Tattoos: March 2016

Monday 14 March 2016

The Different Tattoo Styles

The Classic Americana

This is the 'Old School' type of tattoo it uses very similar and limited colours which are outlined in black bold ink. If this style of tattoo is looked after well after being done it usually will last a very long time without having to be touched up. This style became very popular from the "Sailor Jerry" in the 1930s. These tattoos usually are fierce animals, birds (eagles, sparrows, swallows), roses, daggers, cherries, hearts etc.

New School

The new school tattoos are often called a 'comic book on your body' this is because they use free styling and very unique/unusual patterns and ideas that have not been used before. They are very different to the traditional 'Old School' tattoos as they use very vivid colours. The tattoos usually included fantasy, comical animals, graffiti, sea creatures or are hip hop themed.

Black and Grey

Black and grey tattoos are done with different shades of grey to make the image. It is apparently originated from prisons where inmates had very little access to coloured ink. This is done by watering down the black ink. It is usually done using a single needle. The tattoo artist might sometimes use white ink to smooth out the sharpness between the different grey and black shades or to highlight the tattoo .

Websites used:
https://tatring.com/tattoo-ideas-meanings/The-Dfferenet-Styles-Of-Tattoos

https://99designs.ie/blog/tips/classic-tattoo-styles

Monday 7 March 2016

Geography Of Tattoos

The word 'tattoo' came from the Polynesian word ta which means to strike something and the second part is from the Tahitian word 'tatau' which means to mark something.

Otzi

The very first tattoo was found on the frozen remains of a man who would of been alive in 3300 BC. He was from the bronze age and his body was found on the mountain border between Italy and Austria in 1991. Scientists named him Otzi. He had 61 tattoos on his body. The bottom of his back, ankles, knees, and his foot were marked with many different small lines, this was done by rubbing charcoal into vertical cuts on his body, not by using needles. Scientists did x-rays and saw that there was bone degeneration where each tattoo was on Otzi's body, this made researchers believe that Otzi and his people used tattoos as a treatment to help reduce pain or disease. The tattoos were not done to symbolise anything but were done for medical reasons. The reason that Otzi stayed preserved was because snow fell shortly after his death and then formed into ice. This is the only way how predators did not eat him or he did not decompose. From examining his body scientists could tell that Otzi was an 45 year old man when he died, he was1.6m tall and he weighed 50kg.