InkMyPet Tattoo Difficulty Score
A transparent method to estimate how hard a breed is to tattoo accurately. Built for real tattoo planning, not vanity metrics.
Overall = (Surface × 0.25) + (Face × 0.20) + (Pattern × 0.20) + (Silhouette × 0.20) + (Signature × 0.15)5 axes
- Surface Complexity
- Facial Complexity
- Pattern Complexity
- Silhouette Ambiguity
- Signature Feature Detail
Direction
All axes: 10 = hardest. No inversion.
Tiers
- Easy: < 4.0
- Medium: 4.0-5.9
- Hard: 6.0+
Breed ranking (current dataset)
Cavalier King Charles
Nothing is extreme, but everything needs attention. No shortcuts with this breed.
The fur is the challenge. The face forgives. But without detail, it's just 'a dog'.
Poodle
That curly coat is a nightmare in ink. Go big or go abstract.
Siberian Husky
The mask pattern must be PERFECT. The clean face is your friend, the markings are the trap.
The saddle-back markings are the make-or-break. Everything else is manageable.
Nail the tan point placement and you're golden. Miss them and it's just a black dog.
Boxer
Underbite + forehead wrinkles need precision, but otherwise straightforward.
English Bulldog
Every wrinkle tells a story. Miss one and the whole face changes.
Technically easy. Artistically hard — making a monochrome dog look like YOUR dog.
Pitbull / Bully
Simple coat, but that wide jaw structure must be proportioned right.
Corgi
That iconic stumpy silhouette does the heavy lifting. Fox face is a bonus.
Iconic silhouette makes minimalist a slam dunk, but get those bat ears wrong and it's over.
Doberman
A tattooist's dream. Clean lines, clear markings, angular face. Just get the ears right.
How the fifth axis adapts by species
Dogs
Display as Ear Detail (e.g. bat ears, floppy ears, erect ears).
Cats / birds / others
Display label adapts (e.g. Eye & Face Shape, Beak & Crest Detail) while keeping the same internal key.
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