Attacking Tiger Temporary Tattoo

A tiger tears its way out of the page in this black and white design. Its head pushes through a ragged hole, eyes fixed forward, while one heavy front paw reaches over the torn edge with its claws spread. Every hair of the coat is drawn in fine, pencil-like strokes, from the long white whiskers to the dark stripes across the brow.

A torn-paper illusion on the skin

The curled edges around the tiger are shaded so they seem to lift off the surface, which gives the impression that the animal is breaking out through the skin itself. This ripped-skin effect is a classic of tattoo art, and here it is worked only in black and gray, so the drawing reads clearly on a forearm, a calf or a shoulder blade. Our article on what a tiger tattoo means looks at the symbols behind the big cat, and more designs in ink and in color fill our tiger temporary tattoo collection.

Size and application

The design comes on a sheet of 14.8x21 cm and is applied with a moistened sponge. The listed ingredients include an acrylates copolymer, propylene glycol, petrolatum, linseed and soybean oils, mineral oil and color pigments such as iron oxides and titanium dioxide.