Traditional tattoo ideas

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Two traditional style colour tattoos side by side on forearms, a sun with a face on the left and a crescent moon with a face on the right, both with dotted chains and a gem below.
Sun and moon tattoos on matching forearms
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat head in profile with pink inner ears and black leaves, on the forearm.
Black cat head with leaves on forearm
Sheet of black dragon tattoo designs in tribal and silhouette styles, shown as flash on a white background.
Dragon tattoo designs in black silhouette
Traditional flash sheet with a green umbrella over a red rose and a path of raindrops, beside an anatomical heart, each with a scroll banner of lettering.
Umbrella, rose and anatomical heart flash
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a white lucky cat with red ears and pink plum blossoms, with a gold coin, on the outer thigh.
Maneki-neko cat on a thigh
Pencil drawing of a steampunk sleeve design with a pocket watch, gears, pipes and roses in black and grey linework.
Steampunk clockwork sleeve design with roses
Black line drawing of four stacked teacups decorated with roses, flowers, leaves and birds, drawn as a tattoo flash design.
Stacked teacups with floral and bird designs
Six vertical illustrated flash designs in a neo-traditional style, each showing a Disney-inspired princess or fairy character framed by roses, ribbons and banners.
Six princess flash designs with banners
Colour tattoo of a snow-capped mountain above a lake inside a circular badge with orange leaves and coordinate text, on the forearm.
Mountain and lake badge with coordinates
Traditional style tattoo of two clasped hands inside a red scalloped heart, with orange and teal flowers, on a forearm.
Clasped hands in a heart with flowers
Traditional-style flash drawing of a blue and gold dagger piercing a red rose with green leaves, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Dagger through a rose flash design
Colour traditional-style tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing an eye inside a lace-edged heart above a large pink rose, with red roses, swallows and butterflies around it.
Eye in heart and pink rose on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a lighthouse with a beam of light above crashing waves and clouds, shaded across the inner forearm.
Lighthouse and storm waves on a forearm
Black and grey swallow in flight beside purple and grey chrysanthemums and leaves across an upper arm and shoulder.
Swallow and chrysanthemums on an upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cupcake with bat, bone, skull and crescent moon motifs on the inner forearm.
Halloween cupcake on a forearm
Three photographs of pocket watch tattoos on forearms: a realistic black and grey watch with a bee, a traditional watch with a red rose, and a coloured watch with a cracked dial.
Pocket watch tattoos on forearms, three examples
Colour traditional tattoo on a thigh of a Barcelos-style rooster with dotted patterns, a red rose with a cross through it and green leaves.
Barcelos rooster and rose on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a pink origami crane with a black and orange lotus on the inner forearm, with traditional-style tattoos visible above it.
Pink origami crane and lotus on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a steaming teacup and saucer with a tea bag and yellow flowers, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Teacup and saucer on a wrist
Traditional style colour tattoo of a dagger wrapped with a banner and a red rose, on the forearm.
Dagger and rose on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a pink rose with green leaves above the lyric How Strange It Is To Be Anything At All in a scrolled black cartouche, on a lower leg.
Pink rose and quote on a calf
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a red heart with two clasped hands, framed by yellow flowers and green leaves, on a forearm.
Handshake heart on a forearm
Black and grey flash drawing of a lipstick tube wrapped with pearls and a bow above a heart-shaped base, with sparkle lines, in a traditional style, not shown on a body.
Lipstick with bow and pearls flash design
Colour traditional tattoo of a grey pigeon with a blue and magenta neck, a yellow banner reading COO-COO and a red rose, on a forearm.
Pigeon with banner and rose on a forearm
Traditional style flash design of a red rose, pale blue snowflake and yellow flame above a ribbon banner reading KEEP MOVING FORWARD, with no body placement shown.
Rose, snowflake and ribbon quote design
Colour tattoo of a sailing pirate ship with a black skull and crossbones flag and blue waves, on the side of a torso.
Pirate ship with skull flag on the side
Traditional style pin-up boxer tattoo on the outer thigh, with boxing gloves, a red bow and the script 'Came out swinging'.
Pin-up boxer with 'Came out swinging' on thigh
Black and grey line tattoo of the seated Ganesha figure across a woman's upper back, with her hair in a bun and red fabric over one shoulder.
Seated Ganesha tattoo on upper back
Colour tattoo of a pink and orange dragon with horns and whiskers coiling down the upper thigh, in a Japanese-influenced style.
Pink dragon coiled around a thigh
Traditional style colour tattoo of a sugar skull figure in a sombrero and moustache, holding a green bottle and a blue skateboard, on the lower leg.
Sugar skull figure in sombrero on a calf
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a forearm showing Anubis seated between hanging scales, with a winged Eye of Horus above and a pyramid and sun below.
Anubis and Eye of Horus on a forearm
Black line drawing of a sailing ship above a curling banner reading IT IS NOT DOWN ON ANY MAP TRUE PLACES NEVER ARE, with waves below, in a traditional style.
Ship and banner quote design
Colour tattoo of a grey cartoon robot hugging a brown beer bottle with a small red heart above, in a traditional style on the ankle.
Cartoon robot holding a beer bottle on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a grey anchor wrapped in rope, with a red lotus and teal leaves and blue flame-like lines behind it, on the inner forearm.
Anchor and lotus on a forearm
Traditional colour sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm, with an eagle, crown, sunrise and rose above a banner reading MOM.
Traditional colour arm sleeve with eagle and rose
Traditional style flash design of a tarot card with three swords, a watchful eye, a heart and roses, with no body placement shown.
Three of Swords tarot flash design
Traditional style tattoo of a swooping eagle in grey and orange with a red sun and star shapes on a forearm.
Eagle with red sun on a forearm
Colour tattoo of an orange octopus with grey suckers and a cross-eyed expression on a lower leg, in a traditional style.
Orange octopus on a lower leg
Black and grey traditional style flash design of a skeleton framed by banners reading COME BACK TO LIFE, with a VERB banner at the top.
Skeleton with come back to life banners
Black winged emblem tattoo with a script banner across the stomach, and the words Young Lust in black lettering on the forearm.
Winged emblem on a stomach with arm lettering
Black line drawing of a sailing ship, tentacles, waves and an anchor with a banner reading I am the captain of my soul, shown as a traditional-style tattoo design.
Ship and anchor flash with captain banner
Colour traditional sleeve on a woman's arm, showing a pocket watch, red roses and a grey bird on the upper arm and forearm.
Traditional sleeve with pocket watch and roses
Traditional style panther head tattoo with green eyes and an open red mouth on an upper arm, shown beside an edited image of the design placed over a cougar.
Snarling panther head tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey pencil flash drawing of a bomb with fins, a smoke cloud and a ribbon banner with lettering, in a traditional style.
Bomb with banner and smoke flash
Traditional style tattoo of a red heart with a green crack through it, set in a black flame burst with the words The World, Will Never and Take My Heart, on a thigh.
Cracked red heart with flames and lettering
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an anatomical heart with the word AGAPE in thin capitals above it, on the lower leg.
Anatomical heart with AGAPE lettering
Flash sheet of eight retro patch-style designs in Traditional style, including a panther, a sailor, a duck, a whale, a penguin and a Road Queens speedway emblem, with no body placement shown.
Retro patch-style flash sheet of animals and sailors
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an owl above a sugar skull with green flower eyes and red roses, shown on the forearm.
Owl and sugar skull with roses