Traditional tattoo ideas

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Black line drawing flash sheet of an ornate outlined alphabet, numerals, scrolls, daggers and a scroll banner, with no body placement shown.
Ornamental alphabet and numbers flash sheet
Black and grey traditional anchor with a coiled rope on the side of a man's neck, just behind his ear.
Anchor with rope on the side of the neck
Colour traditional-style tattoo of two daisies, a pink ribbon and green leaves with blue swirls, on the shoulder.
Daisies and pink ribbon on a shoulder
Black and grey linework tattoo of a startled cat with a yarn ball on the upper arm, shown in a close black and white photo.
Cat with wide eyes and yarn ball on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a stag head with black antlers, orange flowers and green leaves on the upper thigh.
Stag head with flowers on a thigh
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a leaping rabbit with a dotted arc and a flower with leaves, on the calf.
Leaping rabbit and flower on a calf
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a radio tower with a red heart, lightning bolts and a city silhouette inside a ring of lettering reading Do What You Love and Love What You Do, with the
Radio tower and heart with Do What You Love text
Colour tattoo of a blue and white teacup with a heart pattern, a tea bag tag and pink cherry blossoms on a limb, in a traditional style.
Teacup and cherry blossom tattoo
Black and grey traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing mountains, pine trees, a cabin, stars, clasped hands and pinecones above the words ON THE ROAD TO WHOLENESS.
Mountain cabin scene with clasped hands
Traditional style tattoo of red poppies with orange centres, black outlines and dark leaves on a forearm.
Red poppies on a forearm
Close-up of a blue traditional-style anchor tattoo with a rope wrapped around its shaft, on a person's upper arm.
Blue anchor with rope on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo on a calf showing a turbocharger, a red rose, a spark plug with a DAD banner, flowers and a partly visible skull.
Traditional turbo, rose and spark plug on a calf
Traditional style sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, featuring red roses, a ship in a bottle and a dagger in bold colour.
Traditional rose and ship sleeve on arm
Woman in a white V-neck tee with colourful traditional-style tattoos of roses, flowers and a woman's face on both upper arms and forearms.
Floral and portrait tattoos on both arms
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon cat and a cartoon dog inside a heart frame with pink flowers and a bow, shown on a limb.
Cartoon cat and dog in a heart frame
Black and grey traditional roses with leaves tattooed on the side of a man's neck, with a partly visible banner tattoo on his upper chest.
Black and grey roses on the neck
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a dog head in profile above three roses, with the script words misunderstood breed arched overhead, in a traditional style.
Dog portrait with roses and script lettering
Traditional black and grey rose tattoo with bold outlines and stippled shading across the back of a shaved head neck, with a snake and wave tattoo below on the upper back.
Black and grey rose on the back of the neck
Traditional flash design of a winged woman's face above an hourglass, framed by red roses and gold wings, on an aged parchment background.
Winged woman with hourglass and roses
Black and grey traditional tattoo of two crossed revolvers above a ribbon banner reading Don't Tread On Me, on the lower back.
Crossed revolvers with Don't Tread On Me banner
Coloured pencil flash design of a pocket watch with a blue face, red flowers, green leaves and a Home Sweet Home banner, with no body placement shown.
Pocket watch and Home Sweet Home banner
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a dollar sign over a banknote portrait, surrounded by red and orange flames, on the upper arm.
Dollar sign and banknote in flames
Traditional style flash design of a pin-up woman in a space helmet beside a green alien holding a ray gun, with a banner reading Earth Attacks, shown without any body placement.
Pin-up and alien flash with Earth Attacks banner
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a swallow with two roses and leaves on the back of a hand.
Swallow and roses on the hand
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a seated Egyptian-style cat with a sunburst and crescent moon behind its head, on a forearm.
Egyptian cat with sunburst on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a globe with the Statue of Liberty, Eiffel Tower and pyramids, with hot air balloons and hibiscus flowers, on a lower leg.
Globe with landmarks and hibiscus on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of red poppies with green leaves and a closed bud on a person's upper back, in a bold traditional style.
Red poppies on upper back
Traditional flash drawing of a skull and crossbones on a poison bottle, flanked by red flowers and a DRINK ME tag, shown on paper.
Skull and crossbones poison bottle flash
Traditional style colour tattoo of an arrow with a red heart in the arrowhead and a red bow shape, on an upper arm, beside part of a woman's profile tattoo.
Arrow with heart tip and woman profile
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a winged angel with praying hands and a yellow halo, placed between the shoulder blades on a person's upper back.
Angel with praying hands on upper back
Traditional colour tattoo of a teapot with red flowers and green leaves, with a banner reading Ain't no party like my nana's teaparty, shown across three panels on skin.
Teapot and flowers with banner quote
Black and grey traditional tattoo of two roses with buds and leaves on the upper arm.
Two roses and buds on an upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a hurricane lantern on a calf, with bold outlines and solid shading on the metal body.
Hurricane lantern on a calf
Neo-traditional pin-up tattoo on the upper arm of a woman in a red polka dot bandana, flexing one arm, with a small figure tucked against her side.
Pin-up flexing arm with small figure in red bandana
Black and grey flash sheet of moths and butterflies in a traditional style, arranged in rows on a mottled grey background.
Sheet of moths and butterflies
Colour traditional tattoo of a cat wearing a flowered hat and bow tie within an ornate oval frame, on the outer thigh.
Cat in flowered hat on thigh
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of a winged ankh with an eye of Horus, a scarab and a stepped pyramid, on the outer thigh.
Winged ankh with scarab and pyramid on a thigh
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a red rose, a compass with a blue star, a rope and a tag reading Home is.
Compass, rose and luggage tag on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo on the upper arm of a shield-shaped military patch with a white eagle head, an Airborne tab and the words Military Police and Operation Iraqi Freedom III-IV.
Airborne eagle patch with Military Police lettering
Traditional style tattoo of a black raven with red ribbons and a banner reading CONSIDER THE RAVEN, on the upper arm.
Raven with Consider the Raven banner
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing a stormtrooper helmet with red sugar skull markings, a red rose, a teal rose, green leaves and an Imperial emblem, shown in three views.
Stormtrooper with sugar skull face and roses on forearm
Black script lettering quote and a colour sugar skull tattoo with red roses on a bare thigh.
Text quote and sugar skull on a thigh
Full back tattoo of a purple electric guitar framed by grey skulls, pink roses and wings, with banners reading Where words fail and music speaks, in Traditional and Neo-trad style.
Guitar, skulls and roses across a back
Black and grey tattoo of four moths stacked vertically down the centre of a person's back, linked by dotted lines, with a small semicolon above.
Four moths stacked down a spine
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a campfire, tent, pine trees and mountains under a moon, with the words WE COULD BE ANYWHERE arched above.
Campfire and tent camping scene on forearm
Close view of a teal blue rose tattoo with green leaves and black outlines on the back of a hand, in a traditional style.
Blue rose on the back of a hand
Black and grey engraved tattoo of a sailing ship in a bottle with waves and a sun, on the calf.
Ship in a bottle on the calf
Red pencil drawing of a heart-shaped house with scalloped roof tiles, a chimney with smoke, a rose with leaves and the words HEART & HOME on a banner, shown as tattoo flash with no body placement.
Heart-shaped house with rose and banner