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Watercolor Tattoo. The Art of Coloring the Skin!

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Tattoos are among the oldest and most ubiquitous art forms in the history of mankind

For more than five thousand years, cultures from all continents have put permanent paints on their bodies.

Tattoos have already been used as mystical defenses, status symbols, rites of passage, nowadays they simply symbolize personal decoration.

Tattooing is an art, and in countries such as the United States, Holland, Denmark and Germany there are contemporary art exhibitions with the theme, competitions, conventions, which aim to promote and disseminate the update of new techniques, application and asepsis and breaking down barriers of discrimination and prejudice.

 


Tattoos nowadays are considered high culture

The hype around the tattoo culture peaked in the early 2000s, with programs like Inked, Miami Ink and LA Ink bringing tattoo art to the realm of pop culture.

The art of tattooing never goes out of style, tattooists love to start tattooing on old tattoos, they are always pushing themselves to the limits of what can be done.

For lovers of tattoos and art, a Tattoo technique that is being sought after is the Watercolor Tattoo

Aleksandra Katsan

In this type of tattoo the objective is to create drawings with delicate and soft strokes, using the effect of the ink spots and brush strokes very similar to the technique of watercolor paints made on paper.

Tattoo artists are obsessed with watercolor tattoo art, in which they recreate the unique look of watercolor paintings in the form of tattoo

It may seem easy, but it takes a tremendous amount of skill with the paint in a convincing way that replicates the color washes of this type of painting that you will find in a watercolor painting on paper.

Amanda Wachob

The result is female tattoos and male tattoos with a touch of art and a unique result.

These artworks have a special kind of skill to create

Ondrash
Male tattoos

If you are looking for a capable tattoo artist, see below some more fantastic tattoo artists

Phil Lambert
Phil Lambert
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Sasha Unisex
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Radu Rusu
Yanina Viland
Yanina Viland

 

Tattoo derives from the Tahitian tatau, which means to mark.

Tatau would also be the onomatopoeia for the act of tattooing, in which TAT would be the noise of the instrument piercing the skin and the AU the cry of pain of the person being tattooed.

 

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