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Fashion exists in the world of tattoos too. Time-consuming drawings, watercolors and complex graphics are being replaced by pictures that are minimalistic in every sense: not only in terms of aesthetics, but also in terms of care. We show eight tattoo artists giving a master class in concise tattooing.

jonboy

The New York master, visited by Justin Bieber, Chloe Moretz and Kylie Jenner, is a real local celebrity: large and independent brands collaborate with him, and his Instagram has almost 450 thousand subscribers. His signature style is tiny, barely visible inscription tattoos or tiny drawings of abstract lines, made so strictly and accurately that their small size does not prevent them from being self-sufficient decorations.

doctor woo

One of the masters of the Hollywood salon Shamrock Social Club regularly appears in the selection of the best American tattoo artists, and this is not surprising: he is a highly qualified specialist in realistic tattooing. His work can be appreciated by looking at photographs of Drake, Miley Cyrus, Emilia Clarke and a dozen other famous artists. Brian Wu's hand can be recognized by the characteristic "translucent" drawings, made with great attention to shadows and contours, with which he works perfectly even at the microscale.

Miso

Ukrainian Stanislava Pinchuk, who works for two cities - Melbourne and Tokyo - is actually an artist with a solid client portfolio and a true master of texture. She literally pierces her works with needles on the canvas, which, of course, is very similar to tattoo technology. Tattooing, however, is more of a hobby for her: most often she makes small drawings on the bodies of her friends and acquaintances. The most recognizable are small constellations, circles and arrows assembled from dots: the artist does not work according to other people's sketches and all her tattoos are unique.

bang bang

Under the playful pseudonym Bang Bang is tattoo artist Keith McCurdy, another favorite of the celebrity crowd - for example, Rihanna and Cara Delevingne (the inscription "Bacon ..." on the foot of the model is his work). He is famous precisely for the fact that he works in a thousand different styles: he can handle watercolor flowers, complex graphics, and canonical wolves in his entire back. The level of craftsmanship can be assessed on the most minimalistic examples: for example, phrases and inscriptions look literally printed on the skin.

Seoeon

Korean master Seo On is based in Seoul, despite the fact that tattoos are still not very popular there - in large part because only certified doctors are allowed to practice them legally. Among the funny, naive and cute works of the tattoo artist, there is not one that would exceed the size of a cigarette pack, but they look amazing nonetheless: even in the tiniest, the artist can use a lot of pure and bright colors, which sometimes you can’t see even in huge ones. "paintings".

Horu

Another Korean artist who specializes in popular small tattoos: especially in her performance, images of various animals are touching. Among the software, but tastefully made cats and unicorns, you can even meet a hedgehog that scratches its belly - take a closer look at these works if your preferences lie in the field of light and ironic pictures.

Cat Webb

The owner of her own salon Black Cat Tattoo, located in Canada, by her own admission, draws inspiration from the work of Aubrey Beardsley and Egon Schiele. With the help of her tattoos, Kate Webb convincingly proves that color is not at all necessary for expression and expressiveness, but irony and a sense of composition will come in handy. Images of any degree of convention are subject to clear and clean lines, so the artist's portfolio includes conventional flowers, sinister cats, and homages to her favorite artists.

Johnny Gloom

A master from Paris has been tattooing for a very short time, about three years, but she has her own style. She calls her sources of inspiration “the dark universe” and works in the traditional blackwork technique, but at the same time her drawings are subjective: the results look like they were made as if by a stencil. Especially her customers love to order roses, completely filled with black, but this is just the tip of the iceberg: other works are spared from excessive drama due to a healthy dose of irony and black humor.

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For a tattoo artist, the body is a canvas on which you can draw images of any size, from texts to entire paintings.

If you've always wanted to get yourself a tattoo but never got around to it, you might like somethingsmall, almost invisible .

tattoo artist Whitty Button(Witty Button), who lives in Seoul, specializes in tattoos no larger than a hairpin, and they look very delicate and individual.

See also: 12 birthmarks and moles beautifully covered with tattoos

Baton uses mainlysimple shapes, symbols, handwritten words and various floral motifs .

Most of the tattoo artist's clients get tattoos on exposed parts of the body, such as ankles, hands, ears, but due to their small size, they can be difficult to notice.

Here are some examples of how graceful a tattoo can be.

Beautiful tattoos

1. This paper airplane looks very creative.

2. An interesting way to talk about the year of your birth.

3. "I don't care."

4. Indelible bracelet.

5. Or a graceful bracelet on the leg.

6. Some tattoos are fine art.

7. Advice that you can turn to every day.

8. An easy way to express love.

9. Even simple shapes can be amazing.

Beautiful small tattoos

10. Night and day.

11. Spell.

12. Floral pattern looks amazing.

13. Imaginary constellation.

14. Beautiful application of color.

15. Good couple.

16. A simple design can sometimes replace earrings.

17. A motto and a simple drawing is all you need.

18. Barely visible text can be powerful.

19. Quiet energy.

Small tattoos for girls

20. One line and two faces.

21. Another floral design.

Minimalism is one of the main achievements of the arts. This style not only does not lose its popularity, but is gaining more and more momentum, discovering completely new forms. This style is created for truly creative people who understand art. Now, in the environment of post-modernism, minimalism has a place to be, it becomes fashionable and is reflected in such a form of modern art as a tattoo.

Internet portals are now overflowing with thumbnails. Any image can easily be flattened to this style and thus look completely different while retaining its original content. This style attracts not by its variety of colors or volumes, but primarily by the idea of ​​the image, its composition, graphics, line play.

