We are excited to invite you as a guest artist at Nautilus Tattoo Studio!

Please see the below informational guide and if you have any questions/comments, feel free to contact us via email. 

Purpose 

Our goal is to connect with talented tattoo artists around the world to make friends, build relationships, share skills/art thoughts, and promote each other.

Promotion

If the studio initially reached out to you, we will promote your visit on IG @nautilus account before your arrival and update our followers of your work during/after your tattoo session(s). If you initially reached out to the studio to guest, we will promote your work if they meet our standards for promotion.

We recommend you @ the studio account on stories and posts which will help you gain additional exposure.

During your tattoo session, if you are okay with it, we will take photos / videos of you and your artwork. This will be promoted on our IG account patch_tattoo_therapy and Tiktok account patch_tattoo_therapy for additional promotion. If you have special requests on the photos/video clips, please let us know.

Pricing

For guest artists, we offer the standard 70/30 split and kindly ask you to provide us 30% of your daily income. This helps cover the costs of space, supplies, promotion, and hosting. 

If you want to adjust your pricing according to the LA market and are unsure about the adjustments, we will provide some suggestions based on the LA market price.

Bookings

All artists and guest artists communicate and arrange bookings themselves. We highly recommend collecting a deposit to protect yourself from any cancellations. 

If you need extra help booking clients, we can discuss and share additional instagram stories to help provide additional exposure. 

For tattoos taking longer than 3 hours we recommend informing the client to bring a snack/meal. 

Shop Hours 

10am to 8pm. If more time is needed, it must be scheduled the next working day.

Tattoo Beds / Chairs 

Our studio has 4 Electronic Hydraulic Powered Tattoo Beds, 1 Back Tattooing Chair, and several Arm Rests. Depending on what you require, we will arrange equipment accordingly. 

Supplies 

Guest artists brings: 

• Tattoo Machine

• Power Supplies

• Needles / Tubes 

• Ink 

• Other uncommon / personal tools or supplies 

All disposable supplies are provided by the shop. Including:

• Wrapping Film

• Green Soap

• Alcohol/ Cavicide 

• Distilled Water

• Ink Cups 

• Rinsing Cups

• Vaseline/ Glide

• Basic Black ink (dynamic or solid ink)

• Gloves

• Disposable Aprons 

• Wipes

We have 2 Epson inkjet printers: 1 for normal color printing (paper size: American letter) and 1 for stencil printing. We also provide stencil paper for hand stenciling. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know in advance. 

We keep the studio quiet in terms of lighting and music to help the artist focus better on their artwork. If you’re used to working in a super bright environment with loud music, we suggest bringing your own headlight and headphones :)

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