If you don’t know how to make fake skin for tattooing, then don’t worry, we will help you out. While there are several brands that are offering such skins to practice tattooing, you can make it right at your home which will save you from wasting extra bucks.
So, are you excited enough to get to know how to make fake skin for tattooing? Then scroll below!
Things to Have to Make Fake Skin for Tattooing:
1/4 cup of all-purpose flour
1/3 cup of warm water
Flesh-colored paint
Clean bowl
Fork or whisk
Elmer’s glue
Plastic bag
Rolling Pin
Now Follow The 5 Steps and Make The Fake Skin For Tattooing...
Step 1: Mix-up water and flour
Blend the warm water with all-purpose flour in a bowl and keep on stirring it with a fork or whisk until the mixture gets thick and hard to stir. You may want to add more flour to have the correct consistency if needed. However, the dough should be consistent in texture like a flesh. Besides, make sure that you find it easy to mold with your fingers.
Step 2: Ensure the correct flat sheet
Make sure that you roll the dough with a rolling pin. Keep on rolling until you get a correct flat sheet.
Step 3: Prepare skin of flesh color
This is both optional as well as a required step. You may want to get the skin flesh-colored so that you get the actual feel of tattooing. However, for that, you need to add a few drops of paint to a plastic bag with the glue in it. Mix both until it creates a decent flesh-like color. Once you get the right tone, you can cut a corner of the bag and pour it onto the sheet.
Step 4: Combine the dough and glue
Now you need to mix the dough and glue. To do that, you have to cover the sheet in a correct layer of glue. After that, you need to roll and knead the mixture. You may have to do it several times to make sure the dough and glue are blended properly. You can put more glue if needed to make sure the two combine well.
Step 5: Roll out skin dough
Now you need to flatten the dough to a sheet again to make it like skin with your hands or a rolling pin. The sheet thickness will depend on your preference but you may want to go with a thinner sheet since it will be easier to deal with. However, you will need to let the mixture dry completely. As it dries, it should give you a thick elastic-like feel similar to the skin. If it does, you are done making the fake skin for the day!
Uses guide this fake skin for tattooing practice
Now it’s time to use the fake skin for practice tattooing…
- Firstly, you need to think about your working environment. Make sure that you know the way to clean the surface you will work on. Also, you need to ensure knowing the way to organize your material. It is also essential to be aware of hygiene measures beforehand. Even if there is no danger, you have to take care of all these kinds of stuff.
- You may already know that inks can get very messy. But since you will be in the practice session, you will get to know the way to work around the tattoo. As you develop your skills, you can manage to avert spilling and spreading inks while you will be tattooing. For instance, if you are right-handed, you can easily notice that it will be easy to work with the main lines from left to right
- Try to bring the practice close to reality. It will be great if you can just wrap the fake skin you made on an object mimicking body contours or on someone. It is also suggested to avert turning the fake skin while working with it. Remember that you cannot turn the arm of your clients.
- Keep on drawing on the fake skin since this will be the best way to get the hang of it. First, try on paper and then reproduce it on the fake skin. And if you have drawing skills, it will be easier to explore the tattoo designs and play around with them. However, it will still be a bit tricky to handle the needle and poke through the skin than drawing on a paper.