Hannah Newman

Apollo consultations with Hannah are booked through the studio's consultation form — you describe the piece, upload 2–3 reference images, note placement and scale, and the studio routes the booking to her calendar. Hannah's calendar moves faster than the senior benches — most bookings land 2–4 weeks out, sometimes sooner for very small pieces. The consultation is unhurried despite the faster calendar; first-time clients especially get a walk-through of the Apollo process from sketch to healed piece. First tattoos are a core part of her bench by design.

Fine line, script, minimalist, and small tattoos. Her portfolio is built around small-scale careful work — single-needle botanical, delicate script and lettering, minimalist continuous-line figures, tiny symbolic pieces, small memorial work, and paired micro compositions. If your piece is 1–5 inches, in one of those styles, her bench is the match. For larger-scale work (half-sleeves, cover-ups, realism portraits, tribal panels), the studio routes to a senior Apollo bench. The honest answer is always the right bench for the piece.

Yes. Hannah is Apollo's junior artist, which at Apollo means a working-studio artist under the direct mentorship of Blue Mason. Every Hannah booking is overseen by Blue — sketches reviewed, work checked, the Apollo standard maintained. The junior-artist path is not a downgrade; it's a curated entry point into the studio with oversight built in. For clients, the practical difference is: Hannah's calendar moves faster than the founder bench, the style matches specifically-scaled work (small, fine line, script, minimalist), and the mentorship is in the room. The portfolio speaks for itself; judge by that, not by the title.

By design, yes. Apollo's junior-artist path is specifically structured around first tattoos and small-scale careful work. Hannah's bench was built for this. The consultation pace is patient, the style (small, fine line, script) matches a first-tattoo piece well, the calendar is more accessible than the senior benches, and Blue Mason oversees the work. A first tattoo should be a success — and Hannah's bench is built around making that the default outcome. The honest caveat is that first tattoos still benefit from realistic scale expectations (2–4 inches, not 8), honest aftercare, and a willingness to plan rather than rush the piece.

Her bench runs up to roughly 5–6 inches for single-session fine-line work. Above that scale, the booking routes to a senior Apollo bench by design — Blue Mason for fine line, realism, traditional, tribal, cover-ups at scale; Raa for photorealism; David DaVinci for classical portrait work. The routing is part of Apollo's quality protocol: the right bench for the piece, not the fastest bench. If you want a half-sleeve, a full back, a cover-up, or a realism portrait, the studio will route you to the bench that handles that style. Honest routing matters more than calendar convenience.

Fine line softens faster than heavier styles because the line weight is at the limit of what skin holds. On stable skin (inner forearm, ribs, sternum), a fine-line piece typically reads cleanly through year 5–7 and begins to soften noticeably at year 7–10. A touch-up at the 7–10 year mark refreshes the piece cleanly. On high-flex skin (fingers, knuckles, palms, feet), fine line softens faster — expect touch-ups every 2–4 years on those placements. Hannah will walk you through placement-specific aging at consultation. The honest math: fine line is a beautiful style with an aging pattern — accept the touch-up or pick a heavier-line style if permanence without maintenance is the priority.

Matching small pieces are one of Hannah's most-booked categories. The working rules: same artist, same day, same stencil, because matching tattoos done on different days or with different artists drift in line weight and proportion. Hannah plans matching bookings as paired compositions at consultation — each piece belongs to its wearer while still reading as the matched set. Partners, siblings, friends, family groups all book well at her bench. The only version that doesn't work is booking matching tattoos on separate days at separate studios — that's two tattoos that look approximately similar, not matching tattoos.

Pricing at Apollo is quoted at consultation based on the sketch and the scope — not from the idea. Hannah's bench covers small single-session work, so the quote is usually simpler than multi-session senior-bench pieces. A micro piece sits at one math tier; a 2–3 inch fine-line or script piece sits at another; a 4–5 inch composed piece or sleeve-edge piece at a third. All specifics are discussed in the room after the sketch. The studio does not quote from a phone photo or a text description — the sketch is where the honest math lands.