This site is a scam. Took my deposit and vanished. Ignored all emails. Don't be fooled by them using PayPal for payment. Completely illegitimate. Thanks to PayPal for recovering my deposit to them
By Darryl K.
This is for customtattoodesign.net
This is for customtattoodesign.net , (not .ca )
This is based out of the UK it appears, everything is done digitally which lowers costs as opposed to paying 5x as much having tattoos custom drawn.
The positives:
- You can actually get redesigns as many times as you want, and trust me you will need a minimum of one or two because the artist has to interpret what you are saying, so the first draft will be off
- You can add as much subject material as you would like
- Cheap cost, and the cost doesn't go up if you keep redesigning or adding more subject material (unless the size of the tattoo changes)
The negatives:
- "Input during 100% of the process" , this is an exaggerated statement. You are allowed to give input every time they send you a draft, however, I never found an instance where they would send you anything while it was in progress.
- Takes FOREVER. I'm not sure how busy they are but their communication is absolutely terrible. They don't give you updates, it's basically a "Okay thanks we will have the first draft available hopefully in 6 days and then you can give us input" On day 3 I emailed asking for an update....no response....day 4, asked for a progress image so I could no if its way off, or spot on....no response....Day 7...hey where is it? "Thank you for patience, it will be ready within 24 hours".
- They use a lot of stock images and will sometimes not use the image you want because of copyright, just be aware of that. Hey I want this statute. Well that's fine to go show that to your actual tattoo artist, but as far as this companies design for you? It will have a different statue.
- They struggle to listen sometimes, and take their own creative liberties. I had several times where I said, why did you add this? This means nothing, replace it with this, and the redesign even would be wrong. "Okay, I said to add ABC, why did you add DEF?"
Every re-draft took no less than 2 days, regardless of the complexity of the change. I simply asked to delete a layer (it's essentially photoshop). Delete...a layer....aka a two second project. Took two days.
So you have to have patience. In all, this entire project took one month before they sent me the final images. That included 4 redesigns. Also, when they say they will send you the stencil and final image...it's not a hard copy. It's a digital copy that you have to go print yourself. Also, the stencil is nothing more than your final image, photoshopped with a bit of a negative filter so that it only shows the outlines of items.
Again, the cost is cheap, its a nice way to get a rough idea of what you want. I have not attempted to go to an artist yet and say "will you do this" but at least you can go to one and say hey, this is what I want, redesign it as you see fit. Because some artists don't want to copy.
In summary, it's cheap, it takes a long time, I would suggest it for much smaller tattoos. It's good only for giving a starting point on your full tattoo design, if you aren't comfortable going to an artist and making a big big deposit to have them start drawing. This way you can go find an artist who can say "Yeah I can totally do that tattoo, here's my portfolio" Basically you can go around asking artists if they are good enough to do it.
