Traditional tattoo ideas

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Red and black tattoo of the cartoon character Betty Boop in a red dress, surrounded by kiss marks and stars, on a lower leg.
Betty Boop with kiss marks and stars on a calf
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a steaming teacup with a dragonfly, turquoise flowers and a banner reading Yes Darling, on the calf.
Teacup and banner on a calf
Colourful traditional-style tattoos of framed animal and floral scenes and a red rose on bare legs, with pink glitter heels on white bedding.
Framed and floral leg tattoos with pink heels
Three side-by-side views of a traditional style tattoo on a calf, showing a weightlifter in a red and white striped singlet with a barbell, laurel leaves and a banner reading Real Men Eat Plants.
Weightlifter and banner tattoo on a calf
Two tattoo photos: black script reading Roll Tide on a forearm, and a red letter A with an elephant and Crimson Tide banner on a calf.
Roll Tide script and Crimson Tide elephant
Two raised legs in red Converse trainers show bold traditional tattoos on the calves, including a butterfly, a rose, a spider and a ship's wheel.
Traditional leg tattoos with red Converse trainers
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a calf showing a green cloaked figure holding a gold blade above red flames and a yellow and teal wing.
Green cloaked figure with gold blade on a calf
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red heart pierced by an orange carrot with green leaves, with a VEGAN banner, on the lower leg.
Carrot through a heart with VEGAN banner
Traditional colour tattoo of a green umbrella over a purple cloud with rain drops, placed on the calf.
Umbrella and rain cloud on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a red heart with a yellow NOTHANKS banner, yellow flowers and dark green leaves on the lower leg.
Traditional heart with NOTHANKS banner and flowers
Two lowered-view legs in satin pointe shoes show black and grey tattoos on the calves, including a raven, a lightbulb and a cluster of roses in traditional and dotwork style.
Raven, roses and lightbulb on legs in pointe shoes
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a hand gripping a beaded ring medallion, shaded in gold and brown, on the back of a lower leg.
Hand holding a beaded medallion on a calf
Colour tattoo of a black anchor outlined in pink, with pink lilies with black outlines, on the calf in a traditional style.
Anchor and lilies on a calf
Traditional tattoo on a calf showing an aeroplane over a globe, a WANDERLUST banner and a red rose with a dagger.
Aeroplane, globe and rose calf tattoo
Traditional style colour tattoo of a snow globe showing a cabin, pine trees and snowy mountains, framed by flowers and dark leaves, on a calf.
Snow globe with mountains and cabin on a calf
Traditional style eagle tattoo with spread wings, black outlines and red and yellow tail feathers, running down a lower leg.
Traditional eagle with flame tail on a lower leg
Black traditional-style tattoo of an open mouth with teeth and fangs, outlined in dashes, on the calf, in front of a brick wall.
Toothy open mouth on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a black bull head with an orange eye, above a dagger, a candle and a star, on the calf.
Bull head with dagger and candle on a calf
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a crescent moon with a face and a black cat sitting on it, on the calf.
Black cat on a crescent moon
Lower leg covered in black and grey traditional tattoos, including a snake, a dagger and roses, with a black cat sitting beside it on a carpet.
Traditional leg sleeve with black cat on carpet
Colour tattoo of a white maneki-neko lucky cat with a raised paw and gold coin, in a traditional style, on the calf.
Maneki-neko lucky cat on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo of a turquoise teacup and saucer with purple flowers and green leaves on the calf.
Teacup and purple flowers on a calf
Traditional style tattoos on a forearm, thigh and calf, including a black cat sitting on a coloured crescent moon and a black panther on the lower leg.
Cat on a crescent moon and black panther tattoos
Traditional style flash of a jumping sailor pin-up in red shorts and red heels, with blue tattoo designs on her upper arm, thigh and calf.
Sailor pin-up with tattooed arm and legs
Traditional style colour tattoo of a campfire with orange flames, logs and grey stones on the lower leg.
