With a tattoo, each person can express their individuality, demonstrate the features of their figure, character or life path. Choosing sketches, girls give preference to more cute and delicate drawings, while men use classic images of the animalistic world, weapons or cars. However, no less popular solution is a tattoo depicting a spider.
The spider is one of the most frightening and dangerous insects on the planet, which attracts with its deep meaning, attracts and frightens at the same time. In general, the tattoo with the image of a spider is equally popular among girls and men, and thanks to a wide range of designs everyone will choose the optimal image that can decorate the body.
Meaning Tattoo Spider
1. According to one version, the spider means Wisdom, secret knowledge, diligence and the intricacies of fate. No one knows how life will turn, where the thread of the spider's web will take you. But always and everywhere you need to be true to yourself and improve.
2. According to another version a spider represents our fears. People are often afraid of spiders and see them in their dreams. But over any fear can be defeated, so, tattoos with a spider can mean that a person overcame his inner fears and conquered his dark side - accepted himself as he is and ready to move on.
3. According to the third version tattoo spider means a trapFrom which the person has to get out. All of us in life have found ourselves in difficult crisis situations. Some have had to realize that their life is as fragile as a spider's web. And yet, even from the most difficult situations you can always find a way out.
In the style of Abstraction
The style of abstraction is, on the one hand, a rather incomprehensible drawing with many elements. On the other hand - a full-fledged picture of many patterns. It is characterized by a variety of subjects and even the image of faces in a peculiar style. The entire palette of colors is used, but the final image is far from the exact styles (eg, Realism).
Spider in this style is depicted, in most cases, as the main building block of the entire tattoo, while, he painted he can be abruptly, lines or solid pieces of silhouette. Tattoo is popular with both men and girls. It can be applied anywhere, depending on the size of the picture itself.
A great deal of emphasis in this style is placed on the component parts, which are assembled into a complete story, in the form of a spider with spider webs. The style is characterized by interlacing, overlaying one piece of picture on another, as well as shading. The edges are clear, with no blurring. There is no exact plot in the stylistics due to the technique of drawing the image.
Tattoo Black Widow Meaning
It is believed that Tattoo of the Black Widow - A symbol of femme fatale, strong and independent. Tattoo of the Black Widow choose strong women accustomed all achieve independently. This tattoo does not mean hatred for men, it is a symbol of severity, strong character and complete inner freedom.
Old Style
Oldschool is one of the most popular styles, and, mainly among the older generation of customers, fans of bikes and heavy metal. The style imitates old application techniques, uses a warm palette of yellow, red and orange, and always uses black dye as a base.
In this style, the spider, more often than not, is painted as an additional element to the main figure. A popular subject can be in the form of a skull in a cylinder, from which the insect descends on a thin web, also complement the element with revolvers or knives. But as the basis a spider can be used in Oldskul, only in this case it is also complemented by some objects.
Oldskul, most often, imply small tattoos, because the place for their application can be in the shoulders, forearms, hips, calves and even neck. Of artistic methods are using only shadows and highlights, very rarely can be used volume. Facets of the tattoo are clear, without blurring and matting.
Tattoo Spider on the Zone Meaning.
Tattoo spider in the world of prisoners means thief. Also a tattoo of a spider in the zone can mean a drug addict, a person with an addiction.
"If the spider crawls up the web - the criminal is unrepentant, and if the spider crawls down - the thief is done with crimes."
It's worth remembering that not every tattoo with a spider will look and be interpreted as a prison tattoo. If you decide to get a quality spider tattoo, don't worry about the fact that it may be perceived negatively. What matters is what you yourself put into the meaning of your sketch!
Neotraditional style
Neotradition is a fairly new style that combines sci-fi and fantasy. Of the subjects uses mostly faces, but in fact the drawing can be any. A spider can be depicted as the main element, it is also stuffed as an addition to the overall part of the tattoo, made in the form of a character's face.
The style itself is one of the most beautiful because of the great attention to detail. For example, if a face of some character is drawn and a spider is drawn only as addition, then the insect is drawn in very detailed way. If spider is stuffed as a main element, even hairs on legs and reflection in several eyes of insect are traced.
In this style any paint is used, but the painting itself is mostly matte. The most popular place for a Neotrade tattoo is on the shoulders, forearms and back, depending on the size of the image. Also use shadows, volume, reflections and other artistic techniques that make the tattoo even more unique and beautiful.
