Cross tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realistic tattoo of a rosary wrapping around an ankle, with a shaded cross hanging across the top of the foot.
Rosary and cross around an ankle
Close-up of a small, thin black fine line tattoo of a cross beside a semicolon on the inner wrist, with the palm visible above.
Small cross and semicolon on the wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a looping heart shape with a crossed arrow and small cross, on the inner forearm.
Heart and arrow line tattoo on a forearm
Black line drawing flash sheet of Latvian folk symbols, including sun signs, crosses, a morning star, a firecross and tree motifs, each labelled in Latvian and English.
Latvian folk sign flash sheet with labelled symbols
Greyscale drawing of praying hands wrapped in a rosary, with a gold-shaded cross above, in a realistic tattoo flash design.
Praying hands with rosary and cross
Black and grey photograph of a small cross tattoo on the back of a hand between the knuckles, with rings and a pinstripe jacket sleeve in view.
Small cross tattoo on hand
Black ink drawing of the word faith in fine handwritten script, crossed by a single vertical line, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Faith script with a vertical cross line
Small solid black cross tattoo on the heel of a foot, photographed close up against a teal and white tiled floor.
Small black cross on a heel
Black ink tattoo reading think positive in script and serif lettering, with a cross replacing the T, on the inner wrist.
Think Positive lettering on the inner wrist
Black and grey tattoos of an anchor, a ship and a small cross on the hand, forearm and upper arm of a person with long hair, against a dark background.
Anchor, ship and cross tattoos on an arm
Black and grey gothic cross tattoo with an outlined, shaded fill on the back of a neck, with brown hair visible above it.
Gothic cross on the back of the neck
Black and grey linework tattoo of two clawed hands over a stippled dark shape, with a crescent moon above, on a lower leg.
Clawed hands and crescent moon on a lower leg
White ink tribal-style cross tattoo with scrollwork and diamond shapes on a forearm, set against a colourful smiley-face patterned background.
White ink cross on a forearm
Black linework tattoo on the inner forearm of a person in a green top, showing an outlined heart with a cross inside, an infinity loop and an anchor.
Heart, cross, infinity and anchor on a forearm
Realistic black and grey crucifixion tattoo covering the upper back, showing a figure on a wooden cross with a crown of thorns.
Crucifixion scene across a back
Small solid black cross tattoo on skin, with a US quarter placed beside it for scale.
Small black cross tattoo beside a quarter
Greyscale tattoo design of a Celtic knot cross above two shaded roses, framed by feathered wings, with small red drops, shown on a white background.
Celtic cross, wings and roses design
Fine line black tattoo of a small cross on the wrist of a hand resting among legs under a grey duvet on a white bed.
Small cross tattoo on a wrist
Back view of a woman with an ornate black and grey cross tattoo centred on her lower back, above her jeans.
Ornate cross on the lower back
Colour tattoo of a grey anchor with a red-accented cross and a beaded line running down the wrist, on a forearm raised in a thumbs up.
Anchor and cross with beads on a forearm
Back view of a woman with dark hair pinned up, showing a small solid black cross tattoo on the upper back below the neck.
Small cross tattoo on upper back
Black fine line botanical arc of leaves and flowers on the inner upper arm, with a small cross tattoo on the wrist above.
Botanical arc on the inner upper arm
Fine line black script tattoo reading Blessed, with a small heart and a dangling rosary with cross, on a person's lower back.
Blessed script with rosary on lower back
Black fine line tattoo of a cross, heart and anchor on the inner wrist and forearm, shown in a black and white photo.
Cross, heart and anchor on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of an infinity symbol tattoo on the inner wrist, with the words live the life you love set in script and block lettering.
Infinity symbol with live the life you love lettering
Line drawing of a Celtic cross with interlaced knotwork in red, blue and green, shown as a tattoo design without a body part visible.
Celtic cross with red and blue knotwork
Black script tattoo reading Strength, with a small cross through the T, on the side of the ribs.
Strength script with cross on ribs
Traditional-style tattoo of a red and grey crown with a small gold cross on top, with two black stars beside it, on the inner forearm.
Crown and stars on a forearm
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo of an anchor with a heart on the side of a finger, held up between another hand.
Anchor and heart on a finger
Black and grey realism tattoo of a nail cross wrapped in wire, with the script words Only The Strong Survive, on the upper back.
Nail cross with Only The Strong Survive script
Colourful sugar skull design with red roses in the eye sockets, a cross on the forehead and flowers above, drawn in a bold traditional style on a black background.
Sugar skull with roses and flowers
Flash sheet of metallic gold and black temporary tattoo designs in a geometric style, including chevrons, triangles, arrows, feathers, a cross, chains and a heart.
Metallic geometric flash sheet in gold and black
A cross drawn in loose, splattered black ink strokes on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Brushed black ink cross design
Black and grey line drawing of praying hands wrapped in a rosary with a cross hanging below, shown as a tattoo design.
Praying hands with rosary design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat with green eyes, a beaded necklace and gold cross, surrounded by red roses, on the outer thigh.
Black cat with roses and cross on thigh
Black and white photo of a small solid black cross tattoo between the shoulder blades on a person's bare back.
Small cross tattoo on upper back
Small fine-line black cross tattoo on the inner forearm of a woman with long brown hair, wearing a grey top.
Small black cross on a forearm
Five metallic gold and black temporary tattoo sheets on a white background, showing butterflies, wings, chains, lettering, arrows, feathers and geometric shapes.
Metallic temporary tattoo design sheets
Traditional style tattoo of an ornate gold and green cross with scalloped edges and red flower details, placed on the outer lower leg.
Ornate gold cross on a lower leg
Black and white photo from behind of a person with hair in a bun, showing a small fine line cross tattoo at the nape of the neck.
Small cross tattoo at the nape of the neck
Close-up of a small black fine-line tattoo of a looped cross behind a person's ear, placed on the side of the neck.
Looped cross tattoo behind the ear
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a cross formed by a leafy tree trunk and branches, on a person's upper back.
Tree cross tattoo on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a file icon with an X and the words TATTOO.JPG on the back of a man's neck.
File icon with TATTOO.JPG on neck
Black ink tattoo of a cross drawn as a heartbeat line that flows into a heart outline, with the words Faith, Hope, Love beneath, on the side of the ribs.
Heartbeat cross and heart with Faith Hope Love
Greyscale pencil drawing of a rough wooden cross bound with rope, presented as a tattoo design with no body part shown.
Lashed wooden cross design
Tattoo of a cross formed from two looping ribbons with curled ends, the vertical ribbon pink and the horizontal ribbons grey, on reddened skin.
Ribbon cross in pink and grey on skin
Small black fine line cross tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun, photographed from behind.
Small cross tattoo on upper back
Black and grey blackwork skull tattoo covering the back, with mandala ornament, dotwork on the upper arm and a geometric cross on the other arm.
Black and grey skull across a back piece