Sophomores as well as sailors get inked at Great Lakes Tattoo, but the city's traditional tattoo culture lives on.

When Leo Zulueta opened Spiral Tattoo in Ann Arbor in 2000, he brought with him 20 years of tattooing experience and a national reputation as the originator of the contemporary tribal tattoo movement.

The style, once dismissed for being culturally appropriative and meathead-y, is back. By Joseph Bernstein Reporting from Ann Arbor, Mich. Sometimes, a customer walks into Name Brand Tattoo on North ...