You need to have the tattoo on a different layer so you can resize it and move it around easily without affecting the texture underneath. Make sure the tattoo is on a separate layer above the texture. It’s best to just start with a tattoo on a transparent background to begin with.Ĭopy your tattoo and paste it onto your texture file. Removing the background yourself can result in fuzzy edges sometimes depending on the complexity of the tattoo. Poor quality images will look blurry in-game and the tattoo should not have a solid background, otherwise that will show up in-game, too. It is very important that the image is of high quality and on a transparent background. Now open the image you want to use for your tattoo. If a tattoo looks good on a female Sim, it will usually look good on a male Sim as well. Female Sims have more curves so a tattoo that looks good on a male Sim might stretch weird on a female Sim. If you are making a tattoo for a female Sim or a unisex tattoo, use the female texture. If you are making a tattoo for a male Sim, use the male texture. Open either one of them in your photo editing software.
If you haven’t already, download the texture files linked above in the What You Will Need Section. We’re done here for now but leave this open because we’ll be going back to it shortly. Hit Next after picking your item and it will open up in Sims 4 Studio. I’ve chosen one of the lower back tattoos for female Sims. This makes sure everyone can use the item if you choose to upload it. Always make sure the item you select is base game whenever possible. Use the filters at the top to filter for base game tattoos. Since we are making a custom tattoo, we will want to select a tattoo to replace. Next, select the CAS piece you want to replace with your tattoo. Make sure Create CAS Standalone is selected in the menu and click the CAS button above it. To start with, open up Sims 4 Studio and enter your Creator Name.
I will not be showing you how to use your photo editing software, since every program is different.
I will be using Photoshop CS6 for this tutorial but Paint.NET is a great free alternative.