Can You Tattoo Leather?

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Жыл бұрын

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Cl3ver has been DYING to try tattooing leather, and he has finally got a chance. With so many different ways to tool and style leather, we wanted to take it a step further. We've seen people use a tattoo gun on leather before and were curious just how easy it could be...
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@MitchellDowns Жыл бұрын

I really thought "Get it drunk first" was going to be one of the four options.

@SkillTree Жыл бұрын

I mean.... that's a given

@jevanfrancis7653 Жыл бұрын

Given the amount of alcohol used on those tranfers😂

@SandraOrtmann1976 Жыл бұрын

I don't think it works if you breathe the alcohol onto the leather. But it sets the mood.

@PleaseNThankYou Жыл бұрын

Hahaha ha, ohhhh. Hahhahaha

@musewinter9369 10 ай бұрын

I fully regret this joke isnt going to be made

@MizzPastel Жыл бұрын

I own a very similar tattoo gun I use to do my own tattoos. Important note with the needle skipping, the black grip part near the tip should twist/tighten. That actually sets the depth of your needle, so you don't have to stay as far away from the art to get it not to skip.

@quinnrosenvold8236 Жыл бұрын

For adding detailed images to your leather, and make it feel even more authentic, I would try doing Pyrography! You'll need a wood burning tool, and I'd recommend the ones that have a silver metallic box as a stand, and has a wire connecting them. Burning a design into leather gives it a dark brown burnt look where you've used the tool, and it burns a slight groove into the leather. I can highly recommend it, having done detail work on a lot of leather armours this way.

@popscratchie3985 4 ай бұрын

What brand pyrography tool do you use?

@williamrust374 Жыл бұрын

(Sandi) In my woodburning kit there is an embossing/tranferring tool. It uses the heat of the stylus to be transferred through a disk-shaped attachment to transfer gtafite or ink to a surface via gentle heat. Works on wood, might work on leather.

@WolfStar08 Жыл бұрын

Honestly never considered doing this for leather before or seen it done until now. It's a very interesting thing to look into now for leather projects, especially ones with a lot of tiny details. Thanks for another amazing video!

@SkillTree Жыл бұрын

Thank YOU for watching 😁

@LabLad6235 Жыл бұрын

Love that you show the process and failed attempts as you go. Really helpful and encouraging when I try something new and don’t get it the first time. As always love your vids!

@JoannaPiancastelli Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see you do some durability tests on these methods to figure out which ones could last on, say, a flexible piece of armour, or outside in the rain. It could be cool to get some of those inkbox tattoos you mentioned that use dye rather than sticking ink to the surface, as well as things like pyrography and henna.

@Rob-ee2lm 5 ай бұрын

Just yesterday another channel I subscribe to was showing off almost the same tattoo machine you used with some modified cartridges for tooling leather and down the rabbit hole I went. First, the tooling cartridges look cool and I have to get some. But I came across another video that did tattoo the leather and was talking about the splattering. His solution, which looks to work, was to coat the piece in PVA glue, let it dry, tattoo it, dry it again and then wash off the glue. The outcome looked absolutely wicked.

@DanielLee-wc9gb Жыл бұрын

Love your enthusiasm and creativity.

@hughbrown8290 Жыл бұрын

Thats awesome. very cool idea.

@vathouisk Жыл бұрын

Very cool can't wait to see you integrate this into some other projects.

@kyleb123456 Жыл бұрын

That is sick!! i have wanted to do this for a while now

@desmondehoppie4758 6 ай бұрын

Great. Very Informative. Thank You for taking the time to make this video.

@timgleaves9496 Жыл бұрын

Very inspirational on the tattoo gun. Thanks for this! Gonna research this more.

@TheMorganator5000 Жыл бұрын

OH MY GOSH!!!! I've been trying to do this for ages!!! Thank you for covering it!!!

@johnsantiago1872 Жыл бұрын

Have you considered tooling the leather after the tattoo but, before you filled it in. I think it would give it a more 3D effect. Then fill it in to shade in the recesses and give it depth, and maybe highlights. Thanks, great video, keep it up. John S.

