STEP BY STEP ADD TATTOOS TO YOUR CHARACTERS IN NOMAD
01 BASE PAINT
Whatever character you are making you will need to paint the base coat or skin before you apply any decals or tattoos. In Nomad you can use the paintbrush and the standard alphas to create a nice skin effect, with lots of underlying reds and blues to make it look realistic. Ensure you are using lighter tones if you are going to add tattoos.
02 DESIGN THE TATTOO
In your chosen 2D app such as Procreate or Photoshop, create your design. Make sure you have a black background and a white tattoo or it won’t work. Export that as a JPG and save it on your ipad in Nomad>alphas. If you save it here the alphas will appear in your library at startup rather than you having to import them each time.
03 STROKE TYPE
Now make sure you are using the paintbrush from the Brush panel. Head over to Stroke and change the graph as shown here. That will make the edges of your tattoo hard and crisp. Then switch the Stroke Type from ‘Dot’ to the ‘Grab - Dynamic Radius’ option, which will now allow you to drag your design onto your model. Next, change the colour to a light, blueish green.
04 APPLY IT
Select your alpha from the Alpha panel down the side. You can now drag a tattoo out wherever you like on your model. Be careful when you are going around corners or really curved surfaces. Make sure your draw intensity is set to Maximum so that the tattoo is fully opaque rather than faded.