Prompt for a tattoo design
A copy-paste prompt for a clean, ready-to-stencil tattoo design in a chosen style.
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a tattoo design of [subject], Line art, Flat, even, clean and deliberate, bold clean linework, fine-line style, strong negative space, plain white background --no photographic shading, color noise, busy background, blurry lines --ar 1:1 --v 6
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Why this prompt works
Tattoos must read at skin scale, so the prompt asks for strong linework and clear negative space over fine shading.
A named tattoo style (fine-line, traditional, geometric) keeps the design coherent for an artist to work from.
Color noise and photographic detail are excluded because they don't translate to a stencil.
Questions, answered
- What's a good prompt for a tattoo design?
- Name the style (fine-line, traditional, geometric...), ask for bold clean linework on a plain white background, and exclude photographic shading. This prompt sets that up.