Traditional tattoo ideas

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Close-up of a traditional style tattoo of a woman's profile in dark hair with a red bow and red lips on the upper arm.
Pin-up profile with red bow on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a green-hatted skull with yellow shamrocks and a black hat band, on the upper arm, in a traditional style.
Green top hat skull with shamrocks on upper arm
Two thigh tattoos in a traditional style: a coloured Snow White in an ornate frame on the left leg, and a black line drawing of Alice in a matching frame on the right leg.
Snow White and Alice thigh tattoos
Painted traditional flash design of two red roses, a grey cross and yellow scrollwork framing a dark central panel, with no body placement shown.
Traditional roses and cross frame design
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
Traditional colour tattoo of a snarling black panther head in front of a yellow crescent moon on the back of a hand.
Panther and crescent moon on the hand
Neo-traditional flash of a blonde cartoon woman with a tattooed arm, two bluebirds, roses and a banner reading Once Upon a Dream.
Blonde princess with roses and banner
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red and blue sewing thread spool with a needle and white flowers and green leaves, on the skin of the upper body.
Sewing spools and needle with flowers
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm of a long-haired woman seated atop a snarling gorilla head with yellow eyes, with a partial banner above.
Woman on a gorilla head on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a compass with red and blue roses and green leaves on an upper arm.
Compass with roses on upper arm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of an owl above a sugar skull with floral ornament, on the upper arm, shown in a three panel collage.
Owl and sugar skull on upper arm
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a pink cartoon train with a smiling face and the words I choo-choo-choose you in a speech cloud, with red hearts, on a lower leg.
Cartoon train with I choo-choo-choose you
Black and grey traditional dreamcatcher tattoo with three roses, a heart padlock, a pocket watch and feathers on the outer thigh.
Dreamcatcher with roses on a thigh
Red ink sketch of an hourglass, pocket watch and roses above a banner reading MAKE EVERY MOMENT COUNT, in a traditional tattoo flash style.
Hourglass and pocket watch flash design
Black and grey tattoo of three shaded roses with leaves on the upper back near the shoulder blade, seen from behind.
Three black and grey roses on a shoulder blade
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a figure standing on a crescent moon beside clouds and a four-point star.
Figure on a crescent moon with clouds and stars
Cream ceramic travel mug printed with traditional tattoo flash designs, including a lifebuoy with a banner, an anchor, a spyglass, a red rose and a pin-up figure.
Traditional flash designs on a ceramic travel mug
Traditional style tattoo of a man and a woman embracing in front of a red heart with blue-grey flowers, shown on skin in three repeated panels.
Couple embracing in a red heart
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a pepperoni pizza slice with a "Pizza my heart" banner and script lettering on a forearm.
Pizza slice with a "Pizza my heart" banner
Traditional style colour tattoo on the thigh showing a sun over snowy peaks and a river, framed by a rope border and the words If it's the mountains bending rivers you will have them.
Mountain, river and sun scene on a thigh
Black and grey moth tattoo with shaded wings on the upper back, just below the base of the neck.
Moth tattoo on upper back
Back of a person with a black and grey traditional style tattoo of roses, clasped hands holding a scroll that reads Everything we left unsaid, and a small coloured rose at the left shoulder, placed
Roses and clasped hands with script across upper back
Traditional colour tattoo of a woman's face framed by a flower crown and dark curled hair, placed on the thigh.
Woman with a flower crown on the thigh
Colour tattoo of a red peony with white daisies, blue flowers and green leaves in a bouquet on the inner forearm near the wrist, in Botanical and Traditional style.
Peony and daisy bouquet on a forearm
Colour traditional style tattoo on a limb showing two cartoon characters, one with blue skin and one with pink hair and a gold crown, inside a heart frame above pink and red flowers.
Two cartoon characters in a heart frame
Black tribal sun motif with four pointed rays and a ring, drawn as a flash design with no body placement shown.
Black tribal sun design
Coloured flash drawing of a vintage sewing machine with a pink rose, dark buds and green leaves, in a neo-traditional style on pale paper.
Sewing machine and rose design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a woman with black hair, a red patterned bandana, gold chain earrings and a plaid collar, placed on the forearm.
Woman portrait with red bandana on a forearm
Blue flash design of a swallow in flight, with white swirling filigree cut into its wings and body, in a Traditional style.
Swallow silhouette with swirl cutouts
Colour tattoo of a flying owl with spread wings on the neck behind the ear, shaded in browns and tans with yellow eyes.
Flying owl tattoo behind the ear
Traditional colour tattoo of a framed mountain sunset scene surrounded by orange poppies and green leaves, placed on the thigh.
Framed mountain scene with poppies on thigh
Traditional-style tattoo on an arm of a hand holding an hourglass, with a yellow rose, green leaves, seed pods and a red background.
Hand holding hourglass with yellow rose
Both forearms with colourful traditional tattoos of yellow and blue roses, swallows, stars and Chinese characters, with palms held open toward the camera.
Traditional rose and swallow sleeve on both arms
Traditional style armband tattoo of a red rose in orange, green and teal on a person's lower leg, with a dotted geometric border.
Rose armband tattoo on lower leg
Black ink traditional flash sheet on cream paper showing a raven, bat, black cat, pumpkin, coffin, broomstick, spiders and spider webs, with a £31 price marked in the centre.
Halloween flash sheet with bats, cats and spiders
Black and grey dotwork flash drawing of a skeleton resting its head on one hand while holding a steaming mug in the other.
Skeleton resting head on hand with steaming mug
Pencil drawing of open scissors with a scalloped-edged bow, shaded in black and grey, as a tattoo design.
Scissors and bow pencil design
Colour traditional anchor tattoo with a red heart on the crossbar, twisted rope and a pink flower at the base, on the upper arm.
Traditional anchor with rope and heart on upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoos on two legs, with a mask inside a floral ring on each knee, a rose and a snake on the thighs and a web pattern with flowers on the calves.
Traditional masks, roses and snake on legs
Black ink line drawing of a pocket watch, two roses and leaves linked by a beaded chain, on cream paper beside two black pens.
Pocket watch, roses and chain line drawing
Traditional style tattoo of a palm tree, red setting sun and hibiscus-like flowers on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Palm tree and sunset on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a sun and crescent moon with carved-style faces, dotwork mandala detail and wavy rays, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Sun and crescent moon with faces
Colour tattoo of a red Dalek with lightning bolts, red rays, wheat and a pink blossom, with a banner reading EXTERMINATE, on the forearm.
Dalek and lightning forearm tattoo
Traditional style swallow with red roses and green leaves tattooed on an upper arm, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Swallow and roses on an upper arm
Traditional style flash drawing of a red sacred heart with a flaming cross on top, framed by purple flowers and green leaves on a cream background.
Flaming sacred heart with cross and flowers
Black ink Polynesian-style tribal tattoo with chevrons and geometric bands covering a lower leg, shown against a black background.
Polynesian-style bold blackwork calf sleeve
Traditional style tattoo of a dagger piercing a red rose with dark teal and orange leaves and five stars above, on the thigh.
Dagger and rose on a thigh
Two matching traditional tattoos on the thighs, one showing a cartoon mouse in a porthole frame and one showing a cartoon character on an anchor, both framed by red roses.
Matching cartoon and anchor tattoos on two thighs