Tattoos have a long history: our distant ancestors applied ocher or blood to their bodies during religious rituals, wanting to enlist the support of powerful forces. Now such drawings are often a genuine work of art, as experienced craftsmen create amazing tattoos on their hands - sleeves that even those who do not accept body modifications begin to admire. Let's get acquainted with the features of such patterns.
What it is
Tattoo sleeves cannot be invisible - this is a pattern from the shoulder to the wrist for the whole arm, therefore only those who are firmly confident in their choice can decide on this. Most often, such patterns become an adornment of the male body, but some female representatives also decide on bold experiments.
There are several advantages of a tattoo sleeve: it helps to express your individuality, emphasize courage, such work (with high-quality performance, of course) looks very interesting.
The main drawback is one - not all people understand the art of tattooing. Therefore, a person who decides to take such a serious step may encounter problems in finding a job. Although gradually society is moving away from such outdated ideas.
Biomechanics
At the peak of popularity, sketches of sleeve tattoos in the style of biomechanics, which are a fantastic combination of human flesh and mechanisms. Tattoos in color are performed. Many turn their limbs into the hands of the Terminator, asking the master to depict muscle tears on the skin, exposing not bones, but iron pins. With high-quality performance, they look very realistic and sometimes shock others.
Polynesian style
Sleeves-tattoos, made in this style, at first glance seem pretty simple and uninteresting. The drawing is a pattern covering the entire arm, like lace. To do this, only black paint is used, so the image looks gloomy. In some cases, it can be combined with scarring.
Old school
Sketches of sleeve tattoos for men often represent variants of the old school, or else the old school, which is characterized by a desire for realistic drawing of details, the use of bright colors, and a thick outline. As an eternal decoration for the body, made in this style, you can choose almost everything: skulls, pistols, images of fairy-tale heroes, loved ones, animals, birds. Girls often choose colorful flower arrangements, dragons, wriggling bodies of snakes.
The first works in a similar style appeared in the 19th century, and the drawings that adorned Aboriginal bodies served as an example. Looking at them, European sailors decided to depict on their bodies the annals of their own lives, so anchors, ships, weapons appeared on their hands. Gradually, the style has developed, it is still popular despite the fact that it seems boring to many fans of more modern trends.
Realism
Such tattoo sleeves are the most difficult to perform, only an experienced master with the talent of an artist can cope with them at the proper level. A large number of colors and their shades are used to create them, so the result is as close as possible to a pictorial sketch. In a similar style, portraits of close people and significant places are put on the hands.
Often, such drawings are executed in black and white, but thanks to the use of a large number of shades, it is possible to create a true masterpiece.
Gothic
Tattoos made in the Gothic style look gloomy, because they depict characters from the other world: vampires, animated skeletons, bats. They can have both color and black and white designs, they are distinguished by an abundance of small details that need careful drawing, and therefore are used as ideas for the sleeve. Often, such extraordinary options are chosen by representatives of informal subcultures.
When deciding to make yourself a tattoo sleeve, it is very important to seriously choose a style and choose a sketch - it must correspond to the inner world of a person, express his essence, only in this case the drawing on the body will become a real decoration. Consult a wizard or create an original sketch yourself. To use an already used drawing as a sketch for a tattoo is not worth it.