Neo-trad tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of a blue police box with a striped scarf wrapped around it, on the upper arm of a person wearing a grey top.

TARDIS with striped scarf on upper arm

Neo-traditional botanical tattoo of a pink rose with rosemary sprigs and grey-green leaves across the upper arm and shoulder.

Rose and rosemary on an upper arm

Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the upper arm showing a woman's face merged with a skull, with a butterfly wing over one eye and a Roman numeral clock behind.

Half skull and half woman face with clock on upper arm

Neo-traditional tattoo of a glass bottle filled with coloured hearts, surrounded by green clouds and sparkles, on an arm.

Heart bottle with sparkles and clouds

Sailor woman with ship in hair on thigh

Colour tattoo of a purple galaxy-textured cartoon character with crossed arms and a yellow star, set in a gold frame, on the inner forearm.

Galaxy cartoon character on forearm

Pencil drawing of a revolver with a spade on the grip, surrounded by three roses and leaves with vines, shown in black and grey as a tattoo design.

Revolver with roses and ace of spades

Colour tattoo of Jack Skellington, Sally and other Nightmare Before Christmas characters under a spiral moon, covering an upper arm and shoulder.

Nightmare Before Christmas characters on upper arm

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey tabby cat with orange eyes and purple clouds, on the back of a person's neck.

Grey cat with purple clouds on the neck

Neo-traditional flash design of two pink roses, a pastel banner reading Nugg Life, and a pile of chicken nuggets with a dipping sauce pot, with no body placement shown.

Nugg Life rose and nugget flash design

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an elephant head wearing a jewelled headdress with teal leaves, placed on the outer thigh.

Elephant head with jewelled headdress on thigh

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a fawn's head with pink blossoms, a daisy and red berries on an upper arm.

Deer with blossom on an upper arm

Black and grey drawing of a skull with bat wings and a small bat at its jaw, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design on white paper.

Winged skull with bat design

Three-panel photo of a neo-traditional horse tattoo with a feathered headdress and red accents on the upper arm.

Horse with feather headdress on an upper arm

Colour botanical tattoo of purple pansies, peach blossoms and green leaves arranged in a radial design on the forearm near the elbow.

Pansy and blossom design on an elbow

Neo-traditional tattoo of a stag head with bold outlined antlers wreathed in pink peonies and yellow flowers, on the thigh.

Stag with peony antler wreath on thigh

Arm with a colourful cartoon sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and forearm, holding a comic-printed skateboard with orange wheels.

Cartoon sleeve tattoo on an arm holding a skateboard

Colour tattoo of a pink coffee mug with teal leaves and the words death before decaf in teal script on a forearm, in a neo-traditional style.

Death before decaf mug on a forearm

Colour traditional tattoo of a cat wearing a teal collar in an ornate gold frame, with a red rose and black leaves below, on the thigh.

Cat in an ornate frame above a red rose

Black and grey neo-trad tattoo of a pin-up woman with feathers and a rose in her hair, shown on the outer thigh.

Pin-up woman with feathers on a thigh

Full arm sleeve tattoo in colour showing the Joker, Batman, a bat emblem and Two-Face, running from the shoulder to the wrist on a man wearing a grey vest.

Batman villains full sleeve tattoo on an arm

Black and grey pencil drawing of a shaded compass rose tattoo design with the words True North above it and ornate fleur-de-lis points.

Compass rose with True North lettering

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an open-mouthed dinosaur head holding a pink cupcake with a cherry, on a calf.

Dinosaur holding a cherry cupcake on a calf

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of peonies, anemone-style flowers and a moth across a person's upper arm and shoulder.

Peonies and moth on upper arm

Profile portrait with planet and lightning bolts

Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm of a hand fanning green banknotes, each with a yellow eye, surrounded by dark blue sparkles.

Hand fanning cash with eyes and sparkles

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a gold anchor with a jewelled heart, purple bow and pink cherry blossoms on a forearm.

Jewelled anchor with bow and blossoms on a forearm

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon penguin in a red bobble hat on an ice floe, with snowflakes and blue swirls, on the upper arm.

Cartoon penguin with snowflakes on an upper arm

Colour traditional tattoo of a blue TARDIS with a banner reading Just a Madman with a Box, with purple smoke and sparkles, on a forearm.

TARDIS with banner on a forearm

Profile portrait and stars on a full sleeve

Black and grey pencil drawing of a helmeted warrior woman with ornate scrollwork and a Greek key band, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.

Helmeted warrior woman with Greek key border

Neo-traditional flash design of a red-haired mermaid in a grey shell top, with a green scaled tail, wave pattern, stars and a red flower.

Mermaid with waves and red flower in ornate frame

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an ornate gold key wrapped in a teal ribbon on the calf.

Ornate key with teal ribbon on a calf

Colour tattoo of a round-headed skeleton figure in a long dark coat, set in a black ornate oval frame with a purple and yellow moon, bats and a swirl hill, on the thigh.

Skeleton figure in an ornate oval frame on a thigh

Colour neo-traditional style tattoo of a fairytale castle with fireworks and a small flying figure inside a scalloped heart on the thigh.

Castle and fireworks inside a heart on a leg

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a haunted house under a purple sky with bats and bare trees, covering the upper arm and shoulder.

Haunted house and bats on upper arm

Vivid colour tattoo of Maleficent with a green dragon and a staff on a forearm, in a bold neo-traditional style.

Maleficent and green dragon on a forearm

Pencil drawing of a stylised owl head with heavily shaded scales and large staring eyes, set within a decorative leafy and beaded border, with two pencils resting on the paper.

Pencil sketch of an owl in an ornamental frame

Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo flash design showing a portrait with a lightning bolt across the face, sparkles and a banner with the words ZIGGY PLAYED GUITAR.

Portrait with lightning bolt and banner design

Colour tattoo of the cartoon snowman Olaf from Frozen holding a carrot, with a blue diamond backdrop and sparkles, on the calf.

Olaf from Frozen holding a carrot on a calf

Colour tattoo of a wooden signpost with Shire, Winterfell and Hogwarts boards above a stack of pink, purple and green books, with sparkles, on a forearm.

Fantasy signpost and stacked books on a forearm

Coloured flash drawing of a flying pelican with outlined feathers, a koi fish, lotus flowers and irises on a pale background, in a bold neo-traditional style.

Flying pelican with koi and lotus flowers

Colour tattoo of a white cat with green eyes inside a gold ornate frame, surrounded by pink hydrangeas and green leaves, in a neo-traditional style on a leg.

Cat portrait with hydrangeas in an ornate frame

Skull with a galaxy in the cranium

Neo-traditional style tattoo of a purple and pink seahorse with a black outline and turquoise bubbles, placed on the side of the torso.

Purple seahorse with bubbles on the side

Profile portrait with red roses and green headwrap

Colour tattoo of a grey cartoon donkey wearing a green and yellow striped hat, with red blood splatters and lettering beneath, on a forearm.

Cartoon donkey in striped hat on forearm

Colour tattoo on a calf of a black cat wrapped with pink peonies, green leaves and a white snake, in a Japanese-inspired neo-traditional style.

Black cat with peonies and snake on a calf