As a fairly heavily tattooed person I was immediately drawn to trying out the Inkhunter app. Its goal is to give users a visual reference for how a particular tattoo would look placed on their body. A virtual tattoo fitting room if you will. My experience with the app is middling at best. I found the interface to be mostly user friendly, and there were a decent amount of pre-drawn designs available for the user to choose from. There are several choices of artists, styles, and colors schemes, but most are locked behind the 99 cent pay wall. The experience itself did not go very well for me. It works by the user drawing three lines vaguely in the shape of a smiley face where you want the tattoo to be placed. After you choose your design the app will real the “smiley face” and project the tattoo. I am sure that the target audience for this app is most likely people with little to no tattoos already who are indecisive about design, placements, etc. For someone with a lot of tattoos on their arm the app had trouble picking up the lines I drew and caused the image to project in very odd places around my arm. In the end I would not use this app again but if you are someone looking for a way to “try before you buy” it may very well be worth the dollar.
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