Best Neo-Traditional Tattoo Style Ideas
For beginners or inexperienced users, it is often hard to differentiate classic American traditional style and neo-traditional. They both have a “traditional” part in them, but still, vary.
A classic neo-trad can be described with thick, strong borders and bright, lively colors. Also, in comparison with classic traditional tattoos — you may often see shades and gradients being added to tattoos in a neo-traditional style.
This adds some modern touch and same time honors classic honor the imagery of times past while adding a modern touch.
Let’s explore some examples of neo-traditional tattoos from TattooAwards platform:
Now let’s compare these item’s styles to the following traditional tattoo example by Steve Hale. Notice, it has fewer colors used in its palette, shadows and gradients are used at their minimum and overall, style is more “simple” and “traditional” we would say — back to the old times when artists didn’t have fine tools to make fine lines and images overall:
If you want to explore more neo-traditional tattoos or participate in neo-traditional tattoo competitions and win prizes: welcome to TattooAwards.com!
