Tattooers and their tattoo style

In this page I am gonna explain tattoos and make a list of different styles of tattoos.

A tattoo is commonly defined as ‘the art of drawing a permanent shape on human skin’.

Everyone’s skin is composed of 3 layers, the epidermis, dermis and ipodermis (the deepest layer). Therefore, injecting ink into the dermis to create the tattoo, allows the ink to heal and be a permanent art.

There are different styles of tattoos like:

• Old School style of tattoo: "Old School" tattoos are the classics of both European and American old school Western tattoos. The favorite subjects of this style are pin-ups, roses, hearts, daggers, mermaids, ships, anchors, man's ruin, etc. Old School has typical characteristics such as prominent (Bold Line) and squarish lines, flat color drafting devoid of shading, and heavy use of black.

• New School style of tattoo: New School draws directly on Old School by amplifying its characteristics and thus with even coarser lines and bright colors. In the New School some concessions are made to shading and although the end result presents a flat spread of color, some shading is present.

The subjects are those of the classical tradition, but space is often given to others, increasingly varied but drawn in the classical manner.

• Realism style of tattoo: Realism is that technique that aims to reproduce reality through a tattoo. These works are characterized by extreme minimization of lines and heavy use of multi-layered shading. There are no favorite subjects in this technique although portraits and animals normally take center stage.

• Biomechanical style of tattoo: The Biomechanical style arose from the fusion of the art of tattooing with the works of the great artist Hans Ruedi Giger. Biomechanicals have subjects in which human parts are blended with mechanical parts.

• Tribal style of tattoo: Tribals are a set of more or less abstract designs inspired by or derived from the traditions of numerous indigenous peoples, including those of Samoa, the Marquesas Islands or Borneo.

• Japanese style of tattoo: Tattoo in Japan has very ancient origins and has often been differentiated between a body decoration and an indelible mark for punitive purposes. Japanese-style tattooing is often conceived of as flat and "cartoonish" but has evolved toward considerable use of shading. The themes that most characterize this style are dragons of both water and fire (different from dragons in the Western tradition in that they are wingless), the Shishi lion, the Hebi snake, Buddhist deities, Koi carp, Hannya masks, ideograms, the "phoenix" (Hou-ou bird), chrysanthemum, peony, lotus, and cherry blossoms, and the Kirin (or Kilin) a mythical animal bearer of good fortune.