Traditional tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of a four-quadrant house crest with a gold outline and black linework, in red, yellow, green and blue, on the forearm, with script lettering above it.
Hogwarts house crest on an arm
Black and grey tattoo of a hand with crossed fingers, outlined in bold black line with stippled shading, on the forearm.
Crossed fingers gesture on a forearm
Traditional style forearm tattoo of a skull and crossbones inside a heart-shaped panel with red wash, framed by grey scrollwork and playing card spades.
Skull and crossbones in an ornate spade frame on a forearm
Traditional style mandala tattoos on the elbows of two bent arms, with a small red flower below the upper mandala.
Mandala tattoos on both elbows
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red and white lighthouse with a sunburst, seagulls and roses on a forearm.
Lighthouse and roses on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a pink flamingo with yellow flowers, teal leaves and red roses on the forearm, shown in three side-by-side views.
Flamingo and roses on a forearm
Traditional-style tattoo on a forearm showing a grey umbrella with a lightning bolt, rain, a paper boat sailing in a purple teacup and a red rose on the cup.
Umbrella storm and paper boat in a teacup
Close view of a tattooed forearm and hand resting on a gold guitar, with a traditional style skull and rose design on the forearm and small lettering on the knuckles.
Tattooed forearm and hand on a guitar
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a yellow cartoon character with braided hair inside an oval frame, a lemon slice and green leaves, with script lettering curving around the edge.
Cartoon character and lemon with lettering
Woman with a cigar and an open polka dot dress, showing a black and grey portrait tattoo on her upper arm and a red rose tattoo on her forearm.
Rose and portrait tattoos on arms
Black and grey full arm sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and forearm, showing a sailing ship among clouds and peony flowers in a Japanese style.
Black and grey clouds and ship sleeve on an arm
Black and grey rose tattoo on the back of a hand, with a partly visible clock tattoo on the wrist and forearm.
Black and grey rose on the back of a hand
Black and grey traditional style tattoo sleeve on a forearm, showing a rose, barbed wire, clouds and a dagger, with the man crouching in black jeans and a pink t-shirt.
Rose, barbed wire and dagger forearm sleeve
Traditional style colour tattoo of a dagger with a red gem hilt, a winged moth above and a red rose with green leaves on a forearm.
Dagger and rose on a forearm
Colourful seahorse tattoo with black outlines and green seaweed fronds on a forearm, against a vintage map print.
Striped seahorse tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters and a dotted outer ring, shown on the forearm.
Compass rose on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a solid black heart with a dotted border, two red flowers and an orange flower with dark green leaves, on the inner forearm.
Black heart with red flowers on forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a heart with a HOPELESS banner, a dagger, two flowers and leaves, on the forearm.
Traditional heart banner with flowers on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of Pikachu above a pink flower with green leaves, on the forearm near the elbow.
Pikachu and flower on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a green cactus with a pink flower in a teal pot with striped bands, on a forearm surrounded by other tattoos.
Cactus in a striped pot on a forearm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a skull with a snake coiling through it, on the forearm.
Skull and snake on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a gramophone with red flowers and green leaves on a forearm.
Gramophone and red flowers on a forearm
Close view of a traditional style skull and rose tattoo with green leaves on the forearm of a person in a white lace robe, hands clasped.
Skull and rose on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a nurse with a cap bearing a red cross and rolled curls, in grey shading with red accents, on a forearm.
Nurse portrait on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of orange sunflowers, small red blooms and green leaves above a striped vase on the forearm.
Sunflower bouquet in a vase on a forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a brass diving helmet surrounded by pink and green coral, bubbles and palm fronds on a forearm.
Diving helmet and coral on an arm
Two photographs of a full body Japanese-style tattoo: on the left a back piece seen while kneeling in water, on the right a torso and sleeves with an eagle, cherry blossom and koi.
Full body Japanese-style tattoo in two views
A bearded man pours coffee into a white mug in a kitchen, showing a colour traditional-style sleeve tattoo on his forearm and upper arm.
Colour sleeve tattoo while pouring coffee
Traditional colour tattoo of a globe wrapped in a red banner reading WANDERER, with a compass rose above, on a forearm.
Globe with Wanderer banner on a forearm
Black and grey death's head hawkmoth tattoo with shaded wings and a skull-like marking on the thorax, placed on the forearm.
Death's head hawkmoth on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a yellow skeleton knitting with pink needles and blue yarn on the inner forearm, with a ball of blue yarn beside it.
Knitting skeleton and blue yarn on forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a winged anatomical heart above an oval frame holding two cats, on the forearm.
Anatomical heart with two cats
Traditional style tattoo of a flowering cactus, a sombrero and a red and orange sunset inside a circle, on a forearm.
Cactus and sombrero sunset on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of two red roses, a mint green shoe with polka dots and a strand of pearls on the inner forearm.
Roses and mint shoe on a forearm
Colourful traditional-style tattoos cover a thigh and forearm as two people lie on a bed holding hands.
Two people holding hands with tattooed legs
Two matching colour traditional tattoos on forearms, each showing a hand holding a lighter or a joint, with a cannabis leaf, a pink flower and a banner reading BEST or BUDS.
Matching traditional forearm tattoos, lighter and joint
Seated man with traditional-style tattoos on both legs and arms, including a dagger, a framed portrait and a rose on the knee.
Legs with traditional tattoos and a framed portrait
Colour traditional tattoo of three grey shaded dice surrounded by orange and yellow flames on the inside of a forearm.
Dice in flames on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a headstone-shaped plaque reading BE KIND, framed by two daffodil-style flowers and leaves, on a forearm.
Be kind headstone with daffodils on an arm
Traditional style tattoo of a hand forming an OK sign, wrapped in a grey cuff with red peonies and leaves, on the inner forearm.
Hand making an OK sign with red flowers on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a dagger wrapped in a banner reading IT HURTS UNTIL IT DOESN'T, with orange flowers and black leaves, on a forearm.
Dagger and banner on a forearm
Traditional tattoo of orange flowers with green leaves and red dots on a forearm, with a blue flower at left and a snake head at lower right.
Traditional flowers and snake on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope with a ship's wheel in the centre, on the forearm of a man in a white t-shirt.
Anchor, rope and ship's wheel on a forearm
Traditional panther head tattoo on a woman's neck, with small finger and hand tattoos, wearing a white shirt.
Traditional panther head on the neck
Colour traditional tattoo of a green wand topped by a gold star with a number 4, with pink roses, a bud and a small heart, on the forearm.
Rose wand with star on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a crescent moon with spider webs and two spiders hanging on threads down the forearm, in a traditional style.
Crescent moon and spiders on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a striped lighthouse with rays of light and a banner reading BUT ALWAYS A GUIDING LIGHT, on a forearm.
Traditional lighthouse banner on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo on an inner forearm showing an owl, a castle and a golden snitch inside a heart-shaped frame.
Hogwarts castle and golden snitch on forearm