| Understand different tattoo styles will help you | | | | designs rendered in dark ink have been used to |
| make better decision on selecting the best tattoo | | | | show a person's status, protect from harm and |
| for you. The more you know about the options | | | | enhance appearance. |
| available to you, the more informed decision you | | | | If done well, flat tattooing can complement |
| will make. | | | | musculature and result in very flattening, striking |
| Most tattooist specialize in certain style of | | | | piece of abstract art. |
| tattooing, we can summarize the tattoo styles to | | | | Traditional Tattoo |
| the three fundamental approaches: Flat, which is | | | | Traditional tattooing is based on clean, simple |
| characterized by a lack of detail; Traditional, which | | | | design and execution, and uses thick, black, |
| is known for thick, black outlines and solid blocks | | | | outlines filled in with solid blocks of color. There is |
| of color; and Fine Line, Which is distinguished by | | | | little detail in the work apart from what is |
| narrower, fine lines and greater details. | | | | absolutely necessary to convey the design, and |
| Flat Tattoo | | | | this is done with color and shading. Skilled shading |
| Flat tattooing signals solid blocks of color often in | | | | and color laying give the work depth. |
| black, with no shading, detailing or texturing. | | | | Daggers, hearts, snakes, roses, eagles and |
| Shapes and simple symbols are tattooed in one | | | | butterflies are all Traditional design tattoos. |
| thick line and can be filled in or left as an outline. | | | | Traditional tattoos can be seen from great |
| Flat tattooing is by far best represented by Tribal | | | | distances and will be still visible years from now. |
| Tattoo ( it can be found all over the world. Simple | | | | |