Cartoon character tattoo ideas

580 photos and flash · 18% Neo-trad, 16% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Colour tattoo of three cartoon puppet musicians stacked down the calf, one playing drums, one with a saxophone, and one with a trombone and keyboard.
Colourful puppet band tattoo on a calf
Mixed-ink tattoo of the cartoon snowman Olaf from Frozen with the words Some people are worth melting for above him, on the outer thigh.
Olaf snowman with quote on thigh
Two matching colour tattoos of Mickey and Minnie Mouse kissing, shown side by side on the lower legs in a traditional cartoon style with bold black outlines.
Matching Mickey and Minnie kissing tattoos
Colour tattoo on a thigh showing an animated-style woman with long dark hair beside a red crab and a small fish against blue water, in a neo-traditional style.
Animated woman and red crab on thigh
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a calf showing two cartoon figures, one aiming a pistol, above the words FROM THE WOMB TO THE TOMB.
Cartoon duel with lettering on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo of the cartoon robot Bender wearing a top hat and monocle, set in an ornate gold frame on the upper arm.
Bender in an ornate gold frame on upper arm
Two matching cartoon toast tattoos on forearms, one with a brown butter-style finish and one covered in pink and purple jam, in colour with black outlines.
Matching cartoon toast tattoos
Colourful cartoon dough character in a blue hat and neckerchief, with the words LUV DA DOUGH, tattooed across a belly in red, blue and yellow.
Cartoon dough character on a belly
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon man with a moustache inside a large bow made of checkered and cross flag designs, on a limb.
Cartoon character in a flag bow
Colour cartoon tattoo on a lower leg of a smiling cupcake with blue frosting and a cherry, sitting on a toilet with blue legs and orange shoes.
Cartoon cupcake character on a toilet, calf
Colour tattoo of Mickey Mouse breaking through torn skin on the upper arm, in a traditional cartoon style with bold black outlines.
Mickey Mouse tearing through skin on upper arm
Three-panel photo of a colour neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm, showing a grinning sea witch with pink tentacles and a teal eel-like creature.
Sea witch and tentacles on a forearm
Traditional style flash design of a cartoon boy in a bow tie inside a scalloped heart framed by roses, with the words I choo choo choose you on banners.
I choo choo choose you heart flash
Black ink flash drawings on tracing paper showing a pirate captain with a clock, a horned villainess, a raven and a figure with a skull, with no tattoo placement shown.
Pirate, horned figure and raven flash sheet
Colour tattoo of a cartoon fawn, rabbit and skunk among flowers, with a ribbon scroll, on an upper arm.
Cartoon forest animals and ribbon on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a cartoon cat wearing a bow and holding a pistol, with wavy shading below, on a forearm.
Cartoon cat with a pistol on a forearm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of Totoro holding an umbrella, with blue splashes, shown on the lower arm.
Totoro holding an umbrella in watercolour style
Colour tattoo of Mater, the tow truck character from Pixar's Cars, with big green eyes and a toothy grin, on the upper arm.
Mater from Cars on the upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a cartoon character wearing a feathered cap, placed on the forearm.
Cartoon character in a feathered cap on a forearm
Watercolour-style drawing of the cartoon character Stitch sitting beside the word OHANA in thin handwritten lettering on a cream background.
Stitch sitting beside the word Ohana
Coloured pencil sketch of a cartoon pin-up character with pigtails, holding a mallet and a pistol, with a red heart on the thigh and playing card letters beneath, drawn as a tattoo design.
Cartoon pin-up sketch with mallet and pistol
Photograph of a red cartoon character tattoo with black outlines and droopy eyes covering the top of a foot, with the toes visible below, placed on the foot.
Red cartoon character tattoo on a foot
Full colour tattoo on a thigh of Belle dancing with the Beast, with Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs Potts and Chip below.
Beauty and the Beast scene on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a chunky cartoon Chewbacca in orange and black with a bandolier, sitting on the forearm.
Cartoon Chewbacca on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a cartoon character with a pompadour, round glasses and a tear, above a banner reading CRY BABY, on a calf.
Crying cartoon character with CRY BABY banner
Black linework outline tattoo of several cartoon princesses and a mermaid with ornate scrollwork across the outer thigh.
Cartoon princesses outline on a thigh
Colour tattoo on a leg of the character Scar from The Lion King, split into angular coloured panels, with lion silhouettes under a teal moon above.
Scar from The Lion King in geometric colour
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty in a red kimono holding a fan, surrounded by pink flowers, in Japanese style on an upper arm and shoulder.
Hello Kitty in kimono on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cat character wearing a feathered headdress and a fringed orange outfit, on the inner forearm.
Cartoon cat in feather headdress on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Stitch, blue with pink ears and a toothy grin, on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Stitch character on upper back
Traditional style tattoo of Zero, the ghost dog, in teal, red and black on a limb, with small dark bat shapes nearby.
Zero the ghost dog in traditional style
Colour tattoo of a cartoon character in a pink jumper giving a thumbs up, above a banner reading Get Confident Stupid and blue flowers, on the outer thigh in a traditional style.
Cartoon character with banner and flowers on thigh
Bright colour tattoo of the three Powerpuff Girls cartoon characters on a person's lower leg, with bold outlines and a loose colour wash behind them.
Powerpuff Girls tattoo on lower leg
Colour tattoo of a yellow Minion character in goggles and overalls, holding a frothy beer, on the calf.
Cartoon Minion holding a beer on a calf
Full sleeve tattoo of cartoon video game scenes with clouds, a green pipe and a red piranha plant, in traditional style on an upper arm.
Video game sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of Winnie the Pooh reaching up towards a honey pot on skin.
Winnie the Pooh reaching for honey
Four small cartoon duck head tattoos in colour, one per finger on a hand, the first wearing a top hat and the others wearing coloured caps.
Cartoon duck heads across four fingers
Colour tattoo of four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in fighting poses across a leg, with bold outlines and bright green shell and skin tones.
Four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on a leg
Close-up of a small black outlined cartoon potato head tattoo with a flat cap, moustache, arms and shoes, filled with tan ink, on the back of a hand.
Cartoon potato head tattoo on the hand
Colour tattoo on a thigh showing two cartoon characters sitting in a teacup with a pink rose, with small pink and yellow figures nearby.
Cartoon twins in a teacup on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cat wearing round glasses and a purple bow, holding a red heart, in bold black outline on a forearm.
Cartoon cat with glasses and heart on forearm
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Betty Boop dressed as a nurse with a red cross cap, in a traditional style, on a forearm.
Betty Boop as a nurse on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Marvin the Martian in a cartoon style on the upper arm.
Marvin the Martian on upper arm
Colour tattoo of four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in a cartoon style with bold outlines, shown on a limb.
Four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on a limb
Colour tattoo of a cartoon ghost covering its face with one hand, with black outlines and pink blush, on the shoulder.
Cartoon ghost tattoo on shoulder
Collage of four colour tattoos of Ariel from The Little Mermaid, mostly on the thigh or side of the body, in cartoon and watercolour-style designs.
Ariel from The Little Mermaid tattoos, four examples
Five pairs of child hands on a white background, each marked with a colourful cartoon temporary tattoo of a cupcake, lipstick, donut, cookie or ice cream cup on the palm or back of the hand.
Child hands with cartoon temporary tattoos
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cat wearing a pink bow, sitting on a teal cupcake case across the top of a foot, with pink toenail polish.
Cat in a bow on a cupcake on the foot