Anime tattoo
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Sometimes we fall in love with fictional characters so much that we want to be with them always. Why not get a tattoo of your favorite hero?
These can be portraits of characters from books, films, cartoons, and even heroes of myths and folklore who have sunk into the soul especially. Usually such strong feelings appear for a reason. This may be due to a desire to acquire character traits or to have an appearance like that of a beloved hero.
Today we will talk about anime character tattoos.
Plots of tattoos
Tattoos from manga and anime are often done not only because of their passion for a particular hero, but as a reminder of a carefree and happy childhood. Children of the nineties and zero must have been looking forward to the new episodes of Sailormoon and Pokémon.
Little warriors, leading a double life and fighting for goodness and justice, simply could not leave children indifferent, especially girls, and every child probably dreamed of magic pocket monsters. Anime tattoos are like childhood dreams come true.
Particularly noteworthy are the characters created by Hayao Miyazaki. They fall in love with his works once and for all. Extraordinary storylines, vivid characters, deep meaning hidden in every story, which is not only entertaining, but also instructive in nature. "Princess Mononoke", "My Neighbor Totoro", "Spirited Away" and other works by Hayao Miyazaki are rightfully considered classics of Japanese animation.
Some of the characters created by the master of animation have influenced more than just popular culture. For example, Totoro (a kind forest spirit, whom a little girl accidentally meets in the story, after which he helps her in every possible way) has become a symbol of the struggle to save the area, which was recreated in the anime, from building.
The plot of the tattoo can repeat any scene from the anime, which is especially remembered or is of great importance for the customer, it can also be just a portrait of a favorite character.
However, often tattoos depicting heroes in the traditional Japanese animation style have nothing to do with existing anime. Anime fans often order sketches from the masters depicting their relatives and friends in the form of cartoon characters and even their own portraits.
It can be just characters invented by the customer himself. Such works will definitely be unique, while indicating the customer's passion for this art form.
Styles and compositions
When choosing a composition, it is not at all necessary to be limited to the plot of one particular cartoon. If you're planning a big job, like a sleeve or a full-back tattoo, you can create a large-scale painting depicting characters, terrain, and other elements that have been present in several of your favorite anime at once. For example, it is not uncommon to find the faceless god Kaonashi from Spirited Away and the good forest owner Totoro in the same work.
The most appropriate style for an anime tattoo is probably New School. It is in this style that, thanks to the clarity of the contours and the brightness of the colors, the cartoon characters look the most authentic.
For example, a large-scale tattoo with the image of the Howling Castle and the characters of the anime of the same name against the background of a mountain landscape in the style of new school will look cool. Small works, for example, the image of smiling Soosuke and the magic fish Ponyo will look bright and very cute, such a tattoo will definitely cause not only curiosity, but also a smile among others.
Cute bright cats from "Sailormoon" will look childishly naive, but more than once they will delight not only the owner of the tattoo, but also everyone who stops their eyes on her.
Watercolors depicting characters from anime will look interesting. This style is especially good for tattoos with spirits and various supernatural and otherworldly entities.
Due to its lightness, airiness, blurred contours, almost complete lack of clarity, it kind of emphasizes the belonging of these characters to another world. For example, watercolor works great for Kaonashi.
Another outstanding idea is a landscape inscribed in a silhouette, in which you can easily recognize your favorite character. For example, it may be the forest spirit of Totoro, which definitely cannot be confused with anyone. Its silhouette can become, as it were, a window into the bright world of colors of nature - a green forest, a flower field, autumn leaf fall.
It is noteworthy that the Japanese themselves, who presented the world with many masterpieces of animation, for the most part have a negative attitude towards the art of tattooing.
If you are the lucky owner of a small tattoo, before entering a public place, for example, a bathhouse, you may be asked to hide the drawing with a plaster, so as not to embarrass the rest of the visitors.
If your tattoo is too large and you can't hide it, you may be completely banned from entering. This is due to the fact that earlier, drawings on the body were a distinctive feature of members of criminal gangs. This association is so ingrained in the minds of the Japanese that laws were even passed that prohibited the wearing of tattoos at the state level.
More modern residents of the Land of the Rising Sun often prefer serious stories drawn from mythology, choose images of animals, plants and mythical characters endowed with special symbolism. It is not so common to see a Japanese man with a comic or cute anime picture on his body.
Cartoon tattoos may look naive, but they carry positive emotions. If you believe that the character of the tattoo is really able to convey to a person some of his qualities, his destiny, then the hero from the anime is an excellent choice. They are always endowed with bright characters, achieve their goals, and their stories always have a happy ending.
