What is a watercolor tattoo?

The watercolor tattoo is a tattoo style that printing the watercolor onto the skin.It abandon the traditional style with clear contour lines.It is pursue with the soft, flowing feeling. How watercolor tattoos differs from traditional tattoos? Compare with the traditional tattoos, it like a romantic painting that is full of artistic.

Color is the core element of the watercolor tattoos,using the various color, including the warm and soft tones.Tattooist matched the different color, creating the amazing effect.For example, when drawing a flower, they use the delicate pink as the base color and use deep red to smudge the edges,creating the 3D effect.When drawing a landscape,they use blue for the sky, and with green and golden to show the grass and sunshine, making the patterns vibrant.

The inspiration comes from the long history of watercolor art.Watercolor tattoos are very popular because of the transparency and flexible of watercolor painting.With the development of the tattoo art, tattooists have tried to merge watercolor painting with tattoos.Nowadays, the watercolor tattoos becoming more and more popular, watercolor tattoo has become a representative of personality.

In the beginning, the technology was not very skilled,and the tattooist faced challenges such as color durability, smudge effect imitation, etc.But with the development of the equipment and pigment,watercolor tattoos have become more and more simple.Until now,the watercolor tattoos have various styles and more and more complex.

Compared with traditional tattoos, watercolor tattoos have the soft lines,it have not the clear contour.The tattoo artist usually controls the pigment dosage and the angel of the tattoo needle,making the pattern’s edge naturally fuse with the skin, creating a fuzzy feeling and making your tattoo become more freedom, like a flowing painting, bringing a dreamy experience.

It is the most attractive reason,tattooist use the special skills,making different fix colors to flow naturally on the skin, and become to soft and delicate gradient.For example,drawing the sunset,using the orange color as the bottom,and add to the pink and purple color,making them mutual penetration to show the colorful change.

By using color skilledly,watercolor tattoo can make the special transparent and rich layer sense.Because the watercolor paint have the transparency,watercolor tattooist will mix different watercolor pigment according to the different patterns.

This watercolor tattoo theme are very popular, the watercolor tattoo artist using the delicate brushstrokes, let the natural element shown it the skin,such as the beautiful flowers,agile bird,and silent hilly.According to natural tattoo,you and feel the charming of the nature.

Abstract art tattoos are full of imagination,watercolor tattoo artist use their creation to design the unique patterns.Maybe this pattern have not the actual meaning,but it can express the strong feelings.Like the red and yellow collision that can show the passion, blue and green collision that can show the peace.Different persons can get the different feelings by this watercolor tattoos.

This kind of watercolor tattoo can inspire your innocent fantasy,the watercolor tattoo artist shown the fairy tale elements like a watercolor painting.Like the pink castle around lots of butterfly,it can make us calm down and relaxed.

Different from traditional figure portraits tattoo, watercolor tattoos pay more attention to the use of color light and shadow.With soft line to draw contours and delicate colors to draw faces, according to the character to choose the color tone, like using the bright and warm colors to show their positivity and with soft and cool tones to represent the melancholy.

Before tattoo,you should communicate the watercolor tattoo details with tattooist.Like the theme,style and color preference.If possible,you could provide the Reference pictures of watercolor tattoos.

Then,the designer will design a preliminary draft until you are satisfied. The draft is the bridge connects you to the watercolor tattoos effect.

When you are tattooing,the tattooist will clean your tattoo skin area to ensure the skin is clean.Then transfer the draft to the skin.Prepare the tattoo tools and watercolor paint.

The tattoo artist will inject the pigment into the skin.In order to creating flow gradient effects,Operator should adjust the needle speed, depth, and pigment carefully.Large area background use big needle mouth to work quickly, the details need Small needle mouth and thick pigment to fill in slowly.This process will takes the most time,so you need to be patient.

Body care after tattoo is the most important part of the watercolor tattoo.You need to stay the skin clean and avoid getting wet.Then using nursing ointment to make the wound healing.Avoid exposing to sunlight or friction,if the wound is scabbing and peeling,making it fall off by itself.

From your habits and own experience,choosing the special patterns.If you like to travel all over the world,you can choose the attractions that you have been to.If you like playing the guitar,you can choose a guitar symbol tattoo or a brand logo you like.Choose patterns you like,it will be more meaningful.

Different body parts have different styles and patterns.Arms and thighs can use large size and complex design tattoo to show the color details.

The wrists and ankles can have some small and exquisite patterns to avoid congestion.At the same time,considering the patterns adapt to curves for a natural tattoo.

Ask for you watercolor tattoo artist,they

can support the useful suggestions.When you choose tattoo patterns,determine the details about patterns design and color matching.They will recommend suitable tattoo patterns according to your needs.

Skilled tattoo artists have rich experience with unique design style, so the value of art work are reliable.Of course, this kind of watercolor tattoos is more expensive.

By long-term practicing,they have the unique insights about watercolor tattoos,they can create satisfied watercolor tattoo works.

The complexity of the pattern is a key factor, simple patterns are easy to operate, so it just need few time and less money.The complex patterns like complex landscapes and figure portraits, need more energy and the process is busy.Therefore, it may cost more.

The area of watercolor tattoo are more larger, you may cost more.

For example,if your tattoo just cover your wrist,it is cheaper than covering your whole arm.

Because large sizes need to plan carefully,ensuring the pattern is consistent.

But the high-end hygienic usually cost more,because they need the advanced machines and services.

The price in different area are not same. The city with high consumption are expensive,the Low consumption power area cost less.

Therefore,when you choose a tattoo service,you are not only to consider the price,but also the store hygiene and tattoo artists.

If the tattoo tools are not clean, maybe cause the infection,including Redness, swelling, pain, fever, etc.You need to choose a professional tattoo store, because their tools have disinfected.After you finished the watercolor tattoo, please stay clean, avoid getting water, when you fell uncomfortable, you should go to the hospital.

Someone maybe allergy with the watercolor tattoo paint,the skin fell sick.So it is better to do a skin allergy test, or smear less watercolor tattoo paint in your skin to check.If your skin get e allergies,please stop it and go to the hospital.