Traditional tattoo ideas

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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

Black and grey drawing of a lipstick tube with a Pucker Up banner and a starry cloud behind it, in a traditional flash style.

Lipstick and Pucker Up banner design

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 black and grey cat head tattoo with yellow eyes and a solid black moon above it, on the upper arm.

Sphynx cat head with yellow eyes on an arm

Traditional style flash drawing of a woman wearing a grey cat mask with red ears, beside a red heart pierced by an arrow and green leaves.

Woman in cat mask with arrowed heart

Traditional style colour tattoo on the upper arm of an orange twenty-sided die with a black insect, green and yellow leaves, a red flower and teal splashes.

Twenty-sided die and flower on upper arm

Colour traditional tattoo of a red and white lighthouse among waves and palm trees, with the words THE SEA WAS ANGRY THAT DAY beneath, on an upper arm.

Lighthouse and stormy sea on an arm

Colour tattoo of a red poppy with grey-green leaves and stem on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade, in a botanical style.

Red poppy on a shoulder blade

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 ornamental swallow tattoo with dotwork detailing on the upper arm, in traditional style.

Ornamental swallow on an upper arm

Traditional colour tattoo of a cherry pie slice topped with whipped cream, set inside a circle on a calf, with the letters RR beneath.

Cherry pie slice on a calf

Colour tattoo of a world map inside an ornate scrolled oval frame on the thigh, in a traditional style.

World map in an ornate frame on a thigh

Black linework compass rose tattoo with a small red N on the upper arm, in a traditional style with fleur-de-lis points.

Compass rose on an upper arm

Two black and grey traditional anchor tattoos with rope wrapped around the shanks, one on the top of each bare foot, resting on grass.

Anchor and rope tattoos on both feet

Two legs raised against a pale wall, covered in traditional tattoos of daggers, a rose, an eye, a pocket watch and a whale, with a black and grey flower on one knee.

Full traditional leg sleeves with white high-tops

Traditional style flash drawing of Pikachu smiling inside a black and teal laurel wreath, scattered with small stars on a parchment background.

Pikachu in a laurel wreath flash

Cross stitch of a red heart with a white banner reading MOM and a small pink rose, in a traditional tattoo style on dark navy fabric.

Cross stitch heart with MOM banner

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 Medusa head with snakes wound through her hair, tattooed in dotwork shading on the side of a torso, over the ribs.

Medusa with snakes on the ribs

Two bare lower legs raised in burgundy boots, showing traditional tattoos of a bow, camera, rose, ship's wheel, playing card and small script on the calves.

Traditional tattoos on both calves

Colour tattoo of a decorated Christmas tree with a star topper, baubles, candy canes and wrapped presents on the upper arm.

Christmas tree with presents on a limb

Black swallow tattoo with a red throat on the upper back of a person with dark hair tied in a ponytail, wearing a floral top.

Swallow tattoo on upper back

Colour traditional-style tattoo of two crossed bacon strips with a banner reading I heart BACON and EAT MEAT below, on a limb.

Crossed bacon strips with I heart bacon banner

Colour traditional-style tattoo of the BMO character from Adventure Time with red flowers, green leaves and a shamrock on a calf.

BMO and red flowers on a calf

Colour traditional tattoo of two swallows, a yellow measuring tape and a black needle and thread on the upper thigh.

Swallows and measuring tape on a thigh

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

Traditional style colour tattoo of a teal stand mixer with a steel bowl, surrounded by pink, orange and purple flowers and green leaves, on the upper leg.

Teal stand mixer with flowers on a thigh

Traditional-style colour tattoo of a red jelly mould with heart speckles and a rainbow inside, on a leg.

Red jelly mould with rainbow on a leg

Traditional colour tattoo of a woman's portrait with pink jacket, pink flowers and a blue banner reading Ain't No Such Thing, on the upper arm.

Portrait with flowers and banner on upper arm

Traditional colour tattoo of a globe showing continents and latitude lines, with yellow and green leaves and a red rose below, on the upper leg.

Globe with leaves and a rose on a leg

Black and grey traditional style tattoo of Jack Skellington holding a carved jack-o'-lantern, on the outer thigh.

Jack Skellington holding a pumpkin on thigh

Colour traditional tattoo of an hourglass framed by red roses and green leaves on a person's calf, with green canvas sneakers.

Hourglass and roses on a calf

Black and grey traditional owl tattoo flanked by two roses and leaves, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.

Owl and roses on upper back

Black ink Traditional-style tattoo of a scalloped heart reading BE NICE with small ornaments above and below, on an upper arm.

Be Nice heart on upper arm

Traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a woman's face with a raven perched on her head and a red rose with green leaves below.

Woman with raven and rose on a forearm

Black linework tattoo of an owl with foliage below it, placed on the outer thigh of a person's upper leg.

Owl and foliage on a thigh

Traditional style tattoo of a cat in a space helmet and suit floating beside a ringed planet, on the forearm.

Cat astronaut with ringed planet

Black and grey traditional sleeve on a forearm and upper arm, featuring a tiger head, an eagle, a feathered chief, a snake and roses.

Black and grey traditional sleeve with tiger, eagle and

Traditional style tattoo of a grey songbird perched on a thorned branch with pink roses and green leaves, on the forearm.

Songbird and roses on a forearm

Traditional style drawing of a coloured tobacco pipe with a red bowl and blue smoke curling above it, shown as a tattoo design on paper.

Smoking pipe with curling smoke design

Traditional style tattoo of a red lipstick with orange and blue flowers and green leaves on a forearm.

Lipstick and flowers on a forearm

Colour traditional tattoo of an owl wearing a bowler hat with a ribbon, patterned sugar skull style eyes and a teal waistcoat, on the forearm.

Owl in a bowler hat on a forearm

Traditional style colour tattoo of three red roses and a rosebud with green leaves on the side of a person's body, with black star tattoos on the arm beside it.

Red roses with green leaves on the side

Traditional style flash sheet showing swallow, rose, padlock heart, anchor, cupcake and diamond designs with stars on a beige background.

Traditional flash sheet with swallows, roses and hearts