Visual Arts and Related Topics — Vocabulary Flashcards

A list of vocabulary flashcards covering emerging art, visual arts, styles, tattooing, integrative arts, webcomics, and various forms of animation and piercings.

Emerging art

Art produced by rising young artists; newcomers whose works are increasingly accepted in the marketplace.

Visual arts

Art forms that use forms, shapes, and colors to convey meaning and express ideas and feelings.

Happening

A performance-like artwork emphasizing energy and movement; the work is experienced as an event rather than a static image.

Surrealism

An art style that combines images and ideas in a dreamlike way; focuses on dreams, the unconscious, and personal imagination.

Tattooing and body piercing

Forms of self-expression involving ink on the body or jewelry in the body; used to remember occasions or symbolize affection.

Traditional (tattoo style)

Classic tattoo style with bold outlines and a limited color palette.

Tribal (tattoo style)

Tattoo style based on indigenous patterns and solid black designs.

Minimalist (tattoo style)

Tattoo style using simple lines, forms, and minimal color.

Portrait (tattoo style)

Tattoo style focused on realistic or stylized representations of people.

Neo Traditional (tattoo style)

Modernized traditional tattoo with more detail, shading, and color.

Realism (tattoo style)

Tattoo style aiming for lifelike, photo-realistic depictions.

New school (tattoo style)

Cartoonish, exaggerated colors and imagery; playful and imaginative.

Geometric (tattoo style)

Tattoo style using geometric shapes and patterns.

Irezumi

Japanese traditional tattoo style.

Blackwork

Tattoo style that uses solid black ink and bold fill.

2D animation

Two-dimensional animation—flat, non-depth visuals.

3D animation

Three-dimensional animation with depth and volume.

Stop motion

Animation created by photographing objects frame by frame with real movement.

Rotoscope

Animation technique that traces over live-action footage.

Mechanical

Animation method using mechanical rigs or devices to move figures.

Flipbook

A book with a sequence of images that create motion when flipped.

Whiteboard

Animation created from drawings on a whiteboard, captured frame by frame.

Cutout

Animation using flat shapes or cutouts moved frame by frame.

Typography

Animation or motion design focused on text and font treatment.

Claymation

Stop-motion animation using clay figures.

Namida

Namida is a Japanese word meaning tears; appears in the notes as a title.

Webtoons

A digital comic genre popular in South Korea; web-based comics.

Tapas

A webcomics app offering a large selection of stories and artistic styles.

Lezhin Comics

App releasing new chapters weekly with free and premium content.

Comics Plus

App for offline reading of comics; download and read without internet.

Manga Rock

App offering more than 100,000 manga volumes; a popular reading app.

Animation

A filmmaking technique created by manipulating still images to produce moving images; aided by motion graphics and computer technology.

Bridge (piercing)

Piercing across the nose bridge between the eyes.

Tragus

Cartilage at the front of the ear canal; common piercing site.

Rook

Cartilage piercing in the inner ear area.

Daith

Cartilage piercing through the innermost ear fold.

Conch

Piercing through the conch area of the outer ear.

Anti-tragus

Cartilage opposite the tragus on the ear.

Industrial

Two holes in the upper ear connected by a single bar.

Lobe

Soft lower part of the outer ear, commonly pierced.

Helix

Outer rim of the ear cartilage.

Snug

Cartilage piercing located along the inner rim of the ear.

Orbital

Two piercings connected by a hoop to form an orbit around the ear.

Third eye

Nose/forehead piercing location often referenced as a 'third eye' piercing.

Nostril

Piercing through the nostril of the nose.

Septum

Piercing through the nasal septum (the wall between the nostrils).