You bring the brand. We bring the craft.
46 Tattoo partners with agencies and brands to design and run live customization experiences. We own the artistic layer: the creative systems, the trained artists, and the tattoo-rooted expertise that makes it real.
The customization is the part guests remember. It is also the part most people get wrong. That is the part we own.
A live tattoo activation vendor for brands and agencies.
46 Tattoo is a Toronto studio that designs and runs live tattoo activations and experiential marketing experiences for brands and agencies. We handle the creative, the trained artists, and the on-site execution for product launches, pop-ups, retail moments, conferences, and VIP and press events.
We work as the artistic partner alongside your agency or production team, not as a replacement for them. From custom flash and temporary tattoos to sneaker, apparel, and leather customization, we build the live experience that draws a crowd and gives guests something they keep. Tell us the brief and we will scope it.
Footage from recent activations. Pulled live from @46.tattoo
Built for the moments brands want guests talking about.
A live customization moment that makes the launch feel exclusive.
Guests personalize the new product, or a piece tied to it, and leave with something one-of-a-kind. The drop becomes an experience, not just an announcement.
The reason people come in, stay longer, and tell their friends.
On-site customization draws a crowd, creates a line worth joining, and turns foot traffic into content. Every finished piece carries your brand out the door.
A high-touch, personal gift that beats anything off a gifting table.
Influencers, press, and VIP guests get something made just for them while they watch. The kind of detail that ends up on their feed by the end of the night.
Built around your guests. Not a menu of options.
Every piece is designed for your brand and made live, in front of the guest, by a professional artist. They leave with something original.
Shoes, jackets, denim, caps, and leather goods, customized live. Guests leave with something they will actually wear, carrying the brand with them.
Proven at scaleCustom prints, posters, packaging, and accessories designed for the moment. The kind of thing guests keep, photograph, and show people.
Ready to runReal tattoos, temporary flash, and live illustration. The original customization experience, and what we do every day.
Our home turfThat is often where our best work begins. Tell us the surface, the concept, or the question, and we will figure out what is possible before you commit to anything.
The hardest live art runs on skin. That is where our artists work every day.
Those are the exact skills a great live activation needs. Our artists practice them every day, on the most unforgiving surface there is.
That is the difference you are hiring.
We are the creative partner. Not the event producer.
You already have an agency, a production team, or a plan. We integrate with your team to own the artistic experience, from concept and testing through live execution.
Share the concept, the product, the occasion, or just a question. We will tell you what is possible, what it would take, and whether we are the right fit. You will know where you stand after the first conversation.
Artwork, look, and the feel of the whole experience, shaped around your brand, not ours. We share work as it develops, take your feedback, and refine. Nothing is final until your team loves it.
We develop the workflow: the right medium for the idea, how to keep a line moving at quality, artist training, throughput planning. We handle the parts that require craft expertise. You and your agency keep everything else.
Our artists are on-site running the customization from start to finish. One point of contact for the creative and execution side. You focus on the event. We own the work.
Proof of execution.
Two real activations. Two real outcomes.
"We want guests to walk away with a one-of-a-kind, custom pair of shoes. Nobody has done this live at the scale we need. Can you design it and make it happen?"
Live shoe customization at a high-profile brand event. Two cities, large crowds, a premium experience at every station.
Feasibility, materials, the artwork system, artist training, throughput planning, and on-site execution. The creative and technical layer, start to finish.
Both Toronto and Vancouver activations ran to plan, with one team accountable for the artistic experience throughout.
"Original patch and label artwork for a limited denim collaboration."
Tattoo-rooted artwork that holds up from line work to embroidery and print production without losing the craft.
The full creative. An artwork system for patches and labels designed within the brand world and delivered production-ready.
A complete artwork system delivered to both brands, ready for manufacturing.
Good to know.
No. We integrate with whoever is already on the project. You keep your agency, your event producer, your venue team. We own the creative customization experience: the artwork, the artists, the workflow, the quality, and hand that layer off cleanly to the rest of your production. Most of our best work has happened inside larger events where we are one specialist among several.
We match the medium to the concept, and we work that out together early. Tattoos and temporary flash are our home turf. Beyond that, we take on illustrated and painted customization, leather work, apparel and footwear, patches, and prints. If your activation calls for live embroidery, screen print, laser engraving, or monogramming, tell us and we will scope the right approach.
Yes. We size the team to the event. A small VIP room might need one or two artists. A busy conference floor or launch event gets a larger trained team, built around your expected volume and time window. Tell us the guest count and format, and we will plan the staffing and flow around it.
We are based in Toronto and travel as needed. We can run single-location, multi-city, and touring activations. Our footwear project ran across Toronto and Vancouver. Tell us where the event is, or where it needs to go, and we will plan around it.
The earlier the better, especially if the concept needs new materials or a method we have not built before. That said, we move quickly when timing is tight. If you have a date, share it, and we will tell you honestly what is doable.