Influence of Chinese Calligraphy Tattoos

The eastern oriental influence of Chinese calligraphy has an extensive and rich history in the Western Hemisphere. Chinese calligraphy is an ancient art form stemming back to almost 3,000 years ago.

Many masters throughout Chinese history have left behind their own exceptional interpretation of the Chinese characters. Tu Mang, nevertheless correlated it all together with form identification and style. He established names for the techniques used to describe the words.

Chinese calligraphy is a Greek word meaning beautiful writing and is seen everywhere from art galleries to restaurants and tattoo shops.

It can make beautiful tattoos because of its elegance and simplicity, the foreign nature of the script adds a more exotic look to your body art. Many people choose to get Chinese characters tattooed on their bodies because they enjoy the novelty or to make a statement that not everyone can read or understand.

Chinese characters get specific meaning across when used in calligraphy, the techniques and materials play a part in their art form. There are 5 separate types of characters used in Chinese style calligraphy.

SEAL SCRIPT- comes from the formal style of writing no longer used or studied. The use is only for calligraphy and painting or other art works.