Some say that there is no difference between the traditional tattoos and neo-traditional tattoo; although the differences are small, they are still there. Traditional tattoos are dark and difficult due to the stroke color. They deliberately kept simple and consists of a limited color palette to red, green, yellow, brown and blue with little or no shading.
Tattoo culture of the time was outside the very fringe of society and the periphery, in contrast to the mainstream appeal and artistic credibility today. These iconic images stamped sailors would get their bodies as a celebration of service; Only an experienced sailor to distant lands and has a certain number of miles traveled one was able to see the swallows, for example. Traditional tattoos customly not create, but they are just taking flash walls.
The "traditional" sticks to the individual images: patriotic symbols such as eagles, boats, anchors, the American flag, daggers, pin ups, swallows and nautical stars. All of these classic symbols came from sailors and naval icons were prevalent in the early 20th century, when the service will return to the States and get tattooed.
Neo-traditional tattoos taxed classical, durable art form through the same techniques; thick lines and heavy color saturation minimum shading and detail. However, the images and quantity of the samples is generally more varied and diverse color palette used. A purely "American" style tattoo, traditional neo picked candles, lighthouses, diamonds, caskets and other concepts and put them in the "traditional" way.
Not to be confused with the "New School", a more cartoonish, exaggerated style and colorful tattoos, a Neo-traditional awakening of the "Old School", a celebration of the roots and origins.
innate beauty that traditional tattoo style appeals to all generations of fans; bold lines and colors are blurred less, which is the longevity and lasting quality that many desire.
Apart from black and gray, was one of the only traditional tattoo styles are the test of time and still wear them public. The beauty of the traditional tattoos are just that; there will always be artists seek to recreate the classic tattoos and the culture that helped pave the way, and the tattoo industry what it is today.
Today, artists like Myke Chambers opened a new generation of professional tattoo traditional, uplifting the art is a new frontier, and keep the tradition alive.