@zumbamuse Жыл бұрын

Love love your videos! You Crack me up and I learn so much! I've done jet print transfers with Mod Podge, unto tile and know it works on wood too. I'll keep watching!

@brassarrow1587 Жыл бұрын

That's honestly pretty cool and for the first time really nice

@beckymurphy4714 Жыл бұрын

I've seen folks using temporary tattoos on tumblers, but never on leather. I'm loving this idea! I made a Wavy Thing on a Stick (flag) with my favorite knight's sigils on it for a ren fair - I printed out the sigils on regular paper, turned them into stencils, taped them down really well and used spray paint. Turned out sharp, and he loved seeing it in the crowd. He even signed it!

@maverick47 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@mostlyghostey Жыл бұрын

Honestly for your first time tattooing I am insanely impressed! I watched Andy from HTME do tattoo practice sheets and they paled in comparison to this. Well done!

@krishoogstraat6866 Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@josefeliciano9892 Жыл бұрын

That was dope

@coreyz.2800 Жыл бұрын

Seems to me you could combine the tattooing method with the airbrush method using a diluted dye solution to add gradient, color, etc. for more complex designs.

@Eccentric_arts Жыл бұрын

That’s really cool

@David35445 Жыл бұрын

I've made transfers with my ink jet printer and butcher's paper. Worked perfectly. No alcohol required, but you have to move fairly quickly before the ink dries. Also, just a sharpie works good too if you are into free handing a design. The tattoo gun, man that is brilliant! Going to get me one!

@kachirro Жыл бұрын

Interesting that you mentioned sharpie... I sometimes transfer images by tracing with sharpie to bleed it onto the leather. Love the tattoo method for making really intricate pieces.

@benschooler4605 Жыл бұрын

That's awesome. I never thought to tattoo leather before

@Alagachak Жыл бұрын

Oooooh! You did it you crazy bastard! I thought about the temporary tattoos and then... never got around to trying... such great result! Great video. I still won't get around to actually doing it myself xD

@akumabito2008 Жыл бұрын

You could also burn patterns into the leather using a soldering iron.

@SkillTree Жыл бұрын

Good call! I should have included that one

@christraven Жыл бұрын

There are tools specifically made for burning patterns into leather. My worry would be that a soldering iron might get too hot.

@Johny_5 Жыл бұрын

@@SkillTree Not to mention that laser engraver of yours!

@edwardhunts Жыл бұрын

I've been tattooing leather for years, but never thought about the temporary tattoo printer idea, that's great!

@r4dwolf Жыл бұрын

I wonder if putting a light layer of resist on the leather would minimise the splashmarks 🤔 The ink would still be going under the surface with the needle. I might try this with my stick&poke needles. And I could maybe try using a leather dye as ink, since they are way cheaper 😂

@gregrowan843 Жыл бұрын

on top of your coin video, this is a sign to do more for my groups cosplay/larp outfits

@dragonscaskentertainment5139 Жыл бұрын

Guy! This is epic. Looks like I need to get myself a cheap tattoo gun lol!

@sargentspursuit8738 Жыл бұрын

Ahhhh more things I wanna do! I can only have so many hobbies.....or cant I? Hahaha. Thank you for this amazing video and learning from your happenstances! Totally going to try this on my leathers!

@Renge43 Жыл бұрын

I actually have a bunch of temporary tattoo printer paper. I use it a lot when adding details to some accessories. It’s much more seamless then that iron on paper. Right now I’m mid moving so my stuff is packed but I can’t wait to start again

@SkillTree Жыл бұрын

I need to buy some and try it out!

@josephard9754 Жыл бұрын

My roommate just got that tattoo gun and I had the same idea about using it when she showed it to me last week. Now I know it works I may be borrowing it or getting my own.

@nataliadeavilapires2136 Жыл бұрын

Tooling and Tattooing leather looks absolutely amazing by the way, also helps if the leather is a little wet.

@iancameron9646 Жыл бұрын

My sick mind at times worries me. A battle banner of patches of tattoo leather sewn together. Each patch was taken from a victory on the battle field

@carsonb.7581 Жыл бұрын

I love these ideas and now i really want to get a tattoo gun just to do this with! Other alternative methods I've used to traditional tooling: - Woodburning - Dremel - Laser-printer The laser printer was tricky because I had to figure out just the right setting to engrave the leather without burning through it, but once i figured that out, it produced a really cool look that basically looks like a finely-detailed branding.

