Tutorial: Photoshop a Tattoo

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Hope you had a great April Fools’ day yesterday! I totally got my mom with my tattoo post, and I’m pretty sure I gave her a full-fledged panic attack. We were chatting via skype and I was wearing a short-sleeved shirt. I made sure to hide my right underarm during the whole chat.

I told her I needed to tell her something, but she needed to look at my blog first. She grabbed her tablet and started looking up my URL while I was chatting with my dad about things. I kept my eye on her the whole time, looking at her face change from curiosity to utter surprise, shock, and disappointment. My dad looked at it and immediately asked, “So, how did you do it?”

“Photoshop.” I lifted my arm on the screen to reveal no tattoo. I don’t think my mom thought the fool was very funny. It looks like I fooled a few of you readers, too!

I designed this tattoo for a friend of mine. I think it’s the closest to what I would do if I were to get a tattoo. My friend had it done along her ribcage, and a lot smaller than how I did mine. I think it turned out super cool. Check out the video below to learn how I photoshopped the tattoo.

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  1. Katie says:

    My husband wants arm sleeve tattoos. But he won’t do it. I think I’d like it.

  2. Heidi says:

    Ha! I’m pretty sure my mom would have had the same reaction!

  3. Amy says:

    When I first saw it I was like… um… did she REALLY? I don’t know you very well but I thought I knew you well enough.
    And then I realized what day it was.

    Good one!!
    I have a photoshopped picture of me and my friend showing tattoos on our arms of the Elvish number 9 to J.R.R. Tolkien. He’s even smiling in the picture.

    We’re big nerds.

  4. You totally fooled me….maybe that is because I’m all trashy and think tatoos are cool….

  5. christine says:

    HAH!! You had me fooled!!!
    christine
    delachic

  6. Erin says:

    You had me completely fooled!

  7. natalie says:

    you totally fooled me too. though later in the day (after i had showed my friend how cool i thought it was) i realized, i bet this is a joke. you got me.

    i do think it’s awesome though and i like how your friend has it placed.

  8. Jaime says:

    Oh you sneaky girl! I was fooled.

  9. ira lee says:

    ok, u got me!!! lol

  10. CK says:

    ya totally had me the first time I saw it- haha!

  11. carla says:

    This is so hilarious!! Well played

  12. sarah says:

    contiguous: pronounced con-tig-u-us…similar continual

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