This way you enhance the beauty of the image without detracting from the content. This is to some extent a classic, a manifestation of fine taste. Tattoos in the style of minimalism combine geometry and monochrome.

Such tattoos can be safely added to the category of mysterious, like the real creations of minimalist artists. It may seem that simple, natural forms cannot carry any special semantic load, but at the same time they will acquire a special meaning for everyone.

Usually the range of colors in these tattoos is not very rich. Choose dark colors. Often limited to 3-4 colors. One of the most common options is black and white sketches. Such drawings can be on any part of the body and any size. If you have chosen a tattoo in this style, this does not mean at all that it should be small and inconspicuous. Sometimes such drawings occupy large areas of the body, for example, the entire back.

It is impossible to draw a parallel and compile statistics on people of what age or gender choose such sketches. Perhaps they are mostly teenagers. They are now more versed in all sorts of currents of art, and in general, they more often decide to decorate their bodies with a pattern. Such sketches are ideal for both women and men.

Masters making tattoos in the style of minimalism:, and many others ...

Most questions about the meaning of a particular pattern will be caused by a tattoo in the style of Minimalism applied to the body. This direction is characterized by a craving for small sizes and hidden symbolism of the sketch. It is not always possible to understand what the author wanted to say the first time, despite the fact that the performance is at the highest level. Sometimes the drawings are so authentic that their message will be known only to the bearer of the tattoo.

The style does not have a pronounced belonging to one or another gender. They are equally popular among both men and women. Most often, Minimalism is resorted to when deciding on the first tattoo. The mystery of the style and the ability to make a small tattoo attract those who have not yet prepared sketches for a voluminous tattoo project. These drawings have no restrictions on the location on the body - another advantage.

Tattoo style Minimalism is self-sufficient. This quality is manifested in the master's ability to present the play of lines and graphic elements without overloading them with unnecessary details and artistic techniques. In most cases, this is even more difficult than going the standard way and just rendering the existing image in color, with volume, shadows and reflections.

The features of the watercolor style include:

• no restrictions on the subject of the tattoo;
• graphics, monochrome and contrast of the picture;
• if bright colors are used, then no more than 2 shades;
• behind the minimalism of the lines and the geometry of the images lies the unique idea of ​​the sketch.

Fine art is always in development, constantly changing and transforming, it finds new ways of expression. So, in the sixties of the twentieth century, an absolutely new interesting direction appeared - minimalism. This trend stirred up society with its original and fresh outlook on life. It is reflected in almost all areas of creativity: in architecture, design, music, painting. Tattoo creativity as one of the art forms also did not stand aside, minimalism tattoos appeared.

The meaning and meaning of tattoo images

The conceptual idea of ​​minimalist tattoos is the same as that of this entire trend as a whole: the deep meaning of the image is conveyed using simple shapes and colors, without distracting details. The beauty of the drawing is achieved with the help of ideal proportions and perfect lines, simple geometric shapes and calm shades.

Accuracy, conciseness, compositional clarity help to penetrate the very essence of the drawing, to comprehend its true meaning, and this is precisely the fundamental principle of any creativity. People who have a tattoo image in the style of minimalism on their body are distinguished by a penetrating mind and attentiveness, they prefer to “see to the root”, without wasting their time on empty embellishment and unnecessary details.

Tattoos made in this style have one interesting advantage: due to the use of simple means of expression, a drawing that carries a certain meaning is understandable only to its owner. This feature allows you to use a tattoo as a motivator or a talisman, while absolutely not worrying that outsiders can unravel the true meaning of the image and find out the innermost thoughts of a person.

The theme of the tattoo in the style of minimalism

Images in the style of minimalism are equally popular among both men and women. Laconic, neat images, with a simple composition and precise perfect lines, are liked by absolutely everyone.

The theme of the drawing can be absolutely any and depends only on the wishes of the customer, his views and beliefs. The most popular topics are:

• religious and esoteric images (small crucifixes, angels, crescents, the Buddhist sign "Om", Masonic triangles, Egyptian hieroglyphs, astrological and zodiac symbols);
• images of plants (small twigs of heather, fern, maple leaves, wild rose flowers, grass stalks, dandelions, "tree of life");
• images of animals (schematic drawings consisting of simple lines and dots, as well as silhouettes of insects, birds, cats, foxes, deer filled with black pigment);
• geometric images (compositions of circles, squares, triangles, rhombuses, dots, vectors, various schemes and drawings);
• inscriptions and numbers (small inscriptions without additional decoration or various numerical codes that have a certain sacred meaning for a person).

Did you know? The first minimalist in fine arts is considered to be Kazimir Malevich, who painted the famous Black Square, but in fact the first minimalist is the Frenchman Alphonse Allais, who painted a similar picture seventy years earlier than Malevich. The work is called "Battle of Negroes in a cave in the dead of night."

Color scheme tattoo images

The whole concept of minimalism is built on the idea of ​​using simple shapes and colors, respectively. this direction does not accept the presence of rich decorative elements and complex color compositions.

Classic minimalism tattoos look like a simple drawing done in black. Using only one color makes the tattoo solid, clear, graphic, and also allows you to focus on the image itself without being distracted by other details.

If desired, additional colors can be used, but there should not be more than three or four shades. It is not allowed to use a complex palette of colors and tonal transitions that make the tattoo image lively and voluminous, as this contradicts the very idea of ​​​​minimalism.

The location of the tattoo on the body

Tattoos in the style of minimalism are small in size, which allows them to be applied to almost any part of the body. It should be mentioned separately that these images are filled with a special meaning for the person who has them, therefore, as a rule, tattoos are applied on those parts of the body where the customer can see them on his own. The most commonly chosen locations for minimalist images are