Neo-trad tattoo ideas

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Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a pale, wide-eyed ghoulish character with wild hair and a striped suit and tie, on the upper arm.
Ghoulish character in striped suit on upper arm
Back of a woman's neck and shoulders showing a colourful sugar skull moth tattoo on the neck and a large black and grey Japanese back piece with a pagoda, moon and geisha.
Sugar skull moth on neck with Japanese back piece
Colour tattoo of a compass rose with a fleur-de-lis at the top and a dotwork mandala behind it, on the upper arm.
Compass rose with fleur-de-lis on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a pair of red glitter ruby slippers with blue highlights and a star on an upper arm, with banner lettering above.
Ruby slippers tattoo on an arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman with waved hair and orange earrings, holding a fan with a hand and eye design, on an upper arm.
Portrait of a woman with a fan on the upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a realistic white dog portrait with a red headband, a red rose, and a dark mandala above.
Dog portrait with rose and mandala
Black and grey tattoo sleeve on an arm showing a panther head, roses, flowers and an eye, photographed from behind against a dark wooden wall.
Black and grey sleeve with panther and roses
Colourful cupcake tattoo topped with a cherry and surrounded by stars and a candy on the upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Cherry cupcake with stars on upper arm
Colour neo-trad tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder of a hand with a raised middle finger, surrounded by scissors, thread, a paintbrush and ink bottle, with PRIDE IN CRAFT on banners.
Hand and craft tools on an upper arm
Collage of six butterfly and moth tattoos on the back, thigh and upper arm, in watercolour, neo-traditional and bold outline styles.
Butterfly and moth tattoos on skin
Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo sleeve on an upper arm, showing a hot air balloon, a red rose and a sunburst.
Hot air balloon and rose sleeve on upper arm
Colour tattoo of two cartoon cats in an ornate gold frame on a blue background, with a banner reading Darling, on an upper arm in neo-traditional style.
Two cartoon cats in a gold frame with Darling banner
Colour tattoo of paisley-style flowers, leaves and a feather on a person's upper arm and shoulder, in Neo-trad style.
Colourful paisley and floral arm tattoo
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a geometric sunflower with green, orange and red petals and a brick-patterned centre, on the upper arm.
Geometric sunflower on an upper arm
Colour neo-trad style tattoo of a cat beside a grey moon and green crystals on a galaxy background, on the upper arm.
Cat, moon and galaxy on an upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of the Jurassic Park logo with a dinosaur silhouette on the upper arm, with a red and green rose tattoo above it.
Jurassic Park logo tattoo on upper arm
Neo-trad style butterfly tattoo in teal, blue and purple with black outlines, sitting on the upper arm.
Teal and purple butterfly on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a Deadpool mask in bold black outlines, red and grey shading and red splatter, on the upper arm.
Deadpool mask on the upper arm
Neo-traditional sleeve tattoo of red roses, green leaves and grey acanthus scrollwork covering the upper arm and shoulder of a shirtless man.
Acanthus and rose sleeve on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an anthropomorphic ginger cat in a green top hat, monocle and green coat, set within an ornate gold frame on the upper arm.
Dapper cat in top hat and monocle on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional sugar skull tattoo with dark red roses, a green vine and a spade on the upper arm.
Sugar skull with roses on upper arm
Colour tattoo of an astronaut riding a purple and teal dinosaur with a snarling head, in bold outlines, on the upper arm.
Astronaut riding a dinosaur on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of Wonder Woman in a comic book style on an upper arm, with a lasso, stars and a dove around her.
Wonder Woman portrait on an upper arm
Colour pin-up tattoo of a woman in a blue swimsuit holding a Coca-Cola bottle, with a palm tree and sun, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Pin-up with Coca-Cola bottle on full sleeve
Colour Halloween sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing carved jack-o'-lanterns, a haunted house, a ghost, a scarecrow and corn cobs in a painterly neo-trad style.
Halloween sleeve with pumpkins and a scarecrow
Colour neo-trad tattoo of two sugar skulls, roses and a sunflower covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Sugar skulls and roses on upper arm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing pink flowers, green leaves, a Made in Oregon sign, a Bend badge and a neon Rogue sign, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Oregon signs and pink flowers on an upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a sailing ship in a glass bottle wrapped in rope, with an orange sunset, on the upper arm.
Ship in a bottle on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a dog in a blue hooded robe with clasped hands, framed by yellow and red roses and a winged skull.
Dog in hooded robe with roses and skull
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box and red and orange Daleks against a green burst, covering the upper arm.
TARDIS and Daleks on an upper arm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing an Art Nouveau woman in profile holding pink flowers, set within a round floral frame in neo-traditional style.
Art Nouveau woman with flowers on an upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's face with swept dark hair and yellow scroll accents, on the upper arm.
Woman's face portrait on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a dark-haired mermaid with teal scales, red roses and a conch shell, on the upper arm.
Mermaid with roses and shell on a limb
Neo-traditional tattoos of a snarling grey wolf head and a snarling black bear head, side by side on the upper arms.
Wolf and bear heads on two arms
Colour comic-style tattoo of Wonder Woman mid-action with a golden lasso, on the upper arm.
Wonder Woman with golden lasso
Colour tattoo of a green sack-like cartoon monster with a swirl motif and three dice on the upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Green sack monster and dice on upper arm
Full arm sleeve tattoo of oak leaves and tree bark in colour, running from the upper arm down to the wrist.
Oak leaves and bark arm sleeve
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a wolf with crystal shards and an orange moon, on the upper arm.
Wolf with crystal shards on upper arm
Colour sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing a robin and a blue tit perched among wheat stalks, in a neo-traditional style with a black ornate key.
Robin and blue tit sleeve with wheat
Colour tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a winged eyeball, pinstriping, flames and a red hot rod in a traditional style.
Winged eyeball and hot rod on upper arm
A black linework sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a crowned queen with ornamental scrollwork and a lion or animal motif near the wrist.
Crowned queen sleeve in linework
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a cartoon bird wearing a purple bow with a small skull, with feathers and music notes, on the upper arm.
Colourful cartoon bird on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a woman in a flower crown and a blue star-patterned dress beside a crescent moon, in blue and teal tones, on the upper arm.
Woman with crescent moon on upper arm
Two colour neo-traditional tattoos side by side: a hairless cat with a pearl necklace on an upper arm, and a Siamese cat in an ornate gold frame with white flowers on a thigh.
Two neo-traditional cat tattoos on arm and thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a pin-up woman in a red polka dot dress cooking at a stove, with steam and a sunburst, on an upper arm.
Pin-up cook at a stove on upper arm
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a fox seen from behind, with orange swirl patterns and black outlines, on the upper arm near the elbow.
Orange fox with swirling linework on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a sugar skull style cat face with pink, orange and yellow detailing on the upper arm, with a pink rose above it.
Sugar skull cat on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon nurse with a stethoscope, pills, a bandage and a caduceus, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Cartoon nurse with medical motifs on upper arm