Shopping for tattoos

[twigling]

Well.. doll tattoos, anyway. Yeah, my Minimee (it's the product name, but not accurate as it will not look like, or in fact be based on me) will have tattoos, and I was thinking initially of using tattoo decal paper for humans, but then realised that waterslide decals are probably better because they are made for plastics.

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[blukat]

The tattoos that came with Soom's Smokey Day Gena were regular human tattoos. I have not tried putting any of them on, but they did, so they must work alright. There were not any instructions on how to put them on however.

[twigling]

Really? Well human tattoos are easier to apply, but I just think that decals will be more durable and better suited to the resin. Btw, Smokey Day Gena is gorgeous...

[serendipitous78]

btw i read it anyway... so there! :p

[twigling]

i bet you just skimmed.. or you're just posting that you read even if you didn't. so neener!

[ashbet]

I bought water-slides for doing doll tattoos a while ago, thinking the same thing . . .

. . . I, uh, have not used any yet. Because I have misplaced the kit >_>

Good luck, I look forward to hearing how it turns out!!

-- A <3

[twigling]

Misplaced? Tell me about it!!! If it were me I would have forgotten that I ever bought it and then been surprised when I found it again....

OT ~ is that tattoo, on that persons back... is that you?? That is totally the kind of art that belongs on a beautiful non-jointed torso (and we're back on the dolls....)

[ashbet]

Awwww, thank you!! Yep, that's me ^_^

It's actually kind of funny, I know a lot of people without tattoos who have tattooed dolls . . . but none of my dolls have any ink, mostly due to my own laziness ;D

I had intended to write Kitsuko's name in kanji (Kitsu-ko) on the back of her neck, but that's right around the time I misplaced the water-slides!

*mwah!*

-- A :D

[setsuna]

Is your Minimee based on someone whose first name starts with an A, and whose last name starts with a J?

Random letters, I assure you ^_~

[twigling]

Shhhhhhhh!

[nofunangie]

I'd love to know if your tattoo decal trick works. I'd like more tattoos for my dolls, but it is a bit of a challenge to draw directly on the doll. I also know paulkaiju had success with tattoo decals so maybe he would have some advice.

[twigling]

I will let you know how it goes. My dad used to do model planes and I remember the waterslides he put on. The annoying part is having to spray the sheet with clear acrylic once its printed, to protect it, but I will enlist Ronnie and his spraygun for that.