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Japanese traditional tattoo
Traditional tattoos refer specifically to tattoo styles that evolved from traditional paintings, with the world’s most recognized and popular Japanese traditional tattoos. Japanese traditional tattoos are evolved from the traditional Japanese paintings of ukiyo-e. They are loved by people all over the world through their special color and composition. The most famous ones are half-baked and cardigans. The large-scale color overlap and exaggerated design style make the whole The pattern is very distinctive and very eye-catching.
Due to the attitude towards tattoos in Japanese history, the original Japanese traditional tattoo was a symbol of the gang, used to express its determination to be isolated from the world. However, with the exchange of culture, the slow Japanese traditional culture has been spread to all parts of the world and recognized. In Japanese traditional tattoos, materials such as waves, cherry blossoms, prajna, samurai, and squid are extremely popular.
Japanese new traditional tattoo
With the changes of the times, the exchanges between East and West tattoo artists are becoming more and more frequent. Some tattoo artists try to combine the realistic techniques in Western painting and the sense of space design with Japanese traditional tattoos, and create a new style. It is called a new Japanese traditional tattoo. As a pioneer of this new traditional style, Huang Yan and Philip have a very high position in the tattoo industry.
Compared to traditional Japanese tattoos, there is a big difference between Japanese traditional tattoos. Although the choice of subject matter is similar, the new tradition is based on Western realism, while blending the spatial structure, making the whole pattern more modern than traditional tattoos.
Chinese traditional tattoo
The development of Chinese tattoo culture is relatively late. The international influence is not as big as that of Japanese traditional tattoos, but it is developing rapidly. Now there are some internationally influential tattoo artists. Chinese traditional tattoos are very different from Japanese traditional tattoos in terms of content, composition and structure. The traditional Chinese tattoos are mainly based on Chinese folktales, such as Buddhist and Taoist gods. The great beasts and the four great masterpieces are all patterns with typical Chinese culture.
If you compare the most popular material dragons in traditional Chinese tattoos with the dragons in Japanese traditional tattoos, you will find that there is a big difference. The dragons in Chinese traditional tattoos are powerful and domineering, and they are extremely domineering. It is obviously mysterious and strange. Nowadays, Chinese tattoo artists integrate the ink style with Chinese characteristics into the totem tattoo, which is very eye-catching.
European and American traditional tattoo
In addition to the traditional Asian style, there is also a very popular material in European and American tattoos, that is, Old School, also known as American traditional tattoo. Old School’s solid black outlines, heavy color blocks, and no shadow transitions give an old-fashioned feel and a strong American culture of the 70s and 90s.
