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Popularised by saliors in the early 1940's,
American traditional tattoos have a focus on bold
black lines and colours.
The tattoo shop of a heavily inked
former Navy man named Norman Collins, aka Sailor Jerry combined vivid
color and bold iconography to create a new kind of tattooing. His
designs remain widly popular to this day.
Pros
- Simple and bold images heal well, with proven lasting power
- Designs are repeatable, which is called flash, which means they are cheap
The black and grey tattoo style began in prisons, as
inmates only had access to one colour of ink – black – to use with
their tattoos.
Tattoos were prohibited, so prisoners would have to create their
tattoos in secrecy, making use of whatever materials that they could
find. Inmates would use guitar strings or safety pins for needles, and
cigarette ash or pen ink to create their tattoos.
Pros
- Extremely versitile, withs lots of sub-styles, like realism, old-school and chicano
- Combine well with other styles
Watercolour tattoos are inspired by and resemble
watercolor paintings.
In watercolor tattoos, different shades of
color connect with each seamlessly, fading out at the edges instead of
ending in sharp, solid lines like in a traditional tattoo.
Pros
- As a newer style, innovations and creativity is high in this style
- An extremely colourful and playful style
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