You have several tattoo style alternatives, including new school, illustrative, realism, Japanese, portraiture, blackwork, and geometric. With so many options, you understandably might have trouble choosing one style for your tattoo. Thankfully, it is now possible to mix two tattoo styles and get an exceptional design. Illustrative tattoos that look like subjects of storybooks or fairytales are quite popular now. They commonly depict unicorns, dragons, wildlife, and fairies. Below are the styles you can mix with an illustrative tattoo.
Geometric
Geometric tattoos are made of patterns, lines, and shapes that are repeated then combined to get your ideal tattoo size. The geometric style is a disciplined one in which a design is meant to look balanced and calculated. Combining geometric and illustrative tattoos breaks the former’s repetitive patterns and blends them into a seemingly effortless image.
New school
The new school style includes exaggerated images of a fantasy world, bold colors, and cartoon-like characters for tattoos. Its linework will accentuate a tattoo’s color with heavy black lines that leave your body looking like the pages of a comic book. Since the designs of new school and illustrative tattoos are closely related, the two styles seamlessly fit together.
Realism
Realism tattoos portray virtually anything in color or black and white. They are the best choices when you want a tattoo that looks as realistic as a real-life object. The designs of realism tattoos look like they are almost jumping off your skin. To break the serious appearance of your realism tattoo, you can settle for a playful illustrative tattoo.
The main aspect to consider when mixing the above tattoo styles with your illustrative tattoo is contrast. Without enough contrast, your design will not look so interesting. Other than contrast, ensure some balance in your tattoo design’s composition so that it does not appear poorly thought out.
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