@matthewfetrow4033 10 ай бұрын

A high quality wood burner with adjustable heat settings also works very well, low heat and some practice and you can save a lot of money not buying tattoo ink all the time. Plus you can dye over it without fear of messing up the design.

@vhaelen326 Жыл бұрын

another part of actually tattooing leather... youre not limited to "safe" tattoo ink, the animal is dead and youre working with leather, you could use gasoline to tattoo for all you care, that gives you options colourwise that you wouldnt normally have like "black 3.0" for example or the brightest pink etc etc, as long as its liquid you should be able to use it in a tattoo gun (to tattoo leather)

@isayinyang93 Жыл бұрын

XD technically you could use fluorescent ink from a highlighter, or maybe even metallic acrylic paint?? Damn now I want to know if that is possible, imagine a fine and detailed metallic detail on your leather armor

@vhaelen326 Жыл бұрын

@@isayinyang93 as i said the main reason why you "cant" do that when tattooing people is because interesting inks/paints/liquids tend to be... 'not good' for the human body but the leather is dead allready so there are far less health concerns, if its a liquid you can probably stuff it into a tattoo gun, things like acrylic or oil paints might be a bit to thick but with the correct thinning medium it should be more then possible, you could MAYBE even tattoo ACTUAL metal into the leather in cases of metals that are liquid at room temperature, gallium for example, tho that would pose its own problems, most kinds of paint become solid by evaporating their liquid medium, alcohol based paints come to mind, where as something like gallium doesnt evaporate its moisture it just solidifies due to temperature, so gallium tattoo'd leather armor, great for winter larp, not so great for summer larp

@madengineer9072 Жыл бұрын

Ok that is really cool. Only ever marked leather like that using a laser cutter, I'll have to try this out.

@jennglow4647 Жыл бұрын

Very cool 😀

@DOGDAD78 Жыл бұрын

I'm inspired to try this.

@nevernether3368 Жыл бұрын

As much as I love your reckoning videos I'm so glad your back I missed these kinda videos. And next reckoning you could do a leather tattoo booth thatd be fun

@LynetteBunBun Жыл бұрын

Cl3ver look up the reverse weeding method, it makes working with intricate venal way easier to work with because you can have a sticky surface to remove the ones you don't want to stay in place.

@M4st3r0fN0n3 Жыл бұрын

Im definitely gonna pick up some of that transfer paper so i can use it for making stencils. I intend to dremel in my designs rather than tattoo though

@TheWonderwy Жыл бұрын

Looks good! Tattooing leather is a great idea! I person liked the results of the tattoo gun. Leather Pro rap by is cool, too! One more skill for the tool box. Or is it the infinity bag?😁

@lasgalon Жыл бұрын

You sir are insane and I love you

@markomilojevic8122 10 ай бұрын

Dope! I accidentally discovered this channel by searching for this. *subscribed*

@CrossTrainedMind Жыл бұрын

Oil-based markers/pens also work well for creating designs with a stencil or vinyl pattern.

@dragonslyer74 Жыл бұрын

I've done a bunch of amateur leather work and I wanted to let you know that. I've also used a wood burner on the leather as tattooing

@ernestmorse Жыл бұрын

Cool ideas, the only thing that I can think that may be worth trying is going back and carving some parts of those images to try and add a little more depth to them.

@cybernoid001 Жыл бұрын

I have never tried it for leather, but when I was a kid an my mom worked at an arts and crafts boutique, she used to make custom embossed cards from her stamp collection. Maybe doing a heat embossed stamp/image to make a a faux gilding look?

@carolpreble3616 Жыл бұрын

Would the tattoo one take a dye? Love it.

@adamhyland4449 Жыл бұрын

I both love and hate you so much, I love your videos they're fantastic and so easy to follow and try out myself.... I hate you because I'm spending so much money trying all these awesome projects. Keep it up though. I may go bankrupt but so worth it!!

