Traditional tattoo ideas

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Traditional colour tattoo of a sailing ship with flowers and leaves above a mandala on a forearm.
Sailing ship and mandala on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of an animated princess and prince in a heart-shaped frame with a banner, on a forearm.
Animated couple in a heart on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of an acorn with two oak leaves and the letters ox above it, shaded in soft grey, on the forearm.
Acorn and oak leaves on a forearm
Traditional style forearm tattoo of a seated bull with a small rose and a red-outlined horseshoe holding a banner that reads lucky.
Seated bull and lucky horseshoe on a forearm
Black and grey crown tattoo with a fleur-de-lis top and the word Gemini in script beneath, on the inner forearm.
Crown and Gemini script on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a cat face with a pink bow, purple accents and pink flowers on the forearm.
Sugar skull style cat with bow on forearm
Two wrists held together showing black crown tattoos, the left in fine ornate linework and the right in dotwork shading, both on the inner wrist.
Matching crown tattoos on two wrists
Two traditional-style forearm tattoos: a red flower vase with the words Oh No, Not again and Don't, and a grey whale with the words I wonder if it'll be friends with me and Panic.
Vase and whale forearm pair with quotes
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a crying woman's profile inside a circle, with the words LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES below.
Crying woman profile in a circle with text
Black and grey rose tattoo with stippled shading and dark leaves on a forearm, photographed in black and white.
Rose with leaves on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a cherry pie slice topped with whipped cream, with a banner reading Stay Golden, on the forearm.
Pie slice with Stay Golden banner
Close view of a man in a beige suit and striped shirt touching his jacket, showing a traditional style tattoo of a fist and banner across the back of his hand and wrist.
Traditional hand tattoo with banner on wrist
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters on the inner forearm of a person wearing a light grey top.
Compass rose tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of two roses with leaves and buds on the inner forearm, shown with the hand raised against a pale background.
Black and grey roses on a forearm
Two matching forearm tattoos of pink and red roses with grey shaded leaves and the word Sister in black script, in traditional style.
Matching rose and sister script tattoos on forearms
Traditional style tattoo of red and orange roses with green leaves and a closed bud, running along the forearm towards the wrist.
Red roses and bud on a forearm
Black ink anchor tattoo on a forearm, with rope forming a heart around the shank and dotwork shading on the crown and lower chevron.
Anchor wrapped in a rope heart on a forearm
Traditional style sleeve on a man's left arm, showing a swallow, a ribbon banner and a ship, with a script tattoo partly visible on his chest.
Traditional sleeve with swallow and ship on left arm
Colour tattoo of a black chain circle inside a green leaf wreath with red flowers, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a striped top.
Chain wreath with red flowers on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a paintbrush with orange flowers, dark teal leaves and a peacock feather on the forearm.
Paintbrush, flowers and peacock feather on a forearm
A woman in a grey t-shirt with a black anatomical heart balloon print shows a colour traditional portrait tattoo of a woman with a hair bun on her forearm.
Woman portrait tattoo on forearm with heart print tee
Traditional style tattoo of a bottle over waves inside a grey shield, with red cloud and yellow lightning bolts, on a forearm.
Bottle and lightning shield on a forearm
Black and grey rose tattoo with shaded petals and leaves on the inner wrist of a hand with turquoise nails, in a traditional style.
Black and grey rose on the inner wrist
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of an eye within an ornate scrolled frame with rays, on the inner forearm.
Eye in an ornate frame on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo on the forearm showing a salmon nigiri piece, a yellow bird with a moustache and a pink banner reading SUSHI TIME, all outlined in black.
Salmon nigiri and bird with SUSHI TIME banner
Black and grey anchor tattoo with rope wrapped around the shank, shown in a traditional style on the forearm.
Anchor and rope on a forearm
Two colour tattoos of the Frozen characters Elsa and Anna drawn as matryoshka nesting dolls, placed on the forearms in a bold neo-traditional style.
Elsa and Anna nesting dolls on forearms
Traditional-style tattoo of a red snake coiled around a blade with a green hilt, on the inner forearm of a hand raised in a pink glove.
Snake and blade on a forearm
Black linework tattoo of a skull with a serpent coiled beneath it on the forearm, in a traditional style.
Skull and serpent on a forearm
Man wearing a grey top with full colour traditional tattoo sleeves on both arms and lettering across the hands, including the words Fate and Always.
Full colour traditional sleeves and hands
Traditional style colour tattoo of a dog's face with black ears and a white muzzle, set within a red rose with green leaves, on a forearm.
Dog face in a rose on a forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a red-haired cartoon boy above two cartoon girls holding telephones, surrounded by hearts and sparkles, on a forearm.
Three cartoon characters with hearts on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a dagger piercing a red rose with green leaves, placed on the inner forearm of a person wearing a navy striped top.
Dagger and rose on a forearm
Two clasped hands with traditional tattoos of a butterfly, a cat head, a heart and a lily on the hands and forearm.
Hands with butterfly, cat and lily tattoos
Traditional style arm sleeve with a tiger head, an all-seeing eye, a skull, a snake and a rose on a forearm and upper arm, in black outline with red, green and blue colour.
Traditional sleeve with tiger, eye and snake
Black and white photo of a person with tattooed hands and forearms, showing a rose on the forearm and a cup design on the back of the hand, in a traditional style.
Rose and cup tattoos on hands and forearms
Traditional style tattoo of a pink flower and orange leaves in a black cuff band with orange dotted borders, on the forearm near the wrist.
Traditional flower cuff on a wrist
Traditional style tattoo of Christ with a crown of thorns in front of a red halo, with the words BE THOU MY VISION beneath, on the forearm.
Traditional Christ portrait with crown of thorns
Two matching black and grey tattoos of a compass and a clock with flowers and a script banner, shown on the inner forearms.
Matching compass and clock tattoos on forearms
Colour traditional tattoo of a striped hot air balloon with grey clouds and a basket on the forearm, outlined in bold black.
Hot air balloon with clouds on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a red bird head with a feathered crest inside a rope-edged heart on a forearm, with a Celtic knot charm hanging below.
Red bird in rope heart on forearm
Black and grey skeleton hand forming an OK sign in dotwork shading with bold black outlines, on a forearm beside partly visible colour tattoos.
Skeleton hand making OK sign on forearm
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, wings and a banner reading 15-04-2017, on the forearm.
Pocket watch with wings and date banner
Traditional colour tattoo of a red potion bottle with banners reading "You're the antidote for everything except for me" on a forearm.
Potion bottle and banner quote on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a wide-brimmed hat, with a flower and leaves, on a forearm.
Profile of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat with a flower
Arms crossed to show a black and grey mandala tattoo on the forearm, with a traditional rose tattoo partly visible on the thigh below pale pink shorts.
Mandala forearm tattoo and thigh rose
Traditional style tattoo of grey roses with black outlines and orange and green leaves, sitting on the forearm near the elbow.
Grey traditional roses on a forearm
Black and grey arrowhead tattoo with a bold outline and shaded fill on a forearm, with a dark rose tattoo above it.
Arrowhead tattoo on a forearm