Neo-trad tattoo ideas

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Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing two owls, shaded roses, leaves and a crescent moon.
Owls, roses and crescent moon on upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a red cardinal perched on a branch with pink blossoms and a beaded chain, placed on the upper arm and shoulder.
Cardinal and blossom on upper arm
Two people holding hands, each with a colourful neo-trad matryoshka doll and rose tattoo on the upper arm.
Matching matryoshka doll and rose tattoos
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a green zombie cat in a pink bow and dress, with red drips, a spider web and flies, on an upper arm.
Zombie Hello Kitty style cat on an arm
Neo-trad style owl with red watercolour splashes and a typewriter-style quote above it, tattooed on the upper arm and shoulder.
Owl and quote on upper arm and shoulder
Several tattooed arms and hands wrapped together, showing a black and grey figure on a forearm, a compass design on an upper arm and small lettering on the fingers.
Intertwined tattooed arms and hands
Neo-traditional tattoo of a shaded grey skull wearing a red football helmet marked HUSKER, torn skin reveal and red N on the upper arm.
Skull in football helmet on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a striped teepee beside a campfire, with pine trees, clouds and a crescent moon, on the upper arm.
Teepee campfire and moon on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a white dog's head looking up, framed by red roses and green leaves, on an upper arm.
Dog portrait and roses on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a lavender flower with a dotted yellow and white centre and green leaves, bordered in bold black outline, on an upper arm.
Lavender flower with green leaves on an upper arm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a sunflower, a pocket watch and a compass, with watercolour splashes in teal, orange and red.
Sunflower, pocket watch and compass on upper arm
Colour tattoo of an animated couple kissing inside an ornate gold frame decorated with shells and starfish, on the upper arm, in a traditional-style cartoon finish.
Animated couple kissing in a shell frame on upper arm
Full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm in neo-traditional style, showing a snarling brown bear head against a starry night sky with green and yellow swirls.
Colour sleeve with bear and night sky
Two views of a black and grey neo-traditional full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, with roses, a diamond, a flaming heart and scrollwork.
Black and grey full sleeve with roses and heart
Colour tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a sugar skull woman with a cigarette beside red roses and a skull, with black ink splashes.
Sugar skull woman and roses on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a red-haired mermaid with a teal tail and surrounding bubbles, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Red-haired mermaid on upper arm
Three views of a full arm sleeve tattoo in Japanese style, showing a man rowing a boat on blue waves and a red octopus with suckers on the upper arm and forearm.
Full sleeve of a boatman, waves and red octopus
Colour neo-traditional sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing two barn owls, pink flowers and leaves.
Barn owls and pink flowers on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a blue Ganesha with a jewelled headdress and an om symbol on its trunk, placed on an upper arm.
Blue Ganesha on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a grey cowboy hat, red boots with bows, a shaded heart and a red ribbon, shown from two angles.
Cowboy hat, boots and heart on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a red and blue lightning bolt, an green eye in black linework, and yellow and orange circles on a light background.
Lightning bolt and eye on upper arm
Neo-trad tattoo of a black cat with a crescent moon headpiece, green clouds and a heart-shaped locket with a sun, on an upper arm.
Black cat with crescent moon and heart locket
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a sugar skull girl with a blue bow, a sugar skull pony, angel wings, bats and a coffin against pink clouds.
Sugar skull girl with pony and bats on upper arm
Shaded grey Buddha head with pink lotus flowers and cherry blossom on an upper arm and shoulder tattoo.
Buddha, lotus and cherry blossom on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a red hot sauce bottle with green cap and banners reading Put it on everything and We trust, on the upper arm.
Hot sauce bottle with banners on upper arm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of cartoon villains with a crowned queen at the centre, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Cartoon villains tattoo on upper arm
Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo on the upper arm showing a cartoon cat with a red bow, a giraffe, a pink strawberry ice cream cone and purple bubbles.
Cartoon cat, giraffe and strawberry ice cream on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a red and orange phoenix with spread wings and a small grey skull motif, on an upper arm against a black background.
Red phoenix tattoo on an upper arm
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a lighthouse and a sailing ship inside an oval frame, with a rope, feathers and a yellow flower.
Lighthouse and sailing ship on upper arm
Colourful butterfly wings tattoo spanning the upper back, with black outlines, stained glass style panels and filigree tendrils.
Stained glass butterfly wings across back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a teal scallop shell on a forearm, beside red peony and yellow flower tattoos above it.
Teal scallop shell with peony sleeve
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a pink peony with black outlines and green leaves on the inner upper arm.
Pink peony and leaves on upper arm
Colour botanical sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing peonies, lavender sprigs, leaves and a small brown songbird.
Peony and songbird sleeve on an arm
Back and upper arm tattoo of rainbow-coloured angel wings in a neo-traditional style, photographed with the arms raised.
Rainbow angel wings across the back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snarling wolf head and a hummingbird among leaves, with swirling shapes, on an upper arm.
Snarling wolf and hummingbird on an upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a skull framed by purple peonies and green leaves on the upper arm of a woman in a white crop top.
Skull and purple peonies on upper arm
Four views of a colour Japanese-style peony sleeve tattoo with pink and magenta blooms, green leaves and yellow stamens on an upper arm.
Pink peonies with green leaves on an arm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a state-shaped outline filled with mountains, a sun, a peach, a log cabin, a pine tree and the words On My Mind, in a neo-traditional style.
State outline with mountains and peach on upper arm
Full colour sleeve tattoo themed on The Nightmare Before Christmas, with Jack Skellington and jack-o'-lanterns, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Nightmare Before Christmas full sleeve
Colour tattoo of a grey cartoon cat floating from pink, teal and purple flower balloons, with small hearts, on an upper arm.
Cartoon cat on flower balloons on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a stack of pancakes with syrup, blueberries and strawberries, beside a red rose, inside a floral border, in a neo-traditional style on the upper arm.
Pancake stack, strawberries and rose on upper arm
Shirtless man with a colourful traditional-style tattoo of a galaxy, planets and a crescent moon on his chest, with roses and an eye on both arms.
Full colour galaxy chest and arm sleeves
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
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
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
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
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