Line work.By appointment.
Royal Anchor Tattoo is an appointment-only illustrative & dotwork studio above Columbia St in Downtown New Westminster — 4.9 stars on 169 reviews. This page is an unsolicited draft web design from X9 Lab Media. The portfolio frames are placeholders the artists would fill with their own work; the rating shown is the studio's own.
From sketch
to skin.
An appointment-only piece travels the same five stages every time — consult, draw, stencil, line, shade. Scroll to watch one come up.
- Consult
- Draw
- Stencil
- Line
- Healed
The portfolio wall
Six frames, one per style the studio works in. Each is a placeholder the artists drop their own healed work into — never stock art, never someone else's flash.
Every frame above is a labelled placeholder. On the live site these become a filterable gallery of the studio's healed work — by artist, by style.
The artists
artist to supply
Resident A
Bios, specialties and booking links are placeholders. The studio fills each card with the real resident, their style and a link to their books.
artist to supply
Resident B
We don't invent names. Each artist gets a portrait, a one-line specialty and their own consultation availability when the page goes live.
artist to supply
Guest spot
A slot for visiting and apprentice artists — announced here with dates and the styles they're booking for that residency.
How a booking works.
Royal Anchor is appointment-only. Every piece starts with a consultation — no walk-ins, no rushed lines. Here's the flow we'd put in front of a new client.
Request a consultationLive form would route to the studio · deposit & pricing confirmed at consult ($ ?)
- 01Tell us the ideaStyle, placement, rough size and any reference. A short form, not a phone-tag.
- 02ConsultationSit down with the artist who fits the style. Sketch direction and a real quote.
- 03Deposit & dateA deposit holds the chair; the artist draws the custom piece before you arrive.
- 04The sessionStencil, line, shade — at the studio's pace. Aftercare sheet on the way out.
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New Westminster, BC