AI Tattoo Designs,
From Idea to Ink.
Describe your idea, pick a style, and get a custom design free. Preview it on your skin, turn it into a stencil, and take it to your artist.
Choose a tattoo style
Select a style
Describe your idea
Start with a suggestion or enter your own
Personalize your design
Body area, color and detail
Free · No sign-up needed to create
Optional: sign in to save every design to your dashboard, forever
See your tattoo before you ink
Preview the style, placement and overall look before making it permanent.
Need inspiration? Explore the gallery
Built for the Moment Before the Needle
Most tattoo regret is decided before the appointment: the wrong size, the wrong placement, a design chosen in a hurry. TattooGen exists to slow that moment down, so you can see your idea on a real body, weigh it for a few days, and walk into the studio with a brief your artist can trust.
Start Designing FreeVirtual Try-On
Stop guessing. See exactly how your tattoo will look on your body. Pick a real body photo, place your design, and visualize it instantly.
Design It. See It. Wear It.
One honest toolkit that takes a tattoo from a rough idea to a stencil your artist can use. Start free, no sign up, and judge the designs yourself.
Everything Between Idea and Ink
Six tools that work as one flow: create, remix, convert, preview, stencil and study.
Custom Design Creator
Create original tattoo designs from scratch using text prompts and visual references. The agent builds around your style preferences and placement, so every design starts from your story, not from a stock catalogue.
Remix & Reimagine
Take an existing tattoo in a new direction. Redesign old ink, refresh faded work, or turn a design you like into a cover up concept that is truly yours.
Image to Tattoo Converter
Turn a favorite photo, artwork or sketch into a tattoo-ready study. Simplify, strengthen the edges, and find the version a needle can actually carry.
Realistic Tattoo Mockup
See your tattoo on a real body before committing. Preview it on your own photo or on our real body presets, with honest size, lighting and placement.
Professional Stencil Generator
Generate clean, print-ready stencil line work from any design, adjusted for clarity and precision, ready to hand to your artist.
Photo-to-Tattoo Study
Turn a photo of a tattoo into a high-contrast study that separates the design from the skin tones around it — a first step and brief for your artist to redraw cleanly.
Clean Flash Designs, Ready to Make Yours
Original artwork presented the classic way — clean designs on a plain sheet, no photos and no filters. Start from one of these, or describe your own idea in the generator and get a fresh design in seconds.
Choose Your Plan
From idea to stencil to try-on. Create professional tattoo designs in minutes, and pay only when you are ready for unlimited.
1 Week
$9.30
100 tokens a week, renews weekly
Try Pro for a week before you commit.
- 100 tokens a week
- Designs and remixes included
- Every style, 4 designs per idea
- Body placement previews and virtual try on
- Line weight, complexity and color controls
- Stencil converter and high resolution downloads
- Your designs stay private and saved
Cancel anytime
1 Month
$16.50
300 tokens a month, renews monthly
Good for one project or your next tattoo.
- 300 tokens a month
- Designs and remixes included
- Every style, 4 designs per idea
- Body placement previews and virtual try on
- Line weight, complexity and color controls
- Stencil converter and high resolution downloads
- Your designs stay private and saved
Cancel anytime
12 Months
$299
Unlimited designs · $24.92 per month
Best value for artists and collectors building a collection.
- Unlimited designs and remixes
- Designs and remixes included
- Every style, 4 designs per idea
- Body placement previews and virtual try on
- Line weight, complexity and color controls
- Stencil converter and high resolution downloads
- Your designs stay private and saved
Cancel anytime
Cancel anytime. Free accounts get fresh tokens every month with no sign up, so you can judge the tool before any plan.
How the Design Agent Compares
| Feature | Traditional Generator | TattooGen Agent |
|---|---|---|
| Conversational refinement | ✕ | ✓ |
| Understands your story and symbolism | ✕ | ✓ |
| Vector style export | ✕ | ✓ |
| Print-ready stencil | ✕ | ✓ |
| Advanced mockup on real body photos | Average | High fidelity |
| Photo-to-tattoo study | ✕ | ✓ |
| Suitable for real tattoo production | Basic concepts | Studio-ready briefs |
Explore Tattoo Ideas
Real tattoos on real bodies. Open a subject to read its meaning, the styles that suit it, and placement guidance, then generate your own version.
