APPOINTMENT INFORMATION:
My books are currently closed for new projects, but will be reopening in Spring 2025 for projects beginning in July-December 2025.
A link to a submission form will be available for 2 weeks to give you time to submit your project proposal, and then my assistant Nicole and I will be contacting you to let you know if your submission was selected.
I love taking new projects on, and I can’t wait to hear what you have cooked up for us to work on!
THE DESIGN PROCESS:
CONSULTATION: If your project gets the greenlight, we’ll send you an email with a link and a password to book a consultation with me! We’ll talk about your project and discuss all your options, we’ll chat about the timeline of your project, and a rough idea of cost. If everything sounds good to us both, I’ll collect a deposit, take some photos of the part of your body we’ll be working on, and we’ll set up our next meeting, which is a tattoo planning session.
TATTOO PLANNING SESSION: This 90 minute planning session is a collaborative block of time where we sit down together and chat and I draw your tattoo (the rough sketch anyway) while we hang out. Collaborating at this stage is one of my favorite parts of tattooing: I’ll guide you through your options and through how to make the tattoo fit your body the best. I’ll ask for your feedback as I design so we can make the major choices together. And when you leave, I’ll send you with the sketch we made so you can think about it and ask for any changes you’d like in advance of our first tattoo appointment.
THE TATTOO PROCESS:
I book large projects as a series of full-day appointments. If you’re local to Kansas City, it will probably make sense to book appointments 3 weeks apart to give your skin time to heal in between sessions. If you’re traveling for your tattoo or if you’re trying to get finished as fast as possible, I may suggest booking a few days in a row instead. In general I like to spread your sessions about 3-6 weeks apart and keep momentum on your project until it’s finished because that’s how I do my best work!
Thank you so much for voting me Best Tattoo Artist in Kansas City (three times, you sweeties!) in The Pitch’s Best of KC.
ABOUT ME:
My name is Jessie Hopeless. I was an overachiever who planned on going to law school, but I took a hard left and have been tattooing and loving it since 2003. I opened a studio called Hopeless Collective in the Crossroads Arts District of Kansas City in 2023, and I’m still buzzing with how much I love it. I can’t wait to share it with you.
I live in a big, weird, turn of the century bungalow in midtown KC with my twin boys. I have a B.A. in Philosophy and I’ll probably talk to you about all kinds of weird stuff while you’re in my chair. I grew up in dusty western Kansas and I love that flat prairie land (especially now that I don’t see it all the time.) I travel every chance I get (Internationally and regionally, and even just into the woods to go hunt mushrooms.) I collect scissors and foreign bills. I listen to music all day long and love hearing what my clients are listening to. Into some weird Spotify playlists? Share them with me when we meet up!
