Learn to Draw Your Tattoo

Create something truly yours with a tattoo design exclusive to you, and learn to draw it yourself with some effort! Putting your mark on the world has never been simpler! With practice, anyone can learn to design a tattoo.

Decide on a Style

Picking out the ideal tattoo style can be one of the most challenging decisions ever. Your permanent reminder must reflect you and fit seamlessly with who you are as an individual and with your lifestyle. Carefully consider which style works for you to ensure a successful experience when visiting the tattooist, who will suggest ways to enhance the overall appearance.

Create a Mood Board

Tattoos are permanent, making it essential to get each detail correct – from line placement, dot work, and solid shading. Before heading into a studio, creating a visual reference of what your desired tattoo should resemble can be helpful. This can involve cutting up magazines or making an inspiration collage online – whatever best reflects your vision and will ensure the final design matches your aesthetic. Plus, this helps keep you on track in case inspiration wanes!

Sketch Out a Rough Design Draft

When creating fictional characters, the first step should be drafting an initial design draft. An initial sketch can be as loose or tight as desired but should always be proportional to the final illustration’s trim size.

Make Color Decisions

Permanent Tattoos should reflect your desires and beliefs, so make sure the design speaks to you. Explore artwork from different eras, tattoo magazines, Instagram, or botanical or nature books for ideas. Remember that your skin tone will have an impactful influence on which colors to select for makeup applications.

Get It Done

Once you are ready to have a tattoo designed, bring your design and ideas to an artist. They can ensure it fits with what you had in mind while guiding placement and feasibility. Kapwing can help you create a design to take to your tattoo artist or start from any visual source and edit/color/resize it using Studio. Both will make the process more enjoyable!