Crack tattoo ideas

42 photos and flash · 52% Realism, 12% Lettering · Forearm most common

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Neo-trad style tattoo of a cracked clock face with Roman numerals, black and grey shading with red slashes, on an arm.
Cracked clock face on an arm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of an angular rune-like symbol carved into cracked stone effect on skin, with reddened skin around it.
3D cracked-stone rune on skin
Black and grey tattoo of cracked skin filled with handwritten words, running down the centre of a person's back.
Cracked skin filled with handwritten words on a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cracked pocket watch with gears, flying birds and the word Now, on a person's ribs.
Cracked pocket watch with birds on ribs
Colour realism tattoo of Captain America's star-and-ring shield bursting through cracked skin on the outer forearm.
Captain America shield breaking through skin on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing the Statue of Liberty's spiked crown and hands covering her face, with a bullet hole and cracks below.
Statue of Liberty hands and bullet hole on forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with a partly skull-like face, pearl headband and bones, on the inner forearm, with cracked branch lines near the wrist.
Skull-faced woman with bones on a forearm
White line drawing of a cracked skull pierced by a knife with a handle, on a black background, in a bold traditional flash style.
Cracked skull pierced by a knife
Black and grey realism tattoo of a treble clef with a cracked, raised effect, sitting on the forearm.
Cracked 3D treble clef on a forearm
Realistic colour skull tattoo covering a person's entire back, shown from behind with ochre bone tones and teal and black shading.
Large realistic skull across a back
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a cracked lantern and a death's head hawkmoth on the inner forearm.
Lantern and death's head moth on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cracked skull with water droplets and a pocket watch, shown on the outer thigh, with a close-up detail panel beside it.
Realistic skull and pocket watch on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a star of printed words, including family, love and friendship, appearing through a torn skin effect.
Star of words torn through skin on upper arm
Realism tattoo covering a man's back, made to look like cracked carved stone with a medallion, two cherubs and a skull on a placement across the back.
Carved stone back piece with skull and cherubs
Realistic black and grey skull tattoo on a chest with red roses and script on the upper arm, in a realism style.
Realistic skull and roses across chest and arm
A shaded cross tattoo styled as a worn baseball with red stitching, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Baseball-stitched cross on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a blindfolded winged woman with red splashes and cracking stone limbs, placed on the calf.
Blindfolded winged figure turning to stone on a calf
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of stacked skulls, wisps of smoke and a shadowed figure, shown on the upper arm, shoulder and forearm from three angles.
Skulls and smoke full arm sleeve
Black ink drawing of a skull inside an ornate scrolled frame, a design suited to a neo-traditional style tattoo.
Skull in an ornate baroque frame
Pencil and ink drawing of an open pocket watch with a cracked face, Roman numerals and a hanging chain, shown as a tattoo design.
Cracked pocket watch design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cut tree stump with growth rings and a split running up from the centre, across the upper arm.
Tree stump growth rings on upper arm
Greyscale skull with red-tinted flowers and a lily tattooed across a woman's shoulder and upper arm, shown in a botanical style with soft shading.
Skull and flowers across shoulder and upper arm
Realistic black and grey skull tattoo with an orange glow inside one eye socket showing a small building, shown on a limb in a Realism style.
Realistic skull with fiery eye socket
Pencil sketch of a cracked skull framed by roses, rose buds and leaves, drawn on spiral notebook paper as a tattoo design.
Cracked skull with roses pencil design
Realistic drawing of a cracked grey skull with a red rose at its side and black ink dripping from the jaw, shown as a tattoo design on a plain grey background.
Skull and red rose design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cracked stone-effect cross on the upper arm.
Cracked stone cross on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cross with cracked edges on the upper back, shoulder blade area.
Cracked cross on upper back
Upper arm and shoulder tattoo of a chevron emblem inside a dark metal ring with a central gem, with cyan cracks running across the chevron.
Chevron emblem in a cracked metal ring
Black line drawing of a broken heart, split into two halves with the words BE FRIENDS across them, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Broken heart with BE FRIENDS lettering
Large black and grey dotwork skull tattoo with cracked bone detail on the upper leg, shown beside a pair of white shorts.
Cracked skull on the upper leg
Realistic drawing of a grey skull wrapped in pink and dark teal octopus tentacles with suckers, shown as a standalone tattoo design on a white background.
Skull wrapped in octopus tentacles design
Black and grey realistic skull tattoo on a lower leg, with cracked bone detail and angular shapes above it.
Cracked skull on lower leg
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a tree stump cross-section with growth rings and radial cracks, shown on the forearm in three stacked photographs.
Tree ring cross-section on a forearm
Red cracked heart tattoo with black stitching across the centre of the chest, shaded with a semi-realistic finish.
Cracked red heart with stitches on chest
Forearm tattoo in red and black with white-veined lightning cracks across the skin and bare black branches along the outer edge.
Red lightning and branches on a forearm
Red blackletter letter with black cracked shading and small black script lines above and below it, tattooed on a forearm, in a lettering style.
Red blackletter letter with script quote on forearm
Sketchy black and grey tattoo of a gnarled tree trunk with a single red heart hanging by a thread, placed on the side of the ribs.
Hanging red heart on a cracked tree trunk
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eye, cracked pocket watches with Roman numerals and gears, covering the forearm.
Realistic eye and cracked clock sleeve on a forearm
Upper arm tattoo of a brown cat head with a blue eye and a pink rose, set in pink and blue washes with black ink splatters and cracked linework.
Cat and rose watercolour sleeve on an arm
Traditional style tattoo of a red heart with a green crack through it, set in a black flame burst with the words The World, Will Never and Take My Heart, on a thigh.
Cracked red heart with flames and lettering
Full sleeve tattoo of a fiery sunset landscape with a swirling sky and glowing rocky ground, in realistic colour, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Fiery landscape full sleeve on an arm
Full arm sleeve in a Japanese-influenced brushstroke style, with a black enso-style circle and red ring on the upper arm and black strokes running down the forearm.
Brushstroke circle sleeve on upper arm