There seems to be a number of traditional artists who feel that if they can create beautiful works on paper or canvas, they should be just as able to create beautiful tattoos. While that may be true for some, there are some major differences between tattooing someone's arm and painting on a canvas. This list of comparisons can help distinguish those differences.
Top 5 Differences Between Tattooing and Traditional Art
From Karen L. Hudson, About.com GuideJuly 26, 2009
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Pretty much…But what you call “traditional” is drawing in a paper? I thought you can consider that Traditional is, also, arts like Ta Tau and Ta Moko / Kirituhi, and about the “pigments” sounds so pro, but aare ink anyway, or should we say “pigment-vegetal/tainting for skin” instead what used all the whole life: Ink
Funny this should come up as I have been wondering just that very thing today.