Cross tattoo ideas

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

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Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat with red eyes and a white cross on the forehead, set on red splatter on the back of a hand.
Black cat with cross on hand
Black tribal wing design flash with a central cross and a red rose, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Tribal wings with cross and red rose
Black fine line tattoo on a forearm showing a large circle with a central compass wheel, surrounded by runic-style letters, plus a crescent moon and other small symbols.
Symbol wheel and occult marks on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a cross with a small heart and the script word hope on skin, photographed close up.
Fine line cross with heart and script hope
Pen and ink drawing of a tattoo design showing a snarling wolf, coiled snake, rosary and red mandala, in a neo-traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Wolf, snake and mandala tattoo design
Close-up of a fine line black tattoo on the side of a chest showing crossed arrows with a small heart above and the letters L, V and E around the centre.
Crossed arrows with heart and LOVE letters
Small black fine line cross tattoo on the inner forearm, with a clenched fist raised above it, in a black and white photo.
Small cross on a forearm
Fine line black cross tattoo on the middle toe of a bare foot, with burgundy nail polish and a silver toe ring on the next toe.
Small cross tattoo on a toe
Black and grey fine line cross with the word Strength in script running down the vertical bar, tattooed on the upper back.
Strength script cross on upper back
Two-panel photo of a fine line black ink tattoo of two crossed arrows on skin, with a small tattoo on the upper arm of a woman seen from behind.
Crossed arrows tattoo in fine line
Black and grey ink drawing of a skull with gothic castles in the eye sockets, pine trees on the left and small tombstones on the teeth.
Gothic castles inside a skull drawing
Small black cross tattoo on the upper back of a woman seen from behind, with her hair tied up and arms raised.
Small cross on upper back
Neo-trad style tattoo of a beaded chain wrapping around the ankle and ending in a purple and grey fleur-style cross on the top of the foot.
Beaded chain and fleur cross on an ankle
Fine black script reading Walkworthy beside a watercolour style cross in red, green and orange on a forearm, with transfer stencils shown above.
Cross and script on a forearm
Realism tattoo of an ornate magnifying glass on a forearm, with a black cross and blue sky visible through the lens.
Magnifying glass with cross tattoo on forearm
Black line drawing of a sugar skull woman with a rose crown, a rosary necklace and a branch of leaves and roses below.
Sugar skull woman with roses
Black and grey realism tattoo of two roses, rosary beads and a crucifix running down a forearm.
Two roses and rosary with cross on a forearm
Black fine line script reading walk by faith with a small cross, tattooed on the side of a bare ankle and foot resting on dark leather.
Walk by faith script on ankle
Two hands raised against a clear blue sky, with a small black lettering tattoo on the inner wrist and tiny black marks on one finger.
Small lettering on wrist and finger tattoos
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a cross with a ribbon wrapped around it, on the inner forearm of a person in a white top.
Cross with ribbon on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull merged with a Roman numeral clock face and an eye, with a bare tree and birds, on an upper arm.
Skull, clock and eye on upper arm
Black ink Chi Rho symbol with the Greek letters alpha and omega, tattooed on a forearm above a studded leather wristband.
Chi Rho with Alpha and Omega on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a small triangle above a cross shape on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Small triangle and cross wrist tattoo
Two crossed forearms in black fine line ink, one with a small cross and the other with angular geometric lettering that appears to read GOD, both on the inner forearm.
Small cross and angular lettering on forearms
Realistic colour crucifixion scene tattoo on a forearm, showing a figure with long dark hair on a cross before an orange sun, with a small blood drip near the wrist.
Crucifixion scene on a forearm
Realistic knight tattoo in grey shading with a red sash and raised sword, on the back of a lower leg.
Crusader knight with raised sword on a calf
Coloured traditional-style illustration of a woman in profile with a swallow and diamond on her neck and chest and a skull on her upper arm.
Traditional-style woman with swallow, diamond and skull
Black and grey neo-trad style tattoo on an upper arm showing an owl head above an ornate sugar skull with a keyhole, heart, diamonds and a rose.
Owl and sugar skull sleeve on an upper arm
Black fine line script reading be still with a small cross, tattooed on the inner wrist, in a black and white photo.
Be still script on the inner wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a Chi Rho symbol inside a circular sunburst of radiating lines on the inner forearm.
Chi Rho within a radiating sunburst
Black line drawing of a cross made from twisted barbed wire on a white background, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Barbed wire cross design
Black fine line compass cross tattoo with the letters M, S, N and A on the inner forearm of a man with visible arm hair.
Fine line compass cross on a forearm
Solid black tattoo of a cross with three birds flying upwards above it, placed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cross and three birds on upper back
Realistic colour tattoo of a wooden cross draped with a stars and stripes flag against a blue cloudy sky, with grass at the base.
Wooden cross draped with a flag
Sheet of fourteen black and grey cross designs in varied shapes, including a fleury cross, a crown cross and a cross with a flame.
Grid of cross designs in black and grey
Small black outline cross tattoo in fine line style on the side of an ankle, beside a white canvas high-top trainer.
Small outline cross on an ankle
Fine line black tattoo of a compass with arrowheads and script compass letters on the inner forearm.
Compass arrow design on forearm
Black fine-line tattoo of a heartbeat trace that forms a cross and ends in an outlined heart, with the words FAITH, HOPE and LOVE beneath, on the side of the ribs.
Heartbeat cross and heart with faith, hope, love
Black and white tattoo design of an ornate cross with filigree scrollwork and engraved-style hatching.
Ornate filigree cross design
Fine line design of a cross with the word faith written in cursive along its upright, drawn in black ink on a scratched sepia background, with no body placement shown.
Faith script on a cross design
Pink brushstroke cross tattoo with teal, orange and blue watercolour splashes across a person's upper back.
Watercolour cross on upper back
Traditional style flash design of a grey dagger wrapped in yellow ribbon banners with lettering, a red cross detail and a red drop of blood, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Dagger and cross with lettered banners
Hand-drawn black ink lettering reading Ph 1:6 with a semicolon-like mark and a cross, circled on lined notebook paper, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Hand-drawn Ph 1:6 lettering with a cross
Black fine-line tattoo of crossed diagonal lines with Roman numerals XXIII and XXX and the symbols greater-than-or-equal and identical-to, on the inner forearm.
Crossed lines with Roman numerals on a forearm
Greyscale pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a rose, a compass, rosary beads and a cross, with the word Survive on a banner, in a realistic style.
Rose, compass and rosary with Survive banner
Back view of a woman with a hair bun and pink knit jumper, showing a small fine-line black cross tattoo on her upper back near the shoulder.
Small cross tattoo on the upper back
Colour tattoo of a black biohazard symbol inside a red and grey cross-shaped emblem, on the calf.
Biohazard emblem on a calf
Black ink lotus flower with a circle and cross symbol tattooed on the ankle, with dotwork shading on the petals.
Lotus and circle symbol on an ankle