Your tattoo release
Complete your tattoo release at the shop's front desk. Online check-in is not available yet.
Complete your tattoo release at the shop's front desk. Online check-in is not available yet.
What the release covers
A summary in plain words. The full text is the same release both shops use, and you read and sign every part of it at the front desk.
The risks of a tattoo: infection, scarring, and allergic reactions to pigment, gloves or soap. You accept them, and you release the artist and the shop from liability as far as the law allows.
Healing: you follow the aftercare instructions you are given, and a touch-up needed because they were not followed is at your own cost.
Your health and the day itself: you are not under the influence of alcohol or drugs, you are not pregnant or nursing, and you have no condition that could get in the way of the tattoo or its healing, such as diabetes, epilepsy, hemophilia, a heart condition or blood thinners.
The tattoo: it is permanent, colours soften over time, it may differ a little from the picture you bring, and the spelling and meaning of any lettering are yours to check.
Payment is due at the end of each session, at the price agreed with your artist. Disputes go to the courts of California.
Photographs and video of your tattoo: you choose to accept or decline. If you decline, tell your artist.
Start here, sign at the desk
Start it here, if you like
Enter your name, contact details, date of birth and an emergency contact. You get a check-in code to show at the front desk. It is optional: everything can also be done at the shop.
At the front desk
Bring a government photo ID; staff check it before the tattoo. Staff enter your artist, the design and where it goes, then you answer three health questions and read the release.
Sign on the shop's iPad
The release is digital, signed on the shop's iPad. You initial each part, sign on the screen, and can ask for a copy by email.
The digital fingerprint
The signed release is sealed with a code calculated from the document, the time and the device it was signed on. If a word changed later, the code would no longer match. It is not your physical fingerprint.
Complete your tattoo release at the shop's front desk. Online check-in is not available yet.
Questions people ask
Do I have to start my release online?
No. Starting here only saves time at the counter. You can do the whole release on the shop's iPad when you arrive.
What do I need to bring?
A government photo ID. You must be 18 or older to get tattooed at either shop; we do not tattoo anyone younger, even with a parent's consent.
What is the digital fingerprint?
A code calculated from your signed release, the time it was signed and the device it was signed on. It shows that nothing in the release changed afterwards. It is not your physical fingerprint, and nothing scans your finger.
Can I get a copy of what I signed?
Yes. Ask for it by email on the iPad after you sign, or ask the front desk.
Where is my information kept?
In the shops' own release system, not on this website. This site never sees your answers, your signature or your ID.
What if I am not feeling well on the day?
Tell the front desk before you sign. The release asks about fever and flu-like symptoms, and your artist decides with you whether to tattoo today.
