Key facts
- Style
- Chicano+ lettering
- Placement
- HandPain here: brutal 5/5 · healing: harder (constant washing and use)
- Size
- Smallup to 10 cm
- Colour
- Black and grey
What’s in it from tags · not scanned yet
About this tattoo
This hand piece combines chicano and lettering style with a name or date design, black & grey. By Frank Benavides at Dovetail Tattoo.
Details
The work
- Style
- Chicano, Lettering
- Subject
- Name or Date, Non-Latin Script
- Palette
- Black and grey
- Technique
- Linework
Placement and size
- Placement
- Hand
- Size
- Small
Time and cost
- Estimated time
- 1–1.5 h, 1 session — Estimated from what the photo shows: the number of characters and their height, and the detail — not from the studio. The artist quotes the real time.
- Price
- ≈$180–270 · ≈1–1.5 h at $180/h (TatSeek estimate from local rates, not confirmed by the studio) · ≈7 cm · lettering, 2 lines
Pain and healing
- Pain
- Brutal, 5 of 5 — bone near the surface and skin that flexes constantly
- Healing
- Harder (constant washing and use)
- Visibility
- Always visible
- More
- Tattoo pain map · Pain by placement
All tags and facts
- Style
- 🎭 Chicano✍️ Lettering
- Subject
- 📅 Name or Date🈴 Non-Latin Script
- Placement
- ✋ Hand
- Colour
- 🩶 Black & Grey
- Technique
- Linework
- Size
- Small
- Time
- 1–1.5 h · 1 session
- Pain
- 5/5 · brutal
- Healing
- Harder (constant washing and use)
- Visibility
- Always visible
- Format
- Lettering
- Sitting
- One sitting
Source and scan
- Published on
- cdn.prod.website-files.com
- On TatSeek since
- 2026-09-10
- Scan
- Tags only (to be re-scanned)
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Questions and answers
How much would a tattoo like this cost?
TatSeek estimates $180–270 at Dovetail Tattoo’s rates. What moves it most is your final size, how much detail the design has and how many sessions it takes. It is a planning range — only the studio’s own quote is an offer. How we estimate →
Where was this tattoo done?
Frank Benavides made it at Dovetail Tattoo, 1703 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78702. 9 min walk from Plaza Saltillo. You book with the studio directly; TatSeek takes no fee. View on the map →
How painful is a hand tattoo, and how does it heal?
Hand: brutal, 5 of 5 — bone near the surface and skin that flexes constantly. Long sessions, stress and no sleep make it feel worse. The surface looks healed in 2–4 weeks and the skin settles over a few months; here healing is harder (constant washing and use) and the spot is always visible. Pain map →
How will a tattoo like this age?
Bold outlines and solid black are the styles that age best — the design stays readable even as lines soften slightly over decades. Sunscreen keeps the colour from fading. How tattoos age →
Can I get this exact design?
Use it as a reference. Most artists adapt a design to your body and their own style rather than copy another person’s tattoo line for line — and if you want this artist’s look, the best option is to book this artist. Copying, references and AI designs →
How do I book something like this?
Message the studio with this photo, where you want it and how big, colour or black and grey, your budget and dates. The “Message template” button next to the price gives you a ready text to edit and copy. How to message a tattoo artist →
