Biomechanical & Bioorganic Tattoo Style

Published on 7 September 2024 at 20:06

Biomechanical & Bioorganic tattoos - independent style 

Biomechanical tattoos consist of components that are connected under the surface of the skin and are displayed in a maximally 3D format.

Everything you need to know about biomechanical and bioorganic tattoos is here :) They consist of components that combine nature, science fiction and realism to depict what lies beneath the skin in the most realistic 3D format.

The styles have many common features, but the main difference is that bio-organic tattoos include only "natural elements" earth elements, which includes organic and its elements, connects man and nature in its general expression. Namely also organic beings that possibly inhabit other galaxies.

In turn, biomechanical tattoos have a similar design, but they represent technology - essentially a technological being where man is a machine.

Essentially, biomech combines an oily, visceral form with solid, metal-like structures. Simply put, it is a combination of both organic matter and mechanics.

Both styles came into vogue after 1979. In various respects, responsible for it is the Swiss artist H.R. Giger. Giger is best known for his book Necronomicon (1977) as well as his design work for Ridley Scott's 1979 feature film Alien. As a painter and artist, Giger worked to create a medium that combined human forms with alien forms and internal organs. "Some people say that my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with an emphasis on death, blood, overpopulation, strange creatures and the like, but I don't think, that it is so," H.R. Giger. 

A Swiss artist is best known for his airbrushed images in which the structure of the human body was mixed

up with machines, which is known as "bio-art style."

Giger began with small ink drawings before moving on to oil paintings. For most of his career he worked primarily with airbrush, creating monochromatic canvases depicting surreal, nightmarish dreamscapes. He also worked with pastels, markers and ink. Later, abandoning  a i r b r u s h i n g  ,  p a s t e l s  , markers and ink.

H e  turnes to and became part of the special effects team that won an American Academy Award for the visual design of Ridley Scott's 1979 science fiction horror film Alien, and was responsible for creating the titular Alien.

His works are permanently exhibited at the H.R. Giger Museum in Gruyères, Switzerland. His style has been adapted for many types of media, including album covers, furniture, tattoos, and video games.

His first successful attempt to address an audience with visual art was in 1969, when his painting was published as a poster. Giger cited Ernst Fuchs and Salvador Dali as major influences on his body and machine stylizations. 

Afterwards, his representative biomechanic style was then refined into what it is today. Now we know it as biomechanical tattoo design along with many other artistic variations. 

Biomechanical and bioorganic tattoos became popular thanks to the success of the film, with the first examples inspired by the artwork, that Giger published in his Necronomicon books. Peruvian painter Boris Vallejo and American painter Frank Frazetta also offered plenty of inspiration for tattoo artists exploring biomechanical and bioorganic styles. 

I.n.t.e.r.e.s.t.i.n.g His father, a pharmacist, considered art to be a "profession without bread" and strongly encouraged him to study pharmacy. Of course, artist can’t be convinced of another path. 

Giger's art has influenced and inspired tattoo artists and fetishists all around the world.

We ‘re also at travel list to visit in the near future put a tick Switzerland, Saint-Germain Castle in Gruyères, which now houses the H.R. Giger Museum, which is a permanent repository of his works. Further straight to the developed by Giger Bar Château St. Germain, Gruyere, Switzerland :)

OK :) We have no right not to touch the origin of the tattoo style, let's move further. Who chooses this style of tattoo and why? It's not at all a stencil tattoo and the cost may surprise you. These styles are tailored as tattoos for the person not the other way around, considering that they are specifically designed for the person who will be wearing them and are created to perfectly fit the anatomy of that individual's body. This style tattoos are chosen by individuals :)

Both styles attempt to illustrate what lies beneath the skin, heavily influenced by science fiction, realism and combining elements of the natural world with the supernatural, which the mind usually perceives through the prism of fantasy.

Art is always open to interpretation. Therefore, there can be many reasons why a person chooses a biomechanical / bioorganic tattoo sleeve. You may disagree but consider the essence of this tattoo as Alter Ego. An intense relationship between two entities, where one person has become a particularly strong identification figure for the other person and to some extent a part of his own identity. Which breaks through the skin reflecting the essence and outlook of the world in Your B.B. tattoo.

Certainly, designs in this style are intricate and designed to create an impression of depth and dimension. Biomechanical tattoos can be customized to suit an individual's taste, so designs can be created where organic material seamlessly blends with mechanical parts, among other things. Some key features remain constant in this tattoo design. These include the use of saturated colors to create realistic tissue, tendons and ligaments partially using areas that are not covered by creating the presence of real skin in the tattoo.

We are ready to conclude this section with a small exception - OK to put it correctly, a farewell, from the previous publication :) The essence of the matter is that while preparing this publication, a discussion arose, that this style should also talk about Steam Punk, which is related to Biomechanics and even similar in performance. 

S o,  a s  you can see in the pictures, there are similarities, but  s t e a m p u n k  integral part is the clock or its mechanism,  w h i c h  i s  r e f l e c t e d  in the t a t t o o.  W h y ?  Find out  b y  r e a d i n g  the p r e v i o u s  publication :) 

P.S. 

Biomechanical / bioorganic tattoos are a stylistic approach to tattooing that combines the human body with modern designs, making it appear as if the body consists of mechanical parts. In B.B. tattoos, details and realism are important. Only when it is impossible to tell from a short distance whether the tattoo is real, or a mechanical device is the desired tattoo effect achieved. 

It would be foolish to touch upon the master’s choice who would undertake to perform a work of this style. Without good 3D tattooing skills there is nothing to do here - this style is a project that will take more than a month. Imagine that your muscles and bones are replaced with metal and mechanical connections, wires and tubes - this is not even close to an ordinary tattoo.