The Complete Guide to Pricing Your Tattoo Design

I often get asked by people looking to get a tattoo: how much do you think this will cost? Of course each person has their own unique design in mind and everyone wants to know exactly how much their design is going to cost them. However, pricing tattoos is very difficult. You can not give a simple answer to a question like that. The price of a tattoo can vary on a lot of factors. However, here is a general guide so you know some of the factors and some price ranges that would be considered decent.

The Complete Guide to Pricing Your Tattoo Design

The Complete Guide to Pricing Your Tattoo Design

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The Complete Guide to Pricing Your Tattoo Design

The Complete Guide to Pricing Your Tattoo Design

First Factor: The Shop

Every shop has it's own pricing guidelines and even every tattoo artist in the shop might have their own ways of pricing a tattoo. The more famous the shop or artist is the more expensive the tattoo will be. Also the price can changedepending on how busy the shop is at the time you go in. If they are packed up with clients then they are going to quote you a much higher price then if they are looking for work.

Second Factor: The Design

Another factor that goes into the final price of the tattoo is the design itself. If you have a really large tattoo design in mind and you want the art work to be drawn by the tattoo artist it is going to cost a significant amount more then if you have some flash design that you found at their shop on the wall. I know the size of the design and the difference between custom drawn and flash will significantly change the price.

Third Factor: Time

Another factor that always goes into pricing the tattoo design is the amount of time itwill take to do the work. A large back piece is going to take a significant number of hours over a small Wrist tattoo. If you are looking for something really big like a full back tattoo or a body suit you are going to be spending lots of hours over multiple visits to the tattoo shop and it is going to cost a huge amount of money. You should easily spend thousands of Dollars for a full back tattoo. However, small designs that can be done quickly in one sitting of 30 minutes to an hour are obviously going to cost much less.

General Rules

First and foremost don't ever go bargain shopping for a tattoo design. Do you really want the guy that is the cheapest to do you tattoo design? This is a permanent tattoo design that you are going to live with for the rest ofyour life and you do not want it coming out all messed up just to save a few bucks. Second you do not ever want to try and negotiate or bargain down a tattoo artist. This will infuriate the artist and can often offend them. Most tattoo artists do their work for a living. Yes they might love creating designs and making tattoos but in the end they do this to put Food on their plate and pay the bills. They have worked hard to get to the level they are at and be able to charge the prices they are charging. Negotiating with them is like doubting their skills. With that in mind you do not want to negotiate and you do not want to go with the lowest price it can be wise to search a few different stores and get quotes from different artists. Thus way you can find an artist that you connect wellwith and someone who you like their designs. The price often will seem reasonable to you if you shop around and find an artist that you really like.

So this gets us down to the question we started with know how much will my tattoo design be? Obviously due to what is stated above this is hard to answer. However here is a general guideline that can help you but it into some ranges and perspective.

Small tattoo design (Wrist, foot, ankle)-Between $ 50 and $ 150

Medium tattoo design (forearm, leg, upper back, lower back)-Between $ 150 to $ 500

Large tattoo design (Full back, sleeve, full leg)-Between $ 500 to $ 2,000

The Complete Guide to Pricing Your Tattoo Design

Legend of the Hummingbird Cake

A Victorian cake recipe that is truly exceptional. The perfect cake to take to gatherings ... it's easy, freezes well, serves many.

Legend of the Hummingbird Cake

Legend of the Hummingbird Cake

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Legend of the Hummingbird Cake

Legend of the Hummingbird Cake

"Impress your friends with this Hummingbird Cake-a recipe that has been passed down through many generations. If desired, additional crush nuts and press them into the sides of the frosting, and put sliced maraschino cherries on top of the cake toguild the lily. ""

There are many versions of this cake.

Hummingbird cake history

Southern Living magazine generally is credited with the first reference to Hummingbird Cake. It published the recipe in its February 1978 issue, submitted by a Mrs. L.H. Wiggins of Greensboro, N.C. But Mrs. Wiggins did not include an explanation of the cake's unusual name, which remains a> mystery however folklore has it that the hummingbird is a symbol of sweetness.

The hummingbird is known to drawn to intensely sweet sources, they are able to assess the amount of sugar in the nectar they eat; they reject flower types that produce nectar which is less than 12% sugar and prefer those whose sugar content is around 25%.

the most searched for recipe, the perfect cake to take to gatherings, it's easy, freezes well, serves many. There have been other versions of the recipe since the 1978 version, such as a lighter version, organic version, but not a low carb version to date that I am aware of. Of course any recipe can substitute some of the ingredients. If you really want to impress your friends and family picture to Hummingbird cake for yourwedding.

It's a southern delight that gives you the essence of the tropics with it's bananas and crushed pineapple. Restaurants from the east coast to the west coast have made this delightful cake for it's southern transplant customers. The cake has won many awards, The Kentucky Derby Cook Book [Kentucky Derby Museum: Louisville KY, 1986] contains a recipe for Hummingbird Cake on p. 204. A note printed in this book states "Hummingbird Cake. Helen Wiser's Favorite Cake recipe won the Award in 1978 Kentucky State FAir. "

Cooks in 1978 baked the cake when they had overipened bananasit was the perfect way to use the bananas.The recipe and the cake has many names.Never Ending Cake is the name turned in by Pauline Isley. At Benton Speaker supplied Jamaican Cake, a title that might notbe far afield considering the ingredients.She knows it as Sheets Granney's Best Cake. "Nothing Left Cake is the name supplied by Patricia h. Downes of Jacksonville, who, with her 8-and 11-year-old sons, prefers it without icing.

More than 75 copies of the recipe have been received, most of them identical. The variations _ notably in mixing directions, oil additional measureMent and fruits _ are incorporated into the recipe that follows. Cake That won't Last. "---Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR), April 3, 1985

Mrs. Wiggins ' recipe [1978]

"Hummingbird cake

3 cups all-pupose flour

2 cups sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

3 eggs, beaten

1 1/2 cups salad oil

1 1/2 teaspoons vanillaextract

1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained

2 cups chopped pecans or walnuts, divided

2 cups chopped bananas

Cream cheese frosting (recipe follows)

Combine dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl; add eggs and salad oil, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened. Do not beat. Stir in vanilla, pineapple, 1 cup chopped pecans, and bananas. Spoon batter into 3 greased and floured surface-9-inch cakepans. Bake at 350 degrees f. For 25 to 30 minutes; remove from pans, and cool immediately. Spread frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake. Sprinkle with 1 cup chopped pecans. Yield: one 9-inch layer cake.

Cream Cheese Frosting

2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened

1 cup butter or margarine, softened

2 (16 ounce)powdered sugar packages

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Combine cream cheese and butter; cream until smooth. Add powdered sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla. Yield: enough for a 3 layer cake.--Mrs. L.H. Wiggins, Greesnboro, North Carolina "

---"Making the most of bananas," Southern Living, February 1978 (p. 206)

The Kentucky Derby Cook Book [Kentucky Derby Museum: Louisville KY, 1986] contains a recipe for Hummingbird Cake on p. 204. A note printed in this book states "Hummingbird Cake. Helen Wiser's Favorite Cake recipe won the Award in 1978 Kentucky State FAir. "

Legend of the Hummingbird Cake