Tattooing — from trend to art form
18.05.12
What about new techniques in tattooing? Abroad, techniques such as the ‘wet’ look, creating 3-D tattoos, and building special magnum needles, are now gaining popularity as the art form refines itself. San says that some of these techniques have found their way to India as well, though the basic, painful needle procedure remains the same. “One technique which I enjoy is the shading technique. It creates a subtle image, done by using a shortened needle.”
Jayesh Narang, 24, an apprentice tattoo artist in Chennai, says that he enjoys employing a technique known as ‘luminosity’. “The effect basically creates a shine or sparkle look to the tattoo. It can be done by adding a bit of white colour to the centre of a rounded surface, thus giving the impression of both a curve and of a light source. In other cases, you may want an object to appear to be glowing, and this can be accomplished by working with ‘negative’ and ‘positive’ space, that is, colouring differently over the tattoo.”
Source: Daily News & Analysis