#Wait until responsive resize finishes redrawing the page skin#Wait for it to dry until it has achieved a tacky consistency on the skin (it will feel sticky if you quickly touch it with the palm of your glove). The alcohol will strip the oil out of the skin, clean any leftover hair and make the stencil stick better.Ĥ Lightly hold stencil over the skin and mark with a sterile surgical skin marker where the edges of your stencil will be so you can realign it easily after the stencil primer is dried.ĥ Apply a stencil solution/primerand work it into the skin. (Shave lightly to avoid breaking the skin.) Brush away any hair with a paper towel and dry the skin.ģ Apply hand sanitizer. Leave the skin wet so it is easier to shave.Ģ Shave the area to prevent the hair from messing up the stencil. It is now ready to be laid on the skin!ġ Wash the area to be tattooed with Green Soap containing witch hazel to prevent redness from shaving. Send your image as a jpg file and either airdrop it to your computer or email it to yourself, whichever works for you.ĩ Print the stencil and run it through the thermal heater with the thermal transfer paper (see Printing section)ġ0 Cut out your stencil. Take your time to pay attention to the shadows of the image and the small details.ħ When you are done, recolour your red lines back to black before sending the image to your computer for printing.Ĩ Click the “Actions” button and then the “Share” button. (This can be with a dotted line, hashing or crosshatching, etc.) Make sure your brush is not too thin, or else the thermal printer will not pick it up. You can also drop the opacity of the image to see your stencil lines more clearly.Ħ Select a thinner brush size and section off where you will be shadingwhen it comes time to tattoo. Periodically, turn off the visibility of Layer One (where your original image is) to see how your stencil is looking. It’s best to use a bright colour like bright red as your brush colour, as that will help you see where your lines are on top of the image.ĥ Zoom into where you want to start and begin drawing your lines, zooming and moving the image as needed. (Lock Layer One so you don’t accidentally draw on it.)Ĥ Select the “Brush” button at the top and choose your size brush (this will determine how thin/thick the lines you draw are). You must always be “drawing” on Layer Two. Select “New Layer.” The button looks like two overlapping pieces of paper.
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