Cross tattoo ideas

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

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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
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 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 and grey winged cross tattoo across the upper back of a man with short dark hair, photographed from behind.
Winged cross on upper back
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a winged cherub above a banner, with clouds, a cross, praying hands and a rosary below.
Cherub banner and praying hands on upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoos on an upper arm: a patchwork stitched ice cream cone in mint and pink, and a dark swirl with a purple base and a small black spider.
Two ice cream designs on an upper arm
Black and white photo of a person's bare back showing a crown above bold ASSHOLE lettering with cross motifs, plus traditional sleeve tattoos on the raised arms and a word on one hand.
Crown and lettering across a back
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 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
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
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
Colour tattoo of an ornate jewelled cross in gold, blue and red tones on the upper arm, in a traditional style.
Jewelled cross on an upper arm
Traditional style tattoo on a thigh showing a shaded grey cross wrapped in thorns, two red roses, grey clouds, small birds and the script words 'If heaven wasn't so far away'.
Cross, roses and heaven quote on a thigh
Flash design of a cross made of five skulls wearing cartoon-style hairstyles and glasses, with banners reading Ghosts N Crooks and Appetite for Mystery, in a traditional style.
Skull cross with banners and cartoon-gang hair
Traditional-style pin-up flash drawing of a woman with a cross, the words FAITH and HOPE, and a chequered neck design, painted on a board.
Pin-up face with FAITH and HOPE tattoos
Shaded grey cross with a heart-shaped outline and three red rosebuds on a stem, tattooed on skin.
Grey cross with heart and red roses
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
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
Traditional style tattoo of an ornate grey heart with a keyhole and red accents on the chest, with a colourful tattoo on the forearm below.
Ornate heart and keyhole tattoo on the chest
Black and grey traditional tattoos on a man's upper arm and chest, including a panther head, a snake coiled around a woman's face, a cross and a stag head.
Traditional panther, snake and stag tattoos on arm and chest
Pencil drawing of a cross with a ribbon banner wrapped around it, shaded in black and grey, a tattoo flash design.
Cross with wrapped ribbon banner
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
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
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
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
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
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
Pencil drawing of a cross with a rose, a scroll banner and a thorny vine, a tattoo design sketch in shaded linework.
Cross with rose and banner drawing
Pair of white gloves painted with traditional style tattoo designs, including a swallow, a skull, an anchor, a horseshoe and a cross.
Traditional tattoo designs painted on white gloves
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm of a grim reaper holding a scythe, a rose and a banner reading MISOGYNY, with DEATH TO above.
Grim reaper and rose with banner on forearm
Flash-style drawing of a flaming skull wearing a vest top above a banner reading LOOKS LIKE SHIT, in red and navy line work with a small star below.
Flaming skull in a tank top with banner
Traditional style tattoo of a woman with a red feather headdress, blue beads and a cross, on the upper arm.
Woman with feather headdress on upper arm
Traditional style medical alert tattoo on the inner wrist, showing a red cross, blue ring and grey caduceus with the word DIABETIC beneath.
Diabetic medical alert caduceus on a wrist
Black and grey bare tree with roots running from thigh to calf, with a red and blue knight on horseback in a medallion at the lower calf, in botanical style.
Bare tree and mounted knight down a leg
Traditional style tattoo of a tomahawk forming a cross, with a wood-grain handle, lettering on the blade and a feather with teal beads, on a forearm.
Tomahawk cross with feather on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a church with a tall spire, set in a ring, with a large shaded rose in front, on the upper leg.
Church and rose on a thigh
Colour full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm, showing orange flames, grey stonework, a cross and blue flowers in a traditional style.
Full sleeve with flames, cross and flowers
Colour traditional tattoo on a thigh of a Barcelos-style rooster with dotted patterns, a red rose with a cross through it and green leaves.
Barcelos rooster and rose on a thigh
Traditional colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a grey cat head with a cross on its forehead, above a woman with long dark hair smoking a cigarette, surrounded by clouds and green sparkles.
Cat-headed woman with cigarette on upper arm
Flash sheet of twenty-four black and white anchor designs, many with crosses, shields, rope and an octopus, in traditional and line-art styles.
Anchor and cross flash sheet