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Old School style Tattoos (and Old Skool) become popular in 1920’s.

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The main characteristics of the old school design are large and bold images made with solid colours and thick outlines in either blue or black. The reason for the big and bold designs can mainly be attributed to the fact that the techniques used to create the tattoos are very different than those used today.

Because the quality of the machines and the ink were not very good, the designs were kept simple and bold so they would wear well over time.

Another reason that the tattoos were kept simple is that the artists creating them were not highly trained, so keeping them simple produced a better result than elaborate images.

A third reason for the boldness of the images was the stencils. Back then the design would be cut into acetate and powdered charcoal would be rubbed into the etching before being applied onto the skin. The charcoal very quickly smeared so a