Neo-trad tattoo ideas

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Two people hold hands to show matching colourful swallow tattoos on their wrists, one in green and orange and one in purple and yellow.
Matching swallow tattoos on two wrists
Colour tattoo on an upper arm of a blue cartoon character smoking a hookah while sitting on a red spotted mushroom, with "Feed Your Head" script lettering beneath.
Blue cartoon character on a mushroom, upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a stitched owl with button eyes, perched on a needle and thread, on the top of a foot.
Stitched owl with button eyes on a foot
Neo-traditional tattoo of a colourful chameleon with a curled tail and orange leaves, on the outer thigh.
Colourful chameleon and leaves on a thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm of a small bird with clockwork gears in its body, surrounded by red poppies and green leaves.
Clockwork bird with red poppies on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a kestrel perched on a branch with peonies and poppies in a neo-traditional style, across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Kestrel and peonies across a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo on a person's upper back of yellow flowers, grey-blue leaves, a ball of yarn with knitting needles and a chickadee, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Yellow flowers, yarn and chickadee on a shoulder blade
Colour Neo-trad tattoo of a sugar skull Hello Kitty character with a pink bow and roses, on the upper arm.
Sugar skull Hello Kitty in a dress
Full-colour peacock tattoo with pink peonies and branches on the outer side of a thigh, shown against a black background.
Peacock and peony on the side of a thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of a pink rose, anemone flowers and acanthus scrolls in grey and blue across the outer thigh, shown in two side-by-side views.
Neo-trad rose and acanthus on a thigh
Two flash designs of cupcakes in ornate frames, one pink with a bone and skulls reading Brains, one blue with a lilac bow reading Sweet, in a neo-traditional style.
Brains and Sweet cupcake flash pair
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a red poppy with teal and yellow flowers and green leaves on the upper arm.
Red poppy and teal flowers on an arm
Neo-traditional floral tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with grey-shaded blossoms at the top and a red rose and green leaves below.
Floral sleeve of peonies and rosebuds on upper arm
Colour hummingbird tattoo with an outline flower and black dots on a forearm, shown in three angled views.
Hummingbird and flower on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a red faceted diamond framed by gold scrolls and a crown-like top, placed on the centre of the chest.
Diamond in ornate scrollwork on a chest
Colour tattoo of a teal peacock, a hamsa hand and red roses across a woman's upper back, in a neo-traditional style.
Peacock, hamsa and roses across a back
Illustrated lynx head tattoo flash design with amber eyes, fine linework and soft sepia shading on a beige background.
Lynx head illustration
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of succulents and cacti in a red pot with teal heart motifs, placed on the calf.
Succulents in a heart-patterned pot on a calf
Colour tattoo of two pastel conversation heart sweets reading SHUT UP and GO AWAY, with sparkles and teal flowers, in a neo-traditional style on skin.
Shut up and go away conversation hearts
Colour neo-trad style tattoo on a woman's upper back showing a shaded red apple held by black-and-grey hands, with orange sunburst rays and abstract stripes behind it.
Apple held in hands over a sunburst on the back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a sugar skull woman with long dark hair and an orange marigold, on a limb held by a hand.
Sugar skull woman with marigold flower
Full back tattoo in bold colour showing a cow, rooster and pig in a farmyard scene with a red barn, in a neo-traditional style.
Farm animal scene across a full back
Colour tattoo of an armoured winged female warrior with a sword and red cape, covering the upper arm in a neo-traditional style.
Armoured winged warrior on an upper arm sleeve
Neo-traditional tattoo of a red-haired mermaid with a green tail sitting on a rock inside an ornate beaded frame with shells and a starfish, on the thigh.
Mermaid cameo on thigh
Pencil-style neo-traditional sketch of a cat's head in profile with whiskers, beside a cluster of buds and leaves.
Sketched cat head with buds
Neo-traditional black and grey tattoo of a log cabin with red chimneys, smoke, pine trees and stars, shown on the forearm.
Cabin with pine trees on a forearm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon sea turtle with large expressive eyes, shown on the upper leg.
Cartoon sea turtle on a leg
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the upper arm showing Groot, Captain America's shield, Thor's hammer, a Hulk fist and an arc reactor around a banner reading It's only forever, not long at all.
Groot with superhero emblems in a rope frame
Neo-trad tattoo design drawing of a woman with a feathered headdress, animal skulls and red gemstones, shown in grey pencil with red accents.
Neo-trad woman with feathered headdress
Full back tattoo in colour of a woman with long flowing red hair reaching towards a white dove, in a neo-traditional style with ornate linework across the back.
Woman and dove full back piece
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a one-eyed yellow Minion in a blue Superman-style costume with a red cape, on the calf.
Superman-costumed Minion on a leg
Neo-traditional flash design of a woman with flowing red hair, a golden skull, a raven and dark roses, drawn with bold outlines and rich colour.
Red-haired woman with skull and raven
Colour tattoo of a French bulldog face wearing a teal bow tie, with a fine outline and leaf details, on the inner wrist and forearm.
French bulldog portrait with bow tie on wrist
Colourful neo-traditional style moth tattoo with teal wings, a pink heart on the body and dangling beaded chains with yellow teardrops on skin.
Teal moth with pink heart and beaded chains
Colour tattoo of a woman's face framed by red and pink poppies on a back, in a neo-traditional style with bold black outlines.
Poppy-crowned woman across a back piece
Pencil flash sketch of a Roman numeral clock with a rose and two lettered banners, with a pocket watch and beaded chain, in traditional style.
Clock, rose and banners sketch
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo design with two roses, a pocket watch, a butterfly and a strand of beads, drawn on paper with no body placement shown.
Rose, pocket watch and butterfly design
Colour Neo-trad tattoo of a smiling crescent moon with stars, swirls and purple petals on a teal background, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Crescent moon with stars and swirls on upper back
Flash sheet of six pastel neo-traditional designs: a cupcake-topped whisk, a SWEETIE heart banner, a lipstick, a perfume bottle with flowers, a macaron stack and a hot air balloon cupcake.
Pastel sweets flash sheet
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon woman in red polka-dot bandana and glasses raising a fist under a speech bubble, on the outer thigh.
Cartoon character with speech bubble on thigh
Pencil line drawing of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing two figures kissing inside a beaded heart, with roses and leaves.
Kissing couple in beaded heart with roses
Colourful mandala tattoo with teal and yellow hearts, red petals and a central flower on the shoulder, in a neo-traditional style.
Mandala with hearts on a shoulder
Neo-traditional tattoo of a bouquet of blue and pale flowers tied with a ribbon, on the upper arm, with partial tattoos visible at the edges.
Blue flower bouquet tied with ribbon on an arm
Colour tattoo of a crowned queen in an ornate mirror frame, with a green poison apple above and a red heart and dagger below, on a thigh.
Crowned queen in an ornate mirror on a thigh
Teal and black compass rose tattoo with calligraphic swirls and letters, on the inner forearm.
Teal compass rose on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a calico cat face with purple and pink flowers below, on an arm or leg.
Calico cat and flowers on a limb
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a cat's face with lettering reading Lil Bub on a forearm, with a real tabby cat held against the arm.
Cat portrait tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey realism style cameo tattoo of a skull woman with a red rose in her hair, set in an ornate frame on the forearm.
Skull cameo with rose on a forearm