Can You Tattoo Leather?
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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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I really thought "Get it drunk first" was going to be one of the four options.
I mean.... that's a given
Given the amount of alcohol used on those tranfers😂
I don't think it works if you breathe the alcohol onto the leather. But it sets the mood.
Hahaha ha, ohhhh. Hahhahaha
I fully regret this joke isnt going to be made
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.
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.
Link?
(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.
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.
What brand pyrography tool do you use?
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!
Thank YOU for watching 😁
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 😂
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!
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.
You could also burn patterns into the leather using a soldering iron.
Good call! I should have included that one
There are tools specifically made for burning patterns into leather. My worry would be that a soldering iron might get too hot.
@@SkillTree Not to mention that laser engraver of yours!
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
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!
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.
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
I need to buy some and try it out!
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!
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.
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.
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)
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
@@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
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.
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!
Something to consider, with real tattoos the ink isn’t just sitting in the skin. It is taken up by immune cells in the skin which is one of the reasons that the ink stays where the artist puts it. Now I don’t know if this is a great or terrible idea, but you should try tattooing leather with leather dye. It would be really interesting to try tattooing different products too, like acrylic paints. You should make a piece that will get some wear using a multitude of products so we can see how the different products wear/fade/bleed.
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.
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.
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.
Ok that is really cool. Only ever marked leather like that using a laser cutter, I'll have to try this out.
you can try rubber stamps and ink pad, if you get an archival/water fast ink it will stand up to dying etc
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?
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
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
The leather finds out that Clever is a cheap AND easy date.
This is accurate
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 ...
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.
I've been tattooing leather for years, but never thought about the temporary tattoo printer idea, that's great!
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.
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.
If you have thin enough leather you can just run it through the printer.
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.
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.
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
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!
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!
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.
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
Laser engraving for leather tattoos and thanks for the great content
Thank you so much!!!
@@SkillTree I found your channel a few weeks ago and I have been binge watching every episode. So fun
That's awesome. I never thought to tattoo leather before
Has anyone tried henna on leather? It would only dye the surface since no needles but might be a cheap interesting way of getting a similar look
You should combine the two. Add a tattoo and then do tooling around it, make it really pop.
Pretty sure I've seen UV and Glow tattoo ink used in photos, that could be really cool on some armor or a grimoire.
When I was a kid we used to do the printer paper transfer for temporary tattoos. We would draw simple designs with sharpie. It worked, but they were always blurry
Use a laser jet for the transfer ..it works best with a gloss paper
My mind is totally blown. 100% excited because I don't have patience for tooling.
That first reveal was hilarious.
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!
You can buy temporary tattoo paper to print your own art for this. Super cool!
Dope! I accidentally discovered this channel by searching for this. *subscribed*
I have a project request! I go to sca event and often camp for days. After a full day of fighting, dancing, walking, and just existing in all the dirt, I would give anything for a hot bath! Do you think you could come up with a camp bathtub? Something that collapses for travel? A way to soak aching muscles and wash away the dirt of battle?! Mr. Bubbles has lite the beacons, bathers call for aid!!!
Diode laser I have one it works pretty good at transferring images to leather.
Apparently perfume and cologne uses ethanol. Rubbing Alcohol just doesn't cut it and is too harsh from what I read. I just tired it with regular printer paper and some old cologne and it worked great.
Very cool can't wait to see you integrate this into some other projects.
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.
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
on top of your coin video, this is a sign to do more for my groups cosplay/larp outfits
Tooling and Tattooing leather looks absolutely amazing by the way, also helps if the leather is a little wet.
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.
Have you tried to put resist on the leather (over the pattern) and then tattoo the pattern. It may help to wipe away the unwanted splatter.
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.
That is a GREAT idea!!!!
Tattooing the leather feels like a great way to 'enchant' leather in a fantasy setting. Half way imagining a leather armor decked out in Maori Tribal tattoowork. That'd be sick.
