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1. Temporary Tattoo Class - Introduction: Hello and welcome to the
class all about designing your own temporary tattoo on
the iPad, using Procreate. Have you ever considered getting a permanent tattoo but
wanted to test it out first? Or perhaps you are looking for a fun activity to do with
your kids or friends. Or even learn how to make temporary tattoos and add a new product for
sale in your shop. The goal of this
class is to design, draw an order, a
temporary tattoo, all from the iPad. And you did not have
to be an artist. In this class. I am going to walk you through the process from ideation to a final temporary tattoo
products in hand ready to use, all with just the
use of an iPad, the Procreate app,
and the Internet. My name is Allie. I am an illustrator and surface pattern
designer educator. And the idea for this class came from creating a
temporary tattoo for my mother-in-law who
wanted to test out what a more permanent
tattoo would look like on the inside of her wrist. And I realized in
doing so that you can create these temporary
tattoos from start to finish using the iPad and the procreate app to then sell them as temporary tattoos
on your own website, whether that's an online
marketplace like Etsy or your shop or put markets. The ideas are really endless. Join me as I walk you through setting up a file
and Procreate to ordering the actual tattoo
all while using your iPad. If you don't have
the procreate app, it cost about $10. It is all you need. No need to finalize anything on the laptop or in
more fancy software. Let's get started.
2. Temporary Tattoo Class - Class Project: For the class project, I would love for everyone to share their initial
sketch ideas, a final image file. And if you decide to
order a temporary tattoo, a photo of the tech tool, I personally find it so
incredibly satisfying to hold a final product
with your art on it. You can post your image files to the class project tab below, and be sure to check out
everyone's amazing designs.
3. Temporary Tattoo Class - Getting Started: All right, To get started, all you need is your iPad. I'm going to open up
the Procreate app. Within the app,
I'm going to click the plus sign and plus sign again to create a
brand new canvas. First and foremost,
I might rename this as tattoo example, but you can name it
anything you would like. Then for the size we want to set it to inches
and I'm going to use a one-and-a-half inch by
one-and-a-half inch canvas. Just because that is
the final size that I have printed out
here for my tattoo. So it's about one-and-a-half
inch by one-and-a-half inch. If you compare that
to my apple stylus, you can also cut out a
square if you want to visualize that yourself
using a ruler and scissors. And that's just a good size, I think for a lot of
these temporary tattoos. So I'm gonna go ahead and go
to 300 DPI or dots per inch, the resolution, which leaves me with more layers than I need. And click Create. So now I've got a brand
new canvas on here, all set to draw. In the next lesson where we're going to sketch out our ideas.
4. Temporary Tattoo Class - Sketching the Design: Opening up our canvas again. So we're all set
to sketch ideas. I'm gonna go ahead
into my brushes and select maybe something
under sketching, like the HB or Narendra pencil and you
can choose anything. This doesn't really matter. I'm also going to
toggle my color down to black and see what
we've got here. Change that size a bit. I am all set. Now when I sketch ideas, I like to draw little thumbnail boxes to give myself a couple of
different ideas on the page. And I'm just going to
draw four of them here. No real rhyme or reason to it. You can of course do
this a different way. If you want to use the selection tool and
kind of center those. This doesn't really matter. The idea is just
to get your ideas flowing and start thinking
about different sketch ideas. So this is where the fun begins. You get to draw and think, okay, what kind of
tattoos, what I want, maybe I have a cat,
well, wonky legs. Maybe it's just a cat
face with huge whiskers. Perhaps I am writing some
things so I could try to do some interesting lettering
that I want to print out. Really take your time here
and play around with ideas. You don't want to
necessarily limit yourself. Just imagine what it
would look like on a one-and-a-half inch
by one-and-a-half inch square m then essentially
on your skin. And then maybe the last one is just a simple heart
that's filled in. Once you play around
with your ideas and he really come up with something that you like
out of the four of them, or maybe you want to
make multiple tattoos. We are going to create a new
layer for the next lesson. And let's rename,
double-clicking that layer one. And whoops, there we go. Click on Rename. And let's call this sketch. And then layer two. Let's call this design. So both are really designed, but we have our
sketch layer and then our design layer all set up. Nothing's on there right
now for the next lesson, where we are going to
choose one of these and finalize it for our tattoo.
