Character tattoo ideas

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

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Black outline tattoo of a cartoon-style figure on a forearm, with a red handwritten word on the other arm.
Cartoon figure tattoo on a forearm
Small black Chinese-style character tattoo on a forearm, with the hand resting on a car steering wheel, in a lettering style.
Small character tattoo on a forearm
Two colour neo-traditional tattoos stacked on forearms: Star Wars characters on the left and Pokémon characters on the right.
Star Wars and Pokémon character stacks on forearms
Black fine line tattoo of Pikachu in profile with a solid lightning bolt tail, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Pikachu outline on a wrist
Full colour Neo-trad style sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a Maleficent figure with green and purple tones and a princess figure above, with partial lettering at the wrist.
Disney character sleeve on an arm
Two matching cartoon tattoos on the inner wrists, a bowl of food on the left and a pizza slice on the right, each with a face and limbs and outlined in dark ink.
Cartoon bowl and pizza slice on wrists
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a pin-up style Snow White with black hair, a red bow and a black corset, above a row of red roses on a forearm.
Pin-up Snow White and roses on a forearm
Colour cartoon tattoo of a pink hooded character and an orange round character with small black birds on the forearm, shown in flat colour with bold black outlines.
Cartoon characters on a forearm
Black cherry blossom tattoo with a curling stem and a small character beneath it, sitting on the inner wrist and forearm.
Cherry blossom and swirl on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of Totoro beside Japanese katakana reading Studio Ghibli on the forearm.
Totoro and Studio Ghibli script on a forearm
Vivid colour tattoo of Maleficent with a green dragon and a staff on a forearm, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Maleficent and green dragon on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of four horizontal bands with two Chinese-style characters between them, on a forearm with the sleeve rolled up.
Black bands and characters on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a vintage Mickey Mouse cartoon character, seated, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Retro Mickey Mouse on a forearm
Colour full arm sleeve tattoo of a space scene with planets, nebulae, stars and astronaut figures, shown from four angles on the upper arm and forearm.
Space scene full sleeve on an arm
Two tattoos of the robots WALL-E holding a small plant and EVE, one in colour and one in pale grey, on a person's arms.
WALL-E and EVE tattoos on arms
Black ink lettering in a stylised non-Latin script on a forearm, photographed against a warm, golden background.
Stylised script lettering on a forearm
Two matching black and grey tattoos of the Tweedledum and Tweedledee characters on a pair of forearms, drawn in an engraved style with fine hatching.
Matching Tweedledum and Tweedledee forearms
Black and grey outline tattoo of Mickey Mouse's head with solid black ears and a smiling mouth, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a black skirt and red slides.
Mickey Mouse head on a forearm
Two cartoon tattoos of peanut butter and jelly toast characters with googly eyes, one above the other on a forearm, in colour.
Peanut butter and jelly toast characters on forearms
Black and grey tattoo of a chibi stormtrooper holding a blaster on the forearm of a person wearing a brown cap and black watch.
Chibi stormtrooper tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eye with long lashes and a small hand inside the iris, with Chinese-style characters above it, on the inner forearm.
Realistic eye with characters on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a small round-headed character with three black dots on the inner wrist.
Simple outlined character on the inner wrist
Black line tattoo of the triangular character Bill Cipher with a top hat, one eye and a bow tie, in fine line style on the forearm.
Bill Cipher line tattoo on forearm
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character My Melody in a red hood with small green and pink flowers, on a forearm against red polka-dot fabric.
My Melody character on a forearm
Black ink script tattoo running vertically along the inner forearm of a hand holding a silver clutch bag.
Vertical script tattoo on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a simple symbol on the inner wrist of a hand, with a grey braided bracelet at the wrist.
Small symbol tattoo on the inner wrist
Black kanji lettering tattooed along the inner forearm in a lettering style, photographed on pale skin with light freckles.
Black kanji lettering on a forearm
Two colour cartoon tattoos of a large cat and a smaller dog, one on each forearm, drawn in bold outlines with yellow, orange and purple fill.
Two cartoon cat and dog tattoos on forearms
Colour illustration of a botanical sleeve design with a golden skull, pink roses, green vines and blue butterflies, shown beside a character with a tattooed upper arm and forearm.
Skull, roses and butterflies sleeve design
Three small black fine line tattoos in a row on the inner forearm: a flame-like creature, a masked oval face and a cat-like forest creature.
Three small character tattoos on a forearm
Small black Chinese character tattoo in fine line on the inner forearm near the wrist, photographed against window blinds.
Small Chinese character on the forearm
Colour tattoos of a cartoon cat and a cartoon dog side by side on a person's forearms, with yellow fill and reddish outlines.
Cartoon cat and dog on forearms
Two matching black and grey dragon tattoos with stippled wings on the wrists, each with a small character beside it, against a dark brick wall.
Matching dragon tattoos on two wrists
Small colour tattoo of four cartoon breakfast foods, bacon, a fried egg, a slice of toast and a grey-green item, each with a face and legs, in fine line style on the inner forearm.
Cartoon breakfast characters on a forearm
Three small fine line black tattoos on a forearm: a flame-topped figure, a faceless oval spirit and a round cat-like creature with pointed ears.
Three small line tattoos on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of Totoro with a small white companion on its head, above a purple flower and green leaves, on the inner forearm.
Totoro and flower on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a grinning villain face with bared teeth and wide eyes on a forearm, beside a black and white printed image of the same face.
Grinning villain face on a forearm
Four small pixel-art style characters tattooed in a vertical column on the forearm, photographed in a bathroom mirror selfie.
Four pixel-art characters down a forearm
Colour tattoo of the No-Face spirit from Spirited Away in an ornate grey frame with a red background, with small soot sprites around the frame, on the forearm.
No-Face in an ornate frame on an arm
Fine line black tattoo of vertical script characters, including an om-like symbol at the top, on the inner forearm.
Vertical script tattoo on the inner forearm
Two forearms with colourful traditional tattoos of roses, swallows, stars and a key, shown with palms facing up.
Traditional sleeves with roses and swallows on forearms
Small fine line Hello Kitty tattoo with a pink bow on the inside of a forearm, below a green knitted sleeve.
Small Hello Kitty tattoo on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the Joker character with green hair, a purple hat and a wide yellow-toothed grin, on the forearm.
Joker character portrait on a forearm
Black outlined tattoo of Hello Kitty styled as a stormtrooper, with a red bow, on the forearm.
Hello Kitty stormtrooper on forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a Mickey Mouse head shape with a balloon string curling down, on the inner wrist.
Mickey Mouse balloon on a wrist
Colour neo-trad style tattoo of a masked character in red, orange and black on a forearm, set against a teal splattered background.
Skull Kid character on forearm
Small colour tattoo of Hello Kitty's face with a red bow on the wrist, shown in a close photo of the inner forearm.
Hello Kitty face with red bow on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a cute white cartoon character with pink cheeks peeking over an orange gridded block in a brown woven basket, on the forearm.
Kawaii character peeking from a basket