Traditional American tattoo originated with the work of Norman ‘Sailor Jerry’ Collins.

American traditional tattoo style is as a mix of symbolism, animal totems, nautical imagery, war themes, and nods to tattoo tradition stretching back even before Sailor Jerry’s time, including Japanese tattoos, Polynesian and Native American influences.

Sailor Jerry passed in 1973 but his influence as a tattoo artist lives on through a host of tattoo shop proteges and contemporaries, traditional tattoo flash art, and the neo traditional style, which takes the fundamentals of old school tattoo and adds contemporary color palettes, technical design and application ideas.

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1. Neo Traditional Style Tattoos

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Neo traditional tattoo is a bulked up variation of the traditional American tattoo which has evolved along with the tattoo machine.

Neo traditional tattoos have a wider array of bright, intense color palettes and broader range of style variations including cartoon, comic book, and realistic tattoo imagery.

This body art style is known for vivid, ultra realistic tattoo combined with an old school use of symbolic imagery. Neo traditional artwork tends towards the luridly bold with line and color yet keeps blackwork outline and font elements of old school a focal point of the design array.

The classic look can be overrun by the vivid contemporary flourishes but offer the underpinning technical aspects to these neo traditional tattoo designs.

2. Traditional Rose Tattoos

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The rose has long been a popular tattoo for both men and women. Most tattoo art traditionalists tend to believe the rose, a beautiful, bright flower, symbolizes beauty or is a representation of our love lives.