Traditional tattoo ideas

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Colour traditional tattoo of a brown Bigfoot figure walking past a pine tree, a log and a pine cone, with a spider and a skull at the edges of the photo.
Bigfoot walking through pine trees
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a pineapple above a pineapple bowl holding a tropical island with palm trees, a thatched hut and a crescent moon, in linework and dotwork.
Pineapple island tattoo on a forearm
Colour traditional-style pin-up tattoo of a dark-haired woman in a red dress and high heels, draped in an American flag, on the side of the ribs.
Pin-up woman with American flag on ribs
Colourful traditional-style owl tattoo with yellow-tipped feathers, red-rimmed eyes and blue-grey scales, sitting on the top of a foot with small leaves and dots around it.
Traditional owl tattoo on the top of a foot
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a pineapple with pink flowers and teal leaves on the back of a hand, with a partly visible ribbon banner above.
Pineapple and pink flowers on the back of a hand
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a smiling woman with an updo and purple headband, beside a blue rose and green leaves on an arm.
Woman portrait with blue rose on arm
Traditional style swallow tattoo in green, pink and yellow with black outlines on the top of a foot, with painted teal toenails.
Swallow tattoo on the top of a foot
Four-panel photo of a black and grey full arm sleeve with clouds, sunburst rays, doves, a pocket watch, an anchor and a compass rose, on the upper arm and forearm.
Black and grey cloud sleeve with doves and anchor
Two wrists showing matching black and grey tattoos of a key and a heart-shaped lock, each with a trail of dots, on the forearm near the wrist.
Matching key and heart lock on wrists
White zip pouch printed with traditional-style tattoo flash designs of Hello Kitty, swallows, roses, hearts and a dagger in red, blue and green.
Hello Kitty tattoo flash zip pouch
Traditional style tattoo of open scissors with a dark blue ribbon and small stars on the upper arm, with pink shading.
Scissors and ribbon on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of feathers with orange and red accents and a black beaded band across the inner upper arm.
Feathers with a beaded band on the upper arm
Four photo collage of traditional style tattoo bands with swallows, rose medallions and elephants on a forearm, upper arm and knee area, in colour ink.
Traditional swallow and elephant bands on arms and legs
Traditional style tattoo of a grey flying saucer with a red glow and dotted tractor beam lifting a small green alien head, on the upper arm.
Flying saucer and green alien on an upper arm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a flying saucer with beams of light and stars above the words GET IN LOSER, on the lower leg.
Get in Loser UFO on a lower leg
Traditional style colour tattoo of a green comb with a pink lily and teal leaves outlined in gold, on a forearm.
Comb and lily on a forearm
Full sleeve tattoo of cartoon video game scenes with clouds, a green pipe and a red piranha plant, in traditional style on an upper arm.
Video game sleeve on upper arm
Pencil drawing of a cross with a ribbon banner wrapped around it, shaded in black and grey, a tattoo flash design.
Cross with wrapped ribbon banner
A mermaid tattoo in grey-green ink on a preserved piece of skin, displayed in a sealed glass jar, in a traditional style.
Preserved mermaid tattoo on skin in a jar
Traditional style tattoo of a stack of books with red flowers and green leaves on a calf, with part of an owl tattoo visible to the left.
Stacked books and flowers on a calf
Traditional colour tattoos on a forearm show a hand holding a lighter labelled BEST, above a matching hand holding a joint labelled BUDS, with leaves and pink flowers.
Matching lighter and joint hand tattoos
Traditional style scorpion tattoo in teal, brown, red and yellow with bold black outlines on the thigh.
Traditional scorpion tattoo on a leg
Traditional style tattoo on a calf of a pair of legs in fishnet stockings and red heels, with banners reading Don't dream it, be it.
Fishnet legs and banners on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a robin perched on a branch with red flowers and leaves, on the upper arm.
Robin and flowers on an upper arm
Flash design of a ship's wheel and an anchor wrapped in rope, with script lettering reading Be the one to guide me but never hold me down, in black ink on a pale background.
Ship's wheel and anchor with quote lettering
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a doll-like face with black hair, swallows and orange flowers, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Doll-faced geisha with swallows on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pink flamingo with a sunset and palm tree panel in its body, beside a potted plant with orange and blue flowers, on a forearm.
Flamingo and potted flowers on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a red fox riding a black skateboard, with the words TOO WEIRD TO LIVE and TOO RARE TO DIE arcing around it on a limb.
Fox on a skateboard with lettering
Traditional style tattoo of a haunted house with a yellow moon and a HAUNTED banner, in teal, yellow and black ink, on an ankle.
Haunted house and moon on an ankle
Traditional style tattoo of two grey whales with red droplets, yellow and red flowers and dark leaves, on the outer thigh.
Traditional whales and flowers on a thigh
Black and grey traditional flash drawing of a dagger piercing a rose with stippled dotwork shading, set on a sage green background.
Dagger and rose flash design
Traditional style tattoo of a skull pierced by a dagger, surrounded by flowers and green leaves, on the forearm.
Skull and dagger on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of an open umbrella with lightning bolts, grey clouds and raindrops across the back of a hand.
Umbrella and lightning on the hand
Black ink tattoo of two hands linking little fingers in a pinky promise, framed by sprigs and small stars, on the forearm.
Pinky promise hands with sprigs and stars
Two traditional-style tattoos on the backs of a person's thighs above the knees, each showing a red and pink bow with a dangling charm and a green or black helmet.
Bow and helmet tattoos on the backs of two thighs
Traditional colour tattoo of a grey swallow with red five-petal flowers and olive leaves on a limb.
Swallow and red flowers in traditional style
Traditional style tattoo of an eye within a yellow and green crescent moon, with a dagger through the top and black spiked rays behind it, on the back of a hand.
Eye in a crescent moon on the back of a hand
Traditional style map tattoo on the ribs with a compass rose, pink flowers, a skull and crossbones, a sea serpent and a dashed red route in colour and grey shading.
Compass rose and map tattoo on ribs
Two legs in black canvas trainers covered in colourful traditional style tattoos of roses, birds and flowers on the calves and lower legs.
Traditional leg sleeve with roses and birds
Black and grey lettering design reading Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future, in a shaded and outlined traditional-style typeface on a beige background.
Every saint has a past lettering design
Black and grey traditional grim reaper skull with star-shaped eyes and dotwork shading, above the words SING ME TO SLEEP, on a lower leg.
Grim reaper with lettering on a calf
Two photos of a traditional style tattoo on an upper leg or arm, showing a brown creature with an open toothed mouth and eyes on stalks above red flowers and green leaves.
Open-mouthed creature with red flowers
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a jackal-headed figure within an oval striped frame with an ankh below, on a forearm.
Jackal-headed figure and ankh on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a corked bottle holding a scroll with a red heart, flanked by two red roses with green leaves, on the arm.
Message in a bottle with roses
Black and grey shaded rose with leaves and script reading Sweethearts Forever, tattooed on the outer thigh in a traditional style.
Black and grey rose on the thigh
Traditional colour tattoo of a stack of books, red roses and green leaves, with a banner reading I've lived a thousand lives, on a forearm.
Stacked books and roses with a banner
Colour tattoo of four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in fighting poses across a leg, with bold outlines and bright green shell and skin tones.
Four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on a leg
Flash sheet of western-style lettering designs, including NASHVILLE, OLD WESTERN and Bleeding Cowboy, with two revolver designs, in black ink on a tan background.
Western lettering flash sheet with revolvers