Fake Tattooing

this is an easy and fun way to make fake tattoos on yourself or others.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO RATE!!!!! AND COMMENT IF YOU WANT!

Step 1 What they look like

theese are some i made on me and my mom...1 on me 2 on my mom. they are definentally not the best considering i just started making them and you can only do so many on one person.

Comments

[christian292827]

Can we use wax paper instead of tracing.?

[scartissue3]

after you apply the tattoo if you want it to stay longer you put baby powder on it or gel deoderant on it. i forget. also you could after the deoderant or baby powder put plastic rap on it.

[Father Christmas]

Hmm I actually like this process. It is really simple and something everyone could do. When I am bored, I generally grab my favorite black gel pen and design Tribal around my hand and wrist. I may do this, so others can wear my artwork too!

[J@50n]

send me some pics of it i wanna see it! either with the gel pen or not.

[Father Christmas]

well, as a little "teaser", I guess you could call it, one of my first was an openblock-style set of wings. Most of what I do now is solid-form tribal.

[J@50n]

thats really cool looking! is tht on a piece of tracing paper or one off the internet? it looks professionally done!

[Father Christmas]

It is just something That I drew up in my spare time. Just regular piece of paper, and scanned it. I still have yet to test this way of doing it. I am looking forward to the results.

[HollyWood How To XD]

okay im not calling you a lier or anything but its just to symetrical, i can see if you folded the paper in half but and traced it from the other side but i cant see a crease soooo yea

[Father Christmas]

I used Photoshop to remove the crease. It was originally drawn on notebook paper, the lines were also removed.

[HollyWood How To XD]

Oh ok, because thats what i do is just fold it in half then try to trace over the other half, but i cant get the ink OR the lead to transfer properly

[HollyWood How To XD]

The outline wont go on it just bleeds off, did i use too much alcohol?? please help me!

[jlove3]

Butterfly tattoos are attractive, colorful and very distinctive. Although these tattoo designs are generally more favored by women, there are some men who also get fascinated by the versatility of this design. It is for this reason that the Celtic butterfly tattoo is usually incorporated in a lot of tattoo themes and designs among both men and women. In fact, it is a relatively common concept in tattoo art

[KwartzKitten]

Hypothetically, would these bleed or some off during or after exercising?

[J@50n]

Depends where its located and the amount you sweat.

[KwartzKitten]

I'm talking like on the arm or the back of the shoulder, and... um... a lot of sweat? Not like dripping off, but close.

[J@50n]

Not sure haha... you could just do a like with sharpie or something and see what happeneds for a test?

[knexcthulu]

would it matter if your leg was rly hairy like a gorilla not saying mine is though just curious?

[onebrokenneck]

That's the funniest thing I've read all day!

[anthea15]

lol sureee

[16csupplee]

could parchment paper work?

[talltalldude]

it'll be kind awkward for left handers like myself

[penguin.waddle14]

how long do these last for usually? if its a long time, that means you are doing something equivilant to henna, where you stain the skin, and sharpie is not very good for the skin. just a warning, very cool idea!

[J@50n]

 they dont last very long, depends if you take showers i guess, haha.  if you dont rub them off with soap in the shower they last a while, maybe a half week or so. and the sharpies on the skin is not as bad as everyone thinks0. not saying its GOOD for you but its not as bad. here is a paragraph i found on a Health Central website according to ink on the skin.

        Writing on your skin probably won't kill you, but it's not exactly healthy, either. While most writing inks are nontoxic, they do contain chemicals that can be poisonous if ingested in LARGE amounts. According to Health Central, you generally have to swallow at least ONE OUNCE (that's several pens' worth) of writing ink to induce poisoning.


Thanks for the comment!

[penguin.waddle14]

your welcome! its a very good instructable... i write on myself a lot, because i swim, but its just not the best for you. i was just saying that so that people know its not great for you.

but yea, i think i mite try this sometime.

[Clonebear]

So how long does this stay on, and/or how easy is it to get off? 

[J@50n]

 if you don't touch it or shower it will stay on a LOOOONG time. it comes off extremely easy with rubbing alcohol or OK in the shower with soap and scrubbing.

[Clonebear]

Allright, that's what I  needed to know. I'm off to try it now.

[J@50n]

 I want pics! 

[Mia bea]

Thank you so much for posting this! For my halloween costume I am going to be a valkyrie-warrior-princess-pictish-viking-woman. . . thing idk but I needed some blue paint & I couldn't find one that would work as well to look like blue pictish tattoos as your idea! + I already have a blue sharpie instead of buying blue paint & having it get everywhere on my costume! Its so perfect cuz I don't want it to last too long but to stay on for two days without smearing off. If you want I'll post a picture of my costume when I put it together :D

[J@50n]

 Practice before Halloween comes!it also helps to draw the tattoo on a kleenex instead of the tracing paper! I would love a picture of it when you are done! hope it turns out!

[redsuit09]

nice, i think it looks pretty damn sweet without the sharpie. i was needing something like this because i want to get a tattoo but wanna see what it would look like first.

[J@50n]

Thanks for the "i think it looks pretty damn sweet". and i was just board. they look pretty real. you can also color it in with BIC pen and they look even more realistic.

[1nstru]

careful with the rubbing alcohol. it will damage your skin to some degree or another if you rub the same area of skin frequently. the alcohole destroys the fat-based protection layer of the skin. it may also iritate your skin and cause dry skin and itching. you should apply some suitable skin lotion after erasing a "tatoo" and not "tattoo" the same patch of skin again right away. you may even apply lotion to a new tattoo, but the lotion might mess up the sharpie colours.

[J@50n]

good heads-up, thanks!

[ege207]

sorry cant upload

[ege207]

here is the one i made

[ege207]

sorry i accidently subscribed it

[ege207]

thnks ill make one

[ege207]

isnt it bad for your health

[J@50n]

Writing on your skin probably won't kill you, but it's not exactly healthy, either. While most writing inks are nontoxic, they do contain chemicals that can be poisonous if ingested in LARGE amounts. According to Health Central, you generally have to swallow at least ONE OUNCE (that's several pens' worth) of writing ink to induce poisoning.