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Stencil maker for tattoo artists

Tattoo stencil generator and ink prep for your finished design

Spend less time prepping. Spend more time tattooing.

Upload the design you drew, or a clean photo or scan of it. You get a stencil, plus a palette breakdown, an ink breakdown for your ink brand, an ink map, and tone maps. Then print the stencil at the size you need, right from the package page.

Palette breakdown, ink breakdown, ink map, and tone maps: free, no account. Stencils: sign in with a code we email you, 2 free 1K stencils a day.

Free - no account needed
Palette, ink breakdown, and tone maps.
Sign in with your email for stencils
Use the one-time code sent to your email to generate up to 2 free 1K stencils per day. No password needed.
The stencil generator cannot process licensed characters or brands (Disney, Marvel, anime franchises, logos) or nude and erotic images. Such uploads are rejected or come out distorted.
Package mode

No sign-in needed to build. A color design gets the palette breakdown, ink breakdown, ink map, and tone map; a black-and-gray design gets tone maps. The stencil comes next, after email sign-in.

Design to stencil

See what the stencil keeps

Here is how a design looks as a stencil - move the slider to compare.

Generated stencil
Original tattoo design
Design Stencil

How it works

From finished design to printed stencil

  1. Upload the finished design

    PNG, JPEG, or WebP up to 25 MB. From Procreate or another drawing app, export the final art as PNG or JPEG.

  2. Pick the package mode and ink brand

    Leave it on Auto to pick a mode based on the design, or set Color or Black and gray yourself. For color, pick Eternal, Intenze, Solid Ink, or World Famous.

  3. Get the sheets and the stencil

    Download the palette and ink sheets, sign in with a code we email you, and generate the stencil. Compare it with your original, then use Print to size.

What you get from one upload

From color planning to placement

Palette breakdown

Palette breakdown

Dominant colors, tonal structure, and coverage for each color.

Ink breakdown

Ink breakdown

Closest mixes from your chosen brand, mapped by area.

Tone map

Tone map

A clear light-to-dark guide for keeping values readable while you work.

Print to size

Your stencil at the size you set, on Letter, Legal, or A4, split across sheets when it is bigger than the paper.

Print at actual size

Print to size

Print to size, under your finished stencil, opens a print studio where you set the size on the skin, pick the paper size, and see how the stencil splits across sheets.

How to print a tattoo stencil at actual size
  • Width or height in inches or centimeters, or Measure on design: tap two points on the design and enter the real length between them on the skin.
  • Letter, Legal, or A4. A stencil bigger than the paper is split across sheets that overlap by 10 mm (about 3/8 in).
  • Printing on a thermal printer or an inkjet printer with stencil ink? Turn on Mirror. Printing on plain paper for a thermal copier? Leave Mirror off and use the copier's own Mirror button. Either way, tap Save PDF, Save images, or Print, and print at 100% (Actual size).

Ink brands

Ink breakdowns for four brands

Match your design to Eternal, Intenze, Solid Ink, or World Famous: 1,113 colors across the four brands. For each color in your design you get the closest ink, used straight from the bottle or cut with white. When nothing in the brand is close enough, the ink breakdown says so instead of faking a match.

How tattoo ink color matching works

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FAQ

Questions artists ask

What is free, and what needs an account?

The palette breakdown, ink breakdown, ink map, and tone maps are free with no account and no email. No card, no trial. Stencils need sign-in with a 6-digit code we email you, no password. Once signed in, you get 2 free 1K stencils a day; the count resets at midnight UTC.

What are credits, and what do 2K and 4K give me?

2K and 4K are higher-resolution stencils. 2K costs 1 credit and 4K costs 2 credits. Credits come from promo codes only: we post them on Instagram @tattoopack.app. Enter a code on your package page or in My packages and tap Redeem. If a 2K or 4K stencil fails, the credits you spent come back.

Can I make a stencil from a photo or an image?

Yes, as long as it is a PNG, JPEG, or WebP up to 25 MB. iPhone photos in HEIC are not accepted: share the photo with Options set to Most Compatible, then upload that copy. The whole image goes into the stencil frame, so crop it to the design first. Upload only images you have the right to use.

Is this a stencil maker or a tattoo design generator?

A stencil maker. Google Gemini draws the stencil from the design you upload; Tattoo Pack does not generate designs from text and is not a library of ready-made stencils. Generated lines can shift, so compare the stencil with your original before you transfer it to skin.

How do I print the stencil at actual size?

Open Print to size under your finished stencil. Set the width or height (or measure one part of the design), choose Letter, Legal, or A4, and print at 100% (Actual size), not Fit to page. Step by step: print a tattoo stencil at actual size.

Which ink brands are supported?

Eternal, Intenze, Solid Ink, and World Famous: 1,113 colors in total. Besides the standard colors, the list for Eternal includes 223 colors from 20 of its series and sets. More on tattoo ink color matching.

Do you keep my design?

Not the original. Your design is processed in memory to build the files you asked for, and the original upload is not stored on the server. For the stencil, we send your design to Google Gemini to draw it. Your files are available to download for 24 hours, then deleted automatically. Details are in the privacy policy.

Can I upload licensed characters or logos?

No. The terms do not allow uploads with licensed characters or third-party logos. The stencil generator also cannot process licensed characters or brands (Disney, Marvel, anime franchises, logos) or nude and erotic images: such uploads are rejected or come out distorted. Details are in the terms.