Traditional tattoo ideas

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Black and grey traditional-style owl tattoo wearing round glasses, with a scaled body and leafy sprigs below, on the side of the upper thigh.
Owl in glasses with leaves on a thigh
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo with leaves and a Sink or Swim banner on a forearm, shown in two views.
Anchor with leaves and Sink or Swim banner on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo on a calf showing a thatched cottage with a smoking chimney, a crescent moon, stars and a black lion beneath, with orange accents.
Cottage, crescent moon and lion on a calf
Two black and grey traditional roses with leaves, one on each upper chest near the shoulders, on a person wearing a black off-shoulder top.
Twin black and grey roses on the collarbones
Colour traditional tattoo of a green and pink helmet surrounded by pink flowers and leaves, on the calf.
Helmet and flowers on a calf
Black and grey traditional tattoos on a torso, including a coffin marked RIP, a dagger through a pair of fanged lips, a snake head and a cat head.
Traditional flash cluster on a torso
Traditional style tattoo of a black shaded heart with a paw print, a raised fist and a brown rose with black leaves, on a forearm.
Heart, paw print and rose on a forearm
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a smiling sun with closed eyes and flame-like rays, placed on a person's back beside a purple patterned strap.
Smiling sun with closed eyes on back
Black and grey traditional compass rose with two curling banners reading a line about ships and harbour, tattooed on a person's lower abdomen.
Compass rose with banner quote on torso
Full torso tattoo in neo-traditional style showing an owl with spread wings across the chest, with a compass, sailing ship and woman's portrait on the stomach.
Owl and nautical full torso piece
Traditional-style flash design on paper showing a sailing ship on rough seas and a black and grey rose in a bold black oval frame, with no body part visible.
Sailing ship and rose flash in oval frame
Traditional style tattoo of a red heart with a black arrow through it and the word MYSELF inside, placed on the thigh beside roses and a black ornamental design.
Heart with arrow reading MYSELF on a leg
Woman in a brown hat on a rocky shore, with a red and yellow bird tattoo on her thigh and a fine-line scroll tattoo on her upper arm.
Bird on thigh and scroll on upper arm
Traditional-style flash sheet of hearts with banners, flowers and lettering such as no scrubs, go away and drop dead, drawn on paper with no placement on the body.
Heart and banner flash sheet
Black and grey pencil drawing of a Dalek above a banner reading EXTERMINATE, shown as a tattoo design on a spiral sketchbook page.
Dalek with EXTERMINATE banner design
Colour traditional-style tattoo on the inner forearm showing a red gloved hand with a yellow star above two banners reading Don't mess with my funky flow.
Gloved hand and banner on a forearm
Line drawing flash of a pizza slice with pepperoni and mushrooms, with banners reading I WILL NEVER and BREAK YOUR HEART, in a traditional style.
Pizza slice with banner lettering
Two hands with traditional tattoos: a red rose with green leaves on the left hand and a colourful crescent moon with a face and flowers on the right hand.
Rose and crescent moon on two hands
Traditional style tattoo of a palm tree over a red sunset and sea, framed by teal leaves and red flowers, on a forearm.
Palm tree sunset and flowers on a forearm
Black and grey traditional butterfly tattoo centred on a chest, shown under an open sleeveless denim shirt.
Butterfly tattoo on the chest
Traditional-style tattoo on a forearm showing a yellow-rimmed compass with a red and black star, a red rose with green leaves below, and a serpent wrapping around the compass.
Traditional compass and rose on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a yellow hot rod with red roses and green leaves, on the outer arm.
Yellow hot rod and red roses on an arm
Two painted traditional flash designs of daggers on cream paper, one with a red rose at the guard and one with a scaled hilt, an eye and a ribbon banner.
Two traditional dagger designs on cream paper
Two traditional style tattoos of trapeze acrobats in red, orange and yellow, one on each thigh.
Trapeze acrobats on both thighs
Traditional colour tattoo of a winged staff with a coiled red hose, a crossed axe and hook, and a black helmet with a red band, on the upper arm.