@zreiser 11 ай бұрын

I'd love to see you try combining tooling with any of these techniques, plus painting the leather, maybe throw in some gilding? That way you could have a really multi-dimensional piece!

@LucarnAnderson Жыл бұрын

Ohh interesting. Also thank you for clarifying what type of printer is needed. So many times I’ve seen tutorials not mention if an inkjet or laser printer is needed

@dreamcatcher5661 Жыл бұрын

If you want to do the temporary tattoo idea I highly recommend Momentary Ink and Inkbox. I used Momentary Ink when I was testing out a tattoo idea before I got my actual tattoo, and the customer service is amazing!

@leumas322 Жыл бұрын

Laser engraving for leather tattoos and thanks for the great content

@SkillTree Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

@leumas322 Жыл бұрын

@@SkillTree I found your channel a few weeks ago and I have been binge watching every episode. So fun

@walteraustin6308 Жыл бұрын

My mind is totally blown. 100% excited because I don't have patience for tooling.

@dragonshoarddesign3094 5 ай бұрын

Diode laser I have one it works pretty good at transferring images to leather.

@mandirose7391 10 ай бұрын

you can try rubber stamps and ink pad, if you get an archival/water fast ink it will stand up to dying etc

@elspark101 10 ай бұрын

When I was working with teens at the library, we did a henna tattoo event. To transfer the (ink-jet) patterns to the skin, we used a q-tip and a small bottle of essential oils (peppermint, not that it matters). Then you press the image where you want it on the oiled skin and hold it down for a few seconds. Best part, when you peel it off, you can use the henna directly on top of the ink and it stains the skin exactly the way it should!

@WildGingerBruce 5 ай бұрын

I did this a while back in a your tube video , Paint the leather in PVA glue it will stop the blots and splatter then just wash it off afterwards ATB Bruce

@TheLord0Ice0Wind Жыл бұрын

This is frigging cool as Hells

@kameljoe21 Жыл бұрын

I have a feeling that a laser cutter with the correct settings would totally blow this away. I do like the idea of tattoo transfers.

@jawawookie Жыл бұрын

I use laser toner prints and wet the back with nail varnish remover to decorate leather or leave the design on to them paint or what ever. Also if you finish the leather first, then tattoo it, you will be able to wipe off the spray

@albatz1377 Жыл бұрын

Use a laser jet for the transfer ..it works best with a gloss paper

@leekestner1554 Жыл бұрын

I can't recall, have you ever embossed leather? On a thick piece you shave the high points from the back and then wet the leather and stretch use a spade tool to push it from the back for free hand style or you make a raised wooden form that you press it over from the front.

@deaultusername 10 ай бұрын

Acetone would probably work better for image transfer than ipa. There is also sublimation (heat & pressure transfer) and a glue type medium you stick the image down with wand then wet and rub off the paper with.

@celticht32 Жыл бұрын

When I do the ink transfer I use magazine paper to print on.. it also works well with laser printers that use the powder and not the wax ink (copiers work as well) ... the other possibility is use your laser (CO2 and Diode) to engrave the leather... note it smells but works really well ...

@Mark-ki7ic Жыл бұрын

The leather finds out that Clever is a cheap AND easy date.

@SkillTree Жыл бұрын

This is accurate

@clintonm2357 Жыл бұрын

I've given leather prison tats by scoring the shape with an awl and coming back through with a gel pen, ball point pen, permanent marker, or just the awl point dipped in leather dye. The pens give it the same gray-ish faded look a prison tat has, which could be preferable in some applications.

@ryansullivan5854 Жыл бұрын

That first reveal was hilarious.

@diegooland1261 Жыл бұрын

This is awesome. Thanks for showing the mess ups. As a DIY guy, I can tell you, I have plenty of "great idea, but it looks like crap" projects. My kids can attest to this.

@kida4star Жыл бұрын

You can buy temporary tattoo paper to print your own art for this. Super cool!

@marykatebailey8308 Жыл бұрын

Ah my two favorite things! Tattoos and leather work!

@pepleatherlab3872 6 ай бұрын

Honestly, since there's 233 comments, rather than scroll through I'll just say 'Almost every one of my fellows in leathercraft interesting in these types of transfers purchased laser engraving machines to scour imagery into leather.' They're not cheap, but all it takes is scanning the image the lasers are meant to duplicate. Good Luck in the new year.

