Traditional tattoo ideas

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Black and white photo of two people holding hands, both with tattooed arms, showing a dragon and clouds sleeve on the right arm and a dagger design on the left forearm.
Tattooed sleeves holding hands
Colour traditional tattoo of a sloth hanging from a leafy branch with a banner reading nap all day, sleep all night, party never, on a limb.
Sloth on a banner with nap and sleep lettering
Traditional style tattoo of a compass rose, red rose and pink and orange flowers with green leaves on the forearm.
Compass, rose and flowers on an arm
Black and grey traditional swallow tattoo in flight, with bold outlines and shaded wings, on the side of the ribs.
Swallow in flight on the side ribs
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a lighthouse and a sailing ship inside an oval frame, with a rope, feathers and a yellow flower.
Lighthouse and sailing ship on upper arm
Pale white ink outline of a rose with leaves on the inner forearm, in a traditional style.
White ink rose on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a gold pocket watch reading WELL SPENT, with pink and teal roses and green leaves, on an upper arm.
Pocket watch and roses with WELL SPENT dial
Black and grey traditional-style ram head tattoo on a lower leg, beside a colourful design on the calf of a cyclist riding a red bicycle.
Ram head tattoo and colour calf design on a cyclist
Traditional style tattoo of two colourful mandala flowers with dark green serrated leaves on a calf.
Traditional mandala flowers on a calf
Black and grey dotwork and traditional tattoos on a forearm and hand, including a large bee, planets, a dotted constellation and crystals.
Bee, planets and crystals on forearm and hand
Traditional style tattoo of a bat head with a crescent moon and star above it, placed on the calf.
Bat head and crescent moon on a lower leg
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style skull framed by red-outlined flowers and leaves, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Skull and flowers flash drawing
Teal flower tattoo with ochre petal edges and brown leaves in a traditional style, on the upper leg, with a partial eye design at the top edge.
Teal flower with leaves on the upper leg
Colour tattoo of a yellow crescent moon with a grid-patterned grin and a black sun motif on the forearm, outlined in black with red shading.
Yellow crescent moon with grinning face on forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a snarling black panther with a raised curled tail, yellow claws and red accents, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Snarling black panther on the upper back
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a black and grey flying saucer with a rainbow beam, sparkles and the words Do you think I'm spooky.
UFO with rainbow beam on upper arm
Solid black ornate key tattoo with a scrolled bow and two stylised faces, sitting on the calf in a traditional style.
Ornate key on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo of a purple rose with gold antlers above it and green leaves below, on the forearm.
Purple rose with antlers on a forearm
Traditional tattoo on a calf showing a woman in profile and a tabby cat facing each other inside a black heart, with flowers and the words BOYS WHATEVER and CATS FOREVER.
Woman and cat in a heart on a calf
Black and grey shield tattoo with a crescent moon, stars, pine trees, a tent and a campfire, and the words Adventure Awaits on a banner, on a limb.
Adventure Awaits shield with campfire scene
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red heart with a banner reading FUCK THAT, framed by yellow flowers and green and black spikes, on an upper arm.
Traditional heart with banner and flowers
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a teal scallop shell on a forearm, beside red peony and yellow flower tattoos above it.
Teal scallop shell with peony sleeve
Side of a torso with traditional tattoos: a colour ship in an oval with a banner, and a black outline dagger wrapped in ribbon with red lettering on the ribs.
Traditional ship, dagger and lettering on ribs
Black and grey traditional flash sheet showing a central urn, a hand holding a dagger, a bird, an eye, a pipe, flowers, arrows and script lettering.
Black and grey flash sheet with urn and hand
Traditional style colour tattoo down a lower leg showing a spread-winged eagle, a woman's head, an eye and a clock on a purple base.
Traditional leg tattoo with eagle, woman and clock
Thigh with a coloured portrait of a woman framed by flowers, a black and grey sailing ship in a rope border, and a small teal lotus with pink characters above it.
Portrait, ship and lotus tattoos on a thigh
Traditional-style flash design of a blue teacup with a skull and crossbones, coffee spilling out, framed by two scroll banners of lettering on a red splash background.
Skull teacup with coffee banners
Black and grey traditional chest tattoo of a skull-faced woman cameo in a beaded frame, flanked by ornate scrollwork, on a chest.
Skull cameo with scrollwork on a chest
Traditional style swallow tattoo with red flowers on the upper arm, shown in black, grey, blue and red ink.
Swallow and red flowers on an upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo on a forearm of a cartoon woman with glasses and auburn hair holding a book, framed by a heart, with a red rose below.
Cartoon character with book and rose on forearm
Black and grey flash drawing of a vinyl record on a turntable framed by two traditional roses and ink swirls, shown on paper.
Record player with two roses design
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of three roses with leaves running up the inside of a forearm, with a gold watch on the wrist.
Three black roses with leaves on a forearm
Woman in a peach sleeveless blouse with a lace collar, showing colour tattoos of roses and a bird on her upper arms and forearms.
Colour roses and bird tattoos on both arms
Traditional flash sheet of four designs in colour: chess pieces with a rose, a sunset over waves, an hourglass with a skull, and a fox with pine trees, above a BRAND NEW banner.
Traditional flash sheet with rose, fox and hourglass
Colour tattoo of the Hogwarts crest with a HOGWARTS banner above it and a Latin motto ribbon below, on the calf.
Hogwarts crest on a calf
Full back tattoo in traditional style showing a swooping eagle above red roses, a sailing ship on waves and a red sun, with colour ink throughout.
Eagle, roses and sailing ship back piece
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a mascara wand, eyelashes, hearts, a rose in a bottle and script lettering.
Make-up motifs with script on a forearm
Person in a black sweatshirt with white wing print, showing a red rose tattoo on the neck and floral tattoos on the hands.
Red rose on neck and floral hand tattoos
Navy line drawing of a bearded sailor in a striped top and cap, with tattooed arms, anchor and rope, and the lettering A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.
Sailor flash with smooth sea lettering
Black and grey ornamental tattoo on an upper arm, with a Deathly Hallows symbol at the centre, a winged motif at the top, and flowers and leaves framing it.
Deathly Hallows symbol on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a blue striped gift box with a blue bow and a pink burst on an upper arm.
Striped gift box with bow and pink burst
Colourful traditional-style tattoo on a forearm showing a teal yarn ball, scissors, a spool of thread, a measuring tape and a red pincushion.
Sewing notions and yarn ball on a forearm
Colour tattoo of sunflowers with green leaves and trailing vines wrapping across the upper arm and shoulder, in a botanical style.
Sunflowers and vines on an upper arm
Black and grey traditional-style tattoos covering a person's arms, with a ginger cat cradled against the right forearm and a small tattoo visible on the upper chest.
Black and grey tattoo sleeve with a ginger cat
Traditional style colour tattoo of a compass rose inside a scalloped medallion, framed by two red flowers and green leaves on a forearm.
Compass and flowers on a forearm
Black ink pen drawing of a hot air balloon with banners reading It's not about the destination and It's about the journey, surrounded by clouds, rays and an anchor, in a lettering style suited to a
Hot air balloon with journey banner design
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty with a red bow, pink cherry blossoms and a grey folding fan in Japanese style on a calf.
Hello Kitty with cherry blossom and fan
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a black and white striped lighthouse with a red light and swirling blue waves inside a porthole frame, on the forearm.
Lighthouse and waves in a porthole frame