Top 10 Popular Tattoo Styles

Since human civilization appeared, tattoos have existed. In the beginning, humans placed tattoos on the most conspicuous position for tribal classification and scaring their enemies.
With the continuous development of aesthetics and the aesthetic requirements of people, the style, color, and material of tattoos are more diversified.

Let’s back to the topic, I will take everyone to check the trend of tattoo styles from old days to today. Do your tattoos belong to these elements?
Top10. Illustrative Tattoo
Inspired by antique etched wood blocks or simple sketches. Illustration tattoos look like a picture drew by pencils. In general, lines are the main design element for illustration tattoos.

Top9. Japanese Tattoo 
This ancient Japanese tattoo already exists when there is a tattoo. The traditional tattoos are more concerned with the traditional charm on technique, the thickness of the line is the same. 
The visual layering is clearly flat, and there is no stereoscopic effect. The Japanese samurai cherry, chrysanthemum, geisha, Japanese monsters, etc. have a single color, mainly black, red and yellow.

Top8. Old school tattoo
Old school is considered as the old tradition of Europe and America. In the early days, it was initiated by the sailor culture (pirate), with typical American cultural characteristics from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Especially influenced by the style of the poster at that time, the elements available is very complicated during later development. There is nearly no element limitation. The flat pattern, the color looks hard, and the saturation is high, creating a bold, tough, powerful Visual effect. 

Top7. New school tattoo
The new school is a continuation of the old school. The black outline setting is retained. Lines begin to show rich thickness changes and rhythm.

A new school has more vivid and lively colors than the old school. It also has a variety of colors, such as solid color, gradient color and approximate color, complementary color. It constitutes a striking strong visual impact.

Top6. Watercolor tattoo
The watercolor style allows the artist to make more creative and free tattoos. The water and color form a wonderfully changing relationship that produces a clear, smooth, fresh vision.

The fantasy and creative visual effects and the beauty of nature constitute the individuality of watercolor. If done well, they should be printed on the skin like real watercolor.

Top5. Dotwork tattoo
It seems that the endless dots are the sign of the dot work tattoo. These small dots can be used for shadows and lines.

A new form of tattoo art created by the combination of some dots and energy symbols is a brand new art style. This style can be soft or hard. And they can give a different visual experience.
Top4. Black and Gray tattoo
Making shadows with black and gray inks create a special depth for each tattoo. It may include styles such as realism, graffiti, lines, and other styles - but the essence is shadow coloring.

Top3 Geometric tattoo style
Using planes and solids, geometric shapes in mathematics such as three-dimensional space and quadratic curves, they are arranged and combined into various wonderful patterns which bring people unexpected surprises.

Because geometry itself contains infinite mystery, it can be combined with lines and solid graphics to create unique and attractive patterns.

Top2. Blackwork tattoo
With black ink, artists can use bold lines to create eye-catching lines or realistic techniques to describe details.

The fact that the black and white tattoos are not shown is more irritating to the audience than the straightforward expression of the stories behind them.

Top1. Realism tattoo
‍ Realism style tattoos give people a strong visual impact. These tattoos are inspired by photos. The biggest feature of realistic tattoos is: looks realistic.

And its themes are basically: portraits, animal portraits, watches, machinery, skulls, etc.

In fact, realism is not the pursuit of the truth as many people imagine. The minimum requirement of realism is that it pays the most attention to the structure. The real good realism is not the one which is the same as the photos or real stuff, but more rich in structure and color than the real stuff.

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