More About Fashionable Arm Tattoos

The two most popular styles of arm tattoos are Japanese Tattoo designs and Americana sailor tattoo designs. Generally people prefer Japanese Tattoo designs on their arm. These tattoos are mainly done in a very large and colorful style and look great!

Japanese Tattoo Designs The most common Japanese tattoo designs for a full sleeve tattoo are:

Koi Fish – Koi fish are very famous for sleeve tattoos as the fish is typically very skinny and shapes perfectly around an arm. It can easily be achieved on full arm or sleeve with a splash of water behind the fish making it huge and beautiful design.

Cherry Blossoms – Another common tattoo is Cherry Blossom branch which is traditional Japanese tattoo. Cherry blossom branch with the long rectangular shape works perfectly for an arm getting a tattoo.

Water – Typically traditional Japanese tattoos often have blue colored water in the background and this is often used as sleeve and tattoo designs for arms.

Japanese Gods or Deities – Another popular tattoo design is of Japanese God or Deity. This design looks great not only on arms but also on shoulder.

Americana Arm Tattoo Design

Americana Arm Tattoo Designs include more traditional sailor tattoos and often have an old school feel. The common tattoos with an American designs are pinup girl tattoos, anchor tattoos or even a flag or ship

Types of Arm Tattoo

The category of arm tattoos is large and can include a wide range of tattoo locations, shapes and sizes as well as designs. Following are some of the most common arm tattoos.

Sleeve Tattoos

Sleeve tattoos covers the whole arm, half sleeve tattoo covers area from shoulder to forearm and quarter arm tattoo covers the wrist extend to the middle of the forearm. These all sleeve tattoos look equally great so you can choose any of them.

Wrist Tattoos

Another common area to get a tattoo which is also considered an arm tattoo is on the wrist. Tribal and flames are the common wrist tattoos. we will be discussing more about wrist tattoos in my coming articles.

So before going for any arm tattoo design make sure to read this post as this will really help you in deciding for the tattoo design.

Japanese Tattoo on Back and Shoulders

Japanese oni mask tattoo with koi dragon and foo dog covering man's upper back and shoulders.

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Japanese tattoo sleeve with demon & cherry blossoms

Phoenix Japanese tattoo

The Phoenix Its name comes from the Greek word for "red", the color of fire. According to the Greek historians Herodotus and Plutarch, it came originally from Ethiopia. For the ancient Egyptians, though, a heron was the first animal to land on the hill that rose out of the primordial ooze.

Japanese geisha

The Japanese geisha
In modern Japan, geishas have been transformed into symbols of traditional values. In the west, the geisha has become a symbol of the exotic grace and beauty of the East. In this tattoo design, the wind has ruffled her kimono and set some pieces of paper loose, perhaps from the sheaf tucked near her arm. The wind has also loosed some petals of cherry blossoms which are beginning to swirl past her. They echo the cherry blossom design of the lower part of her kimono while the upper part makes use of the chrysanthemum. Both flowers are frequently used in Japanese art and in Japanese tattoos.

Japanese Dragon

Japanese Dragon Entwined Around a Sword Tattoo Design by Greg James

Traditional Japanese tattoo

Japanese tattoos are known for their full body styling, bold lines, historic patterns and traditional images. The techniques for tattooing that developed in Japan used hand tools, and it wasn’t until the mid 20th century that machines first came to Japanese tattooing.

Incredibly popular are the Tattoo Contests, which will be held in various categories such as black and grey, best small piece, best large piece etc., where visitors take part in an exciting competition in which art and fun are the real winners.

On September 21st to September 23rd of 2007, Starlight Tattoo will be accompanied by world famous tattoo artists at the Meadowlands Exposition Center! THIS IS THE ULTIMATE TATTOO EVENT OF THE YEAR! Covered by every trade magazine world wide! News & Radio coverage. Celebrity appearances! Vendors from clothes to tattoo supplies, piercing supplies, accessories, and merchandise. Doctors for laser tattoo removal, Seminars in Art-History and Law of Tattooing. Contests all weekend long! HENNA ARTISTS, T-Shirt designers, SOMETHING FOR EVERY BODY.

The Times reported that “The traditional show on the Tattoo” was very much in evidence as middle-aged rockers of both sexes mingled with a new, younger breed of heavy metal fans, but amid the throng of Motorhead and Anthrax T-shirts were dozens of stylishly dressed young women, many of them sporting large, but beautifully crafted, Oriental tattoos. The trend for bold statements rather than cute little hearts and butterflies appears to be growing as one in eight Britons are now estimated to carry this particular form of adornment.

Hori Toshi is one of the greatest hand tattooing masters of all times. So do not miss this rare opportunity to see this master working in traditional Japanese style on the East Coast! Japanese tattoo is called “irezumi” or “horimono” in Japanese.

In Japan, tattoo is usually considered to be a symbol of a yakuza and tends to be perceived negatively by people. For example, many public bath facilities in Japan inhibit customers who have tattoos from entering. Traditional Japanese tattoo covers arms, shoulders, and the back. In recent years, it’s becoming popular for Japanese young people to get contemporary tattoos.

source: http://www.wayfaring.info/2007/05/30/traditional-japanese-tattoo-show/

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