Tattoo ideas

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Traditional style colour tattoo of a sailing ship above an anchor and waves, framed by green leaves and a red rose, on an upper arm.
Ship, anchor and rose on an upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a red and white lighthouse with orange light beams, waves and clouds, framed by a rope border and banner on a forearm.
Lighthouse and waves with banner on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an owl perched on a sugar skull with flower eyes, across the forearm.
Owl and sugar skull on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoos on a woman's leg and forearm, including a heart, a chrysanthemum and a skull, shown against white bedding.
Traditional colour tattoos on legs and forearms
Colour traditional tattoo of a woman's face in a striped headscarf with black wings and red roses, on the back.
Winged woman with roses in traditional style
Side-by-side photos of a traditional style tattoo of a peach with birds and arrows on a thigh, showing red linework on the left and finished black and orange shading on the right.
Peach with birds and arrows, before and after
Black and grey flash sheet of three designs in a traditional style: a rope, a maple leaf and a bird, each with a campfire, tent and mountain scene inside.
Camping flash set with leaf, bird and rope
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat wearing a flower crown with red ears and orange eyes, with a VILLERO banner and script above, on a forearm.
Black cat with flower crown on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a light blue mug reading WORLDS BEST BOSS with curling steam and a red rose with green leaves on the skin.
Worlds best boss mug with red rose
Traditional style flash design of a teapot pouring into a teacup, with a red rose, green leaves and banners reading WHEN IN DOUBT DRINK TEA.
Teapot pouring tea beside a rose
Black linework sugar skull flash design with floral crown, ankh, heart-shaped eyes and a diamond eye, with no placement on the body shown.
Sugar skull design with ankh and hearts
Black and grey script lettering tattooed across a woman's lower abdomen above black underwear, with a colour traditional-style tattoo on the upper arm at the top left.
Script lettering across the lower abdomen
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's face with red cheeks and a banner beneath it, on the top of a foot above a tan leather sandal.
Traditional woman portrait on ankle
Two lower legs with traditional style tattoos of red roses, a cat's head, a moth and a penny-farthing bicycle, worn with a grey skirt and black shoes.
Traditional roses, cat and moth on two legs
Colour traditional tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, white and lilac flowers and green leaves, with a beaded chain, on the upper thigh.
Pocket watch and flowers on a thigh
Traditional style colour tattoo of a cabin beside pine trees, a red sun and clouds, on the forearm.
Cabin, pine trees and red sun on a forearm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on the inner forearm showing a delta-shaped emblem with two banners reading MAKE and IT SO, surrounded by small stars.
Delta emblem with banners on forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a skull with a mountain, pine trees, sun and clouds on the top of its head, placed on the side of the ribs.
Traditional skull with mountain scene on the ribs
Traditional style flash drawing of a cartoon wolf wearing a yellow hat with a black band and green feather, and a green bow tie.
Cartoon wolf in a yellow hat
Three newborn kittens rest on a forearm covered in traditional colour tattoos of a sailing ship, a red ribbon and flowers.
Kittens resting on a traditional forearm tattoo
Colour traditional tattoo of a large sailing ship on rolling blue waves, with clouds, gulls and a red flag, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Sailing ship with waves on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a flying saucer beaming a red tractor beam onto a skeletal cow, with a forest and stars, shown in a three panel collage on a limb.
UFO abducting a skeletal cow
A tattoo artist in blue gloves works with a red tattoo machine on a colourful traditional-style snake on the lower back.
Snake tattoo being inked by an artist
Black and grey traditional coffin tattoo reading SOONER THAN YOU THINK, with flowers and dotwork shading, on the calf.
Coffin with flowers on a calf
Traditional style moth tattoo with ornamental patterned wings and two leaf shapes above its head, placed at the back of a person's neck.
Ornate moth on the back of the neck
Pencil and ink flash sketch of a central heart surrounded by a cupcake, perfume bottle, bow, sweets and beads, drawn in black linework on cream paper.
Heart and trinkets design sketch
Traditional flash sheet of six Star Wars characters, including a Hutt, an Ewok and a hooded Jawa, with banners and rose accents.
Star Wars characters traditional flash sheet
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a compass in a rope border, a blue and red anchor and the words Let your past be your compass but never your anchor.
Compass, rope and anchor quote on a forearm
Traditional flash drawing of a plague doctor mask with a black top hat, round glasses and a red hatband, with handwritten script beneath.
Plague doctor mask flash with script
Large colour phoenix tattoo with spread wings in red, orange and yellow across a woman's back, shown from behind.
Phoenix across a woman's back
Black and grey traditional flash drawing of a bald vampire with long claws embracing a woman with wavy hair inside a heart, with blood drops falling below.
Vampire embracing a woman in a heart
Colour traditional tattoo of a pink lipstick with a flower in its base and black sparkles, on a forearm.
Lipstick with sparkles on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a pineapple with green leaves and bold black outlines on the forearm.
Pineapple tattoo on a forearm
Traditional tattoo on the upper arm of a heart-shaped frame holding a moth, a flower, a snake and a hand gripping a small heart, outlined in black with orange-red accents.
Heart, moth and hand on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a red tulip with green and blue leaves, outlined in black, on a person's upper back below the neck.
Red tulip on upper back
Traditional style colour tattoo of a mermaid with dark wavy hair, green scale tail and red flowers, on the forearm.
Traditional mermaid with roses on a forearm
Traditional-style colour tattoo of the BB-8 droid above a banner reading They See Me Rollin, on the calf.
BB-8 droid with banner on a calf
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon owl with teal feathers, large orange-rimmed eyes and black outlines, on the forearm.
Traditional owl on an arm
A woman lying on a bed in white lace underwear shows a colourful traditional-style sugar skull and rose tattoo on her upper arm, with a bird and red floral tattoos on her thigh.
Traditional sleeve with sugar skull and roses
Traditional style tattoo of two black palm trees on an island above a red sun and blue waves, on the inner forearm.
Palm trees and red sunset on a forearm
Back of a woman with two traditional-style pin-up tattoos in red and grey, one with two swallows and one with an anchor, across the upper back.
Twin seated pin-up figures with swallows on a back
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a bearded figure with a crown of thorns and a yellow halo, with a red mark on the forehead, on skin.
Bearded figure with crown of thorns and halo
Black linework tattoo of a smiling sun with a face and sunburst rays on the side of a person's ribs, above the waistband of light blue jeans.
Sun with face tattoo on the side ribs
Traditional style tattoo of an anatomical heart formed from red anemone, white rose and orange dahlia flowers, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Anatomical heart made of flowers on upper back
Close-up of a black and green traditional style tattoo on an upper arm, showing an engraved uterus with fallopian tubes wrapped in leaves and vines.
Uterus and leafy vine on an upper arm
Tattooed forearm and hand holding a rolled joint over scattered hundred dollar bills, with bold red and black traditional-style linework and dark lettering across the hand.
Tattooed hand holding a rolled joint over banknotes
Traditional style tattoo of a symmetrical red, blue and yellow flower mandala with bold black outlines, on the outer thigh above the knee.
Traditional flower mandala on the thigh
Traditional style flash drawing of a red heart pierced by a green dagger, with a drop of blood and the word BOSS in black script above.
Dagger through a heart with BOSS lettering

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