To stipple shade tattoo using Photoshop, follow the steps given below:
- Import your design onto the canvas
- Include two adjustment layers. One black and one white
- Construct an S-curve by adding a curve modification
- Add a Levels adjustment and elevate the output level of black
- Include a noise filter that has a 100-uniform distribution
- Select Hard mix in the blend mode
- To smooth out the scattered dots, apply a minimum filter
- To add extra irregularity and randomness to the dots, apply a ripple filter
- Sharpen the edges with an unsharp mask filter
- A second noise filter with a gaussian distribution of about 50 should be added
- Reduce the opacity and switch to the screen blend mode.