5. Temporary Tattoo Class - Drawing the Design: Okay, so opening up the iPad to the canvas
that we left off, we should have a couple of
different thumbnails or at least one sketch idea that
you want to continue on. Then within that, we
have our design layer. So something I like to
do on the sketch layer, making sure to pull up the Layers panel and click or highlight
that sketch layer. I like to go over to
the selection tool, go down to rectangle. And I like to just pick one of those shapes and
click Copy and Paste. And if we go back to our layers, you'll see that it
actually pasted if I turn off the sketch as its own layer. And then that way I can drag
it to the whole screen here and kind of pick something
that I want to fill up. Almost all of that
one-and-a-half inches. This is really up to you, but this is roughly the size cut that I
want to be drawing. And I'm even noticing
a few things I might tweak here,
but that's okay. Try to pick your sketch
that you want to draw from. And then pulling up the
layers panel again, I'm actually going to
click on this little n, which is the normal different
transparency layer. We're going to play with
the opacity just a bit. So when I go to the design, it is lighter underneath. This is where you
get to have fun. I'm gonna go down to inking
and pick the studio pen. But you can really pick anything here and have fun with it. So now we're going
to start drawing. And I might adapt my
sketch just a little bit. If you need to make
more sketch layers, I'll show you how to do that. So let's say that that's
a little bit closer, but I'm still not a big fan. A good turn off the layer below. I could even if I wanted to. And then I'm going to
click plus new one, change that design layer and
change the opacity down. And then let's draw
again on top of this. Okay? So I like that a lot more. I'm going to actually turn
off that layer underneath and delete that,
rename this one. The only reason I
like to do this is because it keeps it really simple when I come back through if I need
to edit anything, but it's not necessary, you can play around with that. And before I color it, I might even try to move this around to the
right size and scale. If you want it to be
a smaller tattoo, you can definitely do that. If you want to
maximize that square. You can definitely do that too. I'm going to keep mine
somewhere in the middle there. And I also want to add a few more details
before I'm done here. And then we'll talk about color. Maybe they have
just a little nose and mouth and leap
it simple like that. When I add color,
sometimes I like to add it as a different layer just
to see if I like it or not. And I'm going to
add it underneath this cut layer and
call it color. Then I'm going to go select different color to
use this orange. And then go ahead and pick maybe even a different ink can
play around with that. Let's see. What I
might use here. This is where you
really get to have fun and start to color in. There is the ability to
add color in the tattoos. I will show you who I used to print them and other
considerations when working with any
kind of manufacturer when you're printing your
own temporary tattoos. So I'm gonna go ahead
and color in this cut and I will see you
in just a moment. Okay, so once you have drawn something that you
are happy with, we're gonna go ahead
and make sure we've got that sketch layer or any kind of reference layer is turned
off underneath there. And only the layers
that we would like. And then the next video
we're going to talk about exporting out the image. You can upload it straight
here on the iPad into some internet browser
and order your tattoos.
6. Temporary Tattoo Class - Exporting an Image: So coming back into
our procreate file, this another chance
to double-check that you've got all of your layers
turned on, that you want. All the other layers turned off. You can even select
multiple layers and adjust the size one last time if you want to
move that around. But once you have it to a size and color and all
the layers, you'd like. We're going to go ahead
and export an image. So going up to the wrench, I'm going to go under share. So there's Add canvas and share. And we're going to
share an image. You could use either
a JPEG or PNG. I typically export a PNG image. Once it comes up. First of all, you can see
here untitled artwork. So I could rename that
because it might be confusing when looking through my order and seeing what
tattoo I ordered. So I'm gonna go ahead
and exit out and rename it before we save the image. If I go under Canvas, canvas information,
the very top, you can see Untitled Artwork. And if I just click there and click on the little keyboard, I could call this, let's call it orange cut. You can name it anything. Again, can just be helpful. So coming back to Share PNG, now it comes up as orange
cat as a PNG image. And I'm going to go
down to Save image. This means it's saving it
directly to my iPad photos. And that's it. That's all it takes to save the image after you've
drawn it on Procreate. And then the next video
we're gonna talk about opening up a website browser, how to order a tattoo and
do it all from the iPod.
