Ethnic style is becoming more and more popular. Tattoo art was no exception, the new trend has taken root in it. Ornaments reminiscent of folk patterns are increasingly becoming motifs for sketches of tattoos today. It cannot be said that modern masters simply copy ancient patterns. Rather, they are used as a basis for inspiration, transforming, interpreting in their own way, beating them in a new way.
Perhaps the most diverse tattoo style is ethnicity. Photos allow you to verify the huge number of directions, types and subspecies of this style. It is almost impossible to subject it to strict systematization. Nevertheless, let's try to highlight the most common directions.
Northern tradition: runes, solar symbols
An important place is occupied by proximity to the ancient culture of the Slavs, Vikings, Celts. In many ways, the features of these cultures are similar, because they all have common origins.
Celtic ornaments have held the palm for many years, which is not at all surprising. Bright, expressive plots and the complexity of the intricate pattern make such tattoos verypopular. Good masters happily take on such orders, because this style allows you to show your talent to the fullest.
Slavic ethnicity is widespread. A tattoo depicting an ancient runic tie and fairy-tale characters are the invariable attributes of a style that takes its origins in the mythology and beliefs of the ancient Slavs.
India: mandalas, elephants
Indian ethnicity is widespread. Tattoo artists working in this style draw inspiration from books and paintings of the ancient Aryans. The most common plots are: dots and strokes, elephants and tigers, fabulous birds and flowers. A special niche is occupied by concentric motifs - mandalas.
Hellas: gladiators, predators, mythology
Impressive footprint of Ancient Greece and Rome. Fragments of armor, images of the Colosseum and battlefields, gladiators, mythical creatures are common motifs used in this style.
Indian tattoos: dreamcatchers, eagles and feathers
Indigenous peoples of America were one of the first tattoo artists to love. Indian ethnicity is a fertile topic for creativity. It has such elements as images of totem animals and birds, ornaments with feathers, graphic patterns of triangles, stripes and circles. The cult of weapons is characteristic of this style: tomahawks, bows with arrows, axes, knives. Although, along with them, a peace pipe is often depicted - a symbol of the end of the war. Sometimes portraits of Indians are applied to the body.
Japan and China: dragons, birds, sakura
Far Eastern ethnics has been an inexhaustible source of inspiration for many years now. Tattoos in the style of the culture of the Middle Kingdom and the Land of the Rising Sun are very different from each other. The Chinese school is characterized by hieroglyphs, dragons, fish, butterflies, flowers. The Japanese tattoo school is distinguished by the incredible complexity of the plot. Yes, and in terms of area, such tattoos are often simply huge.
Africa: color blocks and predatory ornament
The culture of Africa has given the world a lot of colorful stories. Tattoos in the Afro-ethnic style are full of bright colors, images of tropical animals, birds and snakes, natives in colorful robes. Laconic combinations of geometric shapes are not uncommon in the ornament.
If you are going to get a tribal style tattoo, carefully read the culture it comes from. Then the result will only please and deliver aesthetic pleasure.
