To decorate yourself with tattoos recently became very fashionable. But before wishing to get such a picture on the body invariably raises the issue of choice. After all, it is not only important to us the semantic load, but also the beauty of the performance. And to determine the last point was easier, it is worth familiar with the basic styles of tattoos in advance.
Ethnic style tattoos
The styles of tattoos are great, one of the most extensive, including many sub-groups, is the ethnic style.
Native American style tattoos
The most popular tattoos in the style of the Maya or the Aztecs. They are often confused, considering the same, but this is not true. Tattoos in the style of the Maya do in principle difficult, since we have only got some samples of the font and art of this people. But it is known that the Mayas were very warlike people and many tattoos were made to designate their military achievements, the most skillful warriors were covered with paintings from head to foot. They also made tattoos for religious purposes, they even had the deity Akat, dedicated to drawing drawings on the body.
Aztecs used tattoos for religious purposes, although they also made tattoos to mark their victories. But to a greater degree, tattoos were a tribute to their faith. The Aztecs considered themselves to be the children of the Sun, so today one can often see the "Aztec Sun" tattoo. In addition, the popular tattoo "feathered serpent" - the god of weather and "eagle" - the god of warriors. In general, Aztec style tattoos are characterized by the complexity of the drawing and a large number of small details.
Polynesian style tattoos
Such tattoos use the motifs of the New Zealand Maori tribe. Such tattoos assume a large number of spiral patterns, rays, divergent lines, ribbons and waves. Also in tattooing Polynesian style symmetry is important.
Tattoos in the Slavic style
Unlike many other styles of tattoos, the Slavic style is only being formed. The basis are diamond patterns, dots, crosses and commas. Often, the Slavic style includes tattoos, performed on the motives of the epic and Russian folk tales.
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Tattoos in oriental style
From the eastern tattoos, we are most familiar with drawings in Indian, Japanese and Chinese style. Indian tattoos are often associated with temporary henna patterns. Most often, plant designs and divine beings are used. Also quite popular are the inscriptions in Sanskrit, they combine the deep meaning and beauty of the bizarre devangari. Chinese tattoos are increasingly limited to hieroglyphics and dragons of different shapes and colors.
Japanese tattoo is also very recognizable by traditional hieroglyphs, cherry blossoms, large images of geishas and samurais. Recently, in connection with the popularization of anime (Japanese cartoons), tattoos have also become popular in this style.
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Anime tattoos
Initially, tattoos in this style were considered part of the Japanese (eastern) technique, but recently the popularity of anime has increased dramatically, and the number of tattoos on this topic has also grown. Tattoos in the style of anime portray characters of famous cartoons or manga, nearby there may be some quote from the favorite anime. Also, a portrait of a person (a beloved girl, for example) can be depicted in the same style in which characters of Japanese cartoons are drawn.
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Fantasy tattoos
This category includes all the tattoos on fantasy - the classic characters of Tolkien and Salvatore, illustrations of the works of urban fantasy ("The Secret City" of Panova). Most often, tattoos are drawn from paintings by artists working in the style of fantasy. Experts of this theme sometimes put on the body mottos written in Quenya or Sindarin (elven languages in Tolkien).
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Tattoos in the Gothic style
Gothic tattoos can be divided into several varieties. It can be tattoos associated with vampire and werewolf themes - bats, vampires, wolves, howling at the moon, etc.
These can be images of the symbols of ancient religions - Ankh (Egyptian cross with a pen), a Celtic cross, a pentacle (as a symbol of the microcosm).
Also, gothic tattoos can be attributed to a tattoo in the style of rock, due to the love of representatives of the gothic subculture to such music.
And of course, these are tattoos with inscriptions made in Gothic, as well as tattoos with the symbols of death and eternal life.
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