When an attempt is made to portray the tattoos in a realistic style, they tend to take the ‘natural’ form. The portrayal, involving minute detailing, shading and perspective, is done in such a way that imparts a tattoo design as much realism as possible. With their cost a little on the higher side, naturalistic tattoos more popularly comprise of faces of Native Americans and religious leaders.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Primitive Female Body Painting
As shown in this picture of female body painting, a red dye made from indigenous plants is often used. However, Indian girls also commonly adorn their faces and bodies with natural pigments such as "huito," paints, tattoos, dyes, clay, carbon, and sometimes ashes.
Wet charcoal is particularly stunning for female body painting purposes in that it dries a blue-black color. Female body painting encompasses a wide array of indigenous Amazonian ideas, ranging from cosmologies, mythologies, fine arts, alternative arts, to enhancing certain body parts.
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