Character tattoo ideas

213 photos and flash · 20% Fine line, 15% Lettering · Forearm most common

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Fine line black tattoo of Totoro holding a leaf over its head with a crescent moon beside it, on a forearm.
Totoro with leaf umbrella and moon on forearm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cat character with brown spiky hair, a blue pinstripe suit and red tie, holding a small tool, on the skin of a limb.
Cartoon cat in a pinstripe suit
Colour tattoo of a faceted grey Totoro-style character with red poppies and small black soot sprites on a calf.
Totoro with red poppies on a calf
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a grinning skeleton holding a swirl lollipop, with two pale faced characters below in a sketchy illustrative style.
Grinning skeleton and characters on a forearm
Flash sheet of black kanji characters in a brush script style, each labelled with its English meaning such as beauty, courage, love and star, with no body placement shown.
Kanji flash sheet with English meanings
Realism colour tattoo on a calf of a man in a dark jacket aiming a pistol towards the viewer.
Realistic portrait with pistol on calf
Two matching black ink symbol tattoos on the forearms of two people, placed side by side on the inner arm.
Matching symbol tattoos on two forearms
Two matching cartoon characters tattooed on inner forearms, one blue and one yellow, each with a small red heart on its body.
Matching blue and yellow characters on forearms
Colour tattoo on a forearm of cartoon Pokémon characters including Pikachu, Charmander, Bulbasaur and Squirtle, each hanging from a black line.
Pokémon characters tied to strings on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon caterpillar smoking a hookah on red spotted toadstools against a green swirled background, on a limb, in a neo-traditional illustrative style.
Caterpillar on a hookah and red mushrooms
Full-colour tattoo on a forearm showing a blue caterpillar, a figure in a red coat and bow tie, a white flower and gold keys among green vines.
Cartoon caterpillar and wonderland scene on forearm
Small fine line outline of a Mickey Mouse head on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up, in black ink.
Mickey Mouse outline on inner wrist
Watercolour style tattoo of Totoro with an acorn on its head and two smaller Totoro figures behind it, on a limb.
Totoro with acorn in watercolour style
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Stitch, in blue with a pink tongue and black outlines, on a person's ribs.
Stitch cartoon character on the ribs
Black and grey outline tattoo on an upper arm showing two spiky-haired animated characters in an arched frame beneath a cloudy sky and a dark silhouetted city.
Two animated characters in an arched frame on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of the Joker character's face with green hair, pale blue skin, red eyes and a red smeared smile, on the arm.
Joker character portrait tattoo on an arm
Black and grey realism pocket watch with Roman numerals and a rose on a forearm, with script lettering above and characters at the wrist.
Pocket watch and rose on a forearm
Black and grey fine line infinity symbol tattoo with three small script characters inside the loop, on the side of a ribcage.
Infinity symbol with script on ribs
Flash sheet of seven black calligraphic Chinese characters, each with an English word beneath it: dream, everlasting, good luck, happiness, harmonious, heart and journey.
Seven character flash designs with English meanings
Colour realism tattoo of a clown-like character with smeared white and purple face paint and orange hair, on a calf.
Painted clown portrait on a calf
Vertical black brush calligraphy of stacked Japanese-style characters on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body visible.
Vertical brush calligraphy design