Cross tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realistic full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a woman's portrait, an angel wing and a skull.
Realistic sleeve with woman, wing and skull
Fine-line black geometric tattoo of a shaded hexagon with a long vertical line and small cross mark, on the inside of a forearm.
Geometric hexagon and line on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a horned animal head inside a cracked circular medallion beside a cross, on a lower leg.
Horned animal medallion on a calf
Traditional style colour tattoo of a blue cross wrapped in green vines and a grey banner reading Mom and Dad, on a limb.
Blue cross with Mom and Dad banner
Small purple fine line cross tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand with French tip nails, with a car steering wheel behind.
Small cross tattoo on inner wrist
Black and grey traditional flash sheet with a skull and rose, crescent moon, anatomical heart, eye, horseshoe and clover designs.
Black and grey traditional flash sheet
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged angel statue holding a cross shield, with a halo, across the side ribs.
Winged angel with shield on ribs
Traditional style back tattoo of a winged angel holding a palm frond, with red sun rays, black fleur-de-lis crosses and green leaves.
Winged angel with palm on a back
Seamless black and white line pattern of traditional flash motifs, including hearts with banners, daggers, a skull, an eye, a diamond, an anchor and an eight ball.
Traditional flash pattern of hearts, daggers and skulls
Fine line black ink drawing of an outline heart with a looping script letter, a dotted trail and a small cross, shown as a design on paper beside a mechanical pencil.
Fine line heart and cross design on paper
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing praying hands, a cross, clouds, rosary beads and script lettering.
Black and grey sleeve with praying hands and script
Illustrated flash design of a grey skull with red roses, barbed wire and a sword across a cross shape, on a black background.
Skull, roses and barbed wire design
Pencil drawing of two shaded roses with a leaf, a rosary of beads and an ornate cross, a traditional-style tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Roses and rosary with cross
Two hands held together showing black script reading 'til death tattooed across the top of two adjoining fingers, with a tiled wall behind.
'til death lettering on two fingers
Black outline drawing of a cross with a rose across its centre, shown as a tattoo design with no body visible.
Rose and cross line drawing
Two small fine line black tattoos, a circle on one inner wrist and a cross on the other, shown on pale skin.
Small circle and cross tattoos on wrists
Black and grey ornate cross tattoo with scrollwork and a central flower across a person's upper back.
Ornate cross across upper back
Black and grey roses and an ornamental cross across a woman's chest and shoulders, with colour tattoos on her forearm and hand, in a neo-traditional style.
Rose and ornamental cross chest tattoo
Colourful watercolour-style cross tattoo on a lower leg, with green, red, orange, yellow and purple brushstrokes and black ink at the centre.
Watercolour-style cross on a calf
Two matching fine line black script tattoos reading faith, each crossed by a long horizontal stroke, on the inner wrists.
Faith script on both wrists
Black linework tattoo of an ankh-style cross with a looped top and a small detail below, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Ankh-style cross tattoo on wrist
Fine line black cross tattoo centred on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun, shown from behind against a dark background.
Small black cross on upper back
Realistic colour tattoo of a figure with long dark hair and bowed head, with a cross shape behind, on the forearm of a person whose hand grips the wrist.
Realistic religious figure on forearm
Small black and grey cross tattoo on the ankle of a person wearing white slides, pink toenail polish and rolled denim jeans.
Small cross tattoo on an ankle
White line drawings of traditional tattoo flash motifs, including a skull, rose, diamond and dagger, repeated across a black duvet cover on a bed.
Traditional tattoo flash print on black bedding
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading fearfully and wonderfully made with a small cross, across the side of the ribs.
Script quote with cross on the ribs
Framed black and grey tattoo designs on a dark wall, showing a skull entwined with a snake and a veiled woman holding a skull.
Framed black and grey skull and snake designs
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of a wooden cross with a crucifix and a banner reading PHILIPPIANS, with 4:13 beside it, on the upper arm.
Wooden cross with banner and scripture reference
Black tribal-style winged heart design with red cross marks and a silver crown on top, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Winged heart with crown design
Pencil sketch on lined paper of a plain outlined cross with the words Philippians and 4:13 in script lettering, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Philippians 4:13 script and cross sketch
Black linework tattoo of a sun symbol with a solid ring and four groups of three rays, on the side of a ribcage.
Zia sun symbol on the ribs
Realism colour tattoo of a red rose with black rosary beads and a small cross wrapped around its stem, on the side of a torso.
Red rose and rosary on the side of the torso
Small black fine line cross tattoo on the inner forearm, beside a dark cord bracelet with silver beads.
Small cross tattoo on the forearm
Fine line black infinity symbol tattoo with the words be still and a small cross, shown on an ankle and on the top of a foot.
Matching be still infinity tattoos on ankle and foot
Small black crown tattoo with a cross finial on the inner ankle, shown in fine line style.
Small crown tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey realism tattoo of a detailed eye with long lashes on the forearm, with a figure and a cross tattooed alongside it.
Realistic eye tattoo on an arm
Black and grey tattoo across a woman's shoulder and upper back showing a haunted mansion, bare tree, crosses, bats and a moon.
Gothic mansion and graveyard on a shoulder
Black ink tattoo of an ornate scrolled cross with the word Hope in script across its centre, shown on skin.
Scrolled cross with Hope script
Fine line handwritten script reading let go let god with a black cross and red heart, tattooed on the top of a foot.
Let Go Let God script with cross on foot
Black ink cross above the script words Psalm 46:5 on a forearm, covered by clear plastic wrap.
Cross and Psalm 46:5 script on a forearm
Black fine line script reading He walks with me across the heel and sole of a foot, with a small cross tattooed on the ankle.
Script quote and small cross on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a purple cross decorated with small blue flowers, placed centrally on a woman's upper back below her blonde hair.
Purple cross with blue flowers on upper back
Black line drawing of a simple cross above the fine-line lettering I surrender who I've been for who you are, on a plain light grey background.
Cross and lettering quote design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a skull, two roses, a raven, a rosary, a cross and a pocket watch, in a realistic shaded style.
Skull, roses and raven tattoo design
Fine line tattoo on the inner forearm showing a black cross joined to a heartbeat line that becomes a red heart outline, with the words Faith, Hope and Love in small black capitals below.
Cross, heartbeat and heart on a forearm
Fine line black script reading faith, crossed by a horizontal stroke to form a cross, drawn on a sepia textured background.
Faith script with a crossed line
Small black lettering reading Jeremiah 29:11 with a small cross beside it, tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Jeremiah 29:11 and cross on a wrist
Traditional-style tattoos cover both hands, with a skull on one palm, a blue and red mandala on the back of the other hand, and small finger designs including a spider and an anchor.
Skull and mandala hand tattoos with finger designs