Cross tattoo ideas

1,031 photos and flash · 32% Fine line, 19% Lettering · Forearm most common

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Black tattoo of a cross and a flock of birds rising from the shoulder, with lettering along the upper back, in a lettering style.
Cross and birds with script on upper back
Small black fine line cross tattoo on the back of a woman's neck, with her hair held to one side.
Small cross on the back of the neck
Realistic shaded purple ribbon tattoo with the word Dad and a hanging rosary cross, on the upper back.
Purple ribbon, rosary and cross with Dad
Black ink traditional flash sheet on cream paper showing a raven, bat, black cat, pumpkin, coffin, broomstick, spiders and spider webs, with a £31 price marked in the centre.
Halloween flash sheet with bats, cats and spiders
Four small fine line tattoos on hands and wrists in a collage, including a diamond, an eye, a heart, an arrow, a cross and a circle, placed on fingers and wrists.
Small fine line tattoos on hands and wrists
Colour Neo-trad tattoo on an upper arm of a pale, dark-haired illustrated girl with a cross on her forehead, holding a bottle with a skull label, surrounded by orange leaves and berries.
Pale girl with bottle and leaves
Traditional style flash drawing of a red sacred heart with a flaming cross on top, framed by purple flowers and green leaves on a cream background.
Flaming sacred heart with cross and flowers
Clasped hands showing black hand-poked symbol tattoos on the fingers, including arrows, triangles and cross-like marks, with a plain gold ring on one finger.
Black symbol tattoos across clasped fingers
Black ornate cross tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her blonde hair in an updo, shown in a three-photo collage with a close-up of the cross.
Ornate cross tattoo on upper back
Shaded grey cross with a rainbow monarch butterfly tattoo across its lower arm, placed on the upper back.
Cross and butterfly on upper back
Black line tattoo of a cross and heartbeat trace ending in an outlined heart on a forearm, shown on two arms in a fine line style.
Matching cross and heartbeat forearm tattoos
Black and grey rosary anklet tattoo on an ankle, with a double strand of beads, a central medallion and a cross hanging down onto the top of the foot.
Rosary anklet tattoo with cross
Black and grey ornate crown tattoo with filigree detailing and a small cross on top, placed on the lower abdomen beside a navel piercing.
Ornate crown on the lower abdomen
Black and grey fine line geometric tattoo of an eye, cross and drops of water on the inner forearm, shown against a dark background.
Geometric eye and cross on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of two crossed lines with the letters H, A, S and D placed around the centre, on the inner upper arm.
Crossed lines with letters on upper arm
Black ink cross with looped, brush-like strokes and a light inner highlight, sitting on the upper back below the neck of a person with blonde hair.
Looped cross on the upper back
Close-up of a black lettering tattoo on a man's upper chest, with the word LOL repeated in four rotated orientations to form a cross.
LOL lettering in a cross on the chest
Black line drawing of an ornate gothic cross with scrolled arms, a small heart at its centre and a flared base, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Ornate gothic cross design
Small black and grey ornate cross tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her hair up, with a close-up of the same cross on skin beside it.
Ornate cross on upper back
Traditional style pomegranate tattoo with dark green leaves on the back of a hand, with small heart, fish and star tattoos on the fingers.
Pomegranate tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and grey pencil drawing of a crowned lion with a cross above its head, holding a heart in its paw, in a realistic style.
Crowned lion holding a heart
Two simple solid black cross tattoos on a person's forearm and wrist, with a black beaded bracelet on the other wrist.
Two black cross tattoos on forearms
Black and grey geometric symbol tattoo with a diamond and cross-like motif on the middle finger of a hand, photographed in black and white.
Geometric symbol tattoo on a middle finger
Black line drawing of a cross-shaped tattoo design in fine line style, with a dreamcatcher at the centre, feathers and curling leafy vines.
Dreamcatcher cross with feathers and vines
Two-panel photo of colour traditional tattoos on an upper arm and forearm, including a blue rose, a woman's face, a skull cross, a winged heart labelled Rocker and a shield reading Victory or Death.
Traditional rock-themed arm tattoos
Black and white photo of a hand with a moth tattoo on the palm and the word DANDY lettered on the wrist, with a metal watch strap.
Moth and script tattoos on a hand
Two clenched hands with small fine line black tattoos of symbols, including crescent moons, crosses and a key, on the fingers of each hand.
Small symbols tattooed across eight fingers
Black and grey realism tattoo of a clock face with a visible movement and a rose on the upper arm and shoulder, with a cross tattoo at the edge of the frame.
Clock face and rose on an upper arm
Black ink flash sheet of traditional-style designs including hands, daggers, a skull, a rose and a candle, drawn on white paper.
Black ink flash sheet of hands, daggers and skulls
Black ink line drawing of a lion head with a flowing mane, set in a crescent moon and beside a rosary and cross, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Lion head with crescent moon and rosary
Fine line black tattoo of stacked circles, loops and small dots running vertically down a forearm.
Vertical line of circles and loops on a forearm
Black and white photo of a small black cross tattoo on the back of a person's neck, seen from behind with hair tied in a ponytail.
Small cross on the back of the neck
Red plumeria flower with black tribal bands, swirling vines and a small cross tattooed across the top of a foot.
Plumeria and tribal band on the foot
Black and white photo of a hand resting on fabric, with a small fine line cross tattoo on the side of one finger.
Small cross tattoo on a finger
Black and white photo of a small, thin fine line cross tattoo on the back of a person's neck, with their hair pulled up.
Small fine line cross on the back of the neck
Fine line black tattoo of a heartbeat trace that becomes a heart, with a small cross, on the inner wrist.
Heartbeat line and cross on a wrist
Two neo-traditional tattoos side by side on the upper thighs, a grey raccoon with a red rose and a fox with a blue rose, both in bold colour.
Raccoon and fox with roses on thighs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cherub above a skull merged with a woman's face, with hands holding a rosary, on a limb.
Cherub, skull and rosary realism tattoo on a limb
Fine line black cross tattoo on the ankle of a person wearing pink canvas shoes, shown in a three-panel collage.
Small cross tattoo on ankle
Black and grey pencil drawing of a cross with two ribbon banners wrapped around its arms and shaft, shaded for a tattoo design.
Cross with two wrapped ribbon banners
Black linework tattoo of a sitting cartoon elephant raising its trunk toward three outlined hearts, with pink and teal watercolour washes, on an upper arm.
Sketchy elephant with hearts on an upper arm
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical four-armed ornament with stippled dotwork at its centre, drawn as a tattoo design on paper beside two pens and a pencil.
Four-armed ornament tattoo design sketch
Two fine line black tattoos on the chest: the upper one shows a heartbeat line running into a heart with a cross, and the lower one shows a treble clef joined to a heartbeat line.
Heartbeat line with heart, cross and treble clef
Close up of a solid black ankh tattoo with a bold, simple outline on a person's side or torso.
Solid black ankh on skin
Black and grey tattoo of praying hands with a rosary, a cross and two banners reading IN GODS and HANDS, on a forearm.
Praying hands and cross on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo on a thigh showing a sailing ship inside a ship's wheel, with an anchor, a rose and a small cross.
Sailing ship and anchor in a ship's wheel on thigh
Black fine line script tattoo reading 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, crossed by a diagonal line, on the forearm.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 script with cross
Black tribal-style wings with a central cross tattoo across a woman's upper back, viewed from behind.
Tribal wings and cross across a back