Nothing gets sent away.
An inquiry that doesn’t fit your artists is forwarded instead of lost — and the session can still happen under your roof.
NetworkThe right project. The right artist.
The right project. The right artist.
The right studio.
A studio forwards a project folder. An artist says yes. The session happens where the inquiry came in. Not a marketplace — a professional network, live today.
The storyOne inquiry.
One inquiry.
One path through the network.
Backbone Tattoo in Denver gets a request for a black & grey realism portrait. Nobody on the team does realism. Until now that lead would have died — or someone would have tattooed outside their strength. This is what happens instead. Every screen below is the real product.
- Backbone Tattoo · Studio, Denver
The inquiry lands.
Portrait of a grandfather, black & grey realism, upper arm, around $1,600, October. The consultation is booked, the project folder is complete — and the studio knows: this one isn’t ours.
- Backbone Tattoo · Studio
One click: Forward folder.
Straight from the project folder, the studio searches the network — by name, style, city or studio. Only artists with a platform account show up. Pick one, write two lines, send. The customer’s name and contact stay at Backbone.
“We have nobody for black & grey realism in house — up for a guest spot at Backbone in October?”Backbone Tattoo
- Solomon Simsa · Artist, Cologne
The folder shows up in his portal.
Motif, style, placement, size, budget, timeframe, reference images and the studio’s message — everything an artist needs to decide, nothing more. Two buttons: I’ll take it. Not for me. A mail makes sure nothing is missed; the request stays open for 14 days.
- Backbone Tattoo · Studio
Accepted — contact included.
The answer lands right at the project folder, with the artist’s contact. Now the two settle how the session happens: as a guest spot at Backbone, or as a handover. The customer stays with the studio until both agree otherwise.
- Backbone Tattoo × Solomon
One day is enough.
Solomon comes to Backbone for exactly this project — one day, one session, done. If both want more, the day turns into a guest spot: Backbone announces him as a guest, collects a waitlist and invites it with personal booking links, Solomon opens his books at Backbone from his own portal. Possible, planned right in the tool — never required.
- Solomon Simsa · Artist
And if Solomon knows someone even better?
Same folder, one tap on Forward in his portal. The folder travels on to the artist whose niche this is — the customer stays where they are. Studio to network, artist to artist: one system, one rule.
The one ruleThe project folder travels.
The project folder travels.
Not the customer.
The sender’s contact is revealed only once the artist accepts. Forwarding opens as soon as the consultation is booked — before that the folder isn’t complete enough to travel.
What travels
- Motif and style
- Placement and size
- Budget and timeframe
- Reference images
- The sender’s message
What stays
- Customer name
- Phone and email
- Customer record and history
- Consent and documents
What carries the story
Accounts that travel. Not just folders.
The handoff works because the network already exists underneath it: one account per artist across every studio, structured applications, waitlists and guest spots. All of it runs in every INK One studio today.
01 · Applications
Recruiting without the DM folder.
Artists apply through a structured public funnel — portfolio, styles, experience, rates. The platform checks network-wide whether they already have an account and sends the invitation when you take them on.
- Portfolio, styles and rates in one record
- Network-wide account check
- Automatic invitation on acceptance
02 · Artists
One account. Every studio.
An artist’s account travels with them: one calendar across every studio and guest spot, a portable customer base, one public profile. Studios connect to people — not the other way around.
- Calendar across all studios
- Own portable customer directory
- Public profile with styles and availability
03 · Guest spots
Guest spots become normal.
Announce a guest before the dates are fixed, collect a waitlist, invite it with personal booking links. Where the folder travels, the artist can follow — calendar and customers in tow.
- Waitlists with timed invitations
- Artists open their books in other studios
- Absences and bookings sync into the studio calendar
What changes
Nobody loses anymore.
Only work in your niche.
Your reputation grows with every piece that belongs to you — and you pass on the ones that belong to someone else.
Never the wrong style.
The project lands with the person who does exactly this best. Not with whoever happened to be free.
Network
The professional network the industry never had.
Every INK One studio and every artist account is already part of it. Start free — the smallest version of INK One costs nothing, and there is no demo to book.