Cape of Good Hope Stamp Illustrative Chest
An illustrative tattoo of postage Stamp with seated Hope, plus smaller details: stamp Text, placed on the chest. Done in black and grey. Depicts Cape of Good Hope Triangular Stamp (19th-century South African postage stamp). By Shev at Kak Lucky.
Depicts:🎭 Cape of Good Hope Triangular Stamp — 19th-century South African postage stampComposition:🧩 Led by Postage Stamp, with Seated HopeⓘThe main elements of the picture in order of visual weight — what takes up most of it comes first. TatSeek’s estimate from the photo, not a measurement. How we know →Subject:🧍 People›🚺 Female Figure✍️ Text & Script›💬 Quote Style:🖋️ IllustrativeTechnique:ⓘHow the ink is put in — dotwork is built from dots, whip shading from soft strokes. It’s separate from the style; tap one to see more like it. How we know → ⚫ Dotwork Size:✋ Medium (10-20cm)Complexity:ⓘHow detailed the piece is, separate from its size. More detail means more hours, so it moves the price as much as size does. How we know → 😥 ComplexPlacement:🫁 ChestColor:🩶 Black & GreyText“POSTAGE FOUR PENCE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE”ⓘText written in the tattoo, as read from the photo. Shown only when the reading is confident; the tattoo itself may spell it differently. How we know →InkⓘThe ink colours in this tattoo and roughly how much of the inked area each takes, read from the photo. Only colours we are fairly sure of; glare and bare skin are not counted as white. How we know → ⚫ Black 85%🩶 Grey 15%DetailⓘHow much work goes into each square centimetre — line only, fill, shading or realistic texture, how dense, how many colour blends, how precise. It does not depend on size: a small realistic rose and a big one have the same detail. Detail and size together drive the time and the price. How we know → ✏️ DetailedDefined byⓘWhat makes this piece recognisable — the subject, the style, the colour, the text or the mood — in shares of 100. Worked out from what is in the tattoo, not a separate opinion. A pure pattern has no subject; a style we have no name for counts as none. How we know → subject 60% · style 25% · text 15%PainⓘHow much this part of the body usually hurts (1–5) and how it heals, from the TatSeek pain map. Everyone feels it differently. How we know → ⚡ Noticeable (3/5) · healing: moderate🔬 TatSeek Vision Scan v4ⓘHow this photo was described. TatSeek Vision Scan v4: every element with its share of the piece, plus mood, a size measured against the body, any readable text, the ink colours and how detailed the work is. Scan v3: elements and shares only. Tags only: an older upload, not scanned yet. How we know →📍 Cape Town, South Africa Estimated time: 3–5 hours, 1 sessionⓘA planning range for a piece of this size and detail — from the studio’s published prices, or our estimate if it hasn’t confirmed them. The artist sets the final time and price after a consultation. How we know →
Estimated price for this size & complexity: R2350–R3050
