Tattoo · AI prompt guide
Stick and Poke AI image prompts
A machine-free technique that builds images by hand from individual ink dots poked into skin, prized for its raw, dotty, DIY texture. Use the prompts below in Midjourney, DALL·E, or Stable Diffusion — or build your own from the Stick and Poke vocabulary.

Copy-ready prompts
Midjourney
a Stick and Poke tattoo design, stick and poke tattoo, hand-poke, dotted ink texture, DIY tattoo, stippled dotwork, machine-free, single black ink, naive hand-poked motif, dotwork, hand-poked, irregular, minimal, highly detailed --ar 3:2 --no text, watermark
DALL·E / ChatGPT
A Stick and Poke tattoo design. Emphasize stick and poke tattoo, hand-poke, dotted ink texture, DIY tattoo, stippled dotwork, machine-free, single black ink, naive hand-poked motif. The mood is dotwork, hand-poked, irregular, minimal. Highly detailed, no text or watermark, 3:2 landscape composition.
Stable Diffusion
a Stick and Poke tattoo design, stick and poke tattoo, hand-poke, dotted ink texture, DIY tattoo, stippled dotwork, machine-free, single black ink, naive hand-poked motif, dotwork, hand-poked, irregular, minimal, highly detailed, sharp focus Negative prompt: text, watermark, signature, blurry, low quality, deformed
Stick and Poke keyword vocabulary
Tap a keyword to collect it in the Designdeas prompt builder, then mix in your own subject.
Prompts for related styles
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