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Tattoo Workshop: Visual Language, Identity & Cultural Symbolism

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This course introduces tattoo as a visual language, exploring its cultural history, symbolism, and connection to the human body.Weekly workshops and guided exercises help students develop technical and conceptual skills through drawing, composition, iconography, and body-aware design.

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About This Course

Tattooing is one of the oldest forms of human self-expression and continues to evolve as a sophisticated fine art form. This course introduces tattoo as a visual language, exploring its cultural history, symbolism, and connection to the human body. Students examine cross-cultural traditions and apply these insights to contemporary design. Weekly workshops and guided exercises help students develop technical and conceptual skills through drawing, composition, iconography, and body-aware design. Materials include pencils, markers, stencil tools, and other tattoo-related supplies. No prior tattoo experience is required. Open to beginning and intermediate students, as well as visual artists interested in exploring tattoo as a narrative medium and contemporary fine art discipline

This course applies toward the following programs

certificate Ignite your creativity and prepare for a career in graphic design. Learn how to think like a designer while developing the visual literacy needed to thrive in a professional setting. Feel confident in your skills through portfolio reviews, a capstone course, mentorship and internship opportunities.

Ignite your creativity and prepare for a career in graphic design. Learn how to think like a designer while developing the visual literacy needed to thrive in a professional setting. Feel confident in your skills through portfolio reviews, a capstone course, mentorship and internship opportunities.