assess_tattoo_idea
Assess a tattoo idea's size, placement and style
Use when the user describes a specific tattoo idea and asks whether it will hold up at a given size and body placement. Compares the design with published minimum sizes for its kind of design and returns the placement's fade, sun, friction, stretch and curvature estimates, style notes, things to look at and questions for the artist. Lettering is sized by capital letter height (letter_height_mm); everything else by the longest side (size_cm). It does not generate designs, look at images, or give medical advice.
Parametersstylesize_cmplacementdesign_typerequiredletter_height_mm
check_line_spacing
Check whether the gap between lines will stay open
Use when the user gives a line width and the gap between two lines or letters in millimetres and asks whether the gap will stay open as the tattoo ages. Applies the published rule of thumb that a line widens by about 0.1 mm per decade: returns the line width and gap after the given number of years (default 20), whether the gap meets the guides' 'at least as wide as the line' rule, and what the guide's worked example would do to it. Illustrative arithmetic, not a measurement.
Parametersyearsgap_mmrequiredline_width_mmrequired
get_tattoo_size_chart
Get the tattoo size chart
Use when the user asks how big or how small a kind of tattoo can be, or what fits at a given size. Returns the smallest and better size for eight kinds of design (letters by height, other designs by longest side), real-world size comparisons and the small/medium/large ranges. Optional size_cm marks which designs meet their minimum at that size.
Parameterssize_cm
compare_tattoo_placements
Compare body areas for a tattoo
Use when the user asks how body areas compare for pain, fading, sun, friction, stretch or curvature, or which areas hold ink longest. Returns the ten common areas (or the ones requested), ordered by fade by default. Estimates are coarse 0-100 comparisons, not measurements.
Parameterssort_byplacements
get_pre_booking_checklist
Get a checklist to use before booking a tattoo
Use when the user asks how to decide whether they are ready to book a tattoo, what to ask an artist, or what red flags to watch for in a consultation. Returns a short ordered checklist, the one question to ask when an artist pushes back, how to judge healed work, and consultation red flags.
Takes no parameters.