Traditional tattoo ideas

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Traditional colour tattoo of a hand holding a glass vial, with purple roses and an orange banner reading I know my value, on a forearm.
Hand holding a vial with roses and banner
Traditional style tattoo flash of a red rose with green leaves, a gold banner reading LOVE and a small skull, shown on a teal painted background.
Rose, banner and skull design
Traditional style moth flash design in black, cream and orange, shown as a framed print on a peach background with an orange circle behind it.
Traditional moth design in a framed print
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a grey robot wearing a bowler hat and bow tie, framed by ornate scrollwork on the upper arm.
Robot in bowler hat and bow tie on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a cluster of red and cream flowers with dark leaves and teal foliage, placed on the calf.
Red and cream flower cluster on a calf
Traditional colour tattoo of a salted pretzel with two banners reading Don't get it twisted, shown on skin with a red burst behind it.
Pretzel with Don't get it twisted banners
Traditional style colour tattoo of a sailing ship on green waves inside a waffle cone, with pink and orange flowers and green leaves below, on a lower back.
Sailing ship in an ice cream cone with flowers
Pencil and ink drawing of a compass inside a hatched frame, with three banners reading Before you ask which way to go, remember where you've been.
Compass with banner quote drawing
Traditional style flash drawing of a mermaid with shell top and a vintage brass diving helmet diver beside her, framed by a rope border.
Mermaid and diver under the sea
Traditional style tattoo on the inner wrist of a light-skinned arm showing a red heart beside a black and white checkered racing flag with speed lines.
Heart and checkered flag on a wrist
Traditional style tattoo on the thigh of Jack and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas, with a red smiley face and the words We Can Live Like Jack & Sally.
Jack and Sally with a red smiley face
Black and white ink drawing of two hands clasped in a handshake, with a snake with dripping fangs coiled over the joined hands, in a flash style.
Snake biting a handshake
Colourful traditional-style sleeve of peonies, roses and a unicorn on a woman's arm, with lettering on her fingers and a white t-shirt behind.
Traditional floral sleeve with peonies and roses
Black and white line drawing of a skull wearing a spiked crown, with a cigarette in its teeth and oak leaves and acorns at its base, in a flash design style.
Crowned skull with cigarette and oak leaves
Traditional colour tattoo on the upper arm showing a deer, a sheep and a pig in a circle, with the script Friends not food and red and yellow flowers.
Three animals in a wreath with script
Traditional flash design of a red rose, a grey key and a tan Bad Wolf banner with dark green leaves, shown on a black surface beside a coin for scale.
Red rose and key with Bad Wolf banner
Black line tattoo of a sun with a smiling crescent moon face and rays, on the side of a person's torso above the waistband of their jeans.
Sun with a moon face tattoo on the side
Black and white photograph of a traditional-style rose tattoo on a forearm, with the wrist raised and a striped shirt cuff beneath it.
Rose tattoo on a forearm
Collage of five tattoo photos: a traditional hamsa with an eye on the foot, a small colour hamsa on the hip, and three black cat faces with red accents on the leg.
Hamsa and cat tattoos in a collage
Traditional style flash design of a grey owl with orange eyes carrying an envelope, with two banners reading Don't count your owls until they have been delivered, set against blue clouds and stars.
Owl carrying an envelope with banner scrolls
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a wolf head on a dagger wrapped in banners reading FOR THOSE I LOVE I WILL SACRIFICE, on an arm.
Wolf head on a dagger with banner lettering
Black and grey traditional rose with leaves tattooed on the back of a hand, with the word LOVE across the fingers.
Black and grey rose on the back of a hand
Back view of a person in a black bikini bottoms showing traditional-style tattoos on the thigh and hip, including a helmeted woman head and a bowling pin.
Traditional helmeted woman on thigh at the beach
Traditional colour tattoo of a green dinosaur head with yellow spots, red flowers and a banner reading Hold on to your butts, on the thigh.
Green dinosaur with roses and banner
Coloured neo-traditional flash design of a red-haired mermaid in an oval cameo frame, with a teal tail, fish, an anchor and a banner reading SIREN.
Mermaid cameo with fish and a SIREN banner
Traditional tattoo of a UFO beaming down over a house with the words I want to believe on a banner, with teal flowers, on the upper arm.
UFO and house in a banner roundel
Traditional style hawk tattoo in flight with red feather detailing on the outer thigh, with denim shorts visible above.
Hawk in flight on a thigh
Traditional style colour tattoo of a blue police box with a red ribbon and red flowers and green leaves, on a woman's upper arm.
TARDIS and flowers on an upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of an owl face with yellow daisies and green leaves on the inner forearm.
Owl and daisies on a forearm
Traditional tattoos on a forearm showing an elephant over a Truth banner, a star with a Beauty banner, a Freedom banner above a figure, and a heart with a Love banner.
Stacked traditional tattoos on a forearm
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of four pocket watches with ribbon banners on the upper arm, with a name written on each banner.
Four pocket watches with banners on an upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a Millennium Falcon style starship inside a bottle, with a banner and red flowers, on a calf.
Starship in a bottle with red flowers
Retro-style flash drawing of a dark-haired mermaid with a teal tail, surrounded by orange fish, pink coral and stylised waves, with no body placement shown.
Vintage mermaid with fish and coral
Traditional style tattoo of a moustached man with red devil horns, green bow tie and laurel wreath, on the thigh.
Horned gentleman portrait on a thigh
Dotwork anatomical heart tattoo showing two mice on a brick wall under a crescent moon and stars, in black and grey, with partial tattoos at the left edge.
Anatomical heart with two mice
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design showing a kraken's tentacles wrapped around a sailing ship inside a rope-edged oval.
Kraken attacking a sailing ship design
Colour tattoo of orange and tan acorns with green oak leaves in a traditional style, shown on a limb.
Acorns and oak leaves on a limb
Colour traditional-style tattoo on the outer thigh showing an anchor with rope, pink flowers, seaweed, an open shell with a pearl and blue waves.
Anchor, shell and pearl on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a drag racing Christmas tree with yellow, green and red lights, a chequered flag and a rear tyre in smoke.
Drag racing start lights and chequered flag on upper arm
Black and grey skull surrounded by roses on a forearm, shown from two angles side by side.
Skull and roses on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the Superman shield and Wonder Woman W emblem with grey shaded wings, placed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Superman and Wonder Woman emblems with wings
Black ink flash sheet of two decorative alphabets in traditional-style lettering, one with solid black fills and one with outline letters, plus numerals and punctuation.
Alphabet and numerals lettering flash sheet
Colour tattoo of a vintage sewing machine with a pink rose and scrollwork on a person's upper back, set against an orange sunburst.
Sewing machine and rose on upper back
Colour tattoo of a blue police box with pink roses either side, in a traditional style with bold outlines, on the outer thigh.
TARDIS police box with roses on a thigh
Black linework tattoo flash design of an hourglass, two roses, a pocket watch and scrolling banners reading I wish time was on our side, in a traditional style.
Hourglass, roses and pocket watch flash
Black and grey tattoo of a cartoon rooster playing a guitar, with a ball and chain on one leg, on the side of the ribs.
Rooster guitarist with ball and chain on ribs
Traditional style tattoo of a teal and black snake coiled around a red rose on a lower leg.
Snake coiled around a rose on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a black-sailed ship with a red sun and teal waves on the back of a hand.
Sailing ship and waves on the back of a hand