Exploring the styles and reasons of Tattoo

Introduction

The meaning of tattoos has been develped from ancient times to the present.Nowadays choosing to print tattoos is more of a way to express peolpe’s personality. This article will analyze the choosing principles, reasons, different styles and designs of tattoo in detail.

1. Principles of selecting Tattoo Design

Fisrt of all,we should confirm the subject of tattoo,if you not, you also can refer on the Internet.The next step, determine the position and area where you like to print a tattoo.Thirdly,it’s very votal to choose the tattoo artist and tools,because printing tattoo is a baptism of sprit and physical.That means those who have tattooed will take on a entirely newlook.In addition,Tattoo price and the reginal culture are also factors that need to be considered.
2. The reasons of Tattoo
Nowadays, people have great changed a lot about their attitudes of tattoo, more out of the emotional sustenance and commemorative significance , furthermore, the popularity of fashion trends has also caused more and more people to get tattoos.

2.1 Display the personality and glamour 
As a fashion of personal expression, the tattoo can demonstrate the personal personality and unique glamour. Through tattoo imagens or words, their unique characters, interests and life experiences can be permanently record in their bodies. This expression of personality makes everyone stand out from the masses of human beings and display their own charm.

2.2 The inheritance of culture and art
At the same time,The tattoo is a kind of cultural and artistic inheritance.On the global basis, each nation has its own unique style of tattoo art. These tattoo customs are often tightly connected to the culture, history, and beliefs of this nation. Through tattoos, people can understand and pass on these cultures and adquire inspiration from them and then create new art forms. Tattoos can also promote communication and cooperation among different cultures, thus making people even more understand and appreciate the cultural differences each other.
2.3The promotion of fashion trends

Fashion tide have also motivate the trend for women in some degree. With the acceptance and promotion of tattoos in the fashion industry, more and more women think that tattoos are a  element of fashion and that add to their own charm.

2.4Express the emotion and sustentation
Tattooing is also a carrier of emotional expression and memory. Many people use tattoos to commemorate important things in their lives, show their love to close relatives, or record special experiences.These tattoos can become a permanent symbol of their emotions, and remind them to cherish them in life. Meanwhile, when they see these tattoos, they will also recall memories of the past and arouse the desire and pursuit for the future.

3. Style and Aesthetics of tattoo
With the development and progress of society, the style of tattoo is also constantly innovating and changing. Here are some of the traditional tattoos and new styles.

 

3.1Abstract / Surreal

It is an unrealistic tattoos. You may use colors with stripes, unusual shapes to represent the figure, and then construct a unique sense of art.
3.2splash-ink

The style tattoos of watercolor / ink are mainly to imitate the feeling of color splashing on canvas. The usual watercolor tattoo will let the line as the main body and the watercolor as the background. Watercolor itself owns rich color, and combines with nature, animals, flowers, characters, and so on .This style will be particularly beautiful.

3.2Japanese tattoo

The history of Japanese tattoos can date back to 5000 BC, so the style has very distinctive features. This style is extra detailed.owing to a particularly sophisticated set of pattern drawing methods, each Japanese tattoo is a complex artwork. Japanese tattoos usually cover the body, the back or limbs. herry blossom, koi, lotus, chrysanthemum, peony, dragon, war dogs and geisha are the common content.

3.3Black and gray style

This style of tattoos only use pure black color material, the gray part is result after using water or dilution to dilute the black.Large numbers of shadows, thin lines (waterlines), and parts of white are the charateristic of this style .This expression of pure black and gray is also presented in other styles, such as realism, watercolor, geometry, and so on.
3.4Tribe / totem

It is one of the oldest Japanese tattoos, from Polynesia, Aztecs, Maori, etc. The tattoos of this style are usually made up of symmetrical, repetitive, and varied black geometry.
3.5Color tattoo

The rich color is its distinguishing feature. Color tattoo is usually more difficult to color than black and gray tattoo, and need consider more than black or gray color in collocation, color contrast, visual division, and so on issues to decide what color.
3.6Old School The American / American tradition

The style is "the most tattoo-like tattoo" and is a relatively popular style.realistic outlines, little color variation and excess and little detail are the symbol of this style. These tattoos are simple, but they are generally regarded as being more durable than other styles of tattoos. This tattoo is  usually made up of roses, hearts, daggers, navigation, eagles, skulls, diamonds, women's heads, and boats.

3.7New tradition / New American tradition

Compared to the old tradition, the new traditional color has slightly more colors and variations,but it also has the old traditional "cartoon" style.

Concliusion
The transformation of the tattoo meaning, the diversification and innovation of tattoo styles are also gradually changing people's cognition of tattoos. Tattoos are no longer the label of "bad guy", but more of an expression of the pursuit of individuality.