What does this page do?

tattoo stencil maker in your browser: drop a design or photo and see the stencil on screen at once – traced from your own pixels, same proportions, nothing added.

Yes. The free version on this page works without an account. The full version ($39.99 / year) adds: Thermal printer PNG: pure black and white (1-bit, no grey), at 203 or 300 dpi with the dpi written in the file, so it prints at size from the printer's own app. · Several stencils at their own sizes on one sheet, and a client library that keeps each stencil with its settings, size and date – re-print in one click.

1. Enter your details in the free version below. 2. See your result right away on this page. 3. Need more? The full version adds what is listed under "What you get".

tattoo stencil maker – traces your own design or photo without redrawing it, prints at exact size

Drop a design or photo · the stencil shows in seconds · free on screen, no signup, no credits · the image stays on your device

Example (made-up): our sample moth design set to 9 cm wide becomes an outline stencil of 9.0 × 11.3 cm – the same 4:5 ratio as the drawing – mirrored for transfer on one A4 sheet with a 5 cm ruler to check the printer. Set it to 30 cm wide and it splits over 4 sheets with corner marks.

Free and complete on screen, no signup, no credits: drop as many designs as you like and each finished stencil shows on screen, made in your browser. Nothing is uploaded and no image is refused.
Traced from your own pixels, never redrawn: same proportions, nothing added, nothing moved. The overlay view lays every line on top of your original so you can check it yourself.

Why a subscription: you prep a stencil for every booked client, every week. Pro has no credit count – the 21st or the 100th stencil of the month costs nothing more – and each client stencil stays in your library with its size and date, ready to re-print for a touch-up.

Use my own image Pro yearly $39.99 / year

Free: one design at a time, any number of designs, all 4 trace styles, every slider, mirror, eraser, overlay check and the size and sheet count on screen. Pro: print-ready PDF at the exact size (A4 or Letter, mirrored, split over sheets with corner marks), thermal printer PNG (1-bit, 203 or 300 dpi), several stencils on one sheet, and a saved client library to re-print in one click – no credit count.

Your image is traced inside this browser and is never sent to any server; the free part needs no account. Only the Pro key goes to getreadystack.com to be checked, and the page counts visits (address and language), never your images.

Drop a design or photo here, paste it (Ctrl+V) or

Choose image

Trace style Line art your own drawing – keeps your strokes as drawn Outline photo or colour design – one line on every edge Outline + shading plus 3 tone bands and hatching in the darkest Fine detail more, thinner lines for small work

Detail 5 Line weight 1 Clean specks 4 Soft-light boost 0

Size on the skin

Mirror for transfer paper

Eraser: click or drag on the stencil to remove stray lines Brush

Your stencil shows here. Press “Try the made-up sample” or drop your own image.

Client stencil library

Saved in this browser only (IndexedDB) with size and date. Saving and re-printing are Pro; the list and the export file stay yours after you cancel.

Import library (Pro)

Pro: print at the exact size, thermal file, sheets and a client library – no credit count

PDF at the exact size you typed in cm or inches on A4 or Letter, mirrored for transfer, with a 5 cm / 2 in ruler on every sheet to check 100 % scale. Bigger pieces split edge to edge over several sheets with corner marks and labels A1, A2, B1 …
Thermal printer PNG: pure black and white (1-bit, no grey), at 203 or 300 dpi with the dpi written in the file, so it prints at size from the printer's own app.
Several stencils at their own sizes on one sheet, and a client library that keeps each stencil with its settings, size and date – re-print in one click.
If you cancel: tracing on screen stays free, your library stays in your browser and in your export file; PDF, thermal PNG, sheets, saving and re-printing stop.

Yearly, one payment a year $39.99 / year Monthly, cancel any time $4.99 / month

Questions

Which images give the cleanest stencil?

Line art, flash sheets, logos you own and high-contrast or flash-lit photos. Soft, evenly lit photos give weaker and more broken lines: “Soft-light boost” (set to 5 for JPEG photos) lifts them, “Clean specks” and a lower “Detail” remove noise, the eraser the rest. This page traces – it does not redraw a photo into a new drawing.

Is my client's photo uploaded?

No. The image is read and traced by your browser; there is no upload and no content filter. The library is stored in this browser only.

How do I print at the exact size?

In the print dialog choose “Actual size” or 100 % (not “Fit to page”), then measure the ruler on the sheet: 5 cm or 2 in. For big pieces, line up the corner marks of sheets A1, A2, B1 … and tape them.

Does it work with thermal stencil printers?

The thermal PNG is 1-bit (only black and white) at 203 or 300 dpi with the size in the file; open it in your printer's app and print at 100 %. The PDF prints on any thermal printer that takes A4 or Letter.

tattoo stencil maker that traces your own design or photo – nothing redrawn, printed at the exact size

Client stencil library

Pro: print at the exact size, thermal file, sheets and a client library – no credit count

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