Blood tattoo ideas

139 photos and flash · 40% Realism, 22% Neo-trad · Forearm most common

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Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skull with two daggers above it and dripping blood below, on a calf.
Skull and daggers on a calf
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an animal skull with a yellow crescent moon, a red rose and green leaves on a forearm, with a black snake coiled below.
Animal skull, rose and snake on a forearm
Red realistic blood splatter tattoo with dripping streaks and scattered droplets on the lower leg just above a blue sock.
Realistic blood splatter tattoo on a lower leg
Traditional style wolf head tattoo with bold black outlines, pierced by two arrows and showing a red tongue and blood drips, photographed on the body.
Wolf head with arrows
Colour tattoo on the inner arm of a red biohazard symbol with blue-fletched arrows and the words Fight the Dead and Fear the Living in black lettering.
Biohazard and arrows with slogan lettering
Realistic tattoo of a red gash closed with metal stitches across the wrist, with a black outline cartoon figure tattooed above it on the forearm.
Stitched wound tattoo on a wrist
Drawn tattoo design of a shaded grey skull with two red roses and green leaves, with red drips running down the left side, on a tan background.
Skull with red roses and dripping blood
Traditional-style flash drawing of a dagger with a chain link hilt, wrapped in banners reading BLOOD, SWEAT and GEARS, with a gear at the tip and a CYCLOLOGY banner below.
Dagger wrapped in ribbons with gears and chain
Traditional style tattoo of a sharpened wooden stake with the script words Mr. Pointy and red blood drops on an upper arm.
Wooden stake with blood drops
Green zombie face with open mouth and a reaching green hand tattooed on a finger, with blood-spattered pink skin on the neighbouring finger.
Zombie face and hand on two fingers
Colour realism tattoo of a great white shark with open jaws and bared teeth across the forearm, with red blood-like splashes behind it.
Realistic shark on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a snarling mouth with fangs and dripping blood on the calf.
Bloody fanged mouth on a calf
Fresh and healed photos of a realistic colour tattoo of a woman with a finger to her lips and blood spatters on her face, on a forearm.
Realistic woman portrait with finger to lips on forearm
A black tribal blackwork band being tattooed on skin with a tattoo machine, with a gloved hand guiding the needle and small spots of blood visible.
Black tribal band being tattooed
Neo-trad tattoo on a thigh showing a black handprint, a dagger, a red rose, a cloth sack and a rolled scroll with drips of blood.
Handprint, dagger and rose on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a cartoon pig with stitches, a knife in its head and blood drips, on a limb of pale skin.
Cartoon pig with stitches and a knife
Black and grey hand with a blade through it and red drips of blood, tattooed on the upper arm and shoulder in a traditional style.
Hand and blade on upper arm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a glass candy jar full of eyeballs, labelled Eye Candy, with a skull on a bow, shown on the thigh.
Eye candy jar of eyeballs on thigh
Traditional style knife tattoo on an upper arm, with a black and grey face in the blade, a red dotted handle and red blood spatter below.
Knife with face and blood on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a dark beast skull above green-lit skulls and a ribcage, on a limb with a red blood-splash background.
Neo-trad skull creature with bones on a limb
Colour realism tattoo of a woman with blue sugar skull face paint, blood tears and a keyhole on the mouth, framed by blue lace on the forearm.
Sugar skull woman with lace frame on forearm
Traditional style flash design of a dagger dripping blood, wrapped in lettered banners over a drawn arm with a spider web and rose.
Dagger and banners flash with blood
Realistic colour tattoo of a screaming zombie face above a cracked tombstone and a green zombie head, sitting on a calf.
Screaming zombie and tombstone on a calf
Colour tattoo on the upper arm of a geisha in a blue floral kimono, eating from a bowl with chopsticks while her body is opened to reveal bloody organs.
Geisha with chopsticks and exposed organs on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a grey skull rising from a frosted cupcake with red blood dripping down it, on a limb.
Skull and cupcake with dripping blood
Realism style colour tattoo of a bladed claw glove with blood-dripping slashes above script reading Psalm 23:4, on the side of the ribs.
Bladed claw glove with Psalm 23:4 on ribs
Realism tattoo on a forearm showing a woman's face with a blood-spattered eye and red lips, above a clock face with Roman numerals and hands at the wrist.
Realistic woman's face and clock on a forearm
Realism tattoo of Medusa with a bloodied mouth and fanged teeth, surrounded by grey snakes, covering the side of a thigh and hip.
Medusa with snakes on a thigh
Realistic tattoo on the upper arm of a stitched, bleeding doll-like figure in a striped top, with a smiley face and a graveyard behind it, in black, grey and red.
Stitched doll with graveyard on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of the Joker's grinning face behind torn skin and green claw marks on a forearm, shown in five stages from black and grey to full colour.
Joker face tattoo on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a man's face with torn, bloodied skin revealing a mechanical eye and metal, on a limb.
Realistic cyborg portrait of a man
Close-up of a needle working on fresh dark blue-grey linework on skin, with a small bead of blood along one line.
Fresh tattoo being worked with a needle
Realism tattoo of a woman's face on the forearm, with a tear of blood running from the eye, bloodied lips and small black butterflies near the nose.
Realistic face with bloodied eye on forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of dental forceps gripping a tooth with a red drip, on the lower leg.
Forceps gripping a tooth on a calf
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a cupcake with pink swirled frosting, a skull candy apple, a bat and peppermint sweets on a lower leg.
Cupcake with skull apple and cleaver
Realistic colour tattoo of a horned, helmeted warrior with a blood-stained metal mask and a purple cloak on the forearm.
Horned helmet warrior with blood-stained mask
Realistic tattoo of a rose with red blood drips above a shaded skull, placed on the lower leg.
Realistic rose and skull on a calf
Realism tattoo of a screaming woman with blood on her face, gripping a bloody blade, on a lower leg.
Screaming woman with bloody blade on a calf
Realism tattoo of a woman's face with black ink tears and red drips across the lips, on the forearm.
Realistic woman's face on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a metal piston with teal shading and red blood spatter, on a limb with visible skin.
Piston and blood on skin
Full arm sleeve in realism style on the upper arm and forearm, featuring a grey hockey mask, a Bates Motel sign, a gas mask and red accents.
Horror sleeve with hockey mask and motel sign
Realism tattoo of a grey skull with red blood dripping from the nose, above a snarling creature with glowing red eyes and fangs, on a forearm.
Skull and red-eyed creature on a forearm
Neo-traditional wolf head with red eyes and a gold-hilted dagger through it, tattooed on a calf.
Wolf and dagger on a calf