Now you can see any bits you may have missed. The paper collects the extra ink, so it’s hard to see any missed spots. Take the template off the Pringles tube, flip the paper to the blank side and put it back on again. Nylons are thin and slide around a bit, so it’s best to use short strokes and dotting to get the ink on. Remember how that always happens to the yellow ones? Eww. It’s a little short, so just roll up the rest of the nylon above the workspace and adjust both template and nylon down when you get to working on that part of the sleeve.Ĭolor with the markers! I recommend doing the colored areas first and then doing the black outlines on top of it, to avoid the black ink contaminating the ink pads of the lighter markers. The Pringles can gives you a nice stable surface to draw on that is roughly the shape and size of an arm. It doesn’t reach all the way around but eh. Tape your design template to the Pringles can. You can cut some of the top of the sleeve off as well, but don’t cut too much because you can’t put it back on if your sleeves are too short. Put the legs on your arm like so, and cut the toes off so you can slip your hand through. If your nylons have an undies part, cut the legs off and wear the undies on your head for the rest of the tutorial, if desired. You can use any design you want, of course, but Here is the link to these fine Newt Kaiju tattoo designs. You’ll need a pair of nylons, scissors, tape, a set of sharpies, your designs printed out on 8.5 x 11 paper, some bracelets, and a can of Pringles. Not that big of a deal for me, as I tend to wear my tats with white shirts that can be bleached, but other shirts may not survive as well. The ink will most likely wear off onto adjacent clothes. Sharpie is supposed to be permanent marker, but on skin…it’s not. unless you dab in a little fabric paint, which will not be covered in this tutorial. I leave them blank and they read OK, but the white areas will always be pink, tan, brown, etc. Can’t do white sections, because sharpie ink is transparent and doesn’t come in white. You’ll want to go the fabric paint or body paint route to get the best bold, bright tats. Sharpie ink is transparent, so any color it rests on just multiplies and the tattoo won’t show up very well. I haven’t experimented too much, but unfortunately this technique probably doesn’t work for wearers with darker skin tones. But if you only need them for a weekend, that’s ok. Nylons get holes in them super easy and forearms run into stuff, lean against things, and generally make it hard for the sleeves to survive. You get to eat pringles! More on that later. From a distance, yes, but I had guys at cons with actual ink on their arms come over to compliment on my full (fake) sleeves. They move with your skin! People have legit thought these were real tattoos. Easy! Great artistic skill not required. Quick and not very messy! No paint is involved, and sharpie marker dries instantly. Supplies are cheap! You may even have many or all the supplies you need right at home. Got a cosplay idea but the character has lots of arm (or leg) tattoos? Don’t feel like painting on yourself with body paints or hunting down that horrendously expensive temporary tattoo paper? Here’s a quick tutorial for making tattoo sleeves using nylons and sharpie markers! Watch them become jacks of all trades and develop their hands on and DIY skills. If it’s making outfits from fictional characters… Then please let them. Please encourage your kids to do something creative. It is a form of creative problem solving. I’d like to spread the message to parents out there: She had never struggled with her joint again. But I saw what the brace was like, and casted her one with Plasti-make, again for free. The doctors were going to charge her $200 to make her a brace. He was going to have to buy new shoes or new sole pads… But then I went and traced some foam, layered it and padded his shoe back up, for free. Today my dad’s shoe went all weird and crumbly. My success in national competitions and event invites had started to change their minds.īut what ultimately convinced them was… me helping fix shit around the house. I come from a family who really disliked me cosplaying for a long time, saying it is “unproductive”.
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