Blackwork
Bold, high-contrast, ink-saturated. Solid fills, geometric structure, hand-poke aesthetic translated to machine.
- Solid fills
- Bold linework
- Geometric
DOC · 2026.05 / DRAWING NO. 01
AK · BBP CERT · SINGLE-USE
1028E · 5TH · AVE
SHOP ADDR · ANCHORAGE · AK 99501
Blackwork & illustrative tattoos for Anchorage.
Sterile. Licensed. By appointment.
STERILIZATIONAUTOCLAVE
NEEDLESSINGLE-USE
BOOKINGAPPT ONLY
LICENSEAK BOARD
SHEET 02 · SERVICES
What gets booked at 1028.
Specs below describe scope and intake. Every appointment opens with a free consultation. Pricing is quoted after design review, never before.
Illustrative
Drawn-page feel — cross-hatched shading, etching texture, single-needle outlines. Book-illustration register.
- Cross-hatching
- Etched shading
- Page-illustration register
Fine line
Single-needle micro work. Architectural detail, script, small placement. Healed-line precision.
- Single needle
- Script & lettering
- Micro placements
Cover-up & rework
Consultation-first redesigns. Existing piece is assessed for tonal weight, contrast budget, and salvageable line before any sketch begins.
- Tonal assessment
- Design strategy
- Multi-session schedules
Walk-in flash
Pre-drawn small designs available on flash-day announcements. Posted in advance. Same-day, single session.
- Posted flash sheets
- Single session
- Quoted up front
Consultation
Free in-shop consult before any booking. Placement, scale, design direction discussed. Deposit confirms the date.
- Free consult
- Placement review
- Deposit on book
SHEET 03 · WORK LOG
From the shop floor.
DOCUMENTED · 9 PLATES
SHEET 04 · SHOP NOTES
Word of mouth, on the record.
We don't publish reviews. Our calendar is referral-led and our policy is consultation-first. The notes here describe how we run the shop — not how anyone else feels about it. If a friend has been tattooed here, we'd rather you ask them than read a star rating.
CALENDAR · STATUS
By appointment only.
CALL · TXT · CONSULTATION FIRST
N-01NOTE
ON BOOKING
We work by appointment. Every consultation starts in person at the shop. We don't quote sight-unseen, and we don't take a deposit before we've talked through placement, scale, and design direction.
N-02NOTE
ON REFERRALS
Most of our calendar fills by word of mouth. Clients who book through us return with friends. That's how we measure a piece — not by the count of likes the week we post it, but by who walks in six months later asking for the same artist.
N-03NOTE
ON SHOP HONESTY
If a design isn't going to age well on the skin you're showing us — placement, contrast budget, scale — we'll say so before we touch a needle. A piece you'll keep is the only piece worth doing.
SHEET 05 · COMPLIANCE
Built like a shop should be.
AK Board licensed
Operating under State of Alaska body art practitioner licensure. License on display at the front of the shop.
Autoclave sterilization
Pressure-cycle sterilization for every reusable instrument. Spore-test verified.
BBP / OSHA trained
Bloodborne Pathogens certified. Cross-contamination protocols enforced station by station.
Single-use needles
Every cartridge unsealed in front of you. Disposed in a sharps container at the end of session.
Documented intake
Every client signs off on placement, scale, and aftercare. Records retained per state requirement.
Consultation first
Free in-shop consult before any deposit. We don't quote off a screenshot.
SHEET 06 · LOCATION
One shop. One address. Anchorage.
1028 East 5th Avenue. Walking distance from downtown. Off-street parking out back. Clients come to us — we don't book sittings off-site. The list to the right is the catchment we routinely see clients drive in from.
CATCHMENT · 12 AREAS
- Downtown
- South Addition
- Government Hill
- Fairview
- Mountain View
- Spenard
- Midtown
- U-Med District
- Sand Lake
- Hillside
- Eagle River
- Chugiak
SHEET 07 · INTAKE
Start the conversation.
Send a brief on what you're thinking. We respond within two business days with a consultation time at the shop. Consultations are free. Deposits are collected only after the design is sketched and approved.