sleeves finished<\/p>\n\n\n\n

140+<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Back pieces<\/p>\n\n\n\n

26<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bodysuits in progress<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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No. 05 \u2014 Lead Artist<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diego Salas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Japanese & traditional large-scale \u00b7 Station 03<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diego has spent eighteen years learning to make big pictures sit quietly on moving bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He grew up in Queens drawing from his grandfather’s collection of woodblock prints, apprenticed in a street shop on Jamaica Avenue and spent two winters as a guest artist in Yokohama, sweeping floors and watching the old men work. He came back convinced that the background matters as much as the dragon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Ink St. he leads every project over a full sleeve. He draws each piece on the body with markers before a stencil is ever printed, keeps a paper file of every suit he has started, and still answers consultation emails himself. His books open twice a year and he keeps four days a month for clients flying in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“A back piece is a year of Thursdays. I want you to enjoy every one of them, not just the last.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Diego Salas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Also taking large-scale: Jonah Kress, blackwork backs →<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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No. 06 \u2014 Word of Skin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nineteen sittings later.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I walked in wanting a half sleeve and walked out of the consult with a plan for my whole chest and both arms. Diego drew it on me with markers, stepped back, and said we would know in three years whether he was right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nineteen sittings later, he was. What I did not expect was how much I would miss the Thursdays \u2014 the same playlist, the same lunch from the dumpling place downstairs, the photos he took at the end of every session so I could see the piece grow. Nothing was rushed. When my skin needed a break he moved me back a month without blinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It healed clean, it reads from across a room, and the background still surprises me in the mirror. If you are on the fence about going big: go slow instead, and go here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Client<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theo R.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Piece<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chest panel & both sleeves<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sittings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19 with Diego Salas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Healed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spring 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u2116 07 \u2014 Aftercare<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heal it right.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Half of a great tattoo is what you do after you leave. Here\u2019s the short version \u2014 you\u2019ll get the full printed card on the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 0\u20133<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep the second-skin film on for up to three days if it holds. Then wash with lukewarm water and fragrance-free soap and pat dry with paper towel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Day 4\u201314<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A thin layer of unscented balm twice a day. It will flake and itch \u2014 don\u2019t pick, don\u2019t scratch, don\u2019t over-moisturise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Week 2\u20134<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No pools, sea, saunas or sunbeds until the skin has fully settled. Loose clothes over the area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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For life<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SPF 50 on healed ink, always \u2014 the sun is a tattoo\u2019s worst enemy. Light patch once it\u2019s healed? Touch-ups on our work are free for 12 months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Hygiene Standard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The clean room.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tattooing is skin work. We run the studio like a clinic and decorate it like a record shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Single-use, pre-sterilised needles and cartridges \u2014 opened in front of you<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hospital-grade disinfection of every surface between clients<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Barrier film on machines, cords, bottles and the chair<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Vegan, REACH-compliant inks from licensed suppliers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Licensed studio; every artist certified in bloodborne-pathogen safety<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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18+ only \u2014 valid photo ID at every session<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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No. 08 \u2014 Begin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Free consultation \u00b7 45 min<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Start with a conversation.<\/mark><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Every large piece begins with a sit-down \u2014 in the studio on Wednesdays and Thursdays, or on video if you are travelling in for the work. No deposit, no pressure: you leave with a plan, a session estimate and a first date if you want one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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See Day Rates<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Email<\/p>\n\n\n\n

largescale@example.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Studio<\/p>\n\n\n\n

88 Ink Street, 2F, NY 10003<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Consult days<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wed & Thu \u00b7 11\u201318<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Before we meet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What to send or bring<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Photos of the area \u2014 front, side and back \u2014 in daylight, without filters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Your height and any tattoos nearby we need to work around or cover.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Three to five references for mood and subject, not to copy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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How often you can sit and a realistic budget per month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Skin conditions, medication or travel coming up in the next year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Travelling in for your piece? We block two full days back to back for out-of-town clients, four times a year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-landing","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/localstarterthemes.com\/ink-st\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/localstarterthemes.com\/ink-st\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/localstarterthemes.com\/ink-st\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localstarterthemes.com\/ink-st\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localstarterthemes.com\/ink-st\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/localstarterthemes.com\/ink-st\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/localstarterthemes.com\/ink-st\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}