The Popular Tribal Tattoos

Tattoos are believed to be a modern phenomenon adopted by the liberalized young generation that is mostly found in big cities around the world. Most parents still advise their teenagers against getting tattooed. Surprisingly most of the tattoo designs used widely today date back to many years before the present civilization. These are what are referred to as tribal tattoos.

Europeans in the early days traveled far and wide to explore the world and in their expeditions they came across different cultures of which some they adopted when they went back to Europe. Some African, Asian and south American societies had the culture of tattooing their bodies with designs which were either symbolic or purely aesthetic. It was the sailors who went for the expeditions that first started to put the designs on their skins.

Tribal tattoos re-emerged into the tattooing styles in 1982 when Don Ed hardy and his friend Leo Zulueta founded a tattoo magazine with the first issue capturing the readers with the title "New Tribalism". The magazine featured tribal tattoos from Borneo and Samoa. since then tribal tattoos became part and parcel of the school of tattoos design. The re-introduction of the tribal kind of tattoos after many years of being demonized paved way to new dimensions to the application of the mostly black style. After just a short time of its re-introduction, the black tribal tattoos earned global recognition as one of the most popular tattoo design.

Some of the popular tribal design includes the drawings of animals such as the dragon which is mainly of Asian origin, the scorpion, wolf, tiger, lion, butterfly and snake. Tribal kind of tattoos may also feature symbols such as the cross, heart, star, flame and the sun. The tattoo can be designed in any part of the body but the most popular spots include; the arm band, at the back, lower back, shoulder, arm sleeve, neck and in some cases the face.

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When an attempt is made to portray the tattoos in a realistic style, they tend to take the ‘natural’ form. The portrayal, involving minute detailing, shading and perspective, is done in such a way that imparts a tattoo design as much realism as possible. With their cost a little on the higher side, naturalistic tattoos more popularly comprise of faces of Native Americans and religious leaders.

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Nowadays, the popularity of tribal tattoos is increasing and most people are going in for these tattoos, because of their designs, which is a combination of an ordinary cross and beautiful tribal art designs. So many people opt for these tattoos because they have a strong connection to their ancestral origins or maybe the tattoo are some kind of a link between family and tribes with which the cross maybe associated. Because these tattoos have a significant religious meaning, you will able to see tribal crosses tattoos on both women and men who want to show their Christian values and ideals through putting markings on their bodies. However, most people who go for tribal cross tattoos get them in order to give a wearer a specific unique look.

Therefore, whichever tribal tattoo you choose from a variety available, you will not go wrong since they can be done on the armbands, lower back, hip area and anklets. Hence, if you decide to have specific tribal crosses tattoos design, you should be assured that your pick is a timeless, historical mark that symbolizes your uniqueness and faith.

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Cultures who employs this tattoo style did not get them because they looked cool. They got them because they believed there was a certain power attached to the tattoo. Some tribes use elaborate tattoo designs as a way to signify a boy becoming a man and outcast those who are not willing to take part in this tattooing tradition. Other use them as protection in battle or as a signal of great warriors.

Tribal tattoos are recognizable by their dramatic use of aggressive dark lines in jagged symmetrical shapes spread throughout the skin. Tribal tats are most often done in simple black and skin tones but in the western world they are often infused with color to enhance the overall look. Whereas other tattoo styles attempt to represent a specific object, tribal tattoos seem far more concerned with the feel and meaning rather than what it specifically looks like.

Typical examples of modern tribal tattoo designs are arm or leg bands that seem to have become the most popular tattoo design over the last 5-10 years. These designs are typically only black but many artists have been using subtle shading or even inclusion of a less abstract design such as butterflies or dragons within a tribal.