Home › Guides
Tattoo Guides
Everything on this site comes down to three things: 36,000 free tattoo designs to browse, a browser tool that puts any of them on your own photo, and apps that trace a design onto paper or skin. These guides cover how to use all three well — and how to avoid the size and placement mistakes that cause most tattoo regret.
Try it on first
Try a tattoo on your photoLoad a photo in the browser, drop a design on it, resize, erase the edges and save the result.Are simulators accurate?What a try-on gets right (size, placement, flow) and wrong (ink under skin, healing, curves).Test it before it is permanentFour tests before the needle: photo try-on, printed paper, temporary transfer, two-week wear.
Draw it and stencil it
Draw a design step by stepFrom reference to clean outline: line drills, which pens, and making a design follow the body.Trace it with your phoneProp the phone, lock the overlay, then copy the design onto skin or paper at full size.Stencil without a machineFour routes onto transfer paper without a thermal copier: hand-trace, window, phone screen, camera.
Decide and compare
What size should it be?Real measurements for forearm, wrist and upper arm, plus the detail floor where designs mush.Which try-on app to useWhat each try-on option really does: markers, watermarks, offline use, own designs, platforms.
Try it on, or trace it
Preview the design on your photo in the browser, or use the AR app to trace it at full size onto paper or skin.
Short on time? The FAQ answers the 24 questions people ask most about trying tattoos on, or browse designs by style.