McArdle - The Everything Girls Ultimate Body Art Book: 50 Cool Doodle Tattoos to Create and Wear!

Avon, Massachusetts There is an artist inside every one of us, and its time to let your inner artist shine! This book is about more than just doodling tattoos on your bodyits also about exploring your creative side. When you draw, you visually express the thoughts, ideas, and dreams that make you unique. Art isnt just something that hangs on a wall, that you need expensive materials to createits something you can create right here, right now, using body art markers or tattoo pens, with your body as a canvas. When you doodle tattoos on your body, youre creating a work of art. Yes, it will fade or wash off over time, but thats the beauty of it. You can then begin again with a clean slate and create something totally new and exciting each time! When you follow the lessons in this book, feel free to change the steps, add your own details, and use any colors you want.

Make the designs reflect your personality and interests. Above all, have fun and keep on drawing! Thaneeya McArdle

Shooting stars, flying cats, scrumptious cupcakes these are just a few of the super-cool doodle tattoos youll learn to make in this book! Get ready to explore your creativity while making a fashion statement at the same time. In this book youll learn how to draw a wide range of cool imagessuch as butterfly bracelets, smiling sugar skulls, ice cream sundaes, and so much more! Imagine a fish swimming across your arm, a butterfly dancing above your ankle, a delicate vine of flowers wrapped around your wrist if you can imagine it, you can draw it! The lessons in this book are designed to sharpen your drawing skills, expand your creativity, and (most importantly) teach you how to draw really cool temporary body tattoos. The step-by-step lessons in this book are designed to make doodle tattoos fun and easy to create, so no prior drawing skills are needed. If youre unsure where to begin, check out the section on shapes and patterns to help get your creative juices flowing, and open your eyes to a world of tattoo possibilities! Flip through this book and start with the images that excite you. Some will look easy to create and some might look challenging, but once you practice and follow the steps youll be creating tattoos that delight and amaze your friends and family! So dont be afraid of images in this book that might look complicated, because each lesson is broken down into easy steps that you can follow from start to finish.

Its best to practice your tattoo ideas on paper first, so you can sharpen your skills and develop your ideas. Use pencils, colored pencils, markers, or crayons for doodling designs. Dont be afraid to experimentthats what art is all about! Try different colors and patterns. Feel free to deviate from the lessons by adding your own personal twist to design tattoos that are uniquely you! Once youre ready to draw your designs on your body, remember to always use washable, nontoxic materials that are meant for use on skin. Look for products like body art markers, pens, or crayons; tattoo glitter pens and gel pens; and makeup such as eyebrow or eyeliner pencils. If youre unsure, ask your parents to buy these for you.

Youll also need moist towelettes or makeup remover pads (to erase mistakes and for cleanup). When youre ready to doodle on your skin, make sure the area where you want to draw is clean and dry. Test the marker, crayon, pen, or pencil on a small patch of skin to see if it causes a reaction. Some people have more sensitive skin than others. Before you start an elaborate doodle, practice with each material first to see what kind of mark it makes. For example, body art crayons tend to be blunt, which is great for covering large spaces with color.

Tattoo gel pens have a fine point, so they are excellent for drawing outlines and creating details. The better you know your drawing tools, the more amazing your doodle tattoos will be! For many of the lessons in this book, its best to use a pencil or pen with a fine point to draw the design. When youre done with the outline you can use markers or crayons to color it in! You can doodle temporary tattoos anywhere you can safely reach on yourself or your friendssuch as hands, fingers, wrists, arms, ankles, legsany skin area invites self-expression! (Just be sure not to draw near your eyes or mouth.) As you draw, try not to make marks on your clothes, furniture, or the carpet. When youre finished, treat your tattoo like the work of art that it is and be careful not to accidentally rub your tattoo on the couch or the curtains! Want to add extra sparkle to your designs? These doodle tattoos can be enhanced with fun body art accessories like body glitter, gems, or stencils, which are available at many stores and online. They often come in kits with instructions that explain how to use them. However, these accessories are no substitute for the endless creativity at your fingertips when you pick up a pencil or marker and doodle your own original designs! Are you ready to doodle, design, and draw your own body art tattoos? Gather your supplies and lets get started!

If youre into bling and fashion, turn your passion into art by designing your own body art jewelry tattoos! Learn how to draw an awesome array of rings, bracelets, and necklaces.

Deck yourself out in these cool jewelry designs for fingers, wrists, necksyou can even draw armbands and anklets, too!

Patterns can be a really groovy part of your body art designs. For example, you can wrap patterns around your wrists or ankles to make body jewelry, or incorporate patterns into cute images like owls and flowers! Patterns are a great way to fill space and instantly make any design look trendy. Youll see patterns all throughout this book, so lets start with a few lessons on how to make your own awesome patterns. Making patterns is easy and fun. All you do is start with a shape and repeat it! Then you add other repeating shapes to make your design unique. All patterns start with a shape, which can be as simple as a dot or a line.

Here are several basic shapes that can form the starting point for your patterns. Youre probably already familiar with most of these shapes, but notice how the same shape can look different and have its own personality when you change its size, color, or position. When drawing a shape, you can make it big or little, skinny or wide. You can draw it upside-down, on its side, or at an angle. Have fun with it! Let loose and see what happens! Circles and dots