01
The portfolio is usually the weakest part
Tattoo work is photographed close and detailed, then squashed into a template gallery that crops it badly and loads slowly. The gallery should be the best-built thing on the site.
Website design
Website design for tattoo studios.
The work is the whole argument. The site exists to show it properly, say who did it, and make requesting a consult straightforward.
What gets in the way
Where these
sites go wrong.
02
People book an artist, not a studio
Each artist has a style and a waitlist. A single shared enquiry form sends the wrong requests to the wrong person and wastes everyone's time.
03
A generic site undercuts the work
If the site looks like a template, it quietly says the work might be too. This is the one vertical where the design of the site is part of the portfolio.
One we built
Open it and
have a look.
Every piece is catalogued like an archive: numbered, dated, credited to the artist, and filed by whether it is fresh or healed.
More of the work.
Every site in the portfolio is live, custom coded and built the same way as yours would be.
See all the workThe things
that earn a call.
Advanced is the usual fit: the site should look like the work, and the work is rarely quiet.
- A gallery built for detail, not a template carousel
- An artist page each, with their own work and their own request form
- Flash and available designs kept separate from custom work
- Deposits, hourly or piece pricing, and how the waitlist works
- Aftercare, somewhere a client can find it at 2am
- Studio rules and what to expect on the day
Questions
Asked and answered.
Can each artist have their own page?
Yes, and they should. Five pages covers a small studio, ten covers a studio with several artists and a flash archive.
Can people book online?
They request a consult, which is how most studios prefer it. Custom work needs a conversation before a date goes in the diary.
How do we keep the gallery up to date?
Send us the new work and it goes up the same week. Year one includes one small change a month, and after that it is $55 a request.
Let us build
yours next.
Tell us what the site has to do and we'll be in touch the same day or the next.