Traditional Designs

 

Traditional tattoo designs are also known as old school designs. They are usually very simple, bold and very much graphically-oriented. Traditional designs are using heavy black outlines with minimal color and a lot of black shading. You can basically say that the Traditional tattoos do not have much color and are a bit darker. Colors are used in blocks with very few details. The traditional tattoos usually have a two dimensional shape and have no in-depth illusion. Traditional tattoo designs were done since the 1900’s with less equipment and in a fast and cheap way without too much tough graphics. Many traditional tattoo designs are portraying military and nautical motives and themes, as navy and army men were the primary tattoo clients. This traditional style preserved its popularity throughout the years, thanks to its historical significance, clearly readable simplicity and traditional American baclground. Check out the traditional tattoo designs at your tattoo design

Tattoo artists that work with traditional tattoo designs have to follow a specific set of rules in order for their tattoos to become a true traditional tattoo. The above mentioned rules mainly apply on the visual aspects of the tattoo like the colors and shape of the tattoo. For their basis traditional artists are using the work of respected and well known pioneers of this style, such as Sailor Jerry Collins, Don Ed Hardy and Lyle Tuttle. That is why a great number of traditional tattoo designs are being taken directly or interpreted from the sheets of tattoo designs prepared for mass replication, widely known as “flash”.

If a traditional tattoo has your interest and you want to get one done then you should make sure that the tattoo is done according to the strict guidelines that exist. It is therefore wise that you choose a tattoo artist that is familiar with these guidelines and can give you the traditional tattoo with a twist of yourself or the artist. If they do not pay heed about this aspect of traditional tattoo designs, a person may end up with a fake or “untrue” traditional tattoo, which will be discerned by all the people knowledgeable in the art of tattooing. Of course, this might not be important to you at all. Find information and reviews at your tattoo design.

One of the newer aspects of traditional tattoo designs is the neo-traditional design, a design that has become more popular over the past few years. The neo-traditional tattoo is made by using the rules of the traditional tattoos and some modern techniques and tools. This often results in a very impressive and much more diverse hybrid design. A good example would be a traditional shaped design with different shades of black and thicker lines while it has a variety of beautiful colors inside the outer lines. This neo-traditional tattoo style presents a great compromise for a person who likes the aspects of both styles and is torn between the modern and traditional themes. Find information on traditional tattoo designs at your tattoo design.

 

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The maori people of New Zealand hold tattooing as a sacred art. It came from the islands of East Polynesia. Being very distinctive maori tattoo designs are easily identifiable amongst polynesian tattoos. Maori tattoo designs are easily identifiable due to their unique style. The maori use tattoo as a way of personal identification. Designs are made up of many different shapes familiar to the people. The New Zealand fern with its “Koru” shape is common throughout design culture. The “Koru” shape is the frond of a young unfurling fern leaf. This unfurling leaf symbolizes the unfolding of new life. The maori people identify this significant symbol withvalues of youth, strength and vitality, life unfolding, the Whanau (family) its care and protection.

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Sacred symbols are included in traditional tattoo designs. These symbols represent the personal heritage of an individual. It is an insult to just copy traditional maori tattoo designs as they look on it as stealing an identity.

Maori have traditionally worn the tattoo on their face which was to show everyone who they were i.e. their family, tribe and status within an area grouping. Tattoo designs were traditionally inked on the face and depicted the wearers heritage and standing within a tribal community.

Fascination with maori tattoo designs has made them a favored design to have inked. As stated above you should contemplate the maori culture when considering a maori tattoo as it would be disrespectful to get such tattoos done for the wrong reasons. Traditional maori tattoo designs are not a for sake fashion.

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That is not to say don’t go out and get a maori tattoo, you can get your own tattoo designed without the symbolic ties. You can get an experienced maori artist to produce a design that has the look of a traditional moko (tattoo design) which will be personal to you without the cultural symbolic ties. There are many designs that can be personalized to incorporate other styles for example combining maori and Celtic designs. Mixed race people like to represent their heritage from both side and this can be achieved really effectively with a combination of two styles.

There is a fairly new term given to skin art in New Zealand called Kirituhi (writing on skin). Kirituhi should not be mistaken for or confused with “Ta Moko” the traditional and sacred form of maori Tattoo.

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