Neo-trad tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo on a thigh showing an animated-style woman with long dark hair beside a red crab and a small fish against blue water, in a neo-traditional style.
Animated woman and red crab on thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a purple bra with a pink bow and lace trim, set in front of orange flames, on the inner forearm.
Purple bra with flames on a forearm
Black linework design with pink and blue pencil shading of a sugar skull woman wearing an owl headdress, with feathers and beaded chains, drawn on paper.
Owl and sugar skull portrait design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a blue eye inside an orange bolt-shaped panel with teal outlines, on the inner wrist.
Eye within an orange bolt on a wrist
Neo-trad style flash design of a brown otter curling through blue water beside a fish, framed by swirling waves and bubbles in a circle.
Otter and fish in swirling water
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a peacock with spread eye feathers on the upper chest.
Peacock on upper chest
Colour tattoo on a forearm showing paintbrushes, pencils, a pencil sharpener and a tube of oil paint, shown from two angles.
Art supplies on a forearm
Coloured flash design of a sugar skull woman with a sundae, cupcake and ice cream cone in her hair, on a neo-traditional banner reading Sugar Skull.
Sugar skull with ice cream sundae
Pencil and ink design of an ornate scrolled key and a filigree heart-shaped padlock joined by flowing ribbons, with no body placement shown.
Ornate key and heart padlock with ribbons
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman with a prism and rainbow beam, a brick wall and a hammer, on the thigh.
Woman with prism and rainbow on thigh
Colour tattoo of red peony flowers with green leaves on the outer forearm, shown on a person in a grey top and dark jeans.
Red peonies on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a grinning clown with a red nose and torn skin edges on a lower leg, in a neo-traditional style.
Grinning clown face tattoo on a calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a woman with a red bow in her hair, holding red boxing gloves, above a banner reading TOUGH LOVE.
Woman with boxing gloves and Tough Love banner
Full back tattoo of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha in neo-traditional colour, with an ornate crown, jewels and swirling cloud motifs on a man's back.
Ganesha full back tattoo in colour
Colour forearm tattoo of a shouting martial arts fighter in a white gi and red headband, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Martial arts fighter character on forearm
Coloured flash design of a sword, pipe, staff and cloak among leaves, with a yellow banner reading Home is behind the world ahead, in a neo-traditional lettering style.
Banner lettering with sword and pipe design
Neo-traditional tattoo of an ornate hand mirror with a beaded edge and pink and red flowers with green leaves, on the outer thigh.
Ornate hand mirror and flowers on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with black outlines and shaded petals on the ankle and lower leg.
Sunflower on an ankle
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an animal skull with a yellow crescent moon, a red rose and green leaves on a forearm, with a black snake coiled below.
Animal skull, rose and snake on a forearm
Two photographs of a forearm sleeve tattoo in an Art Nouveau style, with red bellflowers and green vines on the inner arm and a framed seated woman with skulls on the outer arm.
Art Nouveau bellflower forearm sleeve
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a male comic-style character in a long dark coat, reaching forward amid orange flames and a flying playing card.
Comic-style fighter with playing card on upper arm
Person wearing a black helmet and grey crop top, with traditional-style tattoos covering both arms and hands and a wolf head tattoo on the abdomen.
Heavily tattooed arms and wolf on the abdomen
Colour tattoo on a forearm showing an Art Nouveau style woman in an arched frame with red bell flowers, a vine and skulls below her.
Art Nouveau woman and red bells on a forearm
Black and grey full back tattoo of a woman with a halo and a tiger head below, framed by roses and skulls, seen from behind beside a window.
Full back tattoo of a woman with a tiger
Colour tattoo of a cartoon owl with purple feathers, pink eyes and teal wings perched on a wooden log, on the forearm.
Cartoon owl perched on a log
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a large pink faceted gem with a gold star emblem on the back of a hand, with a small cross and rose on the fingers.
Pink faceted gem tattoo on the back of a hand
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a beetle with red crystal clusters on its back, set over a blue and orange circle with a black ring and dotted lines, on a lower limb.
Crystal beetle over a two-tone circle
Colour tattoo of an Art Nouveau style woman with red hair and white flowers on an upper arm, set against a green background.
Art Nouveau woman with red hair on upper arm
Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo design of a blue unicorn playing a red guitar with skeletal hands, with a green METAL banner, on a black background.
Metal unicorn guitarist with banner
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a red creature wearing a gold crown, with an open toothed mouth, on a lower leg.
Red creature with crown on lower leg
Colour tattoo of a blue-hilted sword and a grey shield with a red crest and gold triangle on a forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Sword and shield tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a green sea turtle with pink and purple plumeria flowers and blue wave shading on the outer thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Sea turtle and plumeria on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a grey mouse on a wild strawberry plant with red berries, white flowers and green leaves, placed on a person's upper back.
Mouse among wild strawberries on a back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a rearing unicorn in purple, orange and yellow inside a black circle dotted with stars, placed on the side of the hip and upper thigh.
Unicorn in a starry circle on the hip
Traditional-style flash design of two swallows, a red rose, a red heart, a blue flower and a pocket watch, with a banner of lettering across the centre.
Swallows, heart and banner with pocket watch
Colour tattoo of brass-toned clockwork gears, a clock face with Roman numerals and two winged panels, placed across a person's upper back.
Steampunk gears and wings on a back
Painterly red rose tattoo with black outlines and green leaves on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Red rose with green leaves on chest
Traditional-style flash design of a long-haired woman with hummingbirds, autumn leaves and sunflowers, framed by a rope border with a banner reading CHOOSE YOUR OWN PATH.
Illustrated woman with hummingbirds and banner
Colour tattoo of a black stag beetle with yellow wings and a faceted green gem on the back of a hand, in a neo-traditional style.
Stag beetle with green gem on the hand
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the thigh of monsters from Where the Wild Things Are, with a boy holding a sceptre among green leaves.
Where the Wild Things Are monsters on a thigh
Colour tattoo of Van Gogh's Starry Night inside a heart framed with white beads, shown on the forearm in a neo-trad style.
Starry Night heart on forearm
Colour neo-trad style butterfly tattoo with yellow, pink and purple wings, swirled black linework and a green ribbon beneath it, on healed skin.
Colour butterfly with green ribbon
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of three sunflowers with green leaves and a pale smoky swirl across the back of a hand.
Sunflowers and leaves on the back of a hand
Neo-traditional tattoo of a penguin inside a red cartouche with gold scrollwork and grey shaded clouds above, on the outer thigh.
Penguin in a red frame on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a black and brown cat with green eyes above an orange rose with green leaves, on a forearm, in neo-traditional style.
Cat face and orange rose on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo on the thigh of Jack Skellington holding a red-ribboned bow over a stitched ragdoll Sally with a red heart, in grey shading with red accents.
Jack and Sally stitched ragdoll tattoo on thigh
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a Chi-Rho monogram in a shaded circle, with alpha and omega letters, laurel leaves, berries, a crown and scrollwork.
Chi-Rho monogram with laurel on a forearm
Neo-traditional seahorse tattoo in purple, lavender and grey with black outlines, sitting on the calf.
Ornamental seahorse on a calf