Insert a Tattoo Design to a Photograph using Photoshop

Before and After tattoo design to a photograph.
This tutorial I will show you how you can insert a tattoo design to a photograph with only couple of simple steps in photoshop.
Step 1: Let’s working on the tattoo image first. Select your magic wand tool from your tool pallete, then select the white background on your tattoo design. Make sure you have selected every white on the image. After that, go to select>inverse (shift+ctrl+i)

Select the white background on your tattoo design.
Step 2: Drag your tattoo design to your portrait. Or you can copy it (ctrl+c) then paste it (ctrl+v) in your portrait.

Drag your tattoo design to your portrait.
Step 3: Now, you need to resize your tattoo by pressing ctrl+t so that it will fit nicely on the lady’s back.

Resize your tattoo.
Step 4: Done with resizing, your next step is to reshape the tattoo like the body part using the warp feature (right click while you’re still in free transform mode)

Reshape the tattoo.
Step 5: Now change the layer mode of the tattoo design layer to multiply and play around with the opacity for the desired look. Mine is 54%

Change the layer mode.
You’re done!

Final tattoo design.
Any design and graphics help please visit Clippingimages.com.
-Credits: DPHOTOJOURNAL
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