Old school tattoo designs on tattoo artistAmund Dietzel
American traditional,Western traditional or simplytraditional[1]: 18 is atattoo style featuring bold black outlines and a limited color palette, with common motifs influenced bysailor tattoos.[2] The style is sometimes calledold school and contrasted with "new school" tattoos, which it influenced, and which use a wider range of colors, shading, and subjects.[1]: 61
Norman Keith Collins, also known asSailor Jerry, (1911–1973) was one of the most well-known traditional tattoo artists.[4]
Amund Dietzel (1890–1974), Norwegian-born artist who began his career as a sailor, before settling in the United States. Known as the "Master inMilwaukee".
Don Ed Hardy (born 1945) a driving force in incorporatingJapanese tattoo aesthetics and techniques into American traditional.[5]
Herbert Hoffmann (1919–2010), began tattooing in Germany during the 1930s. Together with fellow artists Karlmann Richter and Albert Cornelissen, he was featured in the 2004 filmBlue Skin (German:Flammend' Herz).
Bert Grimm (1900–1985). Began his career in the city ofSt. Louis and then moved toLong Beach, California, to set up a shop at theNu-Pike. His parlour was said to be the oldest continually running in the continental US and the place for sailors to get inked. Grimm sold the shop to Bob Shaw in 1970.
Bob Shaw (1926–1993), American artist who learned tattooing from Bert Grimm inSt. Louis. Later worked with Grimm and became the president of the National Tattoo Association from 1983–1988.[6]
Samuel Steward one of the "old masters", best known for his memoirBad Boys and Tough Tattoos, which continues to be used to teach apprentice tattoo artists.[7]
American traditional tattoos are characterized by multiple features, including bright and saturated yellow, red, and green colors, as well as black shading. These primary colors are applied in a way such that they remain clear on the skin over a person's lifetime. In addition, American traditional tattoos use designs of recognizable shapes and objects, such as hearts and flowers.[8]
As a result of these designs becoming increasingly popular and common, tattoo parlors would frequently prepare displays of these designs in front of their shops, and were referred to asflash tattoos.[8]
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