Winged staff with axe and helmet on upper arm
White line drawings of traditional tattoo flash motifs, including a skull, rose, diamond and dagger, repeated across a black duvet cover on a bed.
Traditional tattoo flash print on black bedding
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon man in a suit above a banner reading DANGER ZONE, shown on the forearm.
Suited man portrait with Danger Zone banner
Black ink finger tattoos on a clenched hand showing a flower, a sailing ship, a ship's wheel, a palm tree and crossed arrows in a simple traditional style.
Nautical finger tattoos on a fist
Colour tattoo of a green sea serpent with red eyes and teeth inside a block letter F, framed by blue waves on a red background.
Green sea serpent in a block letter F
Traditional style tattoo of two clasped hands in front of a red heart with a lace edge and orange flowers, on a forearm.
Clasped hands and heart with flowers on a forearm
Traditional flash drawing of a sailor pin-up woman with closed eyes and a sailor cap, framed by a green laurel wreath and a yellow banner reading Sink or Swim.
Sailor pin-up with laurel wreath and Sink or Swim banner
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of a wooden cross with a crucifix and a banner reading PHILIPPIANS, with 4:13 beside it, on the upper arm.
Wooden cross with banner and scripture reference
Black and grey pencil drawing of a phoenix with spread wings, flames and long flowing tail feathers, a design suitable for a large tattoo.
Phoenix with flowing tail feathers
Two forearms held together showing a traditional style sugar skull with red roses and a swallow on one arm, and a woman's face with roses on the other.
Sugar skull, roses and swallow on forearms
Traditional colour tattoo of red and black jump leads forming a heart, with the words Because failure is not an option around it, on the leg.
Jump leads forming a heart with slogan
Traditional style colour tattoo of a flying saucer with glowing orange rays, above the words I WANT TO LEAVE, on the upper arm.
Flying saucer with I want to leave lettering
Colour tattoo of a long-haired cat in a scalloped oval frame with a pink background and a banner reading BIXBY, on the upper arm.
Cat portrait in oval frame on upper arm
Traditional style forearm tattoo of a red-haired cartoon woman in round glasses and a green jacket, with arms folded, above a black-outlined flower with teal leaves.
Cartoon character and flower on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red and orange rose with green leaves on the inner wrist, shown with the hand raised against a wooden table.
Red rose on an inner wrist
Traditional-style tattoo of a black sheep head with curled black wool, crossed bones and a banner reading Black Sheep, on the forearm.
Black sheep head with banner on forearm
Side by side, a photo of a grey Persian cat and a colour traditional tattoo of a cat in a top hat, monocle and bow tie with hibiscus flowers and a banner reading You Sir Are The Cat's Meow.
Top hat cat tattoo beside a cat photo
Close photo of a fine line black tattoo of a hand and a profile face with closed eyes on a limb, with a shaded black and grey woman in a headdress tattoo below.
Fine line profile and hand with black and grey figure
Two matching traditional goat head tattoos with curled horns and orange eyes, one on the back of each hand, with red shading and leaf tattoos on the wrists.
Matching goat head tattoos on the hands
Two photos of a traditional style neck tattoo showing a red jewel set inside an ornate heart frame beside a black and grey rose on the neck.
Red gem heart and rose on the neck
Woman in a black racerback vest top showing traditional-style tattoos on her left upper arm and forearm, including a red rose.
Traditional-style arm tattoos with rose
Close photo of a colourful traditional swallow tattoo with bold black outlines on the back of a hand, with dark tattoos partly visible on the forearm.
Traditional swallow on the back of a hand
Traditional colour tattoo on a calf showing a bearded figure with a raised hand, a bent dark-haired figure and a red horned devil in front of a rainbow arc.
Bearded figure, red devil and rainbow on a calf
Colour traditional-style sugar skull tattoo framed by red and black roses and green leaves, on the calf.
Sugar skull with roses on a calf