Cross tattoo ideas

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

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Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a horned goat head inside a black pentagram, set against a starry purple, teal and gold galaxy background.
Goat head in a pentagram with galaxy background
Traditional colour tattoo on a limb showing a red cross emblem on a blue and orange circle, flanked by green leaves and banners reading Type II and Insulin Dependant.
Type II and insulin dependant banners with red emblem
Woman in a black bikini holding a camera to her face, showing black and grey rose tattoos on her arm and a coloured rose on her thigh.
Rose tattoos in a mirror selfie
Black fine line ornamental cross tattoo with scrollwork and small dots on the inner wrist and forearm.
Ornate cross on the wrist
Fine line black heartbeat design on the inner wrist forming a cross and an outlined heart, with the words Faith, Hope and Love beneath it.
Heartbeat line and heart on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a laughing bearded figure with arms crossed, framed by the words OMG and LOL and two crosses, on skin.
Laughing bearded figure with OMG and LOL lettering
Black line drawing of an upright cross with the words 'my GOD'S NOT DEAD' set in a thin, hand-lettered typeface on the crossbar, shown as a flash design.
Cross design with 'my God's not dead' text
Close photo of a fine line script tattoo reading Passion with a cross beneath it, placed on the back of the neck below dark hair.
Passion script tattoo on the neck
Fine line black cross tattoo on a wrist, worn beside silver charm bracelets with a castle in the blurred background.
Small cross tattoo on a wrist
Fine line geometric tattoo of an arrow passing through three dotted circles and a cross, on the upper arm.
Arrow and dotted circles on upper arm
Small black ink cross tattoo with decorative ends on the upper back of a woman lying on grass, with her face turned away from the camera.
Ornate cross on upper back
Black line drawing of a geometric design: a circle crossed by four pointed petal shapes, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Circle with four overlapping petals
Black fine line tattoo of an outlined heart with a cross above it and a looping line crossing the heart, on the upper back.
Heart and cross on upper back
Close-up of a red kiss mark lips tattoo on skin, with a skull and a cross-like motif inside the lips.
Red lips kiss mark with skull
Small black fine line cross tattoo on a man's forearm as he walks outdoors across a snowy hillside, holding another person's hand.
Small cross tattoo on a forearm
Black tattoo of a cross with bold block lettering on the upper arm, shown in a bathroom photo.
Cross and block lettering on upper arm
Black and white sugar skull design with floral scrollwork, a cross on the forehead and flowers around the eye sockets, shown as a tattoo flash drawing.
Sugar skull design with flowers and cross
Black and white photograph of a small fine line cross tattoo on a woman's upper back, near the shoulder blade, with a denim jacket slipped off one shoulder.
Small cross on upper back
Small black cross tattoo on the inner wrist in a fine line style, shown beside a pearl bracelet and a lace sleeve.
Small black cross on the inner wrist
Small fine line tattoo in pink and blue of a circle above a cross, placed on the inner wrist.
Pink circle and blue cross on a wrist
Small black fine line tattoo of a cross passing through a heart outline on the side of an ankle.
Cross and heart on an ankle
Two versions of a black and purple lettering design with a cross arc, a heart and the words God, hearts made us friends and sisters, shown with no body placement.
Lettering design reading God and sisters
Small black fine line cross tattoo on the skin behind a person's ear, with a crystal stud and a crystal heart earring.
Small cross tattoo behind the ear
Two photos of black ink tattoos: a small cross on the ankle and the words Proverbs 31:25 in script on the top of the foot.
Cross on ankle and script on foot
Flash sheet of horror tattoo designs in black and pink, including a skull, werewolf head, open mouth with fangs, skeleton, coffin, raven and creature head on a pink background.
Horror flash sheet with skulls, skeleton and coffin
Flash design of a hand making a V sign, filled with a galaxy pattern, with the word SHAMBLES across the palm and a black cross motif, on a white background.
Galaxy hand with Shambles lettering
Black geometric four-armed motif with stepped edges and soft grainy shading on the inner forearm, resembling a swastika.
Angular geometric motif on forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a cracked stone-effect cross with the Latin words Carpe Diem and Nosce Te Ipsum, placed on the upper arm.
Cracked stone cross with Latin text on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head wearing a jewelled crown, placed on the calf.
Crowned lion head on a lower leg
Black script reading Life ain't always beautiful but it's a beautiful ride, beside an ornate black cross tattoo on skin.
Cross and script quote on upper back
Solid black ink tattoo of a heart outline containing a semicolon and a small cross, placed on the top of a bare foot.
Heart with semicolon and cross on a foot
Solid black cross tattoo on the inner forearm, with the text PSALMS 119:30 written in thin lettering alongside the upright.
Cross with Psalms 119:30 on a forearm
Close view of a small black fine line cross tattoo on the middle finger of a hand with dark red nails, resting against a dark grey garment.
Small cross tattoo on a finger
Upper back of a woman in a white towel and robe, showing a black cross tattoo and a colourful design on the shoulder.
Black cross and colour shoulder tattoo
Small black fine line tattoo of a cross with a semicolon beneath it on the inner wrist of a hand with black nail polish.
Small cross and semicolon on wrist
Black and white flash design of an ornate Celtic knotwork cross with fleur-de-lis at the arm ends and a Maltese cross at the centre, in blackwork and dotwork style.
Ornate Celtic knot cross
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a large pink faceted gem with a gold star emblem on the back of a hand, with a small cross and rose on the fingers.
Pink faceted gem tattoo on the back of a hand
Small black fine line tattoo of crossed lines on the middle finger of a hand resting against a dark knitted fabric.
Crossed lines tattoo on a middle finger
Black fine line tattoo of an ornate cross with scrolled and heart-shaped ends, placed on the back of the neck.
Ornate scrolled cross on the back of the neck
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an outlined cross with a figure on a person's shoulder blade, photographed from behind.
Outlined cross on a shoulder
Black linework heart framed by a scalloped mandala design on the upper arm, with a small cross and another dark tattoo partly visible nearby.
Mandala heart on upper arm
Black line drawing of a cross entwined with two lilies and curling vines on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Cross with lilies and vines
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a Chi-Rho monogram in a shaded circle, with alpha and omega letters, laurel leaves, berries, a crown and scrollwork.
Chi-Rho monogram with laurel on a forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon man with a moustache inside a large bow made of checkered and cross flag designs, on a limb.
Cartoon character in a flag bow
Fine line black script lettering arranged in the shape of a cross on the inner wrist, shown with the palm facing up.
Script cross on inner wrist
Two small black fine line cross tattoos on the fingers of two hands held together, one on a finger of each hand.
Small cross tattoos on two fingers
Black and grey tattoos of crosses and a leaf across the hands and forearms of a person fastening a knife sheath to a brown leather boot.
Hand tattoos adjusting a boot knife sheath
Fine line script tattoo reading diabetic, with a pink cross in place of the t and a small heart at the end, on the inner forearm.
Diabetic script with pink cross on wrist