Sketches Tattoo Spider for Men
Men's spider tattoos often depict large spiders, in a slightly dark noir style. Men prefer large tattoos in the oldskool, newskool, and engraved styles.
Newskool style.
Unlike Oldkus style, where the main technique is to imitate old-fashioned tattooing techniques, Newschool is based on brighter colors, but, again, with a matte drawing technique and the use of cool tones. The tattoos in this style are beautiful and large in size, so they can be tattooed all over the arm, from the collarbone to the wrist, thus scoring the entire "sleeve".
The plot in Newschool can be anything, in most cases it is something fantastic. The spider can be used as the main element, as well as an additional element. Most often it is drawn in a rather cartoon style, which gives its own, unique style Newscool. Moreover, no special detail is adhered to, because the tattoo emphasizes the brightness and juiciness of the image.
Sketches Tattoo Spider for Girls.
Girls also often get tattoos with spiders. It is a symbol of Of hard work, subtle intelligence and cunning, the ability to get out of any situation. In addition, the spider can be portrayed very sophisticated and beautiful, which brings a special flavor to the image.
The Mystic Age of the Middle Ages
The Middle Ages came to a more occult explanation of the meaning of the symbol.
The spider became the living embodiment of infinity, rebirth. Like the living insect, tattoos were attributed the ability to endow the wearer with
- cunning;
- patience;
- attention to detail;
- survival;
- diligence;
- neatness and many other qualities.
Magic, which flourished during the Middle Ages, adopted a symbol that was used to scare people:
- spiders were thought to spread the plague;
- they were said to be messengers of the devil;
- young boys and girls were to beware of spiderwebs as an opportunity to fall into the bonds of black magic.
Drawing the spider - side view
First, let's define the diagram. Let us designate the abdomen and the thorax. The long, connected legs are attached directly to the head below. The abdomen remains free. Let's not let it go ourselves, and we will observe the real truths.
The second main point is that the feet are large, and they, like arched struts, hold the weight of the spider's body. You have to imagine and understand. First picture the paws on the right, there are four of them. Now distribute and depict the legs on the left. That's the way the spider turned out from the side - a wonderful and slender beauty.
Popular compositions
The plot of the tattoo directly depends on the chosen style and theme of the client himself. Very beautiful looks a large spider on the back with a clear drawing and attention to small details, including eyes and hairs. For example, a large tarantula with fangs and eyes with glitter will look great on a wide pumped back. And a small spider sitting on a spider's web will suit more to a female half of the clients, and to place such a tattoo can be even on the lower back.
If a graphic is chosen as the style, a spider is depicted next to a skull, bible or cross for more mystification, thus referring to aspects of religions, the theme of life and death, and the shortness of life.
Historical significance of the spider web tattoo
Wearable designs in the form of a spider's web have been used for quite some time. Even the South American Indians could see such a tattoo. At that time, it meant protection for its bearer, as well as the reliability of the protection. It was used not only on the body, but also hung as a talisman over the crib of the child. The spider was considered sacred, so he was worshipped for a time. Directly a tattoo had the following meaning: guiding threads, intertwining of destinies and movement of life in a circle.
Popular Tattoo Locations
The choice of location for a tattoo is selected based on the size of the image itself. For large subjects, the chest, back, and shoulders are more often used. For small images use forearms, wrists, lower back, calves, neck and shoulders. Also it is necessary to take into consideration the fact that the less muscles in the area of tattooing, the more painful it will be to apply it. For instance, to put a small tattoo on your hip will not be as painful as, for example, in the hand area. It is worth to discuss this topic with the master in a tattoo-salon, which will prompt, where better to make the first tattoo.
Realism Style
Realism is the most detailed style of tattooing. Sometimes the images look so accurate that it is almost impossible to distinguish from a photograph. Most often in this style, as a main element, use faces, thereby obtaining a sort of portrait style. But in fact the subject of the tattoo can be absolutely any.
All colors are used, including even the white color. A spider is used as an additional element to the main object. It can even be done as a tattoo on the body of a stuffed character. Thus we get the effect of "tattoo in tattoo", which looks very interesting. If an insect is depicted as the main element, then draw it, in most cases, against a burrow, skull, or as a symbol on a flag.
Realism - difficult in the drawing style. It is almost a detailed painting, that is why masters need a few sessions for the quality of the drawing, which should be taken into account when visiting the salon. Places of application can be any, shoulders, forearms, back, chest and even calves - all depends on the size of the tattoo.
