Crest tattoo ideas

95 photos and flash · 15% Blackwork, 12% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Hand-drawn Hufflepuff house crest design in yellow, black and grey, with a badger over a striped shield and a blackletter banner reading Hufflepuff.
Hufflepuff crest with badger and banner
A sheet of blue line and solid wave designs in a Japanese-influenced style, arranged in rows on a white background.
Sheet of blue wave designs
Black Hylian crest tattoo with blue and purple watercolour splashes on a forearm.
Hylian crest with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Slytherin house crest tattoo on the lower back, with a green shield, a grey snake and a black banner reading Slytherin.
Slytherin crest on the lower back
Watercolour style Hogwarts crest tattoo in red, yellow, green and blue on the thigh, outlined in fine black linework with paint-like drips.
Watercolour Hogwarts crest tattoo on thigh
Shaded pencil drawing of a Scottish heraldic lion on a shield, flanked by thistles, a sword and banners reading Scotland and Forever, a design suited to a tattoo.
Scottish lion crest with thistles and banners
Realistic colour tattoo of a tiger head with blue eyes and a city skyline above a club crest, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic tiger head with blue eyes on upper arm
Forearm tattoo of the Hogwarts crest in black linework with red, yellow, green and blue watercolour splashes.
Hogwarts crest with watercolour splashes on forearm
Black ink drawing of a stylised peacock with a raised crest and long tail feathers, drawn on lined notebook paper as a tattoo design.
Black ink peacock design
Black line drawing of a stylised creature head in profile with a spiked crest and a spiral curl at the back, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Stylised creature head in profile with spiral
Small black and grey heraldic crest tattoo on a finger, showing a tower, scrolled flourishes and a letter S on a shield.
Heraldic crest tattoo on a finger
Black and grey engraved-style crest tattoo with a lion-like figure and a curling banner bearing partly visible lettering, on the inner forearm.
Engraved crest with banner on forearm
Colour tattoo of the Hogwarts school crest with a HOGWARTS banner across the top, placed on the calf in a traditional style.
Hogwarts crest tattoo on a calf
Colour tattoo of a gold Roman centurion helmet with a red crest and the numeral XI, with the words THE LAST CENTURION arched above it, on an upper arm.
Roman centurion helmet with lettering on upper arm
Black ink pen drawing of the Ravenclaw crest, showing an eagle over a shield with scrolling foliage and a banner reading Ravenclaw.
Ravenclaw crest pen drawing
Symmetrical black tribal design of a phoenix with flaming wings and a curved head crest, drawn on a plain white background.
Symmetrical tribal phoenix design
Solid black silhouette of a crested Spartan-style helmet on a white background, a flash design in blackwork style with no body placement shown.
Spartan helmet silhouette
Solid black triangle crest tattoo with angular wings on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade, photographed from behind.
Triangle crest on a shoulder blade
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a red-haired mermaid with a pink flower in her hair, set in an ornate green frame with dark curling shapes, on the upper thigh.
Red-haired mermaid in ornate frame on thigh
Japanese style tattoo of a samurai oni mask in a helmet, with cherry blossoms and a golden dragon, across an upper arm and shoulder.
Samurai oni and dragon on upper arm
Pen drawing of an ornate oval frame made from acanthus leaves and scrolls in brown ink on a grey background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Ornate scrolled oval frame design
Solid black tribal dragon design with interlocking knotwork body and swirling tail, shown on a white background as a flash drawing.
Tribal dragon design
Solid black dragon design with white linework and flowing spiked fins, shown on a white background as a tattoo flash drawing.
Black tribal-style dragon design
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork wolf head with a feathered crest, snarling with bared fangs, tattooed on the side of a torso over the ribs.
Snarling wolf with feathered crest on ribs
Black ornamental line drawing of a stylised bird perched on a branch with curling scrolls, shown as a design on a white background with no body placement.
Stylised bird perched on a swirling branch
Black and grey photograph of a large detailed phoenix tattoo with swirling ornamental linework across the ribs and side of the torso, with a small crest tattoo on the thigh.
Phoenix tattoo on ribs with thigh crest
White line-art crest on a black background with a bird, a pentagram, a police box, a lattice panel and a banner reading all who wander are lost.
Crest design with bird, police box and banner
Black and grey ornate scrollwork tattoo with a shaded skull cameo at the centre, spanning the upper chest and shoulders.
Ornate scrollwork and skull cameo across the chest
Black and grey tattoo on a calf showing the LA Kings crest, the letters LA, a crown and the outline of California, in a bold traditional style.
LA Kings logo and crown on a calf
Close-up of a black solid Triforce crest tattoo with red, blue and green watercolour splashes behind it, on the arm.
Triforce crest with watercolour splashes on an arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a pink galah cockatoo with spread wings and a crest, outlined in black with a blue-grey wash, on the side of the torso.
Pink cockatoo on a torso
Red Spartan helmet tattoo with black Greek lettering reading Molon Labe on the inner upper arm, in a bold solid style.
Spartan helmet with Greek lettering on an arm
Large solid black Triforce crest with wings tattooed across the upper back of a person with red hair, arms raised.
Triforce crest with wings on upper back
Shaded drawing of a shield crest topped with a Spartan-style helmet, framed by scrollwork and leaves, with a blue band across the shield, shown as a tattoo design.
Crest with helmet and blue stripe
Sheet of temporary tattoo designs featuring Sporting Kansas City shield crests, a football with flame-like trails and the club wordmark in navy and light blue.
Sporting Kansas City temporary tattoo sheet
Colour tattoo of the Hogwarts crest with a HOGWARTS banner above it and a Latin motto ribbon below, on the calf.
Hogwarts crest on a calf
Traditional-style chest tattoo of a crest with a Dropkick Murphys banner, a red-eyed skull, a shield holding a red rose, and a Signed and Sealed in Blood scroll.
Band crest with skull and rose on chest
Colourful Hogwarts house crest tattoo on a forearm, with a lion, serpent, badger and eagle around a central H, a banner reading DRACO and a Latin motto, in a traditional style.
Hogwarts house crest on a forearm
Black line drawing of a stylised peacock with a curled crest, swirling tail feathers and decorative patterning, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Ornamental peacock line drawing
Small black blackwork tattoo of a winged crest made of triangles, placed on the inner forearm of a person wearing a grey top.
Triangle crest with wings on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a four-quadrant house crest with a gold outline and black linework, in red, yellow, green and blue, on the forearm, with script lettering above it.
Hogwarts house crest on an arm
Solid black winged emblem with a central triangle and circle tattooed on the upper back, in a blackwork style.
Winged triangle emblem on upper back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a Hufflepuff crest with a badger, gold scrollwork, a blue gem and a HUFFLEPUFF banner, on the forearm.
Hufflepuff crest with badger on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the Portuguese coat of arms with yellow castle towers and blue shield dots, set within a grey scrolled frame and yellow and green banners.
Portuguese coat of arms tattoo
Black ink flash design of Harry Potter themed icons, including a quill, key, Hogwarts crest and Platform 9 3/4 sign, arranged in a heart shape on aged parchment.
Harry Potter icons arranged in a heart
Small black winged triangle emblem tattoo on the outer ankle, shown against a wooden floor.
Winged triangle emblem on an ankle
Ornate winged crest design in white and gold on a black background, with a golden triforce at its centre and paisley-style patterns across the wings.
Winged triforce crest design
Black and white crest design with a letter H, the number 221B, a TARDIS, a pentagram, a bird and a banner reading Not all who wander are lost.
Crest with TARDIS and quote banner