Neo-trad tattoo ideas

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Two legs in denim shorts and black sneakers covered in colour neo-traditional tattoos, including an owl, a raven with roses, a fox and a rabbit.

Full leg sleeve of colourful neo-traditional tattoos

Badger with wheat and flower on a calf

Colour tattoo of a heart framing a night camping scene with a tent, campfire, mountains and stars, with the words Beauty for ashes below, in a neo-traditional style on a limb.

Heart with campfire scene and lettering

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman's face framed by teal hair, octopus tentacles and peach shells, on the upper arm.

Woman portrait with teal hair and tentacles on upper arm

Colour neo-trad style tattoo of a masked character in red, orange and black on a forearm, set against a teal splattered background.

Skull Kid character on forearm

Colour fox head with a white lily and black and grey dotwork flowers on an upper arm, with the forearm raised in a bathroom selfie.

Fox and flowers on an upper arm

Blue line drawing of two sleeve designs in a neo-traditional style, showing a skull, a dragon, a rose, flames, a bird, a tattoo machine and the words Love and Hate.

Dragon and skull sleeve flash sheet

Pen-and-ink drawing of a tattoo design showing a revolver with a red rose, leaves, a swirling ribbon and a pointed quill, styled as a neo-traditional piece.

Rose and revolver tattoo design on paper

Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a pocket watch, two shaded roses and fine line flowers on the thigh.

Pocket watch and roses on a thigh

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a carved jack-o'-lantern with curling vines and the words Halloween Forever arched around it on a forearm.

Jack-o'-lantern with Halloween Forever lettering

Grey shaded unicorn head with a teal ribbon bow, framed by a fine line botanical wreath, tattooed on the upper arm.

Unicorn head in a botanical wreath

Colour tattoo of the Pokémon Squirtle, Bulbasaur and Charmander with green leaves and orange flames on a forearm.

Three starter Pokémon with leaves and flames

Hand-drawn tattoo design of a compass with pink flowers, leaves and a scroll banner reading Take Me Home, shaded in grey with coloured pencil accents.

Compass and flowers with Take Me Home banner

Colour tattoo of two stitched rag dolls, one with pink hair and angel wings and one in a Batman shirt, on a red torn background on the calf.

Stitched rag dolls on a torn background

Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box with a ringed orange planet and stars, placed on the calf.

TARDIS police box in a space scene

Neo-trad colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a half white faceless mask with red marks beside a half grey wolf with yellow eyes and red trim.

Split white mask and wolf on upper arm

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey tattoo machine with orange flames and a black battery across the back of a hand.

Tattoo machine on the back of a hand

Two matching pink flamingo tattoos on the tops of bare feet, each with a grey banner, reading CREATE on the left foot and OR DIE on the right, in a bold neo-trad style.

Matching flamingo tattoos on both feet

Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a woman framed by two birds, roses and leaves in a neo-traditional style.

Woman portrait with birds and roses

Colour tattoo of a green Godzilla head breathing against a red sun, with red katakana lettering below, on the upper arm.

Godzilla head with red sun on upper arm

Colour tattoo of a purple horned cat with a third eye and feathered wings, surrounded by peach cloud motifs, on a lower leg.

Purple horned cat with third eye on a calf

Colour rose and black lace chest tattoo spanning both shoulders and the upper chest, with a central heart made of three roses.

Rose and lace chest piece across the shoulders

Cameo silhouette in ornate frame

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a vulture with a red head and a pink rose with green leaves on an upper arm.

Vulture and rose on an upper arm

Colour tattoo of lettuce, tomato and bacon overlapping in a Venn diagram style on the forearm, in neo-traditional style with bold black outlines.

BLT ingredients in a Venn diagram on a forearm

Collage of six colour neo-traditional tattoos of ornate perfume bottles with smoke clouds, shown on arms and legs.

Neo-traditional perfume bottle tattoos in colour

Ornate heart tattoo with red shading and black outline on the inner forearm, with a spade-shaped point at the top.

Ornate heart tattoo on a forearm

Colourful neo-traditional tattoo on a back featuring Hello Kitty, a cupcake, a lollipop, purple flowers and hearts.

Hello Kitty, cupcake and flowers across a back

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cat head framing a night beach scene, with a UFO beaming up a black cat, on a leg.

Cat head with UFO and beach scene

Two arms pressed together showing matching colourful neo-traditional lucky cat tattoos on the upper arms, one orange and one teal, with flowers and hearts.

Matching lucky cat tattoos on upper arms

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a fennec fox wearing a blue jewelled headpiece and pearl necklace, with red and teal leaves, on the side of the ribs.

Fennec fox with pearls on the ribs

Large black and grey lion head tattoo with a flowing, patterned mane covering the upper and middle back.

Lion head tattoo across a back

Neo-trad tattoo on a forearm showing a cat in a red headscarf, a grey bird with a pink ribbon and a pink heart with a dotted border.

Cat, bird and heart on a forearm

Colour tattoo of a blue, teal and magenta feather ending in a quill nib with gold detailing, on the upper arm and shoulder of a woman in a white vest top.

Colourful feather quill on upper arm

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a stylised fish with a bold red outline, teal and orange striped body and dark eye, on a leg.

Stylised orange and teal fish on a leg

Neo-traditional tattoo of a bear's head with a geometric mandala on its brow, framed by red and orange flowers and green sprigs, on the upper arm.

Bear head with flowers on an upper arm

Coloured pencil flash design of an eye inside a triangle, crossed by a bloodied spear and a bone, surrounded by leaves and green highlights, drawn on kraft paper.

Eye in a triangle with spear and bone

Colour tattoo of a cat filled with galaxy and nebula patterns, holding a ringed orange planet, on the forearm.

Galaxy cat holding a ringed planet on a forearm

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of three Daleks tearing through skin across a woman's upper back, with a black and grey circular gear emblem on her shoulder.

Daleks breaking through skin on upper back

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a kokeshi-style doll with green hair holding a parasol, beside a purple blossom, on the upper arm.

Kokeshi doll and blossom on upper arm

Colour peacock tattoo in blues and greens across the top of a bare foot on grass, with blue painted toenails.

Peacock tattoo across the top of a foot

Colour tattoo of an Om symbol with a shaded Buddha face and dotwork patterns in teal and grey on a limb.

Om symbol with Buddha face on a limb

Green line drawing on black of a Cthulhu octopus head with tentacles wrapped in chains, under blackletter lettering reading Cthulhu, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.

Cthulhu octopus with chains design

Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey Egyptian-style cat with a gold cobra, gold collar and orange eyes, covering a person's upper back.

Egyptian cat and cobra on a back

Neo-traditional tattoo of an orange crystal cluster with dark leaves and a stem running down the forearm.

Orange crystal cluster and leaves on a forearm

Two sleeve-shaped flash designs in bright colour showing a TARDIS, Weeping Angels, a Cyberman, a sonic screwdriver, a bow tie and ribbon banners with quotes.

Doctor Who sleeve flash with TARDIS and Weeping Angels

Coloured flash design of a rose, sunflower, leaves, helmet and a pen-like tool, with banners reading DEMONS RUN, WHEN A GOOD MAN and GOES TO WAR, in a neo-traditional style.

Banner and rose design with sunflower and helmet

Colourful neo-traditional bee tattoo with stippled glitter wings, shown in two photos on skin, one on the chest and one on the upper arm.

Glitter bee tattoo with sparkles and dotted trail