High Priestess Tattoo

High Priestess Tattoo Professional tattoo artists in Napier. Specialising in a large variety of custom tattoos. We do not do piercings.

We are a small collective of artists that range in styles from realistic tattoos to Japanese tattoos, come check us out!

14/08/2026

✨ High Priestess is 8 years old today ✨

It’s not a huge milestone but I feel like the studio and I have grown up together.
If you’ve been with us since the early days you’ll know exactly what I mean!

Thank you to all of our clients, past and present ♥️
To all of the artists that have worked with me as permanent members of the team over the years and to our guest artists, thank you.

I’m still so grateful and humbled after 8 years to call this space my studio and tattooing my job. What an absolute honour.

Thank you ♥️
- Jarna

31/07/2026

Hey everyone,

We’ve been receiving A LOT of AI generated tattoo designs recently and although a lot of you might think it’s helpful, it actually wastes our time and yours.

More often than not, your AI generated image isn’t actually able to be tattooed.
AI doesn’t understand nearly enough about this art form and will cram your design full of details that are impossible to achieve.
The proportions are wrong, the designs don’t make sense and they can’t even be used as a jumping off point in a lot of cases.
Our skin loses collagen and changes as we age and this is a HUGE part of our designing process. We want your tattoo to look as great as possible for as long as possible.

We’ve got 20yrs of tattooing between us and we’ve been taking your prompts/ideas and turning them into tattoos without the unnecessary use of AI for that entire time!
AI simply cannot do what we do. We’ve been artists our entire lives, we understand what makes a good tattoo and we won’t tattoo an AI generated image.

Send us the exact prompt you’d send into ChatGPT, send us as many reference images as you’d like, come in and have a chat with us in person, or send us a little doodle - it doesn’t have to be perfect!
We’re more than happy to work with you and try multiple placements when we’re stencilling your tattoo on. There’s no need to ask AI to stick a design onto a photo of your arm. Save your time and the water, just ask us to do it for you!
We have access to SO many incredible human generated references at our fingertips and they will always take preference over something generated by a machine.
Please stop sending us AI generated ‘art’.

Okay!So I have a bunch of ideas that I’d LOVE to tattoo. The $1000-$500 ideas are all intended to be quite large and wil...
27/07/2026

Okay!
So I have a bunch of ideas that I’d LOVE to tattoo.

The $1000-$500 ideas are all intended to be quite large and will be done in multiple sessions.
I haven’t drawn any of these yet (none of the images are my own) and I have no idea how long most of these concepts will take, but the prices are set! Even if they take longer than I’m anticipating!

I’d like to do the snake BIG, think ankle to mid thigh or a whole side of your back.
This one in particular will take quite a long time, I’d like to split it into 3 sessions.

The giant mermaid would ideally be a full outer calf/thigh, I’d like to get as much detail as possible into her! I’d like 2-3 sessions to complete her.

Pharaoh’s Horses is an iconic tattoo design that generally needs to be quite big, I’m thinking upper back or front of thigh for this one. This one will also need 2-3 sessions.

The $600 designs will ideally be around 30cm each. They’ll likely need 2 sessions to complete.

I’m imagining the $500 designs around 20-30cm each. These can be done in 2 sessions as well.

The $400 designs are 15-20cm, give or take depending on the particular piece. These ones can be done in 1 or 2 sessions.

The cartoon characters will be $200-$300 each and around 10-15cm. They can be done in a single session 😇

I’d like to do the flowers around 20-30cm as well, I could also sneak in a wee bird or butterfly to these 👀

I don’t particularly enjoy tattooing for an entire day which is why I’d like to split the larger pieces into multiple sessions!
My clients are generally sore and tired by the 4-5hr mark and so am I 😅
I’ve priced each of these designs for legs, arms and backs. Any other placement will take me longer to tattoo and will cost a little extra to cover this time.

I have AfterPay (Jarna only) and I’m also happy to set up custom payment plans directly into a dedicated bank account, I’m more than happy to work around you guys!
You’ll only have to pay for each session up-front until the total is paid. I don’t expect the tattoo to be paid in full until it’s finished!

Send me a DM, email or Jotform if you’re interested in any of these designs and we can get the ball rolling! ✨

https://form.jotform.com/212202663463852

https://form.jotform.com/212202663463852

20/07/2026

We have our friend Joseph hanging out with us from Wellington this Thursday, Friday and Saturday!

He has time available and LOADS of flash designs ready to go 🔥
Message him directly on Instagram or pop into the studio to make an appointment, his availability won’t last long!

I’m embarrassingly behind with my posts on here 😅I literally still have posts from last year that I haven’t posted on he...
06/07/2026

I’m embarrassingly behind with my posts on here 😅

I literally still have posts from last year that I haven’t posted on here yet, but here’s a few of the smaller pieces that I did late last year/early this year!

Because I’ve been so bad at posting, I have time available as early as next week. I’ve got a bunch of flash designs and I’m always happy to create something custom for you too! 😇
✨ I also take AfterPay ✨

Send through a Jotform, a message on this page, an Instagram DM or an email if you want to get something done!

https://form.jotform.com/212202663463852
[email protected]

I post a lot more regularly on my Instagram so be sure to give me a follow if you want to keep up to date and/or jump on any last minute appointments! .noir .noir .noir

Hello!I’m currently 3 weeks post op and I’m ready to start taking bookings again!I’ll be taking appointments from the 12...
30/04/2026

Hello!

I’m currently 3 weeks post op and I’m ready to start taking bookings again!
I’ll be taking appointments from the 12th of May onwards, gradually easing myself into work initially ♥️

All of these pieces are available to be tattooed!
Prices don’t include torsos, hands, elbows, knees or necks; there’ll be an additional charge for any of those placements 😇

They’ll also be fully shaded in black and grey, no colour please 🙏🏻

Flick me a Jotform request if you’re interested in any of these designs!
✨ Afterpay and custom payment plans available ✨

- Jarna

https://form.jotform.com/212202663463852

https://form.jotform.com/212202663463852

https://form.jotform.com/212202663463852

Keep up to date with me on Instagram: .noir

Address

118 Hastings Street
Napier
4110

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

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068351485

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