Signs & Large Format Print
Illustrative visualisationClients choose a tattoo studio on aesthetics: from Instagram, from a recommendation, from a sticker on a friend’s laptop. The sign is mainly there to help people find you, and the interior should look like your work: if you do blackwork, a colourful floral wallpaper will jar. The second issue is privacy. A tattoo on the ribs or thigh is not something anyone wants done in full view of passers-by, so the window has to screen the workstation while still showing the studio is open.
Merch works well in this trade: stickers, T-shirts, gift vouchers. They are cheap to produce, clients ask for them and they spread the studio’s name. We can take the designs straight from your sketches: we scan the drawing and turn it into a vector file for cutting (logo vectorisation approx. €26 net). Why that matters is explained in our guide [vector logos](/poradnik/logo-wektorowe-do-druku).
1. Sign, window and pavement
Studios often sit on side streets or in former shops with a big pane of glass. That glass needs handling smartly: cover the bottom, leave the top for light. Frosted film works day and night, whereas one-way vision stops screening after dark when the lights are on inside, which matters for evening sessions.
- Light box or letters above the entrance→Single-sided light box from approx. €320 net per m², lit after dark when many people walk home from work. Built-up 3D letters suit raw brick facades better.
- LED neon in the window→The trademark of many studios. LED flex neon has no glass and no high voltage, is light and barely warms up. Up to 60 × 40 cm from approx. €210 net.
- Frosted film on the lower part of the glass→Approx. €12–21 net per m². Screens the workstation and lets light through. We cut your logo or a motif from your design into the film, so the glass itself becomes advertising.
- A-board for the pavementDouble-sided A1 with a snap frame from approx. €90 net. Swap the poster when you have free slots or a new flash day.
2. Interior and walls
The studio walls are your portfolio, and clients do not have to scroll through it. Large graphics of your own work, canvases with flash to choose from, a dark wall mural in the waiting area. All on a budget you can change in a year’s time when your style moves on.
- Wall graphic with your designs→Wall sticker in air-release vinyl, approx. €11–19 net per m². Goes on without bubbles and comes off without damaging the wall when you redecorate.
- Wall mural in the waiting area→Non-woven wallpaper approx. €15–25 net per m², no odour after hanging. Good for the whole wall behind the reception desk.
- Flash canvases or posters→Designs to choose from, framed or on stretcher frames. Clients pick from the wall instead of a phone, and you can change them every season.
3. Merch, stickers and vouchers
A sticker with your logo or a small design costs pennies and ends up on a laptop, helmet or skateboard. Your regulars and their friends wear the T-shirts. A tattoo voucher is an increasingly common birthday present, so keep some in the drawer rather than printing at the last minute.
- Contour-cut stickers→Monomeric vinyl approx. €6–12 net per m², plus contour cutting. For outdoor use, e.g. on a helmet or car, polymeric vinyl is better.
- T-shirts with your logo and designs→For the team and for sale. A4 print at 20–49 pcs approx. €3.30 net, from 100 pcs approx. €1.90 net per print.
- Gift vouchers→Numbered with space for the amount, on heavy paper, in an envelope. Priced once you choose format and finish.
4. Aftercare: what the client takes home
The client leaves with film on their skin and a head full of information. A printed card with your aftercare instructions saves you phone calls three days later. On the back of a business card you note the date of the touch-up or next session.
- Tattoo aftercare card→A small folded leaflet or flyer with your wording and contact details. 1,000 DL leaflets approx. €90 net; smaller formats are priced individually.
- Business cards with space for an appointment→On matt paper you can write the date with an ordinary pen. 500 double-sided cards on matt silk approx. €15 net.
5. Conventions and guest spots
At a convention you have three metres of stand and hundreds of people walking past every hour. The studio name must be legible from a distance, overhead, not on the table. Everything you take should fit in the car together with your kit.
- Name banner above the workstation→510 g coated PVC approx. €7–13 net per m², with eyelets for hanging. A 2 × 1 m banner is approx. €30 net (2 m² × approx. €13).
- Portfolio roll-up banner→85 × 200 cm with graphic and bag from approx. €55 net. Sets up in a minute and is useful in the studio too.
- Promotional counter with graphics→Folding, from approx. €210 net. Your portfolio and stickers go on the top, and the front works as advertising.
- 01Brief
Description, sizes, site photos and deadline — a few sentences are enough.
- 02Design and quote
Our designers prepare artwork or a visualisation and you get a price.
- 03Approval
You approve the design; for brand colours we provide a proof.
- 04Production
35+ machines in our own plant in Poland: 3.2 m UV print, CNC, laser, 3D, sewing.
- 05Installation or delivery
Own crews and vehicles across Europe, partner network, couriers worldwide.
To start with — an indicative package
What a studio launch could look like in premises with a shop window. Items from our price list, excluding installation.
| LED neon on PVC board, up to 60 × 40 cm | from approx. €210 net |
| Single-sided light box 200 × 50 cm (1 m² × from approx. €320) | from approx. €320 net |
| Frosted film with cut-out logo, 3 m² (3 × approx. €21) | approx. €65 net + cutting |
| Double-sided A1 A-board | from approx. €90 net |
| Roll-up banner 85 × 200 cm with graphic | from approx. €55 net |
| A4 print on T-shirts, 20–49 pcs | approx. €3.30 net each |
Indicative net prices. Installation is charged separately: crew approx. €42 net per hour plus travel at approx. €1 net per km (both ways). Exact quote from photos and measurements of the window.
From our experience — what to watch out for
- Scan your drawing for vectorisation, or photograph it straight from above in daylight. A photo taken at an angle has to be straightened, and the lines lose their character.
- You do not have to cover the whole window. A band at the height of the workstation and passers-by’s heads is usually enough, with light coming in above.
- If you work evenings, do not rely on one-way vision film alone for privacy. After dark, with the lights on inside, people can see through it.
- People are more likely to stick a sticker somewhere if it is cut to the design shape rather than a rectangle. With several designs, order them together on one sheet; it is cheaper than each separately.
- Take your convention banner rolled on a tube, not folded. A folded banner leaves creases that show under hall lighting.