Japanese Tattoos showcase bold lines, historic patterns and traditional images. Japanese tattoos are usually on tattooed on arms, shoulders and back. This style of tattooing is in increasing demand. Japanese Tattoos are usually seen on the chest panel (Hikae), arm tattoo, to the wrist (Nagasode ), tattoo 7/10ths of the sleeve to the forearm (Shichibu), and tattoo 5/10ths of the sleeve to above the elbow (Gobu).
Funhouse Tattoo San Diego artist, Leo Cadenazzi, is world renown for his traditional Japanese tattoo art. Clients from around the world fly in to San Diego to be tattooed by Leo.
Traditional Japanese tattoo art includes:
+ Mythological deities, beasts and monsters such as: Dragons, Tengu, Kirin, Baku, Foo Dogs, and Phoenixes
+ Animals, such as: Birds, Koi (Carp), Tigers, Snakes
+ Flowers, such as: Peonies, Cherry Blossoms, Lotuses, Chrysanthemums
+ Plants: Bamboo and Maple leaves
+ Characters such as: Geisha and Samurai
+ Buddhas and Buddhist deities such as Fudō Myō-ō and Kannon
+ Backgrounds include: clouds, waves, wind bars
+ Writing: Kanji, hiragana, katakana
Old School (also "Old Skool" or "Traditional") refers to a Western or traditional Americana tattoo style featuring bold, blue-black outlines, usually filled with solid red and green with rare additions of blue, yellow, brown and purple; and embellished with little or no shading. Norman Keith Collins, also known as "Sailor Jerry", (1911-1973) is one of the most well known traditional tattoo artists. (Wiki)
Traditional Tattoos Include:
+ Cherry tattoos
+ Nautical star tattoos
+ Native American tattoos
+ Pin up tattoos
+ Mermaid tattoos
+ Swallow and sparrow tattoos
+ Heart tattoos
+ Harley Davidson symbol tattoos
+ Anchor tattoos
+ Eagle tattoos
+ Fish tattoos
+ Navy and other armed forces symbols
+ Dagger tattoos
+ Rose tattoos
+ Water tattoos
Traditional Polynesian and tribal tattoo art represents one’s life history, birth place, social status, what they did for work, and lifestyle. Symbols represent past ancestors - chiefs and shamans - and the gods (Tiki). These symbols would confer honor amongst the tribe and protection from that person feared.
San Diego Tattoo Artist, Seth Reynolds specializes in traditional Polynesian and tribal tattoo art delivering a style true to the historical artistic roots.
Polynesian and tribal designs include:
+ Tiki
+ Turtles
+ Geckos
+ Rays
+ Sharks
+ Dolphins
+ Abstract symbolic designs
New School tattoos are very similar in style to old school tattoos. New school possesses bold outlines and vivid, bright colors often viewed as being surrealistic. There are many designs referred to as new school, however, with the help of Funhouse Tattoo San Diego artists, we can turn almost any tattoo design into a new school piece.
Graffiti tattoo art can be tied back an ancient art form dating back to ancient Greece and the roman empire in which people would claim their possessions by scrubbing there names and or painting there names on everything they owned.
Graffiti tattoos owe their homage to the art style was revived in new York city in the late 60s to the early 70s with stylistic bubble letters. The artist would spray paint their names, aka their aliases onto everything and anything. The world became the canvas - trains, planes, walls, clothes, buildings, rocks, etc. In the 80s and 90s the art form went global and became more detailed with the wild-style form of writing word, names and numbers. Books were published and inspiration and new techniques and competition went through the roof. It became so popular 100s of clothing lines were created around the style, such as Stussy, Fresh Jive, than later on with Tribal clothing were some of the popular brands.
Graffiti Tattooing goes hand and hand with the growth of hip-hop, b-boying and rap music. In the late 90s early 2000s the 3-D style of graffiti was unleashed on the world and considered the hardest style to master. Graffiti does not have any boundaries and every art form is included within it.
Fine line tattoo art refers to thin detailed markings in ant art form. The tattoo tends to be more difficult to accomplish, but appears tighter and more realistic It is applied in many styles of tattooing such as fine line Aztec , black and gray, and also used to tattoo portraits, as well as realism. It is the opposite of new school and old school, which use bold lines and simpler designs.
Black and gray tattoos refer to black ink and different techniques of watering down the black ink to create lighter and darker shading. The different shades of black create highlights and depth when applied correctly and in the correct locations of the artwork. Black and gray are used in most all styles of tattooing.
Realism tattoos refers to a technique in which an image or portrait is duplicated / replicated into the skin. It can be any photograph of a face, house, car, anything. The goal is to make the tattoo look exactly like the photograph and to capture the feeling and emotion of the subject in the tattoo. All other tattoo art styles can be added to embellish the tattoo, such as dates, ribbons, and color.
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