Neo-trad tattoo ideas

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Neo-traditional tattoo of the Millennium Falcon starship with two red roses and green leaves, shown twice side by side on a limb.
Millennium Falcon and red roses on a limb
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty dressed as Link from Zelda, standing beside the Master Sword on a pedestal, in a bold neo-trad style on skin.
Hello Kitty as Link beside the Master Sword
Neo-traditional tattoo design drawing of Medusa with red and grey snake hair, shown as a pencil and ink sketch on paper with no body placement.
Medusa portrait tattoo design
Pencil and ink sketch of a seahorse with a unicorn horn, flowing mane, bubbles and an anchor with rope, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Unicorn seahorse with anchor design
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a stylised fish with red and orange flame-like fins and scale shading, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Stylised fish with red flame fins on upper arm
Neo-traditional stag head tattoo on a forearm, with grey shading, bold black outlines, orange eyes and red blush accents.
Stag head tattoo on forearm
Black and grey neo-traditional flash drawing of the Madonna with a halo, outstretched hands and a glowing sacred heart, drawn on tracing paper.
Madonna with sacred heart design
Neo-traditional style line drawing of a woman with octopus tentacles and a sailing ship, shaded in red wash on a cream background.
Woman with octopus tentacles and a ship
Neo-traditional tattoo of a fox head in profile with pink roses, purple flowers and leaves on the thigh.
Fox and roses on a thigh
Colour Botanical tattoo of peach peony flowers with green leaves and buds across a woman's shoulder and upper arm, outlined in black.
Peach peony and leaves on a shoulder
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman with dark curled hair and a jewelled headpiece, with a cat below her, on the outer thigh, next to a fox and a squirrel on the other leg.
Neo-trad woman and cat portrait on thigh
Large black and grey Neo-trad tattoo of a sphynx cat head framed by chrysanthemums and beaded lines across the stomach, with a colour rose on the hand above.
Sphynx cat and chrysanthemums on the stomach
Neo-traditional hourglass tattoo on the outer thigh, showing a sunset above and a moon and stars over dotwork sand, inside a black diamond frame.
Hourglass with sunset and night sky on thigh
Colour tattoo of a flower bouquet with red poppies, an orange dahlia and green seed pods on the side of a thigh.
Red and orange floral bouquet on a thigh
Coloured pencil drawing of a blue turtle creature with a brown shell peering over a grey anchor inside a rope frame, with blue water swirls above, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Blue turtle creature on an anchor and rope
Colour tattoo of a blue and grey yarn skull with crossed knitting needles and the words KNIT FAST and DIE WARM, on the upper arm.
Yarn skull with knitting needles and lettering
Pencil drawing of a unicorn head within an oval frame, with a crescent moon, castle silhouette, swirls and daisies, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Unicorn, moon and daisy design
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a shaded football with laces, a black and gold fleur-de-lis, and the words NEW ORLEANS above and SAINTS below.
New Orleans Saints football tattoo on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of an owl with a sugar skull beneath it, shaded in black and grey with blue accents, on the outer thigh.
Owl and sugar skull on a thigh
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a spherical droid with an orange ring above pale blue flowers and yellow leaves, with a black and grey moustache and 13 below, on a forearm.
Spherical droid with blue flowers on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a night camp with a tent, campfire and crescent moon, with the script words not all who wander are lost.
Night camp scene with script lettering on upper arm
Upper arm and shoulder sleeve tattoo of a shaded rose and blue butterfly over lace-like scrollwork, shown from three angles.
Rose and butterfly sleeve on upper arm
Black line drawing of an ornate gothic cross with scrolled arms, a small heart at its centre and a flared base, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Ornate gothic cross design
Colourful Neo-trad style tattoo of a green and orange phoenix with peacock feathers across the side of the ribs.
Phoenix and peacock feathers on ribs
Colour tattoo of a snarling fox wearing a pearl necklace and teal crescent ornament, with a spiked orange collar, on an upper arm.
Snarling fox with pearl necklace on upper arm
Neo-traditional flash design of a pin-up woman with a red rose in her hair, half of her face a skull, with the quote I got a beautiful heart but a twisted mind around her.
Pin-up woman with half skull face and red rose
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of oranges, white blossoms and green leaves across the outer thigh.
Orange fruit and blossom on a thigh
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing a lion head in profile with feathered wings and a lotus flower beneath it.
Winged lion and lotus design sketch
Colour tattoo of stacked floral teacups in a neo-traditional style on the forearm, shown from three angles.
Stacked floral teacups on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Stitch with hibiscus and plumeria flowers, above the words Ohana means family, on a person's side ribs.
Stitch with flowers and Ohana lettering
Three-panel photo of a colourful neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing the horned sorceress Maleficent holding a staff, with a dragon behind her and green flames.
Maleficent with dragon on upper arm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in profile with flowing hair and scrolls, on the outer thigh.
Profile portrait with scrollwork on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a desert scene inside a heart on an arm, with a cactus, prickly pear, bull skull, crescent moon and stars.
Desert scene with bull skull in a heart
Black and grey tattoo of a rabbit's head inside a scrolled ornamental frame with a bow, shown on skin in a fine line style.
Rabbit in ornate frame with bow
Black and grey flash drawing of a rebel-style emblem, a droid and a rose set over an inverted triangle, with dotwork shading and no body placement shown.
Rebel emblem, droid and rose design
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat with a red lotus and cherry blossoms on an upper arm.
Maneki-neko cat with lotus on upper arm
Colour neo-trad tattoo on a thigh showing Jack and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas inside a heart-shaped frame with a spiderweb and red roses.
Jack and Sally in a heart frame on a thigh
Black and grey skeleton mermaid with flowers in her hair and a small red heart, with a rainbow-coloured fish tail, tattooed on the side of a torso.
Skeleton mermaid with rainbow tail on ribs
Colour Neo-trad style tattoo on the side of the ribs showing a cartoon villain with blue hair and yellow eyes, a pink creature and green tentacled creatures.
Cartoon villain and creatures on the ribs
Colour tattoo on an upper arm of a blue police box in an ornate oval frame, with a red bow tie and a black sneaker below it.
Blue police box in an ornate frame on an upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of an ornamental eagle in flight with red and black feathers, placed on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Ornamental eagle in flight on a shoulder blade
Neo-trad style tattoo of Mickey and Minnie Mouse with a script quote above them, placed on the lower back.
Mickey and Minnie with script quote on lower back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a woman dressed as a clown, with a red bandana, red nose and white face paint, across the top of a foot.
Clown woman with red bandana on foot
Colour tattoo of a snarling creature with a glowing teal eye, blue and purple shading and ink splatter drips, placed on the upper back.
Blue and purple creature on upper back
Neo-traditional tattoo design drawn on paper showing a woman wearing an ornate crown, holding a skull, in grey shading with red accents.
Neo-trad woman with crown and skull design
Black and grey tattoos on a woman's forearms, upper arm and fingers, including a dotwork mandala, a rose, flowers and a portrait of a woman in a headpiece, with her face hidden behind her hands.
Mandala, floral and portrait sleeve on arms and hands
Neo-traditional tattoo of pale scrolling ornaments over purple and teal waves on a limb, shown fresh and glossy with ointment.
Scrolling ornament and waves on a limb
Colour tattoo of a red and green octopus with seaweed above it, in neo-traditional style, across the side of a torso and hip.
Octopus wrapping the side and hip