Traditional tattoo ideas

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Colour traditional tattoo of a green oil lantern with orange roses and green leaves on the top of a foot, set against black shading.
Lantern and roses on a foot
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a red flower, yellow bud, green leaves and a blue banner reading LET THINGS HAPPEN.
Red flower and banner on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat with yellow eyes, red roses and green leaves on the outer thigh, framed by gold scrollwork and a teal banner.
Black cat portrait with roses on a thigh
Black ink tattoo of a dragon curled around a twenty-sided die, with a spiral tail and smaller dice, on the inner forearm.
Dragon and dice on a forearm
Traditional-style anchor tattoo with a blue bow at the top and the words live free in script, shown in close-up on skin.
Anchor with blue bow and live free script
Neo-traditional style flash design of a hand gripping a dagger with a ribbon wrapped around the blade, flanked by red roses and set in an ornate frame labelled Ace and Swords.
Ace of Swords tarot design with dagger and roses
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with a fleur-de-lis at the top, sitting centrally on the upper back of a person wearing a patterned top.
Compass rose on upper back
Traditional colour tattoo of a woman in profile with flowers in her hair and a SWEETHEART banner, on an upper arm.
Profile woman with flowers and Sweetheart banner
Realism colour tattoo on the upper arm showing a golden skull medallion above a bearded figure in a hat with tentacle-like facial hair.
Skull medallion and tentacled figure on arm
Traditional style tattoo of two swallows, a red and grey anchor, rope and yellow flowers across an upper arm.
Swallows, anchor and flowers on an upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a tomahawk forming a cross, with a wood-grain handle, lettering on the blade and a feather with teal beads, on a forearm.
Tomahawk cross with feather on a forearm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a winged eyeball, pinstriping, flames and a red hot rod in a traditional style.
Winged eyeball and hot rod on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a bottle with orange smoke rising from it and a black banner reading FELIX, on a limb of the body.
Felix banner and bottle tattoo
Distressed vintage-style illustration of a dark-haired woman with red roses in her hair leaning towards a teal and cream skeleton, with clasped hands and swirling teal lines, shown as a design with no
Skeleton and woman embracing, distressed flash
Two traditional-style snow globe tattoos on upper arms, one showing a desert with a cactus and moon, the other a palm tree, sea and flowers.
Snow globe tattoos on upper arms
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of a horned goat-like creature with a fish tail curling into an S shape, shaded on the inner forearm.
Horned goat-fish creature on forearm
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
Two traditional tattoos: a green and yellow face in profile with a pink heart and chain on the upper arm, and a cuffed hand holding a diamond with PRISONER JEWELLERY lettering on the thigh.
Traditional face, heart and chain with cuffed hand
Traditional style colour tattoo of an owl wearing a blue cap and checked shirt and perched on a shotgun, on the top of a foot.
Owl in a cap holding a shotgun
Close view of a hand wearing silver rings and a red wooden watch, with a partly covered traditional-style tattoo of red and green leaves on the inner forearm.
Partly visible tattoo on a wrist with a wooden watch
Collage of owl tattoos in fine line, traditional and realism styles on backs, arms, ankles and chests.
Owl tattoos in a varied collage
Black and grey roses with leaves in a traditional style, tattooed on a person's upper arm beside a grey t-shirt sleeve.
Two roses on an upper arm
Traditional-style flash drawing of a red heart with feathered wings spreading on either side and a scalloped lace edge, shown without a body placement.
Winged heart design with lace trim
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a three-masted sailing ship above a grey sperm whale rising from teal sea, with birds and clouds.
Sailing ship and whale on a forearm
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
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with a blue centre and script compass letters, sitting on the upper back of a person wearing a grey top.
Compass rose on upper back
Back view of a woman in white lace lingerie showing a colourful traditional-style floral tattoo on her lower back and side, with a cat on the sofa behind her.
Colour floral tattoo across a back and hip
Colour tattoo of Mickey Mouse's head with a multicoloured puzzle piece pattern on the ears and face, sitting on a forearm in a bold, traditional style.
Mickey Mouse with puzzle pieces on a forearm
Two traditional colour tattoos on the upper thighs, one showing Darth Vader's helmet and the other R2-D2, each set in an ornate oval frame with roses or a flower.
Darth Vader and R2-D2 in frames on thighs
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon mermaid with flowing red hair, a yellow and blue fish and a red crab among bubbles and seaweed, on an upper thigh.
Cartoon mermaid with fish and crab on a thigh
Traditional style owl tattoo perched on a pocket watch on a forearm, with a red rose beside it.
Owl perched on a pocket watch
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a pin-up woman in a red polka dot dress cooking at a stove, with steam and a sunburst, on an upper arm.
Pin-up cook at a stove on upper arm
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a cat-faced geisha with hair sticks, a yellow flower and a red and purple patterned kimono, on the calf.
Cat-faced geisha on a calf
Traditional style forearm tattoo of an eye inside a grey cloud above an umbrella and red raindrops, with the words IS THAT TEARS OR IS IT RAIN.
Eye in a cloud with umbrella and raindrops
Traditional style tattoo of a message in a bottle with rope, pink roses and green leaves on a limb, with a red heart on the rolled note.
Message in a bottle with roses on skin
Black and grey traditional owl tattoo with ornamental swirls and a shaded rose below, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Owl and rose on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a striped lighthouse with lightning bolts, grey clouds and a red rose on an upper arm.
Lighthouse, lightning and rose on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a pocket watch with a chain, a red poppy and an eye in a triangle on the watch face, on a forearm.
Pocket watch and poppy on a forearm
Traditional style owl perched on a branch with pink cherry blossoms, tattooed on the abdomen below a pierced navel.
Owl and cherry blossom on the stomach
Traditional style colour tattoo of a grim reaper holding a scythe in front of an orange sun, on the calf.
Grim reaper with scythe on a calf
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a swallow in flight beside a sprig of blossom and buds, on the side of the neck.
Swallow and blossom sprig on the neck
Traditional-style black and grey tattoo of an anglerfish perched on a stack of books on the inner forearm, with a few touches of colour.
Anglerfish on stacked books on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a vulture perched on a grey branch, with an orange and red head and black and grey feathered body, in a traditional style on a calf.
Vulture on a branch in colour
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing two swallows, red roses, leaves and a heart with a banner reading ARNE.
Swallows, roses and heart on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a mythical bird-headed creature with peacock-style feathers and a coiling serpent tail across the chest.
Mythical creature with serpent tail on chest
Traditional style tattoo of a brass diving helmet on a jellyfish body with the letter N, surrounded by shells on the upper arm and shoulder.
Diving helmet jellyfish on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh of a hand shake with a snake biting the wrist, above the words Trust No One.
Snake and handshake with Trust No One lettering
Traditional style tattoo of a vintage microphone framed by two red roses and grey leaves on an upper arm.
Vintage microphone and roses on an upper arm