Free printable stencils, outlines and flash
Printable tattoo stencils, at the size you’ll actually tattoo
Pick a design, set its real size in inches, mirror it for transfer paper and print. Every sheet carries a 1 inch test square, so you can check your printer didn’t shrink it.
3.50 in3.50 inStrip A · Motifs
One page per motif, three formats insideRose
Flowers
Cross
Butterfly
Skull
Clock & compass
Angel
Heart
Spider & web
Flash sheets
Strip B · Flash
Full-color flash sheets · all flash · flash for men
3.5″Single rose with stem
5″Rose and dagger
1.5″Rose bud, fine line
3.75″Traditional rose with leaves
5″Rose and clock
Strip C · Styles
Same motifs, grouped by tattoo styleTraditional
Chicano
Gothic horror
Japanese
Geometric & mandala
Strip D · Collections
Picked for a purposeSimple
Beginner practice
Small
Sleeve
Stencils for men
Nothing here matches that search. Try a motif, a style or a place on the body.
How these drawings are made. Every design starts as an AI-generated image. The stencilfolio editors pick the usable ones, clean up the lines and check that each file prints at the size you set. Each file is labeled as AI-generated in its metadata.
About the process →One drawing, three prints
Every design comes in all threeStencil
Clean line in one weight, flipped so it lands the right way round once transferred to skin.
- For
- Thermal or inkjet stencil paper
- Mirror
- On by default
- File
- PDF or PNG, true size
Outline
The same design unmirrored, thin line, nothing filled in. Color it, trace it or copy it by hand.
- For
- Coloring, tracing, hand transfer
- Mirror
- Off by default
- File
- PDF or PNG, true size
Flash
A colored sheet in the old flash-wall manner: bold line, flat red, green and yellow. Shows the design finished.
- For
- Choosing, showing your artist, practice
- Palette
- 4 flat colors
- More
- All flash sheets →
Why print from here
A saved picture has no size. A sheet does.
An image from a pinboard prints at whatever size your printer picks. Here you set the size first, and the file keeps it.
Printed size: unknown
Printed size: 3.50 in, mirrored
Size and placement
Starting points, not rules| Class | Inches | cm | Works on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiny | < 2 | < 5 | Wrist, ankle, finger, behind the ear |
| Small | 2–4 | 5–10 | Wrist, ankle, forearm, upper arm, calf |
| Medium | 4–6 | 10–15 | Forearm, calf, thigh, shoulder, upper back |
| Large | 6+ | 15+ | Thigh, back, chest, ribs, half sleeve |
Ranges follow published size charts by Saved Tattoo and Inkjin. The print table above shows which places a size fits; the size and placement chart has the full tables.