Cut the tape into the thickness of stripes that you want your tiger print to have. This will probably be about 2-5 millimeters in thickness.
Place the tape diagonally on each fingernail. Try to keep each piece equidistant from the next. Keep the diagonals going in the same direction. Three to four strips per nail, depending on the size of your fingernail, should be enough. Make sure to use enough tape that the ends reach skin on your fingers. This will help in removing the tape.
Paint the part of your nails that isn't covered by the tape with orange nail polish. . Try to keep the area covered by the tape clean of orange nail polish.
After allowing the nail polish to dry, carefully rip off the tape. There should be clean strips of unpainted nail where the masking tape was.
Use the black nail polish to fill in the parts of the nail that don't have any paint. Try to keep the lines straight near the orange paint. The tiger print should be complete