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Lockkey Etching ♥ 0

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"Lockkey Etching" — is built the way good tattoo art is built: a strong focal subject, deliberate line, and nothing in the composition that does not earn its place. Keys, locks and doorways are threshold symbols — the drawing treats them with the weight they carry, ornate where they should be and plain where it counts. It sits in the lockkey shelf of the gallery, alongside the rest of the studio's original catalog.

This piece is delivered as clean linework — a ready-to-transfer stencil your artist can ink in straight black, build up in black and grey, or color in a palette of your choosing at the chair. Linework-only pieces are the most flexible thing in the gallery: the drawing is finished, the finish is up to you. Like it but need it changed — colors swapped, an element added, sized for a specific spot? That is what the custom-variation order is for: the same drawing, reworked by an artist around your notes.

Composition does the heavy lifting here: the focal point is established early, supporting elements are kept quieter, and the whole piece reads in one glance before the details start rewarding a second look. It is a flexible composition: it can sit as a standalone piece on an arm or leg, or become the anchor of a larger collection over time.

$78.12 (includes $3.12 processing fee)

This piece has no color version — you get the clean linework at 3% off.

Clean linework only — $75.79 (incl. fee) Email for delivery

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Character rights: buying this design/print gives you rights to this one specific picture only — never the character. Characters (like Sprinkles the T. Rex) stay the property of Tattoo Art Customs and keep appearing in our shows and products. See Terms §8.

What you get — no surprises

• Sold and delivered by Tattoo Art Customs, an online tattoo-design marketplace.
• You get the full-resolution color file plus the clean linework file — the files a tattoo artist works from. (Linework-only purchases include the linework file.)
• Instant delivery: the moment PayPal checkout completes, your private download link appears on screen and is emailed to you. Links last 24 hours.
• Single-use tattoo license: you may tattoo this design once, on yourself. No reselling, sharing, or printing it on merchandise — copyright stays with the artist. Full license terms are in Terms §8.
• Secure checkout through PayPal — we never see or store your card details.
• All sales are final: digital files cannot be returned, so there are no refunds (Terms §3).

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