The influence of celebrity and pop culture on tattoo trends.
Over the past couple of years, tattooing has been heavily influenced by celebrity and popular culture trends. Most tattoo enthusiasts choose their next tattoo after being influenced by their favorite celebrities. They can take inspiration from celebrities flaunting intricate designs or even very minimalist tattoos. However, while some celebrities played a pivotal role in popularizing tattoos and motivating many youth to opt for artistic tattoos, others contributed to stereotyping tattoos as shallow and superficial.
Positive and Negative Impacts of Celebrity Tattoos
This article will discuss, both positively and negatively, the impact celebrity tattoos and pop culture have on tattooing business. We will also briefly mention why it is essential to choose a professional tattooist for quality work.
Pop Culture: The Maker of Tattoo Trends
Pop culture is an assimilation of ideas, beliefs, attitudes, viewpoints, images, etc. that form the very epicentre of a culture. A general creation of pop culture is usually through the tastes and actions of young people. This normally goes hand in hand with being associated with trends, fads, and new entertainment, fashion, music, and technology. Pop culture possesses huge influence over our society. It defines how we act and think. The last few years have seen tattoos as part of popular culture. Many celebrities have tattoos, and they gladly flaunt them in the media.
Tattoos As Means of Self-Expression and Branding
Tattoos are one form of self-expression and branding that seems to be highly famous among many athletes, musicians, actors, and social media influencers. The reason behind the popularity of tattoos is due to pop culture. Since people tend to copy the activities of their favorite celebrities, many have been trying to imitate their tattoos.
The Demand for Quality on Celebrity Tattoos
This celebrity tattoo list isn’t just about any kind of tattoos. Indeed, many have been blasted for utterly lacking an artistic value or being of poor quality. Who cares whether a celebrity sports a tattoo or not? But it is paramount that you find tattooists and engage one that will bring out the kind of quality expected by you about your idea of tattooing and general style.
Quality Executed Tattoos An Investment
We can practically end up with lots of regrets if our tattoos are poorly constructed, which can wreck our experience in the long term. A good tattoo, as such, is an investment one can undertake. It is a difference between being done by a skilled professional tattooist from that done by one with less skill. A tattoo designer with artistic experience or a tattoo designer who has learned the fine art of tattooing from a professional Tattoo Studio may come up with Tattoo designs where the looks and feel of the Tattoo are beautiful and not only technically sound.
A tattoo is not just an investment in art, but it’s also a way to improve the health of your body.
This post was written by J Michael Taylor. J Michael Taylor is an artist and owner of Black Amethyst Tattoo Gallery. Black Amethyst is the best tattoo artist in St Petersburg FL shops. They provide an art-first approach to custom tattooing in a gallery setting.
