The name of the general pattern of the tattooed arm.

OldSchool is one of the two major categories of American tattoo styles, and the other is called NewSchool, which can be understood as American old-school style and American new-school style. The flower arm patterns in the old-school style are mostly drawn with thick black lines, and the colors are full without any excessive shadows. These patterns look tough and nostalgic. Most of the old designs are sailor's life, daggers, roses, skeletons and so on. And the new ones have added animation and street graffiti.

Black and gray realistic flower arms, in fact, realistic flower arms are also divided into color and black and gray, but most of them like to choose black and gray realism. Black-gray realistic flower arms are not necessarily all black-gray, the main color is black-gray style, and it must be dark color matching. In reality, the flower arm pattern is large, usually one or two patterns are half-arms.

Puncture tattoo is also a very popular style abroad, and its English name is dotwork. It can be understood as a pattern composed of tiny dots, so it requires great patience from the tattoo artist. Puncture tattoo looks a bit like black and gray realistic style, but it is easy to distinguish when you look closely: the puncture pattern is granular and frosted.

Traditional flower arm is the most common flower arm style in China at present, followed by black and gray realism. Traditional tattoos refer to tattoos with oriental colors, which are a major category of tattoo styles, among which traditional Japanese tattoos are the most famous. The patterns are mostly koi fish, samurai, etc. The pattern is large, usually with arms and full back, which is more exaggerated.

Totem tattoo is one of the earliest tattoo styles. Primitive tribes have a tradition of painting totems on their bodies, and the patterns are mostly tribal logos and belief totems.