Cross tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of a hand with orange nails showing a small fine line black tattoo of the female symbol on the side of the ring finger.
Small female symbol on a ring finger
Small black cross tattoo on the inner wrist, with a French manicure and a car steering wheel in the background.
Small cross tattoo on the inner wrist
Black script lettering reading God has a plan, with a black cross beside it, on the inner wrist, styled as a lettering tattoo.
God has a plan script with cross on wrist
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a calf showing a hut with an onion dome, a crescent moon, pine trees, flowers and a skull.
Hut, crescent moon and skull on a calf
Black fine line tattoo of a heart-shaped cross with the script lettering 'by grace, through faith' on the inner forearm.
Heart cross and 'by grace, through faith' lettering
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind, with a small fine line cross tattoo on her upper back near the shoulder blade.
Small fine line cross on upper back
Close-up of a hand with small black geometric tattoos of dots, lines, a triangle and a cross on the fingers, worn with gold and silver rings.
Small geometric finger tattoos on a hand
Realism tattoo of a graveyard, crosses, skulls and bones under a red lightning sky, covering a full back.
Graveyard and skulls across a full back
Flash sheet of tattoo designs with script lettering reading Stay Strong, let go and faith, plus a cross, lips, a feather, a heart and small birds.
Flash sheet of script quotes and small motifs
Black fine line tattoo on the side of the ribs showing a cross joined to a heartbeat line that ends in an outlined heart, with the words FAITH. HOPE. LOVE beneath.
Heartbeat cross and heart with faith, hope, love
Black and grey shaded cross tattoo with red baseball stitching and a number 5 in the centre, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Baseball cross on upper back
Black linework tattoo of a cross, an angular G-like shape, a chevron, an open triangle and a solid triangle, in a row on a lower leg.
Cross and geometric shapes on a calf
Pencil sketch of a cross made from black cursive lettering on paper, with soft grey shading beneath the letters, shown as a lettering design without a body placement.
Cursive script words arranged in a cross
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo of two stacked X shapes on the inner wrist, below the hand.
Small double X symbol on the wrist
Black tattoo of two crossed axes inside a ring of runic lettering, Lettering style, on the inner forearm.
Crossed axes and runes in a circle on a forearm
Black script lettering reading 'to love another person is to see the face of God' with a small cross, tattooed across the ribs.
Script quote with cross on ribs
Mirror selfie of a person in a white top and light blue jeans, showing a small black fine line cross tattoo on the forearm.
Small cross tattoo on forearm
Fine line black tattoo of the word faith in script on the inner wrist, with a small cross replacing the letter t and a tiny heart above the i.
Faith script with cross on wrist
A heart filled with the blue and white Greek flag hangs above a dangling chain of evil eye beads, a cross, a small heart and an anchor on the side of a person's ribs.
Greek flag heart with evil eye charms on ribs
Black line drawing of a winged symbol with a cross and an A-shaped figure, above the words Archangel Michael protects me, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Archangel Michael wings and cross design
Black blackwork tribal sleeve with circular motifs and rosettes covering a man's upper arm and shoulder, shown from three angles.
Tribal sleeve with circular motifs on upper arm
Black and grey skull tattoo with flying birds and painterly brushstrokes across a person's upper back, shaded in a realistic style.
Skull and birds across a back
Black outline sugar skull tattoo with a cross and flower motif on the thigh, with cursive script lettering above it.
Sugar skull with script on thigh
Three matching fine line infinity symbol tattoos with a small cross on the loop, shown on three wrists in dark red ink.
Matching infinity and cross wrist tattoos
Fine line black script tattoo reading faith, with the long crossing stroke forming a cross, on the inner forearm, in black and white.
Script word 'faith' on an inner forearm
Black and grey tattoo of the state of Texas with the word Texas in script, a cross above and shaded roses with leaves, on a person's upper back.
Texas state outline with cross and roses
Black ink tree tattoo with thin branches and a cross-shaped trunk on the upper back, seen from behind in a mirror selfie.
Tree tattoo on the upper back
Close photo of a small black cross tattoo with thin lines on the inner forearm, beside a black leather jacket sleeve.
Black cross on the inner forearm
Large black ornamental cross tattoo on a forearm, with gold and black beaded bracelets worn above the wrist.
Ornate cross tattoo on forearm
Overhead photo of three small black cross tattoos on a forearm, next to a wide silver cuff bracelet and a hand resting on a grey concrete slab.
Three small crosses on a forearm
Black and grey ornate cross tattoo with filigree detailing centred on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun.
Ornate cross on upper back
Black script lettering arranged in the shape of a cross across the upper back, with a smaller script tattoo near the left shoulder.
Script cross tattoo across the upper back
Brown ink line drawing of a stick figure with raised arms and crossed legs inside a circle, on aged paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Stick figure inside a circle design
Side by side photos of two colour portrait tattoos of a moustached man with a raven and a feather, on a limb, in realism and neo-traditional styles.
Two gothic portraits of a moustached man with a raven
Close-up of a small fine line black tattoo of a cross combined with a semicolon on the inner side of a bare ankle, with jeans cuffed above it.
Small cross and semicolon on an ankle
Black fine line abstract tattoo across a bare upper back, with circles, swirls, a solid dot and italic lettering along curved lines.
Abstract linework and lettering on upper back
Black and grey Halloween graveyard tattoo on an upper arm, showing a black cat, two jack-o'-lanterns, a gravestone marked RIP, a cross and a skull.
Halloween graveyard scene on an upper arm
Black and grey sugar skull tattoo with roses and leafy vines across the upper back, shown from behind.
Sugar skull and roses on upper back
Small fine line tattoo on the inner wrist of a red heart outline overlapped by a black cross and curved stroke.
Heart and cross on the wrist
Black line drawing design of a cross and heartbeat line that becomes a heart, with the words Faith, Hope and Love beneath it.
Cross, heartbeat and heart with Faith Hope Love
Small black fine line cross tattoo on the back of a shoulder, with a second tattoo partly visible near the neck.
Small cross on a shoulder blade
Fine line black cross tattoo on the back of a hand, with a silver twisted ring on the middle finger.
Small cross tattoo on the back of a hand
Close-up of a small fine line black cross tattoo on the inner wrist, with red painted nails and a pink and blue woven bracelet visible.
Small cross on the inner wrist
Three traditional style flash designs on stickers: a light blue car, a fiery banner with flowers, and a red and blue cross with roses.
Car, flames and roses flash designs
Black and grey tattoo of a looping cross with swirled ends on the side of the ribs.
Looped cross tattoo on the side ribs
Black ink drawing of an ornamental cross design with filigree detail, leaf motifs and stippled dotwork shading, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Ornamental cross with leaves and dotwork
Black and white photo of a small fine line cross tattoo on the wrist of a hand gripping a microphone.
Small cross tattoo on a wrist
Small black and grey ornate cross tattoo with dotted detail on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Small ornate cross on upper back