Building tattoo ideas

102 photos and flash · 27% Fine line, 26% Realism · Forearm most common

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Full back tattoo in black and grey realism showing a man in a hat and long coat walking down a street between tall buildings, with colourful sleeves on both arms.
Man in a hat walking a city street across a back piece
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pagoda temple with smoke rising above it, on a forearm.
Pagoda temple with smoke on a forearm
Fine line black outline of a city skyline with a tall spire on the ankle, shown on a bare foot against a plain wall.
City skyline outline on an ankle
Black and grey tattoo of a stylised townscape with brick houses, chimneys, rain clouds and an arched doorway on a forearm.
Townscape with chimneys on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a city skyline outline across the side of a finger, held up against a blue sky and buildings.
Skyline line tattoo on a finger
Fine line black outline city skyline tattoo above a script quote on a person's back.
City skyline and script quote on the back
Fine line black tattoo of a city skyline with a tall spire, sitting on the inner wrist, with a braided bracelet worn above it.
City skyline on the wrist
Close photo of a small black fine line city skyline tattoo with a tall spire on the inner wrist, next to a tattoo machine on a wooden table.
City skyline tattoo on the inner wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a city skyline with a tall spire running across the top of a foot.
Fine line city skyline on a foot
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a large Victorian mansion with a tower and cross, on the inside of a forearm, above a banner reading The Devil.
Victorian mansion with tower on a forearm
Three small black house-shaped tattoos stacked vertically on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Three small houses on a forearm
Close view of a small black fine-line mountain tattoo on a clenched forearm, with a beach and twin-peaked mountain behind.
Small mountain outline on a forearm
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an arm showing Los Angeles street signs, palm trees and city buildings, from the upper arm to the forearm.
Los Angeles street signs and palm trees sleeve
Solid black and grey city skyline silhouette tattoo on the outer side of a foot, resting on a floral patterned fabric.
City skyline tattoo on a foot
Black dotwork tattoo on the forearm showing a traditional Japanese bathhouse building with a faceless masked spirit in front and a serpentine shape above.
Bathhouse spirit dotwork tattoo on forearm
Black and white photo of a fine line black tattoo of a city skyline with the Statue of Liberty on the inner wrist, with chain bracelets worn nearby.
City skyline with Statue of Liberty on wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a city skyline outline with spires and towers, placed on the side of the ribs below dark clothing.
City skyline outline on the ribs
A colour tattoo on an upper arm of a faceted geometric owl in red, orange and grey, above a burning terraced building with flames.
Geometric owl and burning building on an upper arm
Black city skyline tattoo with a reflection on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with a waterfront skyline behind.
City skyline tattoo on a wrist
Realism back tattoo in black and grey showing a man in a hat and suit walking a narrow ledge between tall city buildings, with colour sleeves on both arms.
Man in a hat walking a ledge above a city
Colour tattoo of black-framed sunglasses on a forearm, with lenses showing a city skyline against an orange and red sunset.
Sunglasses with a city skyline reflection
Black ink tattoo on the upper arm showing a savanna scene with elephants, a giraffe and trees above an inverted city skyline.
Savanna and city skyline on upper arm
Blackwork tattoo of a burning church with a spire and black flames rising beside it, on a forearm.
Burning church on a forearm
Black linework tattoo on an upper arm showing a city skyline, a tree, a street sign and a small creature, photographed outdoors.
City skyline and street scene on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a multi-storey pagoda above gnarled bare branches, running down the upper arm and forearm.
Pagoda and bare tree on an arm sleeve
Black linework tattoo of a multi-storey apartment block with many windows, on the upper arm, in a black and white photo.
Apartment block tattoo on an arm
Realism back tattoo in black and grey showing a busy garage workshop with mechanics working on cars, oil barrels and a vehicle on a lift.
Garage workshop scene across a full back
Small traditional style tattoo of a cluster of houses inside a scalloped oval frame on the inner upper arm.
Houses in a scalloped oval on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a moonlit street with a tall clock tower and a figure in a top hat and long coat walking away.
Moonlit London street on upper arm
Black and grey steam locomotive tattoo with a red scalloped background and a windmill on the upper arm.
Steam locomotive on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a city skyline with a circular wheel and tall spires on the forearm.
Fine line city skyline on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a city skyline with tall spire-like towers, running across the side of a foot.
City skyline outline on the foot
Black line tattoo of a tall Victorian house with bay windows and a gabled roof on a forearm.
Victorian house line drawing on a limb
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a silhouetted child on a wire, a bird on a small wooden structure, bare branches and ruined buildings.
Silhouette child on a wire beneath bare branches
Black silhouette design of a city skyline with the Space Needle at its centre, shown on a plain white background.
Space Needle and city skyline silhouette
Fine line tattoo of a city skyline outline in pale ink on an upper arm, shown in a black and white photograph.
City skyline outline on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a city skyline with a tall spired tower on the inner wrist, above a woven bracelet.
City skyline on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of Spider-Man in a leaping pose with grey city buildings behind him, across the forearm of a person sitting in a car.
Spider-Man tattoo on forearm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a skull, city skylines and partial lettering, shown without any body placement.
Skull and cityscape tattoo design in grey pencil
Black and white photo of a fine line city skyline tattoo with small stars on the left side of a bare torso, above the hip.
City skyline and stars on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a green cartoon monster stomping over grey buildings in a red sunburst, with a yellow banner reading Halt I am Reptar, on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Cartoon monster over a city on upper arm
Two TARDIS police box tattoos in shaded blue and grey, one on a calf and one on a thigh, with the script words The Oncoming Storm beneath the thigh tattoo.
TARDIS tattoos on a calf and thigh
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a city skyline with a Ferris wheel and church spire across the upper back.
City skyline silhouette across a back
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a clock face, a man in a top hat, an East End London sign and a street lamp.
Victorian London street sleeve in black and grey
Realism tattoo on a forearm blending a black and grey city skyline with a face whose grinning mouth and shaded eye sit in the lower half.
City skyline and face on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of a gothic cityscape with spires and arched buildings running down the thigh and calf of both legs, in a blackwork style.
Gothic cityscape tattoos on both legs
Fine line black ink city skyline tattoo on the side of a bare back and ribs, shown in a black and white photograph.
City skyline fine line tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Roman numeral clock face with a building in its centre, framed by banners reading GREAT and SCOTT, on an upper arm.
Clock face and banners on an upper arm