Neo-trad tattoo ideas

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Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a dachshund wearing a top hat and feather in a gold frame with pink background, on the calf.
Dachshund in top hat in an ornate frame on a calf
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a horned beast face above a red rose in a pink oval, placed on the thigh.
Horned beast and rose on a thigh
Pencil sketch of a pocket watch with Roman numerals wrapped in blossom branches and petals, a design suited to a tattoo in a neo-traditional style.
Pocket watch and blossom sketch
Colour tattoo of a blossoming tree with pink flowers, set within a green lotus and a yellow circle holding a green Sanskrit-style symbol, on the back.
Blossom tree within a green lotus and yellow circle
Colour tattoo of a bearded sea god with a trident and a blue horse among turquoise waves, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Sea god and blue horse on upper arm
A stylised purple and blue lion head tattoo sits centrally on the upper back of a woman with her blonde hair in an updo.
Purple lion head on upper back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two pink roses, a star and an eye in a triangle on a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Roses, star and eye on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals set within a peach flower and green leaves on the back of a hand.
Pocket watch and flower on the back of a hand
Black and grey peony, butterfly and hourglass tattoo across a forearm, shown in four side-by-side photographs.
Peony, butterfly and hourglass forearm sleeve
Woman seen from behind with a tattooed back, including skulls, a coloured Snow White portrait and script, and sleeve work on her arm in a neo-traditional style.
Back and arm tattoos with Snow White portrait
Pencil and ink sketch of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, surrounded by leaves and scrolls, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body part shown.
Pocket watch with leaves and scrolls
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an ornately patterned hot air balloon on the outer thigh, with the word freedom in black script trailing from its basket.
Hot air balloon and freedom script on thigh
Colour chest tattoo in a Celtic knotwork bodice shape, filled with flowers, a squirrel, a fox and foliage, on a woman's upper chest.
Celtic knot bodice chest tattoo with woodland animals
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a blue-haired woman with a red rose in her hair and painted sugar skull face markings, on a forearm.
Blue-haired woman with rose on forearm
Colourful peacock feather tattoo with a watercolour splash on the upper arm, shown in a close-up and a lower detail view.
Peacock feather on an upper arm
Colour neo-traditional sleeve on an upper arm and forearm showing a princess in a yellow gown holding a rose and a mermaid beside a fish.
Disney princess sleeve across upper arm and forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a bearded sailor smoking a pipe, with a sailing ship, orange roses, waves and a lighthouse.
Bearded sailor with ship and roses on a calf
Two clasped hands showing a traditional-style skull and crossbones tattoo on one wrist and a pink rose with a teal bow on the back of the other hand, with a black patterned tattoo on the forearm
Skull and rose tattoos on clasped hands
Black and grey Ganesha tattoo on a forearm, with an ornate crown, an om symbol on the brow and dotwork lotus shading behind the head.
Ganesha with lotus mandala on forearm
Black and grey photograph of a raised forearm with a linework floral tattoo, including a peony and a circular medallion with closed eyes, on the forearm.
Floral linework forearm tattoo with eye medallion
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a calf showing a bearded man's face in a red and black checked hat, with a pipe and a pine-tree landscape.
Bearded man in plaid hat on a calf
Blue pen sketch of a crystal cluster with flowers and sparkles, drawn as a tattoo design in a neo-traditional style, shown beside real stones on a sketchbook page.
Blue crystal cluster with flowers and sparkles
Colour tattoo on a calf of Vault Boy giving a thumbs up above a bottle cap, with a glowing vault door and a crowd behind him, in a cartoon neo-traditional style.
Vault Boy and vault door on a calf
Close-up of a soft pink peony tattoo with grey-shaded leaves and sprigs of foliage across a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Peony and foliage on an upper arm
Two lower legs with colourful neo-traditional tattoos: a rose with a figure's face on the left leg, and a rabbit in a waistcoat with a pocket watch on the right.
Rose and rabbits on two calves
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of brass knuckles with a pink bow, hearts and a KNOCKOUT banner on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Brass knuckles with bow and hearts on upper back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a staring owl above a framed seaside lighthouse scene and a red rose, on the calf.
Owl, lighthouse and rose on a calf
Neo-traditional tattoo of a fox-headed figure under a crescent moon and star on the upper thigh, with bold black outlines and teal guide lines.
Fox-headed figure with crescent moon on thigh
Colour tattoo of a grey cat holding a blue sprinkled donut inside a pink heart with lace edging, on the back of a lower leg.
Grey cat with donut in a pink sprinkled heart
Neo-trad style tattoo of an anchor and ship's wheel with postmarks, handwriting and a blue wash on the upper arm.
Anchor and ship's wheel with postmarks
Colour tattoo of a cartoon unicorn with a pink mane and purple eyes, surrounded by pink crystals and sparkles, on the forearm.
Cartoon unicorn and crystals on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the cartoon crab Mr Krabs from SpongeBob, holding a krabby patty, on a lower leg.
Mr Krabs with a krabby patty on a calf
Colour flash design of a blue TARDIS police box with white banners reading Wibbly Wobbly, Police Box and Timey Wimey Stuff, drawn in a neo-traditional style.
TARDIS with Wibbly Wobbly banners
Colour tattoo of a pink ice cream van with a mint green roof, a sprinkled cone on top and candy-striped wheels, in a bold cartoon style on an arm.
Ice cream van and cone on an arm
Two thigh tattoos on a seated person: pink roses in colour on the left thigh and a black and grey castle with a creature and rose on the right thigh.
Roses and castle tattoos on two thighs
Flash design of a grinning skull wearing a grey jester hat, wrapped in blue flames, with small skulls around it, in a neo-traditional style.
Jester skull with blue flames and small skulls
Colour tattoo of a teal dragon head with green eyes, purple accents and yellow claws, in a Japanese style, on a lower leg, shown in a two-panel photo.
Teal dragon head on a calf
Colour botanical sleeve tattoo of lilies, fuchsia and magnolia blossoms on a woman's shoulder, upper arm and forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Lily and blossom sleeve on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's face framed by purple roses, pearls and dark curling hair, placed on the outer thigh.
Woman's portrait with purple roses on a thigh
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a horse head with a pearl bridle and orange flowers, placed on the forearm.
Horse head with bridle on a forearm
Torso with a large colour neo-traditional tattoo of glowing honeycomb hexagons and organic swirls across the chest and ribs, with sleeve work on the upper arms.
Colourful honeycomb and organic torso tattoo
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of Hello Kitty wearing an eye patch, holding a revolver, with blue PEW PEW lettering behind on skin.
Hello Kitty with eye patch and revolver
Colour tattoo of a green-eyed owl with orchids and a small butterfly on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade, in a neo-traditional style.
Owl and orchids on a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo of the deity Ganesha seated on a pink lotus across the upper back, in a neo-traditional style with bold outlines.
Ganesha on a lotus across a woman's back
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty with green mohawk hair, a skull, stars and a green guitar, shown on a forearm in a bold neo-traditional style.
Punk Hello Kitty with guitar on forearm
Black and grey drawing of a sugar skull with diamond-shaped eyes, framed by two roses and leaves, in a neo-traditional style.
Sugar skull with roses design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of R2-D2 with a red banner reading You're my only hope and pink flowers, on the upper arm.
R2-D2 with banner and pink flowers
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two birds in flight with red ribbons, spread across a woman's upper chest.
Two birds and ribbons across the chest