Neo-trad tattoo ideas

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Colour neo-trad tattoo on a calf showing Maude Flanders from The Simpsons in the pose of Our Lady of Guadalupe, with the banner text ONLY MAUDE CAN JUDGE ME.

Maude Flanders as Our Lady of Guadalupe

Neo-trad heart locket tattoo with grey filigree scrollwork, a red gem centre and a ribbon, shown on skin.

Filigree heart locket with red gem

Black and grey ornamental wolf head tattoo with feather and floral motifs on the inside of a forearm.

Ornamental wolf head on forearm

Colour neo-traditional style tattoo of a cartoon cat in a devil costume with a purple bow, horns, a tail and wings, on a limb.

Devil cartoon cat tattoo on a limb

Neo-traditional style flash design of a pale, stitched-face woman with red curls inside an oval frame, above a banner reading FOREVER.

Stitched portrait with FOREVER banner

Colour tattoo of a red ribbon bow with black tribal swirls on the thigh, shaded in a neo-traditional style.

Red bow and tribal swirl on a thigh

Galaxy silhouette in ornate frame on thigh

Profile of a woman with a wing on the thigh

Colour geometric fish tattoo in teal, orange and yellow with hatched fins, on the upper arm or shoulder.

Geometric fish tattoo on the upper arm

A neo-traditional skull design drawn on paper, framed by grey scrollwork and red panels with dotted borders, with pens lying nearby.

Skull with scrollwork in neo-trad style

Colour tattoo of a lavender pentagram entwined with green oak leaves, yellow and red acorns and black scrolling swirls, on skin.

Pentagram with oak leaves and acorns

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a white cartoon cat with a pink bow inside a blue and black ornate frame, on the outer thigh.

Cartoon white cat in an ornate frame on a thigh

Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey dog in an ornate gold frame, with a red flower, green leaves and paw prints on the lower leg.

Dog portrait in gold frame with red flower

Colour phoenix tattoo with flowing orange and red tail feathers, a small triangle and the words wit beyond measure, on a lower back in neo-traditional style.

Phoenix with script on the lower back

Colour tattoo of a patchwork heart stitched closed with dark thread, with a silver needle threaded through its right side, in a neo-trad style on skin.

Patchwork heart with needle and thread

Colour tattoo of three smiling green peas in a pod with heart-shaped leaves and swirling vines, placed on the upper back.

Smiling peas in a pod on upper back

Colour and grey tattoo of a haunted Victorian house, bare trees and bats on a upper arm in a neo-trad style.

Haunted house and bare tree on upper arm

Black and grey line drawing of a large-eyed black cat inside a lace oval frame, with peonies and leaves below, as a tattoo design.

Black cat in lace frame with peonies

Colour tattoo of Alice tumbling through a purple swirl above the grinning Cheshire Cat, across an upper arm and shoulder.

Alice and the Cheshire Cat on an upper arm

Pencil and ink drawing of a woman's face framed by roses, peonies, a butterfly and a dragonfly, a neo-traditional tattoo design on paper.

Woman portrait with roses and butterfly

Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a hamsa hand framing an eye, a swallow, cherry blossoms and a rose, placed on the thigh.

Hamsa hand with eye, swallow and blossoms

Colour tattoo of a poppy, feathery fronds and a tied bow with green leaves on the inner forearm, in a botanical neo-traditional style.

Poppy and ribboned bundle on a forearm

Colour tattoo of a Mickey Mouse ear dreamcatcher with a castle silhouette, feathers and Disney charms on the thigh.

Disney dreamcatcher with castle and charms

Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey dog portrait in an ornate gold frame with red roses, shown in a collage with a photo of the dog.

Realistic dog portrait in a gold frame with roses

Neo-trad style flash design of a red-haired cartoon girl surfing a turquoise wave beneath pink flowers and a ribbon banner with lettering, with no body placement shown.

Surfing girl with wave and flowers

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an eagle in a tuxedo with a red bow tie and medals, above orange lilies, on a forearm.

Eagle in a tuxedo with lilies on a forearm

Colour tattoo of a peony, green leaves and a butterfly wrapping up a forearm, in soft pink and green with grey shading.

Peony and butterfly on a forearm

Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat face with three orange eyes on the upper arm, shown in a close photograph.

Three-eyed black cat face on an arm

Coloured flash design of a brown hand holding red poppies, with a blue eye, a dotwork shaded grey orb and a red heart, in a neo-traditional style.

Poppies held in a hand with a heart

Colour tattoo of a butterfly with eyespot wings in teal, red, orange and brown, in a bold neo-traditional style, on the upper chest.

Colourful butterfly with eyespots on chest

Full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a red fox and a howling wolf beneath bare branches, in neo-traditional style with bold colour across the upper arm and forearm.

Fox and wolf full sleeve with branches

Illustrated flash design of a grey skull with red roses, barbed wire and a sword across a cross shape, on a black background.

Skull, roses and barbed wire design

Silhouette cameo with castle on thigh

Colour tattoo of a spired castle under a green smoky sky with a skull cloud, set in an ornate gold frame with a Deathly Hallows symbol, on the outer thigh.

Castle in an ornate frame on a thigh

Winged black cat with a red mandala and om symbol behind it, shaded in dotwork, tattooed on the front of a thigh.

Winged black cat with mandala on thigh

Colour tattoo of a heart-shaped black lace design with purple and pink roses on a forearm, shaded in neo-traditional style.

Lace heart with purple roses on a forearm

Black and grey sugar skull woman tattoo with a purple rose in her hair on a limb, with a partly visible blue skull tattoo beside it.

Sugar skull woman with purple rose

Line drawing of a boxer dog head with a rose, pearl collar and scroll ornament, in a neo-traditional tattoo design style.

Boxer dog head with rose and scrollwork

Neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon penguin at a piano inside a blue and purple oval with sparkles, on a lower leg.

Cartoon penguin at a piano on a calf

Colour tattoo of a gold and pink heart-shaped crescent emblem with pink roses and a jewelled arch, shown on a limb.

Heart brooch and roses tattoo

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat hugging a pink heart on a frosted cupcake, with cherries at the top right, on a forearm.

Black cat and cupcake on a forearm

Flash sheet showing a colour floral skull with butterflies and ribbon, a black and grey skull with a spiked crown, and JANE lettering beside a deer silhouette.

Floral skull, misfit skull and deer flash sheet

Neo-traditional blue peony with green leaves and lavender sprigs in colour, tattooed on the outer upper thigh of a person wearing a black top and grey underwear.

Blue peony and lavender on a thigh

Four pastel flash designs on a pink background: a unicorn with a Wonderland banner, a scallop shell, lips with a glittery drip, and mushrooms in a circle.

Unicorn, shell, lips and mushroom flash designs

Black linework drawing of a neo-traditional anchor wrapped in rope, with flowers, leaves and cloud shapes, shown as a tattoo design on a warm background.

Anchor with rope and flowers design

Colour tattoo on a forearm of a sailor's head in a cap inscribed Cherie, with a whale and a sunset sea scene inside the head, in neo-trad style.

Sailor head with whale on a forearm

Colour tattoo of a smiling pink jellyfish with bubbles, sparkles and the words I don't think you're ready for this JELLY on an upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.

Kawaii jellyfish with quote on upper arm

Colour tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, a chain and yellow flowers with green leaves, wrapping an upper arm in a neo-traditional style.

Pocket watch and flowers on upper arm