7. Temporary Tattoo Class - Ordering Tattoos: I did a quick Google
search and found one website that allows
for single orders, which means I could order one
tattoo of a design rather than a bulk minimum of say,
100 temporary tattoos. You can check it out at
24 hour tattoos.com. And if you want to use
all the suffix here to find the one-and-a-half inch by one-and-a-half
custom tattoos. You can copy and paste
it or type it in. I found it cost
around $5 per tattoo. But note that it's what do you cheaper soon as you
start adding multiples. So even ordering 234 or five
tattoos and the same design, it brings that cost down a lot. You can also look
up shops yourself if you want to check
out different vendors. Here are a few things
to consider when searching through
different websites. Is there a minimum
order quantity, amount? What size limits do they have? Can you print and full-color? What file types do they accept? What countries do they
ship to or even from? Okay. So I have 24 hour
tattoos.com pulled up. This is one particular
site I found that offers shipping in
the United States, as well as the ability to order just one tattoo at a time. Now, fun fact, I ordered
two different designs. I ordered the cat with the orange color in it just to see what
color looked like. And I ordered the cat
with just the outline. I'm pretty sure I
just clicked one. I got three of each
of these designs, so I'm not quite sure
what happened there. Maybe that was a
fluke in the system, but I'll show you what
I did and exactly how I ordered everything
using this website, 24-hour tattoos.com, and navigating to the
customized temporary tattoos. Now you can see here
there are a ton of different size
options that they offer. The smallest being the
one-and-a-half inches by one-and-a-half inches. And so I went ahead with that
and click customize now. But of course you could try
to go for a bigger size. You can even change
it here in step one, where you can change
your tattoo size. It goes all the way
up to 4 " by 6 ". Now, these images aren't
really representative of that. So if you're curious, I recommend just
taking out a ruler and paper and cutting out what
that might look like. And if you notice
here at the top, there are different
quantities and unit prices. And at the time of this video, the cost for one tattoo
is just shy of $5. But you can see the
price drastically reduces per unit or per tattoo. The more you order. So you could even order just
like two or six of them and that drops pretty
significantly. But we're going to
stick with one for now. And that one-and-a-half inch
by one-and-a-half inch. Scrolling down to step two. I want to upload a full design. And then I'm gonna go
through all of these boxes. I'm going to say I want one. Full imprint colors as
opposed to metallic, no white artwork type. I need to click the
drop-down and go to upload my artwork. And this is where it's going
to prompt you to browse either your files or
an image from say, Google Drive, DropBox,
Facebook, Instagram. But because we saved
our image straight from procreate into
our iPad photos, I'm just going to stick with
my files, click browse, and go into my photo library. And then in the
library you can see I've got a couple of
different examples here. I'm going to click on that
orange cat and click Use. And it's gonna give
me a brief view of it. I don't need to crop it. We've already set it up
at one-and-a-half inch by one-and-a-half
inches and oriented that cut into the
center of the canvas. Which again, doesn't actually
really matter because when you apply it to your skin is just going to
have the cat there. Let's skip that step. It's going to pull
up, and that's it. Now, digital proof request. There is an up charge. If you would like to do
that. I'm going to say no. And then as I scroll down, this particular site has both the option to have it printed and sent from
the US or from China. And depending on where you live, you might want to change it. It's really up to you and your preference just
noticed that there is an up charge of $0.75 in
the US to have it printed. And it looks like Houston, Texas at the moment. If I keep scrolling down, I can get some rates. I'm going to type in an
arbitrary zip code, get rates. And you can see here, there's also an up charge
if you want it quicker. I'm gonna go with the free. Just note if you are
going to do this for a birthday party
event or something, it might take a little
while a week or two at most to get the tattoos. And it's just a little more than $5 because I had that up charge for printing the USA. And I can click Add to Cart. Now, I've got a few
things in my cart here. If I want to get rid of one, I could just exit out. And I can edit using the blue little or the weight
little pencil on that blue box there. If I want to change it,
there might be some upsells. I'm just going to
keep scrolling down all the way to check out. I'm just going to stick
with secure checkout. This is where you enter
all of your information. So shipping address
payment method. If you have a promo code, I do not have one to give. Unfortunately, I'm not tied
with this company in any way. It's just something
that I used and found, but I will talk about some
other other things to consider when you are looking for any kind of vendor
or company to order them. Then you can place
your order. I'm going to leave it there. But hopefully that shows
how easy it can be to upload your image
that you've drawn a Procreate on the iPad
from start to finish.
8. Temporary Tattoo Class - Applying the Tattoo: So let's say that
your tattoo came in. You've got your inch
and a half by inch and a half design and you're
ready to apply it. Typically you want to grab some dampened
washcloth or towel, then clean the area of skin that you're
going to apply it to. Then this particular company
has a little plastic cover. I'm going to pull off, place the tattoo where you
would like it to go. Then you're going to
press pretty firmly. I'm trying to soak up
some of that water. You can see it's starting
to get wet here. Making sure to apply a pressure to the temporary tattoo wherever you're applying
it to your skin. So it transfers. Then you could even hold
it there and press. Then once you think it's
it's pretty stuck on, you're going to slowly
peel up the tattoo. And here's the big reveal. So throwing away or recycling
little piece of paper, I've now got a little
outline of a cat on my hand. But of course you
can play around with wherever this goes and how you decide to
use your tattoos. But super fun to see design from the iPad all the way
to the finished product. On your hand.
9. Temporary Tattoo Class - Other Ideas: You may have plenty
of ideas already. Here are a few thoughts
to get started. Making your own
temporary tattoos. You could sketch and design temporary tattoos as a rainy
day activity with kids. You could also test out a
more permanent design idea with a temporary tattoo before committing to the
ink on your skin. Or you can even incorporate the iPad drawing activity
into a birthday party event. And lastly, you could
definitely create temporary tattoos to
sell in your own shop, whether that is on your
website at pop-up in-person markets or an online
marketplace like Etsy. The ideas are endless, really.
10. Temporary Tattoo Class - Last Thoughts!: If you enjoyed the content, you can always follow
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quite creative.com. It's where I share a
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little slice of life. I can't wait to see
what tattoo design you come up with.
Thanks for watching.
Ali Hooten, Illustrator & Pattern Designer
