Describe the tattoo you have in mind — 'a small fox curled around a crescent moon' — pick a style, and get a clean design on white, presented like a flash sheet. Bring it to your tattoo artist as a starting point.
Sign in to start — new accounts get 10 free credits, no card.
An AI tattoo generator is great for exploring ideas quickly. Getting from a design on screen to ink that ages well still goes through a tattoo artist.
Generate options, pick a direction, and let your artist refine line weight, size and placement for your skin. Good artists welcome references.
Tiny lettering and hair-thin lines blur as tattoos age. If you love a detailed design, plan it larger than you first imagined.
Write the exact words in quotes in your description. Check spelling letter by letter before anything goes on skin.
This page designs the tattoo itself. To preview it on your body, use Image to Image with a photo of the spot and describe where the design goes.
Fine line, American traditional, Japanese irezumi, blackwork and watercolour.
The design sits alone on a white background with high-contrast linework, easy for an artist to read and redraw.
No drawing skills needed: your description is the brief.
Your artist will adapt it to your skin and body. That is how tattoo references are meant to be used.
One sentence in the box at the top: subject, mood, any symbols.
Fine line is the default.
Save the ones you like and bring them to your consultation.
A few choices before you upload change the output more than any setting on this page.
Write what the tattoo shows: 'a hummingbird drinking from a peony'. The style menu handles fine line, traditional and the rest.
'Small, for the inner wrist' or 'long and narrow for the forearm' changes the composition the model draws.
Tattoo ideas improve with options. Run the same idea three times and in two styles before you pick.
Every tool draws from one balance.
No hidden fees • Cancel anytime • Unused credits roll over
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New accounts get free credits on sign-in, and one design costs 5 credits, so your first designs are free. Free-plan downloads carry a small watermark.
Five: delicate fine line, American traditional with bold outlines and a limited palette, Japanese irezumi, solid blackwork and soft watercolour. Describe colours in your sentence if you want them, for example 'in black and red only'.
Name the main subject, one or two supporting elements and the mood: 'a wolf howling at a full moon, surrounded by pine branches, calm and minimal'. Mention the placement if it matters, such as 'long and narrow for the forearm'.
This effect starts from a description. To turn a photo into line art your artist can work from, try the Coloring Page effect on 'detailed', then describe the style to your artist.
You are only charged when an image comes back. If the model fails or times out, nothing is deducted and you can simply run it again.
You keep ownership of what you upload and what you generate, on every plan; see the Terms of Service. Free downloads carry a small watermark, paid plans download without one.
Describe it in the box at the top of the page and pick a style.
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