Popular Sample Designs
Original TattooGen flash samples. Use the generator above and your own idea becomes a fresh custom design, created on the spot.
Tattoo Knowledge Hub
Guides and tools for the decisions around the tattoo itself. Scroll the row, start anywhere.
First Tattoo Guide
Choosing a design, picking placement, finding an artist, and what to expect on the day. Start here before your first piece.
Best AI Tattoo Generators Compared
An honest comparison of the leading AI tattoo tools, what each one does well, and where each one falls short.
Tattoo Ideas Library
Browse all subjects by meaning, style and placement, each with sample designs to generate from.
Tattoo Cost Calculator
Size, detail and placement decide the price. Get an honest estimate range before you visit a studio.
Tattoo Pain Chart
How placements really compare from least to most painful, and 8 ways to make any session easier. Honest, no hype.
Virtual Try-On Guide
Why previewing size and placement on your own photo prevents the most common tattoo regret.
Tattoo Size Guide
What common tattoo sizes actually look like, how size decides detail and price, and how to pick yours.
Tattoo Aftercare Guide
The first 24 hours, a day-by-day healing timeline, the washing routine, and normal healing vs warning signs.
Tattoo Styles Explained
12 styles honestly compared — what each looks like, how it ages, and how to pick yours.
Tattoo Placement Guide
12 placements honestly compared — what each spot suits, how visible it is, and how it ages.
Tattoo Aging Guide
What happens at 1, 5, 10 and 20 years, what makes tattoos fade, and when a touch-up is worth it.
Tattoo Cover-Up Guide
What makes a cover-up work, when laser or a rework is better, and the questions to ask your artist.
How to Choose a Tattoo Artist
Healed portfolios, hygiene checks, red flags, and the consultation questions that reveal a good artist.
Tattoo Removal Guide
How laser removal really works, how many sessions it takes, what it costs, and the options that are not worth your money.
How to Prepare for a Tattoo Appointment
The week before, the day of, what to bring, and the mistakes that make sessions harder. Prepare well, sit easy.
Tattoo Touch-Ups Explained
When a touch-up is worth it, when to wait, what a session costs, and how to make the result last.
Tattoo Meanings Explained
What 12 popular symbols usually mean, why no meaning is fixed, and how to choose one that still matters in ten years.
How Much Does a Tattoo Cost?
Shop minimums, hourly vs flat rates, the 7 factors that move the price, and the red flags that mean a cheap tattoo is not a bargain.
How Long Does a Tattoo Take?
Rough session times by size, the 6 factors that stretch a session, and what multi-session work really looks like.
Tattoo Lettering Guide
6 font styles honestly compared, the size rules that keep words readable, and the spelling checks to run before any word goes on skin.
Tattoo Numbing Cream Guide
What numbing cream actually does, why some artists refuse it, the timing and skin rules that matter, and the alternatives that work without it.
Tattoo Sun Protection Guide
How UV fades ink, the no-sun rules while a tattoo heals, the everyday routine that keeps healed tattoos sharp, and the mistakes that cost colour.
Tattoo Healing Timeline Guide
What a tattoo looks like week by week, the warning signs that need a professional look, and the mistakes that slow healing down.
Can I Work Out After a Tattoo?
When to return to the gym, what sweat and friction really do to healing skin, and the workout rules that protect your ink.
Can You Drink Before or After a Tattoo?
Why artists say no before a session, what drinking does to healing afterwards, and how long to wait — honestly, no moralising.
How to Sleep with a New Tattoo?
How to protect a healing tattoo overnight, which position suits your placement, and the night-time mistakes that cost ink.
Can I Swim After a Tattoo?
Why soaking is different from showering, how pools, sea, lakes, baths and hot tubs compare, and when a healed tattoo is safe in the water.
Can I Get a Tattoo While Pregnant or Breastfeeding?
