Jumat, 04 Juni 2010

Wearable Tattoo Sleeves




In The artistic effect of a colored cobra or dragon coiled around an arm is lost if it is only seen as a print out or a photograph. This can easily be appreciated when one sees a full sleeve tattoo on a muscular arm versus a print. Tattoo artists also make use of the contours of the body and the curves of the muscle as a design element. There is of course losses in the three dimensional attribute of the art work.

Tattoo art exhibits get limited to displaying photographs of subjects and the use of flash prints. With the difficulty of having a portable media like a canvass. This can then be shown to the artist as a pattern for one's desired tattoo. A lot of this is found on now the internet and can be downloaded and printed.

Tattoo Flash is now the prevailing portable media used in tattoo art. In some visual art exhibitions, people with tattoos are actually lined up to showcase the works of the artist. Exhibitions featuring photographs or printed designs of the tattoos called "tattoo flash" became pervasive. Tattoos as a form of body art has been elevated into a contemporary art form starting from the 90's.

Technology advancements in pigments and equipment have allowed the creation of high quality monochrome and multi-colored tattoos with a high level of graphical detail. Young and old people have found tattoos as a means of self-expression aside from its decorative effects on the body. The popularity of getting "inked" or tattooed is having a resurgence worldwide.

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