Campfire with flames and rocks on a leg
Traditional style tattoo of a grey shaded anchor wrapped in red rope forming a heart, on the lower leg.
Anchor wrapped in a red rope heart on the leg
Black and grey realism portrait of Frankenstein's monster in an ornate oval frame on a calf, beside a traditional pin-up tattoo with a banner.
Frankenstein portrait and pin-up on a calf
Traditional style flower and rose tattoos cover a person's forearms, upper arms, thighs and calves, with their hands resting on a seated dog.
Floral tattoos on legs and arms with a dog
Traditional style tattoo of a skeletal hand in a pinch gesture with the words THE END beside it, shaded with dotwork on a leg.
Skeleton hand with THE END lettering
Two traditional style dagger tattoos on calves: the left has a teal and red snake coiled around the blade, the right has a red rose with green leaves.
Daggers with snake and rose on two calves
Colour traditional tattoo on a calf of a pin-up mermaid with a flower in her hair, surrounded by waves, pineapple, watermelon, orange slices, grapes and a pink flamingo inside a rope frame.
Mermaid and tropical fruit on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an animal skull with long canine teeth, with an arrow running vertically through it, on a person's lower leg.
Animal skull pierced by an arrow on a calf
Colour cartoon tattoo of a bird driving a supercharged dragster with blue flames, in a traditional style on the calf.
Cartoon bird in a dragster on a calf
Traditional style tattoo on a calf of a cottage with a heart-shaped window, pine trees, hearts in the sky and a small fox among rocks.
Cottage, pine trees and fox on a calf
A woman in an inverted yoga pose on a purple mat shows colourful traditional-style tattoos of roses and fruit on her thigh and calves, with leaf designs on her upper arm.
Inverted woman with rose and fruit leg tattoos
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hot air balloon with a sun face on the calf, with clouds and a small figure in the basket.
Hot air balloon with sun face on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo of a golden potion bottle with a cork stopper, purple ribbons, a Lucky banner and a Felix Felicis tag, on the calf, over a pink stippled cloud.
Potion bottle with Lucky banner on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo of a hooded skeleton with sugar skull face and praying hands, surrounded by orange and blue roses, on a lower leg.
Hooded skeleton with roses on a leg
Colour tattoo of a red-haired cartoon mermaid with a green tail and a yellow fish beside her, surrounded by blue bubbles, on a lower leg.
Cartoon mermaid and fish with bubbles on a leg
Traditional colour tattoo of a gramophone with green leaves on a calf, set against a grey dotwork background with the word HARDCORE.
Gramophone and leaves with HARDCORE lettering on a calf
Traditional style tattoo on a calf showing a sailing ship and lighthouse in a rope frame, with an anchor, stars and a red heart.
Lighthouse and sailing ship with heart on a calf
Black and grey bare tree with roots running from thigh to calf, with a red and blue knight on horseback in a medallion at the lower calf, in botanical style.
Bare tree and mounted knight down a leg
Two traditional-style portrait tattoos of women on a calf, the upper one in black and grey and the lower one in colour with green hair and a pink shell.
Two traditional portraits of women on a calf
Traditional colour tattoo of a robed figure making a peace sign beside a red devil giving the middle finger, both riding skateboards, on a forearm.
Peace-sign Jesus and devil on skateboards
Rear view of a person on a skateboard with a large traditional-style mushroom and skull tattoo on the back, script across the shoulders, and panda and figure tattoos on the calves.
Back, arm and leg tattoos on a skateboarder
A leg in a bathtub covered in bold traditional tattoos, including red roses, an anchor wrapped in rope and a red heart, on the thigh, calf and a hand.
Traditional leg sleeve with roses and an anchor
Traditional style shark tattoo in orange, red and black ink on a calf, with a fishing bobber hanging from a line.
Traditional shark with fishing bobber on calf
Colour traditional tattoo of a Dalek on the calf, with bold black outlines and an orange and yellow glow behind it.
Dalek tattoo on a calf