Free tattoo tools
Six tools for the parts of a tattoo that are made of letters, marks and decisions rather than pictures: 24 lettering styles compared in one glance, a rotational ambigram checked pair by pair, Morse code at the ratios the standard requires, a name written in binary, a design brief drawn from 3,456 combinations, and an estimate of how long you will be in the chair. All six run in the browser, export or copy a result, and never send what you type anywhere — the privacy page spells out what that means.
Which one you need
The six tools solve different problems and export different things, which is the fastest way to tell them apart. The table below is also the honest answer to “can I use this for X” — the last column is where each one stops.
| Tool | You type | You get | Export | Where it stops |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tattoo font generator | A word or a name | The same word in 24 lettering styles | Transparent PNG | Cannot bend lettering around a limb — that is a drawing job |
| Ambigram tattoo generator | Two words | Both readings in one typeface, stacked or overlaid, plus a verdict on every letter pair | PNG of the overlay | Does not invent shared letterforms — an artist draws those |
| Morse code tattoo generator | A name, date or short phrase | Dots and dashes at ITU ratios on one line, or a word per line | Vector SVG | Long phrases outgrow any placement worth using |
| Binary code tattoo generator | A name, date or short word | Filled and hollow marks at 7-bit ASCII or 8-bit UTF-8, on a line or a row per character | Vector SVG | Binary has no spacing standard, so the proportions are ours, not a specification’s |
| Tattoo cost calculator | Size, style, placement, and your artist’s rate | A range of chair time, and what that time costs at your rate | Copy as text | Holds no price data — quotes a rate only after you type one in |
| Random tattoo generator | Nothing — you press a button | A brief: subject, style, line weight, placement and size | Copy as text | Gives no image, and knows nothing about meaning |
Reading
Nine guides sit alongside the tools. Two of them sort the AI generators by what each is actually for, with free tiers and payment models checked in August 2026, and cover getting usable output from a general assistant. The other seven take the measurements behind the tools — stroke widths, placement retention, unit ratios, and the one study that tested tattoo pain by body area — and turn them into decisions.