1. Start with a visual brief
TattooPilot begins with a subject in your own words or a curated starting point. You can choose a visual style, intended placement and composition direction before generation. Those controls become part of the brief sent to the image system.
The placement setting guides the shape of the flat composition. It does not assign a physical size or make the image fit a specific body.
2. Generate and compare concepts
A concept generation costs 2 credits. Each completed result is stored as its own version so you can change the brief and compare a new direction without overwriting the earlier image.
The result is a creative concept. Repeated patterns, fine spacing, anatomy and culturally specific details still need human review.
3. Preview approximate placement
Model Preview costs 6 credits and produces a placement view plus a close-up view for a supported body area. The close-up is derived from the placement result, so both views describe the same preview.
The model is a planning surface, not a scan or photograph of your own body. It cannot predict stencil fit, skin movement, color on your skin tone or healing.
4. Prepare the artist handoff
Download the strongest concept and keep the written brief that produced it. Bring both to a professional tattoo artist, along with your intended body area and approximate coverage.
Ask the artist to adapt line spacing, scale, body flow and the final drawing rather than copying the generated pixels directly.
How this guide was prepared
This guide was written by the TattooPilot product team from the implemented product flow, credit rules and automated integration tests. It is product documentation, not an artist-reviewed tattoo assessment or medical guidance.