Why most reputable artists decline, what the risks actually are, when to book instead, and how to plan the design now.
Can I Get a Tattoo with Eczema, Psoriasis or Sensitive Skin?
Why artists are cautious, when to book, what changes by condition, and the mistakes that cause flare-ups.
Tattoos on Dark Skin: What Actually Works
Which colours and styles hold up, how to find an artist with healed work on darker skin, and the mistakes that cost contrast.
Can I Donate Blood After a Tattoo?
Why blood services ask you to wait, how the waiting period varies, and how to plan a tattoo around donation.
Can I Get a Tattoo While Taking Medication?
Which medicines change the answer, why artists ask, and the one rule that matters most: never stop a prescription for a tattoo.
How Old Do You Have to Be to Get a Tattoo?
Why there is no single global age, how parental consent actually works, and why studios can be stricter than the law.
Can You Tattoo Over Scars and Stretch Marks?
Which scars take ink well, which ones artists refuse, how long to wait, and the mistakes that ruin the result.
Can You Have an MRI With a Tattoo?
Why the screening form asks about ink, when warmth or image distortion actually happens, and what to tell the imaging team before your scan.
Can You Get a Tattoo If You Have Diabetes?
Why healing and infection risk change the conversation, what good control actually means for booking, and the rules doctors and artists agree on.
How Much Should You Tip a Tattoo Artist?
Why tipping customs vary by country, what changes the amount, and the rules that keep it simple — no guilt, no fixed percentage.
Getting a Tattoo on Holiday
Why a holiday is the worst healing environment, when holiday ink still works, and the rules that protect it — plus the mistakes that ruin it.
Best Time of Year to Get a Tattoo
Why winter and autumn heal easiest, why summer is hardest, and how to pick your timing around holidays, events and your own life.
White Ink Tattoos
What white ink really looks like healed, why it fades and yellows, who it suits, and when black ink is the better choice.
Can You Get a Tattoo When You Are Sick?
Why most artists say wait when you are ill, which illnesses matter most, and how to reschedule without losing your booking.
Tattoo Studio Etiquette Guide
The unwritten rules before, during and after a session — haggling, phones, bringing friends, tipping and touch-ups, honestly explained.
Tattoos and Work Guide
How workplace rules really treat tattoos, which placements stay safe in strict jobs, and how to plan ink around interviews, uniforms and promotions.
Should You Get a Tattoo?
The questions to answer before your first tattoo: whether you want it for the right reasons, how to test the idea, and the signs that waiting is the better choice.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the AI tattoo generator work?
Describe your idea in words, choose a style, placement and shape, and the generator produces design concepts based on your brief. Detailed prompts with subject, mood and detail level give the closest results.
Is it free to use?
Yes. You get free tokens every month with no sign up — 8 a month as a guest, 25 a month with a free account. Pro plans open with the public launch — monthly tokens, or unlimited on the yearly plan.
Can I use a design for a real tattoo?
Yes, as a concept and brief. A professional artist should review, redraw and approve the final artwork for your body, size and skin before tattooing.
What styles can I generate?
28 styles including black and grey, minimalist, blackwork, Japanese, neo traditional, realism, watercolor, tribal, dotwork, fine line and geometric.
Can I preview the tattoo on my body?
Yes. The Try On tool overlays a design on your photo, or on one of our real body preset photos, with size, opacity and rotation controls, in your browser.
Can I turn the design into a stencil?
Yes. The Stencil Maker converts a design into clean high contrast line work you can download and share with your artist.
How much does a tattoo cost?
It depends on size, detail, placement and the artist. Small pieces often start at a studio minimum, while large detailed work is priced by the hour. Our cost calculator gives an honest estimate range before you visit a studio.
Do my designs stay private?
Sample browsing is public, but the try on and stencil tools run in your browser, so your body photos never leave your device. With Pro at launch, generated designs stay saved and private to your account.
Your Next Tattoo Starts With One Sentence
Describe the idea in your head and let the agent turn it into a design you can see, wear and judge, before any needle touches skin.
Create My Tattoo