Field Notes // Colophon
This studio is built on freely licensed software and typefaces. Every library and service it relies on is credited below.
Guided Tattoo Intake Clarifies Custom Design Booking Requests
This studio was entered in the Lovable Challenge under the title above. The entry itself is posted on Contra.
Challenge submission on Contra ↗ (opens in a new tab)Demo only · no real texts
The six-digit code step is simulated. Nothing is sent to your phone — the code is shown on screen so you can try the flow.
Proof of concept · no money moves
Slots lock in for free right now — no card and no checkout step. The $1 donation to A Thousand Pansies returns when real payments switch on.
Try the flow yourself
Replays the sketch loading animation and the studio-draft entrance, as many times as you like.
Same as above — an alias. “?sketch=1” works too, on any page address.
The same trick on this page, so you can see the entrance over any screen.
Studio ledger sign-in — the only way into the admin view.
Booking ledger and calendar. Locked until you sign in through the link above.
Three doors · same booking desk
The written instructions page, linked in the footer of every page. It has the connector address and a copy-paste setup block for ChatGPT, Claude, and friends.
A short plain-text note at the root of the site that assistants read on their own. It names the studio, the connector, and where the full directions live.
The live connector itself. On connecting, an assistant is handed the house rules and the four things it may do: studio info, open times, hold a slot, check status. The client always pays the $1 test deposit themselves.
Studio artist? Sign in to the booking ledger →
Open Window · SIL Open Font License 1.1
The handwritten type every question and note is set in.
License source ↗ (opens in a new tab)JetBrains · SIL Open Font License 1.1
The mono face used for labels, codes, and ledger stamps.
License source ↗ (opens in a new tab)Meta Platforms, Inc. and contributors · MIT
The UI library every page is built with.
License source ↗ (opens in a new tab)Tanner Linsley and contributors · MIT
Routing, server rendering, and server functions.
License source ↗ (opens in a new tab)Tanner Linsley and contributors · MIT
Data fetching and caching wired into the router.
License source ↗ (opens in a new tab)Evan You and Vite contributors · MIT
Dev server and production bundler.
License source ↗ (opens in a new tab)Microsoft Corporation · Apache-2.0
Every source file on this site is typed.
License source ↗ (opens in a new tab)Tailwind Labs, Inc. · MIT
Utility styling layer under the paper and ink.
License source ↗ (opens in a new tab)Colin McDonnell and contributors · MIT
Schema validation for booking data.
License source ↗ (opens in a new tab)Julian Garnier and contributors · MIT
The line-boil, sketch-draw, and step-artwork animations.
License source ↗ (opens in a new tab)WorkOS · MIT
Unstyled primitives under the sketchbook controls.
License source ↗ (opens in a new tab)Lucide contributors · ISC
Icon components.
License source ↗ (opens in a new tab)Emil Kowalski · MIT
Toast notifications.
License source ↗ (opens in a new tab)Lovable · Hosted platform
Database, authentication, and transactional email behind the booking ledger.
License source ↗ (opens in a new tab)A Thousand Pansies project · Donation recipient
The $1 donation that locks in every session supports this project.
License source ↗ (opens in a new tab)Drawn for Fresh Ink · All rights reserved
The boiling needle mark and the field-note drawings above each step.
License source ↗ (opens in a new tab)This site's source code is on GitHub ↗ (opens in a new tab).
Homepage transfer is about 1105.5 KB, roughly 0.168 g of CO2 per visit. Estimated with CO2.js using the Sustainable Web Design Model v4, measured 2026-09-27. Hosting: delivered via Cloudflare (verified green hosting by the Green Web Foundation); origin hosting on Lovable Cloud. Machine-readable disclosure: /carbon.txt.
