Appointments & Scheduling

• Completing Your Pre-Appointment Preparation

  Check your appointment's preparation status before you arrive. Your shop decides which forms and payments are required. Before you start Use the preparation link for your appointment, or sign in with the client account used for the booking. Keep private preparation links to yourself. Check the artist, shop, date, time, and timezone before continuing. Check your preparation Open Appointments and find the correct appointment. Choose Complete prep or View prep, whichever apSome readers

Getting Started

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Your Account & Dashboard

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Payments & Deposits

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Designing Your Tattoo

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• What SMS Notifications You Will Receive

  Check your notification settings rather than assuming every app event sends a text. Open Account menu → Account settings → Notifications. Inspect SMS notifications and the accompanying explanation. Review notification types, including appointment reminders and status updates, separately from the channel switch. SMS notifications can include appointment reminders and status updates. Message frequency varies; check your appointment details directly when planning your visit. ![SFew readers

• How to Submit a Tattoo Request

  Send your idea to an artist for review. A request does not reserve an appointment time. Before you start Use the artist's current public link. Check the artist and shop names before entering your details. This guide describes the mobile web tattoo-request form. A direct scheduling page may have different steps. Submit your request Open the artist's public profile and choose Book appointment. A shop artist's link may open a shop-branded form with the artist already selected. 2Few readers

• Understanding the Client Dashboard

  Use your dashboard to check requests, find appointments, and open your projects. Before you start Sign in with your client account. This guide describes the mobile web dashboard; choose Home in the bottom navigation to return to it. Find your way around On Home, review Total Requests, Pending, Accepted, and Completed. These are request summaries. An accepted request is not proof that an appointment is booked. Scroll to Upcoming Appointments. SwitchFew readers

• Using a Public Booking Page

  Use the full booking-page link supplied by your artist. A page can start with scheduling rather than a custom design request. Open the link and confirm the artist, service, and session length. On Schedule, select an available time. Use week controls or Jump to next available if needed. Continue to Contact Information and enter the required first name, last name, and email. Review optional phone and text-reminder choices separately. Continue through the requirements shown fFew readers

• Rescheduling or Canceling an Appointment

  Use your client appointment card to change an appointment time or cancel a booking. Before you start Sign in with the client account used for the booking. Open Appointments and find the intended appointment. Check the artist, date, time, and location. Ask your artist about any deposit or cancellation terms before making a change. Reschedule an appointment On the correct appointment card, choose Reschedule. In Reschedule appointment, review the timezone and appointmentFew readers

• Understanding the Design Approval Workflow

  Review a design from the project shared with your artist. Open Projects and select the correct project. Choose Designs and inspect the saved design. Use the design filters if needed to find the image you want to review. Open the design's collaboration workspace when reviewing with your artist. Its chat and actions panel exposes review controls. Use Request Changes when you need the artist to revise the design. Explain which detail you want changed and check the review statFew readers

• Setting Up Your Client Profile

  Update your personal information from your client profile. Open More → Account → Profile. Review your name, pronouns, bio, and social links. Make your edit, then choose Save changes in the unsaved-changes bar. Reload the page and check the saved value. Use Discard if you do not want to keep an unsaved edit. Email is displayed separately. The page says it cannot be changed here and directs you to support. ![Client profile fields and Save changes.](https://storage.crisp.Few readers

• Uploading Reference Images

  Add visual references to explain your tattoo idea. Choose clear images that you have permission to share. Before you start These steps describe Reference Photos in the mobile web tattoo-request form. Complete the contact and tattoo-detail steps first. Other upload screens can have different limits. Add or remove a reference On Reference Photos, choose the image upload control. Select a JPEG, PNG, or WebP file up to 5 MB. Check that the intended image appears in the prFew readers

• Collaborating with Your Artist on Designs

  Review a design from the project shared with your artist. Open Projects and select the correct project. Choose Designs and inspect the saved design. Use the design filters if needed to find the image you want to review. Open the design's collaboration workspace when reviewing with your artist. Its chat and actions panel exposes review controls. Use Request Changes when you need the artist to revise the design. Explain which detail you want changed and check the review statFew readers

• Understanding Notification Preferences

  Choose how Apprentice alerts you and which updates you want. Open Account menu → Account settings → Notifications. Review the channel choices: In-app, Email, SMS, and Push. Review the notification types and Quiet Hours separately. Choose Save changes after an edit, then reload and check it. Choose both the channels and the types of updates you want. If alerts are missing, check [Troubleshooting Notification Issues](https://help.useapprentice.com/en/articFew readers

• Reviewing and Approving Design Iterations

  Review a design from the project shared with your artist. Open Projects and select the correct project. Choose Designs and inspect the saved design. Use the design filters if needed to find the image you want to review. Open the design's collaboration workspace when reviewing with your artist. Its chat and actions panel exposes review controls. Use Request Changes when you need the artist to revise the design. Explain which detail you want changed and check the review statFew readers

• Understanding Deposits and Payments

  Check the artist's stated payment requirements and the records in your account before assuming a deposit has been paid. Open More → Account → Payments. Review Deposits Paid separately from Total Spent and Outstanding Balance. Open a project's Money tab for its available payment information. If the project says your artist manages billing, ask them about payments. Contact the artist through the existing project conversation if the amount or payment route is uncleaFew readers

• Managing Your Upcoming Appointments

  Find your appointments, check preparation, and open the actions available for each booking. Before you start Sign in with the client account used for your booking. This guide describes the mobile web My Appointments page. Find an appointment Choose Appointments in the bottom navigation. Choose Upcoming or Past. Check the appointment's date and status; past appointments are not necessarily completed appointments. Use the status menu to narrow the list. Turn on *Few readers

• Creating Your Apprentice Account

  Start from Apprentice's sign-in page and use the signup link. Choose Sign Up. On the Email tab, enter your first name, last name, email, and password. Read the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy linked beside the agreement checkbox before agreeing. Use Create account when your details are ready. Follow any next steps shown after creating your account. Creating a login does not book an appointment; use your artist’s booking link when you are ready. ![Email signup fFew readers

• Messaging Your Artist Through Chat

  Open the conversation for the correct artist before composing a message. Open your project and choose Chat, or use More → Communication → Chat. Check the artist at the top of Chat with Artists. Find Type your message, Attach image, and Send message in the conversation. Check the recipient before sending feedback or attaching an image. If comments appear repeatedly, avoid submitting them again and contact support. ![Chat with Artists conversation and message coFew readers