I love the videos. Did you consider or try to use leather dye as ink instead of tattoo ink?
Probably a consistency issue bud
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
Shoulda watched Crafsman's video on the transferring printed images to wood. Should work the same way.
"Don't flex the leather too much" as Cl3ver flexes the leather back and forth.. LoL
You can also get ballpoint pen cartriges that work better imo, if you are good at drawing then you can even shade portrits of people, oh and there are lots of colours too.
Cleveeer!! Damn you were so close! You CAN transfer leather using printers.... but with LASER printing.
You print whatever you want WITH LASER, then put it on the leather and use UNIVERSAL SOLVENT. You use a dauber or a clean rag to rub the solvent kinda hard into the paper until the paper disolves away leaving the print into the leather, I have SEEN it but I don't know if you can then put a finish or dye the leather I thought that is what you were gonna try! it would be great for you to know there IS a way
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.
The first minute of the video my playback was set to ×0,75 and I was wondering why Cl3ver was talking so slowly today 😂 much better at normal speed.
Oil-based markers/pens also work well for creating designs with a stencil or vinyl pattern.
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.
I wonder if applying a resist to the leather before you use the tattoo gun would prevent the splotches from staining, while still allowing you to embed the ink into the leather itself?
You know, this could be used for a necromantic banner, stitching pieces of leather together of different thicknesses and softness, having some pieces having been tattoo'd "before being harvested" there
Have you thought about using water slide decals?
I wonder if the natural oils in living skin is part of what helps the transfer process.... the actual temporary tattoos worked great, but I wonder if adding a thin layer (very thin!) of some sort of oil to the leather would help with the home-brewed temp tats...
I wonder if you used a laserjet printer, (or Xerox copy) set the print to dark black, then, put the paper print side down on the leather and applied an iron, and pulled the paper away if it wouldn't transfer the image.. How laserjet printers work is they put melted plastic onto the paper with a static charge. It follows that if you heat the paper it might transfer the plastic to the leather if you apply force with the iron.
Try wire branding. Get some think wire, shape it to what you want, and get it hot enough to burn the leather, then just press till it smokes lightly and remove. Ta-da, branded tattooed leather
Ah my two favorite things! Tattoos and leather work!
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!!
What if you put clear packing tape on the leather first? Then since the ink pokes through and in, the splatter wouldnt matter? Just a thought
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
OH MY GOSH!!!! I've been trying to do this for ages!!! Thank you for covering it!!!
I'm apprised you didn't use your laser engraver. It works rather well when you get the settings correct
I wonder if you put resist on the leather before tattooing if it would help with the splatter
I've used temporary tattoos on the covers of books before, I do not recommend using glitter tattoos they tend to be sticky
You could use a stipple painting brushes for dying the leather. Stipple paint brushes come in many sizes and materials.
I wonder if you could put a resist on after you transfer your design and before you tattoo! So you don't stain your leather. 😊
Now I will be watching closely to see what Maddie's revenge shall be. That's a good name for a pirate ship "Maddie's Revenge!"
Guy! This is epic. Looks like I need to get myself a cheap tattoo gun lol!
Stupid question, but what about somehow transferring an image onto the leather and then using an empty tattoo needle gun to push in the ink? Could that be a way to maybe have the best of both of the last two?
What about a laser engraver or burner? I used a wood burning Pen to make a design and it worked well NO Fire Exinguisher/Fire Dept required lol.
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 🙏
Maybe use the temporary tattoo as the stencil for use with the tattoo gun that way the splatters will go onto the plastic that’s on the tattoo and then at the end you should be able to remove that somehow, maybe use the leather dye. Didn’t it dissolve it immediately?
When you started talking about droplets from the tattoo needle not working off it occurred to me - who not just use leather dye in a fountain pen? Or any kind of ink dip pen for that matter. It's going to be far cheaper and less learning curve than tattooing
Damn, never considered this for leather detail work. Much to consider now.
Let us know if you try it!