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Tiger (Traditional / Old School) ♥ 0

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"Tiger" — American traditional work — is built the way good tattoo art is built: a strong focal subject, deliberate line, and nothing in the composition that does not earn its place.

What you are buying is the working pair: full-color finished art plus the clean linework stencil your artist will transfer to skin. The preview here is linework only by design — the color version is delivered privately after purchase. Like it but need it changed — colors swapped, an element added, sized for a specific spot? That is what the custom-variation order is for: the same drawing, reworked by an artist around your notes.

Traditional drawing rules apply: a bold outline you can read at arm's length, a limited palette laid in flat and solid, and shading kept simple and strong. Bold drawing is the most forgiving kind of tattoo: it sits happily on an upper arm, thigh, calf, chest or back, and it scales from a palm-sized piece to a full panel without losing its punch.

Tattooing notes: American Traditional (Old School)

Placement: Traditional designs sit best on flatter canvases — upper arm, forearm, calf, shoulder, thigh — placed as a strong single emblem with a little open skin around it.

Size: Give a traditional piece at least three to four inches. The bold fields of color need room to stay open; palm-sized and up is the sweet spot.

How it ages: The best-aging style there is: heavy outlines hold the color in, and a traditional piece still reads clearly after decades. Sunscreen keeps the reds punchy.

Read the full American Traditional (Old School) style guide — how the style is drawn, where it sits best, and what to check before you book.

$78.12 (includes $3.12 processing fee)

Full color + clean linework — $78.12 (incl. fee) Clean linework only — $75.79 (3% off, incl. fee) Email for delivery

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Character rights: buying this design/print gives you rights to this one specific picture only — never the character. Characters (like Sprinkles the T. Rex) stay the property of Tattoo Art Customs and keep appearing in our shows and products. See Terms §8.

What you get — no surprises

• Sold and delivered by Tattoo Art Customs, an online tattoo-design marketplace.
• You get the full-resolution color file plus the clean linework file — the files a tattoo artist works from. (Linework-only purchases include the linework file.)
• Instant delivery: the moment PayPal checkout completes, your private download link appears on screen and is emailed to you. Links last 24 hours.
• Single-use tattoo license: you may tattoo this design once, on yourself. No reselling, sharing, or printing it on merchandise — copyright stays with the artist. Full license terms are in Terms §8.
• Secure checkout through PayPal — we never see or store your card details.
• All sales are final: digital files cannot be returned, so there are no refunds (Terms §3).

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