Contact Jess
Interested in getting tattooed by Jess?
please read the following info below before inquiring
BOOKS CURRENTLY CLOSED
Jess’s booking form will be open again on June 1st to accept new clients and project inquiries for the following months:
July, August, September
JESS’S SCHEDULE & RATES:
Schedule:
Tuesday-friday 11am-6pm
2025 conventions & guest spots:
May 16: Guest Spot at Guru Tattoo Little Italy Location in San Diego, CA [NOW BOOKING]
May 21: Guest Spot at Sacred Point Tattoo at Liberty Station in San Diego, CA [NOW BOOKING]
July 11-13, 2025: Villain Arts Denver Tattoo Arts Festival, Denver, CO
September 5-7, 2025: Literary Ink, Chattanooga, TN
rates:
Half Day Rate: $600
Required Deposit: $100
Half day appointments are scheduled for 11am-2pm or 3pm-6pm.
A half day consists of 3 hours of work including: design layout/stencil placement, tattooing, aftercare instructions. Half day sessions are recommended for smaller projects, for clients who cannot sit for extended periods of tattooing, or for clients that have a general time constraint.
*For some large scale projects, a half day may not be an adequate amount of time to start the project.
Full Day Rate: $1150
Required Deposit: $150
A full day is an 11am-5pm appointment that consists of 6 hours of work including: design layout/stencil placement, tattooing, aftercare instructions (with occasional breaks to stretch, eat, utilize the restroom, etc).
*Full day sessions are recommended for larger projects that may require more than one session, especially for the initial session when starting a large scale project such as back pieces, leg or arm sleeves, or large scale coverup projects.
Smaller tattoos: Price Varies
Required Deposit: $100
Smaller tattoos are tattoos that will take less than a half day session to complete (typically tattoos that will take no more than 1-2 hours max to complete). These tattoos are typically scheduled at the very beginning or at the end of Jess’s work day and will be priced at a flat rate based off of tattoo design, detail, style, size, and location on the body.
Prices range from $150-$450.
*Jess has a $150 minimum.
TRAVEL RATES:
Half Day: $700 ($200 deposit required)
Full Day: $1250 ($250 deposit required)
Travel rates will be applied to guest spots and conventions. This additional cost to the hourly rate helps cover travel costs, lodging, transportation, and convention/studio fees.
Deposits:
All deposits are non-refundable.
All booking is done via a booking app called Venue Ink. Once an inquiry is accepted by Jess, a deposit request will be sent via the booking app for easy payment and scheduling. Deposits are due within 48 hours of the invoice being sent. If you are not ready to pay your deposit, your appointment date & time will not be held.
This deposit secures your appointment date, time and tattoo design. For large scale multiple session projects, your deposit will be held and credited towards the total cost of your last appointment.
A deposit will be void/lost if:
You do not show up to your scheduled appointment.
You are more than 30 minutes late without warning.
You cancel/reschedule with less than 5 days notice.
After you reschedule 2 times.
You change your desired tattoo concept after booking.
If you decide to cancel your appointment altogether, your deposit is NON-REFUNDABLE.
Deposits are not transferable to any other artists working at Mesmer Tattoo.
PAYMENT METHOD At Appointment:
At your tattoo appointment cash is preferred for the remaining balance but card payments are also accepted. A card processing fee + tax will be applied to all card transactions.
RESCHEDULE/Cancellation/late POLICY:
As a business, part of our success depends on mutual respect of time. Remembering and respecting the appointment date and time is your responsibility.
Please give at least 5 days notice if you need to reschedule for any reason — with adequate notice, you will be able to carry your deposit with you to your rescheduled date in the event that you need to move your appointment.
If you are going to be late or cannot make your appointment due to unforeseen circumstances, please contact Jess via email as soon as possible. We get it, things happen - just let us know.
If you are 15 mins late with no notice we will contact you, if you are 30 mins late with no notice you will sacrifice both your appointment and deposit.
Consultation/Design Process:
Jess requires consultations for most tattoo appointments — these are done either in person or over Zoom video chat. During consultations, Jess and her client discuss the design in detail and get clarity on the project they will be working on. From there, if Jess has any questions about the design after meeting with a client for their consultation, she will reach out with questions for more clarification.
The design process is based a lot on the trust her clients have in her style and her ability to listen to their input to create a unique design for them to the best of her ability. Any minor changes to designs can be made the day of the appointment. Jess does not send photos of drawings to clients before their scheduled appointments.
Touch ups:
Touch ups can be scheduled through email anytime within a year of getting tattooed. If you are a client needing a touch up, please email jessftattoos@gmail.com and include a photo of your healed tattoo along with your availability. She is more than happy to get you in for a touch up if needed! Don’t be afraid to reach out.
NUMBING POLICY:
You will NOT use any pre-numbing creams on the area to be tattooed without prior consulting with your artist. Jess will provide Bactine numbing spray (if/when needed) during the tattoo session. Please do not buy any numbing products off Amazon.
Does jess do coverups?
Due to the amount of existing large scale projects Jess has going on and her upcoming out of state move at the end of this year, please note that she will not be taking on any cover up projects or reworking existing tattoos done by other artists. If you are looking for a cover up, it is recommended to reach out to Kevin Farrand, as he is the master of cover ups and is more than happy to accommodate you - https://venue.ink/@kevinfarrandtattoos
Any and all booking updates and cancellation openings are announced via Jessica’s mailing list. If you want to be notified when Jessica’s books open, when she has any openings due to cancellations, when and where Jess will be traveling to for tattoo work, or to book any available pre-drawn designs she would love to tattoo, please sign up for her mailing list!
🅴🆇🅸🆂🆃🅸🅽🅶 🅲🅻🅸🅴🅽🆃🆂:
IMPORTANT NEWS!!!
We will be moving out of state at the end of the year so if you are an existing client with an ongoing large scale project, you can book more appointments before my books open to the public - just send me a message via my booking app, follow up with an email or ask me about it at your next appointment if you have one scheduled. If you’re planning on taking a break getting tattooed for the summer months, please keep in mind you will only have September, October, November and the first half of December left to book with me and my schedule fills up fast.
I will be visiting Rochester a few times a year and will be working during my visits but I will have very limited availability for appointment options during these visits so I'd like to finish as many large scale projects as I can before I move. 🖤
Please note that I will not be taking on any cover up projects or reworking existing tattoos done by other artists. If you are looking for a cover up, I recommend reaching out to my husband, Kevin Farrand, as he is the master of cover ups and is more than happy to accommodate you - https://venue.ink/@kevinfarrandtattoos
𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀/𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:
• May 14-26 [San Diego trip + guest spots]
• July 4-21 [holiday + Denver Convention]
• September 1-15 [Literary Ink Expo]
• November 10-17
• November 27-28 [Thanksgiving]
Jess will not be booking any appointments in Rochester, NY past December 20th.