Old school (tattoo)

Old school (tattoo) refers to a Western or traditional American tattoo style featuring bold black outlines and a limited color palette. This limited color palette typically included yellow, red, green and black. Purple was eventually added to it as well.

Famous artists are:

Examples of popular old school tattoo designs include:

Often times, these tattoos had significance behind them for those in the Armed Forces. For instance, getting a tattoo of an anchor represented "stability."

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