Tribal Tattoo with an Airbrush Tattoo Stencil

This airbrush tattoo stencil is really simple to produce. All you need is a design, some time and a little bit of black airbrush body paint.

For this project I will show you how I painted the tattoo shown above.

For this project you will need the following:

• your airbrush equipment
• black airbrush body paint
• a little bit of frisket
• a model

Scroll down when you are ready to start!

Step 1

First you need to find or draw a design. I am a terrible at drawing - so I "cheat"... I use the photoshop to create designs using free downloadable adobe "brushes". Try to find a design that will end up being all one piece once it is cut out - it makes it so much simpler.

If you have photoshop, or know someone who does, check out this resource .. brush designs make excellent stencil templates

You will also need some frisket and an exacto knife.

Step 2

Trace the design on to the piece of frisket.

Step 3

Using an exacto knife, cut out the shape.

Step 4

Wrap the frisket around your models arm. There will be some pukering in the frisket - but don't worry - we can fix that up later.

Step 5

To make this tattoo just a little bit more interesting, I want to add a gradient to the design... so I have lightly painted the entire exposed surface.

Step 6

Then I sprayed darker all around the perimeter.

Step 7

Remove the frisket and look for any "slip-ups" due to the puckered frisket - like the one shown here

Step 8

Simply use a cotton swab dipped in a little bit of alcohol to clean it off.

Step 9

And here it is all done....