Character tattoo ideas

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

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Woman seen from behind with a curly updo, wearing a beaded dress with crossed straps, showing a fine black lettering tattoo running vertically down her upper back.
Vertical script tattoo down the upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a smiling cloud character with a small star above it, on the side of a finger.
Smiling cloud character on a finger
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
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a Yoda-like character with large ears and a wrinkled face, on the upper arm.
Yoda portrait tattoo on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of two simple cartoon figures, one round-headed and one taller, placed behind a person's ear beside a plug earring.
Two small cartoon figures behind the ear
Black and grey tattoo of Totoro holding an umbrella on the lower leg, with soot sprites running across the top of the foot.
Totoro and soot sprites on an ankle
Two matching cartoon tattoos on wrists: Finn's white face with a simple smile in black outline on the left, and Jake the dog's yellow face with large round eyes on the right.
Finn and Jake cartoon tattoos on two wrists
Four bold tribal-style flash designs of stylised creatures and flames, with katakana labels, shown in grey, purple, blue and pink.
Four tribal-style creature designs on white
Black and grey realism tattoo of Yoda wielding a lightsaber across the upper back, shown in normal light and under UV light.
Yoda with a lightsaber on the upper back
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a red-haired girl riding a blue wave, with a large blue wave shape behind her.
Red-haired girl on a blue wave on an arm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a small fairy with a hair bun and large wings, sitting with her knees drawn up and pom-pom shoes.
Pencil drawing of a seated fairy
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
Back of a woman with a red plum blossom branch and a vertical column of characters tattooed over the upper right back, with red petals falling down towards the spine.
Plum blossom branch on a upper back
Full-colour hand-drawn design of an angry grinning character face with blocky rainbow shading and pink and purple swirling shapes around it, drawn on white paper.
Colourful graffiti-style angry face drawing
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
Black outline tattoo of Hello Kitty with a red bow containing a small skull, on the upper arm.
Hello Kitty with skull bow on upper arm
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
Colour tattoo of the fictional character Maleficent with black horns, shaded in purple and green on a patch of skin.
Maleficent portrait tattoo in purple and green
Colour tattoo of a spiky-haired animated character seen from behind in a dark hooded outfit, standing on splashes of water, on the calf.
Animated character tattoo on a calf
Black ink brush-style character tattoo on a woman's left ribs, photographed from the side with a black crop top and blonde hair visible.
Brush-style character on the ribs
Black vertical lettering tattoo running down the centre of a person's upper back from the nape, photographed from behind.
Vertical script tattoo down the upper back
Colour tattoo of a red daruma doll with a scowling face and gold characters, framed by grey Japanese-style waves on the skin.
Daruma doll with grey waves
Back tattoo of pink cherry blossoms with black shading running down the spine, interspersed with black characters, in a Japanese style on the upper and mid back.
Cherry blossom and characters down the back
Colour realism tattoo of a character with a smeared red mouth and long dark hair, set against blurred lights, on the upper arm.
Realistic character portrait on upper 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
Red brush-stroke tattoo design on a white background showing a kanji-like character, a paw print and the letter U.
Red brush paw print with letters
Black fine line tattoo of Totoro holding a leaf, placed on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Totoro outline on a shoulder blade
Red line drawing of two stylised ornamental shapes on a white background, one tall and pointed, the other containing stylised characters, a flash-style tattoo design.
Red outline design with characters
Black fine line outline tattoo of a mermaid with flowing hair and small bubbles on the upper arm, shown against a green sleeve.
Mermaid line art on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a smiling black cartoon cat with large pale eyes and a curled tail, on the calf.
Cartoon black cat on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of Hello Kitty styled as Darth Vader, with a red bow and a white outline, on skin.
Hello Kitty as Darth Vader tattoo
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
Red and black plum blossom branch tattoo with a red square seal stamp on the left side of a person's ribs, in a Japanese-influenced botanical style.
Plum blossom branch and seal on ribs
Colour tattoo of the Harley Quinn character in her red and black jester costume, shown on the calf.
Harley Quinn character on a calf
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
Colour tattoo of Jack Skellington, Sally and other Nightmare Before Christmas characters under a spiral moon, covering an upper arm and shoulder.
Nightmare Before Christmas characters on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of Totoro beside Japanese katakana reading Studio Ghibli on the forearm.
Totoro and Studio Ghibli script on a forearm
A coloured flash design of a cartoon lemon with a grumpy expression, a dark collar and leaves, framed by a cream banner reading 'When life gives you lemons' and 'HMMN YAAAGH'.
Lemon character with banner lettering
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
Realistic colour tattoo of the Joker character with white-green hair and a dark blue coat, set against blue watercolour splashes and orange embers on the upper arm.
Joker portrait tattoo on upper arm
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 matching chibi anime tattoos on upper arms, one of Sasuke in black ink and one of Naruto in orange and yellow.
Sasuke and Naruto chibi tattoos on arms
Two hands held together showing black and grey line tattoos of Jack Skellington and Sally on the fingers.
Jack and Sally finger tattoos
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