Indian tattoos - themes and designs, styles of application, original photos

"The fashion for Indians" was born in the USSR after millions of Soviet boys, who had read the delightful works of Mein Ried and Fenimore Cooper, consolidated their impressions by watching action movies of the German film studio "Defa" with Goiko Mitich in the lead role. It was a real culture shock!

The boys were introduced to an unexplored new world of wise hardened people living by the laws of nature. Everyone was fascinated by the desperate freedom of the Indians, their skillful ability to fight the enemy who encroached on the territory. The Indian movies were watched dozens of times, enjoying the exciting battle scenes, the beautiful stunts, the twisted plot.

On this wave in the 1980s, the Soviet Union even saw the birth of the Indianist subculture. Growing up boys did not want to say goodbye to their childhood, and in the summer of 1982 they gathered in a forest near Leningrad to continue "playing Indians.

Later this movement expanded considerably, and young people in characteristic outfits and feathered headdresses gathered not only near St. Petersburg, but also in the Moscow, Tver and Novosibirsk area. Fantastic!

The authors of books and films about the Indians of North America managed to create in the mass consciousness an amazing world filled with struggle and nobility, strength, courage and the deepest wisdom of millennia, which is evident in all the actions of the beloved characters.

Indian tattoo ideas

The fascinating story of the North American Indians, full of the excitement of life in nature, the monstrous dramas and tragedies of the devastation of entire tribes, continues to excite young people today.

How can not be interested in the ancient culture, numbering 30 thousand years! Exploring the topic, we touch not only the deep past, but also the fate of the living Indians, whose number has now exceeded one million people.

Of course, this topic is extremely preoccupying to people contemplating the idea of a future tattoo. Going through the Mayan and Aztec options, many immediately switch from Central American cultures to the North American prairies.

The Indian tattooThe Indian tattoo, like one descended from the pages of a Fenimore Cooper novel, is a great choice for someone who is looking for a striking image for a portrait tattoo.

The meaning of this pattern on the body is manifold:

Independence.
An attraction to complete freedom.
The feeling of being part of nature.
A restrained inner strength.
Understanding the underlying philosophy of life.

Much will also depend on the accompanying details and exactly what meaning you personally put into the tattoo.

Designing a sketch

Indian tattoos can be done in a wide variety of styles:

Neo-traditional

A new reading of the old-school style, which favored a wide palette of colors, a mixture of different techniques for performing the design. When great-grandfathers tattooed, not only needles, but also pencils, bone and wooden stems, and pigments of the four primary colors could be used. Millennials recreated the style, giving the trend a second breath.

New School

A relatively new popular trend that uses humorous and philosophical images, very reminiscent of wall graffiti. The main feature of New school is outright irony, caricatured characters, pseudo-realistic images.

Realism

One of the most difficult styles to perform, characterized by a deep portrait likeness and realism. Tattoo in this style must be performed by an artist by vocation, only then the drawing on the body will not look like an imitation.

Greywash

Pencil style. The image resembles a drawing of a skilful artist, made on a piece of cotton paper with a soft slate. All the "tricks" of such drawings - half-shadows, imitation of highlights, the richness of shades of gray - are present. And if you add a few more colored areas, the effect will be stunning.

Surrealism

A hypnotic dream or colorful hallucination of an artist, filled with images of the universe, star systems, anime characters, emotional people. The widest field for creativity, outstanding masterpieces on the backs of clients.

Images

Portraits of Indian women are stuffed both guys and girls. Ladies order such tattoos to display their honesty, love for eternal nature, ancient Earth, deep reverence for traditions. The guys, with the portrait of the delightful Indian girl, probably want to express a longing for a real woman, free from the shackles of the modern world.

The wolf's head on the Indian girl's head is a magnificent image of power over nature.

The Indian skull is a visual symbol of the transient world. The huge original civilization under the onslaught of the white man faded into oblivion, leaving behind only echoes of memories of glorious warriors and beautiful women, the leaders who lit the pipe of peace, the merry children, frolic near the teepee ...

See how well the watercolor drawings of Native American life look in the photo. Amazing neat paintings, settled on the backs of the clients of tattoo salons, look like a photomontage, although they are real works of tattoo masters. (See video).

Look in the salon to see examples of work performed. Be sure to discuss your plans with the master, to whom you are going to entrust the implementation of the project.