Taylor shares with POPSUGAR her "really easy, fun technique" for creating custom fake tattoos, like the many that Blackbeard and other pirates sport in the show. "You can either find an image online of snakes and skulls, or you could draw something, which I prefer because all the tattoos in our show are like prison tattoos. They're all just a little messed up," she says. Then, you print the image out on regular paper using an inkjet printer. Next, spray the drawing on both sides with something alcohol-based, like a mix of vodka and water or even perfume. Then take the paper and put it in cold water for about three minutes.
"When you pull it out, really gently, you've got this frail little piece of paper, you place it on your skin, and then you peel back that paper ever so slightly, and you get the most perfect imprint," Taylor says. For Blackbeard specifically, she notes that a lot of his tattoos lie on top of each other as if he's constantly changing his mind. "I think our printing technique would work really well for that because you could just layer them up."
