Better Resolution for System/BOM Tattoos

[Jennifer Boyle]

Occasionally, I make a tattoo for my own use. They are usually small and, because the whole upper or lower texture can be only 1024 x 2024, the tattoo itself has to be so reduced in size that the resolution becomes quite poor.

Is there any workaround for this problem?

Thanks to all who offer help.

[Lillith Hapmouche]

"They are usually small" vs. "only 1024" ... are you kidding, by chance?

[Jennifer Boyle]

The whole lower body texture is 1024 x 1024. The tattoo itself is small, around 64 x 64..

Here's an example. It looks OK because of the simplicity of the image. Other, more-complex ones do not look very good.

[OptimoMaximo]

10 hours ago, Jennifer Boyle said:

Is there any workaround for this problem?

Make a mesh plane that has the same geometry of the underlying body part and rig it. This way you can get the full resolution. However, as per usual, this leads to a lot of texture waste, for what in the end? 

[Quarrel Kukulcan]

23 hours ago, Jennifer Boyle said:

Is there any workaround for this problem?

Not one that works with BoM. If you want more pixels in your tattoo, you either need a texture bigger than 1k x 1k (which you can't get in SL right now) or a separate object with a different UV mapping that uses more of the texture space.