Neo-trad tattoo ideas

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Black and grey neo-trad tattoo of a faceted heart gem with ornate scrollwork and beaded drops across the neck and upper chest.
Faceted heart gem with scrollwork on neck and chest
Hand-drawn Hufflepuff house crest design in yellow, black and grey, with a badger over a striped shield and a blackletter banner reading Hufflepuff.
Hufflepuff crest with badger and banner
Colour tattoo of a stylised songbird with an orange breast and teal belly band, placed on the side of the hip and thigh.
Stylised songbird on the hip
Neo-traditional tattoo on a leg of a head wearing a knitted beanie and tartan scarf, with the face filled by mountains, pines and a teal sky.
Mountain landscape within a head in a knit beanie
Ink line drawing flash design of a cat curled inside an ornate beaded frame beside a rose, in a neo-traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Cat and rose tattoo design
A colour and grey anchor tattoo wrapped in pink roses, green leaves and rope, with a small script word beside the flukes, placed on the side of the body.
Anchor with roses and rope on the side
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of pink peonies and green leaves across a hip and buttock, shown in two side-by-side photographs.
Pink peony tattoo across hip and buttock
Pencil sketch of a swallow in flight above two roses and a rosebud, drawn in blue and orange pencil on cream paper, as a design for a tattoo.
Swallow and roses tattoo sketch
Colour tattoo on a thigh of an artist's palette, two paintbrushes, a yellow rose, leaves, a beaded chain and an open pocket watch, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Palette, brushes, rose and pocket watch on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm of a compass, red roses and a banner reading wherever you go, with a small oval plaque at the top.
Compass, roses and banner on a forearm
Neo-trad style tattoo of a cracked clock face with Roman numerals, black and grey shading with red slashes, on an arm.
Cracked clock face on an arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a teal bird resembling a peacock, with a red rose and green leaves, on an upper arm.
Peacock and rose on an upper arm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a rocket with two roses and a butterfly on the side of a ribcage.
Rocket, roses and butterfly on ribs
Colour botanical tattoo of a pink lotus with green vines wrapping up the side of the ribs and hip.
Pink lotus and green vines on the side
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the thigh showing a cartoon couple kissing inside an ornate scrolled frame, with a red and blue poisoned apple skull and purple beads.
Snow White kiss in ornate frame on thigh
Two lower legs in a bath of foam, with a red rose and ornate black linework on the left leg and a colourful swallow on the right leg, in neo-trad style.
Rose and swallow leg tattoos in a bath
Colour tattoo of a phoenix with outstretched orange wings and a teal and blue flame above it, with a trailing purple, pink and yellow tail, on the side of a thigh.
Phoenix tattoo on the side of the thigh
Four-panel view of a colour and grey realism sleeve on an upper arm, showing skulls with red roses and green leaves.
Skulls and red roses on an upper arm
Black linework drawing of an ornate stag head with antlers, beads and dotwork patterns on cream paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Ornamental stag head design
Colour tattoo of a blue rose with green leaves and a thorned stem on the ankle, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Blue rose with leaves and stem on an ankle
Black and grey line drawing of a woman wearing an ornate masquerade mask, with swirling hair and a shell held in one hand, on tracing paper.
Masked woman with flowing hair design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a smiling pink baby triceratops surrounded by flowers, leaves and hearts, with RAWR lettering below, on the thigh.
Pink baby triceratops with flowers and RAWR lettering
Colourful neo-traditional tattoos on two feet, an anchor wrapped in pink and blue flowers on the left foot and a compass rose inside a floral wreath on the right foot.
Anchor and compass tattoos on two feet
Colourful phoenix tattoo in a neo-traditional style across the shoulder, upper arm and back, with flowing red, orange, yellow and blue feathers.
Phoenix tattoo across shoulder and upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a ginger cat with a teal thought bubble showing a golden slice of toast, placed on the thigh.
Ginger cat with toast thought bubble on thigh
Collage of four photos showing a red rose band tattoo with dark green leaves wrapped around a forearm and wrist, in neo-traditional colour.
Red rose band tattoo around a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat with green eyes and a tongue out, surrounded by pink cherry blossoms, on the outer thigh.
Black cat with cherry blossoms on a thigh
Two pencil-and-ink tattoo designs on pale paper, one showing a small bird with a crescent moon and leaves, the other a bird among large flowers, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Birds and flowers tattoo designs on paper
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cat in a pink patterned dress holding a plush bear, set inside an ornate gold frame on the thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Cartoon cat in ornate frame on thigh
Colour Botanical and Neo-trad style tattoo sleeve on a woman's upper arm and shoulder, showing a red poison dart frog, a green parrot and pink flowers among leaves.
Frog, parrot and flowers on an upper arm
Neo-traditional style flash design of a red-haired archer with a Celtic knot tattoo on her shoulder, a bow, arrow, sword and white flowers, with a banner reading Fate Loves the Fearless.
Red-haired archer portrait with lettered banner
Colour tattoo of a shaded skull with pink lilies, a daisy and green vines on the upper back, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Skull with pink lilies and daisy on upper back
Full-colour tattoo of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha, seated with a halo of shell motifs, in a neo-traditional style on the outer thigh.
Ganesha seated with a halo of shells on thigh
Colour tattoo of a grey wolf head with green leaves, two small white forest spirits and a banner quote, on the outer thigh.
Wolf head with forest spirits and banner on thigh
Colour tattoo of a decayed zombie cat character with a pink bow and two bats on the upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Zombie cat with bats on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a red heart with a gold crown inside a yellow starburst, beside a cartoon sea witch with purple tentacles.
Heart, crown and sea witch on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a blue TARDIS with a Don't Blink banner and red roses.
TARDIS and roses on an upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing two profile faces, a man in round sunglasses and a woman with a bob, beside a sprig of blue and green leaves.
Two profile faces and leaves on a forearm
Neo-traditional style flash drawing of a deer head with antlers, leaves and two red arrows piercing the neck, on a splattered parchment background.
Deer head with arrows and antlers
Neo-trad style chest tattoo of a heart-shaped planchette with teal gems and a crescent moon, flanked by hands and beaded chains on the sternum.
Planchette and hands across the chest
Two forearms with matching colour tattoos of patterned owls, flowers and leaves on grey branches, in a botanical illustrative style on the forearm.
Owls on branches across two forearms
Black and grey neo-trad style tattoo on an upper arm showing a castle under a moon inside a globe, with a triangle and circle symbol and shaded leaves below.
Castle in a globe with leaves on upper arm
Black linework drawing of Medusa with snake hair and a pale teal wash, a design suitable for a neo-traditional tattoo.
Medusa with snakes, drawn design
Botanical neo-traditional tattoo of cream hellebore flowers, holly, dark berries and pine sprigs in a bouquet on an upper arm.
Hellebore and holly bouquet on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a red and yellow Volkswagen campervan with a VW roundel on the front, shown on the upper arm in a neo-traditional style.
Orange and red campervan on an arm
Colour peacock feather tattoo with a small grey lion and handwritten script along the side of the ribs.
Peacock feathers and lion on the ribs
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two skulls, one in a blue top hat smoking a pipe and one in a jewelled feathered turban, across a forearm.
Two coloured skulls in hat and turban on a forearm
Blue pencil sketch of a faceted teardrop gem with swirling ribbon and leaf flourishes and a row of beads, drawn as a tattoo design.
Sketch of a faceted gem with ribbon swirls