Black and gray (also black-gray , black and gray/gray ) is a tattoo style that only uses black ink in various shades and usually use a single needle. This tattoo style was allegedly originated from prison in the 1970s and 1980s and later popularized in tattoo parlors.
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Origin
Black and gray are sometimes referred to as "house of detention" or "common style" and presumably come from prisons where inmates have limited access to different materials; they are forced to use guitar strings for needles and use cigarette ash or pen ink to produce tattoos. Inmates will make an emergency tattoo machine powered using a small motor that is available on the cassette player. Prisons generally forbid inmates from tattoos, so this may be done in secret. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the prison was then popularized in tattoo parlors outside the prison and was named "black and gray". Black-and-gray is also thought to have originated from Chicano or cholo culture in Los Angeles.
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Technique
Typically, the work of black and gray tattoos is produced by attenuating black ink with distilled water in various proportions to create "washing" which results in a lighter shade. Gray colors can also be produced by mixing small amounts of black ink with white ink, which produces thicker but lighter results and requires slower applications. Shading is usually an essential component for this type of tattoo because they will fade for several years without a strong black tone, which gives contrast and allows the tattoo to stand out. This type of fine shading in black-and-gray is considered to require high-level skills and describes professionalism in the industry.
General use
Black and gray techniques are often used for a variety of tattoos. Japanese irezumi, like rising koi, are traditionally done using black-and-gray, although colored irezumi occasionally use black and gray backgrounds in a manner similar to sumi-e brushwork. The Chicano classic tattoo - which includes various images such as icons in Catholicism or Mexican flags and partly from prison life - is also usually done in black and gray. Photo-realistic portraits are also usually done in black-and-gray colors, and usually withstand damage better than color portraits.
In some color tattoos, artists can use black and gray at first to provide a foundation for the next shadow using color. Colored inks can be added directly above the black and gray parts of the tattoo.
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References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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