These are all examples of traditional tattoos that perfectly blend that old-school style of ink with timeless caricatures and symbols. That stereotypical "MOM" heart-shaped tat on your bicep?

so I became intimate with a lot of these old-school tattoo guys. At the time they were, well, they were alive back then. Most of them are not now. I got to get up close and personal with these ...

A large photo of Willis’s tattoo is just one of the many quirky items featured in “Old-School Ink: New Haven’s Tattoos,” an exhibition at the New Haven Museum on view through March 10 ...