Faking a tattoo

[Shaun-3DT]

Hi all,

Anyone know how to get some text and a line drawing onto the skin of a someone in a photograph but have a realistic tattoo look to it?

I'm apprenticing at a tattoo studio and we want to get some cards done up and one of the ideas is to have the directions to the place tattooed on someones back! Now obviously no sucker is gonna let us do this so we want to see if we can overlay it but make it seem realistic, like a real tattoo.

Any help, comments ect.. greatly appreciated.

Cheers
Shaun

[enjoiskating543]

http://www.blur9.com/works/photoshop/serve.jpg

http://www.blur9.com/works/photoshop/freeforall.jpg

something like that? i can explain how to do them if youre interested

[Shaun-3DT]

You're a star, I may get back to you on how to do it though.

Cheers
Shaun

[Cmart]

Im also very intrested in knowing how to do this.

Any advice would be great thanks!

[Henry_B]

why dont you do a henna tattoo and take a picture :D

[Orkron]

When I get my tattoos, they first mock it up on ink on paper, then they lay it where i want it...then they tattoo it...Why don't you just do that and photograph it?