Neo-trad tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo on a forearm of a mint ice cream scoop shaped like a cat's face, with a chocolate drip and cherry, beside red flowers in a neo-traditional style.

Cat-face ice cream cone on a forearm

Colour neo-trad style tattoo of a cartoon owl perched on an open book in front of an orange moon, on the upper arm.

Cartoon owl on an open book with a moon

Colour tattoo of a grey kaiju monster breathing a blue flame, surrounded by red flames and orange clouds, on the lower leg.

Kaiju monster breathing fire on a calf

Colour tattoo of beetroot, carrots and potatoes with green leaves and a hand reaching in, placed on the upper arm.

Root vegetables and a reaching hand on an upper arm

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a dog's face inside a black heart with red flowers, on the inner upper arm, with a rose tattoo on the forearm below.

Dog portrait in a heart on an upper arm

Neo-traditional tattoo of a sloth in red glasses and a plaid scarf, holding a takeaway coffee cup, on the upper arm.

Sloth with glasses and coffee on upper arm

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of three ravens wrapped around a central eyeball with yellow lightning bolts and stars, across the outer thigh.

Ravens, eye and lightning on a thigh

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a Siamese cat wearing a pearl necklace, with red roses, a fan and a banner on skin.

Siamese cat with roses and fan

Fox and yellow rose on a forearm

Neo-traditional flash design of a red-haired mermaid with a teal tail, two fish and a SIREN banner, in an oval frame.

Mermaid with fish in an oval frame

Colour tattoo of a pink cartoon pony with a teal curly mane and tail, surrounded by purple flowers and star sparkles, on the inner forearm.

Pink pony and flowers on a forearm

Two colour tattoos on the thighs: a ribcage wrapped in yellow and grey flowers on the left, and an anatomical heart with a mountain landscape on the right.

Ribcage and heart thigh tattoos

Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of lace, a bow and acanthus scrolls wrapping the forearm.

Lace, bow and acanthus scrolls on a forearm

Colourful watercolour-style tattoo with black outlined cartoon cats and abstract splashes covering a forearm, with a person in green trousers seated beside it.

Watercolour cartoon cats on a forearm

Colour tattoo on a forearm of a princess silhouette in an ornate grey frame, topped by a blue carriage and a heart, with a pink bow below and the script words Once upon a dream above.

Silhouette in ornate frame on a forearm

Colour tattoo of pizza slices forming a peace symbol with the words Give Pizza Chance around the edge, in a neo-trad style on an ankle.

Pizza slices and Give Pizza Chance

Back of a hand covered in black lace-style ornament and a mandala flower, with a blue and yellow moth at its centre and key designs on the fingers.

Lace and moth hand tattoo

Colour neo-traditional feather tattoo with ornate patterns on the inner forearm, resting on a black leather chair.

Ornate colour feather on the forearm

Neo-traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a Cheshire Cat grin, cupcake, top hat, teacup, red spotted mushrooms and playing cards above a 'Drink Me' bottle.

Alice in Wonderland upper arm piece

Colourful ornamental feather tattoo with yellow, pink and teal patterns on the forearm, set against a black outline.

Ornate colour feather on a forearm

Pencil sketch of a tattoo design in neo-traditional style showing a woman with tear-streaked cheeks, surrounded by roses, a cameo, a bat wing and a spider.

Woman portrait with roses and bat wings sketch

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman holding a crystal ball, with roses and a jewelled butterfly headpiece, on an upper arm.

Crystal ball woman and roses on upper arm

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a bee and a red honeycomb heart with honeysuckle and leaves on the side of a neck.

Bee and honeycomb heart on the side of the neck

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a Roman numeral clock, autumn leaves and a banner reading UNTIL THE VERY END, on the upper chest.

Clock and autumn leaves with banner on chest

Line drawing of a woman's face with a feather headpiece, peony-style roses, curled hair and a cameo, in a neo-traditional style, with no body placement shown.

Neo-trad woman with roses and feather

Colour tattoo of a pastel green and pink narwhal inside a purple heart with stars, in a neo-traditional style with bold black outlines, on the thigh.

Narwhal inside a heart on the thigh

Colour tattoo of a pink-frosted cupcake with a green striped wrapper and a sugar skull with a yellow flower on the upper back.

Sugar skull cupcake on upper back

Pink lotus flower tattoo with a black outline and yellow centre on the back of a hand, with buds and petals across the wrist in a neo-traditional style.

Pink lotus tattoo on the back of a hand

Two colour tattoos in a neo-trad style: a sugar skull portrait with blue hair on the calf and a sugar skull portrait with flaming red hair on the forearm, with script lettering below.

Sugar skull portraits on calf and forearm

Full back tattoo in colour showing roses, a tree, a frog playing a banjo, a pocket watch and stacked books on a bare back.

Large back piece with roses, tree and banjo frog

Neo-traditional tattoo of a pink and purple peony with teal centres and green leaves on the forearm, with a woman's head above it.

Pink and purple peony on a forearm

Neo-traditional full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a red-sailed ship in a lightning storm above an octopus and sharks in green sea.

Pirate ship and octopus full sleeve

Colour tattoo of two songbirds perched among blackberry branches across the upper abdomen, in a neo-traditional style.

Two songbirds and blackberries across the stomach

Full back tattoo of a multi-armed goddess wearing a skull garland, set against a red sun disc, with a lotus on the shoulder and a blue sleeve on the arm, in Japanese and neo-traditional style.

Goddess with skulls full back tattoo

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a bouquet of cartoon flowers with smiling faces and a blue bow with a gem, on the thigh.

Cartoon flower bouquet with bow on a thigh

Colour tattoo on a forearm in neo-traditional style, showing a stylised woman's face above a pink lotus flower with swirling orange and green shapes.

Woman and lotus colour tattoo on a forearm

Blue-haired woman with ship and wave

Colour tattoo of red blossoms, blue forget-me-nots and slender grass stems on the lower leg above the ankle, in a botanical neo-traditional style.

Red blossoms and forget-me-nots on a calf

Pencil and red-accented sketch of a woman with an updo and an ornate lace-style collar, drawn in a neo-traditional portrait style as a tattoo design.

Portrait of a woman with an ornate collar sketch

Neo-traditional tattoo of a glowing UFO over pine trees and a purple night sky, framed in an oval with the words I WANT TO BELIEVE below, on the thigh.

UFO and pine trees on a thigh

Colour Japanese style chest tattoo of a humpback whale surrounded by turquoise waves, with a small seated figure in a red and gold sunburst on the chest.

Humpback whale and waves on a chest

Pencil sketch of a woman wearing a wolf head headdress entwined with flowers and leaves, drawn as a tattoo design with no body part shown.

Woman with wolf headdress sketch

Upper arm tattoo of an ornate spade with teal filigree scrolls and black lettering reading We're all mad here, in a decorative lettering style.

Ornate spade with 'We're all mad here' lettering

Colour traditional-style tattoo of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha with four arms and a small mouse beneath, on a calf.

Ganesha on a calf

Black and white photo of a large black and grey skull tattoo covering a person's back, with a dotwork star on the upper back and a portrait on the arm.

Skull and star back tattoo in black and grey

Black and white line drawing of a woman with a flower in her hair holding a dagger, with the word PSYCHO across her brow, in a neo-traditional flash style.

Woman with dagger and PSYCHO lettering

Colour botanical tattoo of pink peonies, a grey flower, green leaves and red berries across a woman's left shoulder and upper back.

Peonies and berries across a shoulder

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a grinning shark head rising from a purple cupcake beneath a parasol, with bubbles, on the outer thigh.

Shark cupcake with parasol on thigh