@shaunhall960 Жыл бұрын

You could use a stipple painting brushes for dying the leather. Stipple paint brushes come in many sizes and materials.

@tjwelsh2071 Жыл бұрын

Have you thought about using water slide decals?

@CCrawfordR Жыл бұрын

I would try printing on transparency film. There's a similar thing to transfer 2d prints to the surface of 3d prints by printing on transparency film with toner.

@brandonfullenkamp4723 Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure I've seen UV and Glow tattoo ink used in photos, that could be really cool on some armor or a grimoire.

@travismcdouglas1179 Жыл бұрын

I love the videos. Did you consider or try to use leather dye as ink instead of tattoo ink?

@ShugoAWay Жыл бұрын

Probably a consistency issue bud

@kandor244josh Жыл бұрын

I actually had an idea for D&D where an eldritch night had his spells tattooed into his leather armor and whenever he wanted to cast a spell it would make that rune glow. Like if he wanted to use a flight spell there would be a rune on his back that would glow and spectral wings would come out of his armor

@flmoose1 Жыл бұрын

A couple thoughts of how maybe to alter your processes that may work. For dyeing on top of the temporary tattoo to achieve that two tube look, maybe use Fiebing's Pro dye. It's oil based rather than alcohol. Also you could try Eco-Flo water stain. In regards to your Tattoo gun method, did you try coating the piece with a resist, resolene, or the like to avoid splatters being permanent? Just make sure to let it dry overnight before tattooing. Let me know if this works!

@user-sl8ou1hl3k Жыл бұрын

With the help of tools, you will not get the same accuracy of lines as when using a tattoo machine. However, I think that this combination of these two methods will be the best. Thanks for the idea. I went to look for a tattoo machine :)

@TheCrazycuber Жыл бұрын

HI!!!!!! love the content!!! I was wanting to know if you have ever thought about having a competition like you and another person have 10 or 20 dollars and you have to build something that you could use for a larp or DnD. If you have done this or have already thought of doing it I think it would make great content.

@SkillTree Жыл бұрын

That is a GREAT idea!!!!

@3monthbender 10 ай бұрын

As long as you print it with a laser printer, doing an acetone transfer works like applying a temporary tattoo, you're just using acetone rather than water.

@CalliopePony Жыл бұрын

I've seen leather dye pens and markers. I've never tried them myself, so I can't say how well they work, but you should be able to just draw or write on the leather with dye instead of ink.

@tyrian666 Жыл бұрын

Wow 🤩 Love the designs and idea, could you also do it with colored inks ? Like blue, purple, yellow/gold, red and green ? If so i might comission you for something if thats alright 🙏

@quinlanlambert7413 Жыл бұрын

idk if it would work with leather but we did something like that on wood we glued it to our piece of wood and rubbed away all the paper with our fingers and some water and that worked amazingly

@CeeJayThe13th Жыл бұрын

Shoulda watched Crafsman's video on the transferring printed images to wood. Should work the same way.

@tegs40 Жыл бұрын

you could use a projector with the tattoo gun instead of a transfer and get most any picture you want. i also would wonder how alcohol dye (like the stuff you use to dye resin) might work. Also since your forcing the dye into the leather if waxing or some kind of prep for the surface of the leather would keep the dye from staining if it splattered.

@VelaiciaCreator Жыл бұрын

Damn, never considered this for leather detail work. Much to consider now.

@SkillTree Жыл бұрын

Let us know if you try it!

@carlhall2662 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if you put resist on the leather before tattooing if it would help with the splatter

@mikeyallen6758 Жыл бұрын

The last one is also good for any aspiring tattoo artists looking to practice

@isayinyang93 Жыл бұрын

Leather can be very expensive, you are better off asking a butcher for some discharged cuts with skin still in or a cut of meat... Just take the meat out and eat it before putting ink on it XD double duty

@mikeyallen6758 Жыл бұрын

@@isayinyang93 true but i doubt a cut from the butcher would last very long in case you want to keep one of your pieces. So probably better for newcomers to get the basics down