Old school tattoos refer to those we often think of as body art on sailors, bikers, and prisoners those tried and true designs that seem to remain perennially popular. These tattoos often incorporate the ubiquitous heart and banner, a voluptuous babe in a variety of poses, or skulls and roses.

The style of these tattoos has a particular flourish, and they usually incorporate a lot of primary colors: red, blue, green, yellow and black. This is because in the early days of Western tattoo art, it was not common to mix inks like many artists do today.