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Fake Tattoos in photoshop
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This is a fun way to give your friends bad tattoos.
Get a photo, make up a
stupid
tattoo, and have at it.
Step 1. Open your image. I used this one.
Figure A.
Step 2. Create a new layer, to draw your tattoo, or place
an existing design
(make sure it's got
a a transparent background) or just use the type
tool if
you just want text. I suggest using a black design for now,
colors work well
too for this though.
Arrange your design
so that it looks natural. If you're using type,
angle different
words slightly, and you can even make the letters
a tiny bit offset,
or uneven, to make it look like it was tattooed by hand.
Figure B.
Step 3. Now we have to make it look real. First, CTRL + click on
your tattoo design
layer to select it.
- Now go to >Select >Modify
>Border The value you use depends on the
size of your image.
You want to make a
border selection around the image that is not too big,
or too small. I chose
border selection width of 2. Here's what the
border looks like up close.
Figure C.
Step
4. With this border selected, do a copy and paste to put the
border/outline on another layer.
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This is what the outline layer should look like (with the main tattoo layer
hidden)
Figure D.
Step 6. On the outline layer, do a >Filter >Blur >Gaussian
Blur.
I used a radius of
0.4 but it really depends on the size
of your image, so you may
have to adjust it. Here's what
my blurred outline looks
like to give you an idea of how much
I blurred it.
Figure E.
Step 7. Now, make the main layer (the tattoo design)
visible, and decrease
the opacity of it to make
the outline stand out. I made mine 35%
Here is the final product. It looks like an older faded tattoo, which in
my
opinion makes it look real.
Figure F.
After you make the outline, you can do an >Image >Adjustments>
Hue/Saturation, and colorize the main tattoo layer if you want color.
Here are some more examples:
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