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Collect
Give the client a concise request checklist for the idea, placement, size direction, references, existing work and optional budget or timing context.
Free tattoo artist intake tool
Tattoo Consultation Brief Builder.
Stop reconstructing a project from scattered DMs. Capture the idea, body placement, approximate physical size, reference direction and creative constraints in one brief before you draw, quote or book the tattoo.
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Creative intake, not compliance paperwork
Build the project brief you need before drawing or quoting. Do not put medical history, consent signatures, identity documents, card details, or other sensitive records in this tool.
1. Idea and direction
2. Placement and physical size
3. Style, references, existing work
Reference images
Up to 6 PNG, JPG, or WebP images, 10 MB each. Files stay in this browser tab.
No references attached yet. A useful reference note says what matters: composition, pose, line weight, texture, mood, or another specific cue.
4. Inquiry context
Client request template
Stop rebuilding the same questions in every DM.
Copy a tattoo-specific request checklist into Google Forms, Jotform, Tally, email, your site, or the messaging workflow you already use. It deliberately excludes medical history and legal consent.
The job
Collect enough creative context to start the right conversation.
A useful request form is not a miniature CRM. It should reduce the specific uncertainty that blocks an artist from evaluating the project: what, where, how large, which references matter, what must stay, and what remains open.
02
Interpret
Label what each reference is actually for and separate must-keep elements from areas where the artist has creative freedom.
03
Handoff
Package the reviewed information into one artifact before quote, reference-board, placement, design approval or stencil production work begins.
Form first, brief second
The intake questions and the artist handoff are not the same artifact.
The form collects raw answers. The brief is the artist-readable state after those answers have been reviewed and the useful reference direction is clear.
Copy the request checklist into Google Forms, Jotform, Tally, email, your studio site or whatever system already receives inquiries. StencilStudio is not trying to replace your booking stack.
When the response arrives, build the brief around the tattoo job itself. A reference image is much more useful when its note says use this leaf spacing or keep this silhouette instead of leaving the artist to reverse-engineer why the client attached it.
If the reference set needs a visual hierarchy, continue into the Tattoo Reference Board Maker. If the request is ready for pricing, use the Tattoo Project Quote Builder with the rates you actually use.
Keep the boundary clean
Do not turn a creative brief into legal, medical or payment paperwork.
This owner exists to prepare the artwork conversation. Compliance, scheduling and pricing each have different requirements and should remain separate.
No medical intake
Do not record medications, conditions, healing history or other health information here.
No consent or signatures
A creative brief is not a waiver, contract, identity check or legal consent record.
No booking promise
Requested dates are context to review. The brief does not reserve an appointment or collect a deposit.
No price inference
Budget is optional client context. Pricing belongs in the artist's separate quote process.
From inquiry to stencil
Move forward only when the next job is actually ready.
A consultation brief should make the following workflow clearer, not collapse every tattoo-prep task into one screen.
References still need synthesis
Build the reference board
Organize primary, secondary and support images by the role they should play in the design.
Placement needs real measurements
Record the placement measurements
Keep consultation-level approximate size separate from the body measurements used for actual placement planning.
Reference direction is settled
Prepare the stencil
Move into stencil generation only after the project direction and source material are clear enough to work from.
Questions
Tattoo consultation form and brief FAQ.
The useful boundary is a creative intake artifact, not an all-in-one studio system.
Both parts of the same creative intake job are covered. Copy the client request checklist into the form or messaging system you already use, then turn the answers, placement, physical size, references and constraints into one reviewable consultation brief.
Related tattoo tools
Keep the workflow moving.
Use the next tool only when it solves the next real studio job.
View all tattoo tools01Reference BoardOrganize multiple source images for one tattoo design by role, Primary/Secondary/Support hierarchy, keep/ignore notes, focus framing, and a concise shared design direction, then export a clean PNG board.2-12 source rolesKeep + ignore notesBrowser-local PNG02Quote BuilderBuild a tattoo project estimate or fixed quote from your own rates, minimums, sessions, fees, deposit and studio split, then save locally, copy client text, or export PDF.Estimate + fixed quoteLocal save + presetsSelectable-text PDF03Placement Measurement SheetTurn artist-recorded body-area, size, orientation, and landmark measurements into a clean A4 or US Letter planning PDF with an optional local design thumbnail.A4 + US Letter PDFcm / inches + landmarksBrowser-local thumbnail
Next step
Turn the inquiry into a clear creative state before production starts.
Once placement, size direction and reference intent are explicit, move into the specific tool the project actually needs rather than carrying the whole request through a message thread.