Cross tattoo ideas

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

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Geometric flash sheet of navy line and solid designs, including squares, circles, triangles, arrows and diamonds, some with dotwork shading.
Geometric flash sheet with arrows and triangles
Black and white photo of a woman's hands near her mouth, showing a fine line cross tattoo on one finger and a small heart outline on another.
Small cross and heart tattoos on fingers
Fine line black tattoo of a cross with the word Redeemed written in script along its upright, on the inner forearm.
Redeemed script and cross on a forearm
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a horned, skull-faced figure with wings, snakes, skulls and a lantern, photographed from three angles.
Horned skull figure and lantern full sleeve
Black and grey ornamental sleeve tattoo with geometric panels and dotwork shading covering a forearm and upper arm.
Ornamental geometric sleeve on an arm
Small fine-line black tattoos of crosses and dots on a forearm, beside a black leather handbag and a silver cuff.
Tiny fine-line crosses on a forearm
Black and grey ornamental mandala sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm, shoulder and forearm of a person in a grey tank top.
Ornamental mandala full arm sleeve
Small black fine line anchor tattoo with a circle and cross motif on the inner forearm.
Small anchor with circle on a forearm
Black ink scrollwork cross tattoo on the side of the ribs, with curled ends on each arm and the base of the cross.
Scrollwork cross on the ribs
Woman seen from behind at a pool edge, with a large black cross and vertical script lettering tattooed across her back, plus a small red cross above.
Cross and script on a back
Small black scrollwork and cross tattoo on the side of a finger, shown in close-up.
Black swirl and cross tattoo on a finger
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing large angel wings, a woman's face with a cross on the forehead and an hourglass below.
Winged angel and woman sleeve tattoo
Close photo of a palm-facing hand with the word darling in fine black script across the middle finger, and a small black cross on a fingertip.
Darling script across a finger
Man seen from behind with a large black and grey skull and ornamental dotwork tattoo covering his back, plus a dark geometric motif on his upper arm.
Skull and ornament back piece
Black fine line cross with cursive script reading Matthew 6:31, tattooed on the upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Cross and Matthew 6:31 on upper back
Back view of a man in a black beanie with two solid black armband tattoos on his upper arms, each with a small cross left in pale skin.
Cross armband tattoos on upper arms
Collage of black cross flash designs around a black and grey photo of a small thin cross tattoo on the back of a neck.
Cross designs with a small neck cross photo
Black and white photo of a hand resting on a leather seat, with a small fine line cross tattoo on one finger.
Tiny cross on a finger
Black and white photo of a hand with dark nail polish resting on a bent leg, with a small fine line cross tattoo on the wrist.
Small cross tattoo on a wrist
Pencil drawing of an ornate tribal-style cross tattoo design with spiked points and scrollwork, shown without a body placement.
Tribal-style cross design in pencil
Watercolour-style tattoo of a ringed circle above a cross-shaped line on a forearm, with pink, green, blue and yellow washes.
Watercolour circle and cross on a forearm
Small colour tattoo of a pink heart with a black and grey cross and anchor, sitting on the neck behind the ear.
Heart, cross and anchor behind the ear
Black ink heart tattoo with a small cross above it, placed behind the ear in a black and white photograph.
Heart and cross tattoo behind the ear
Fine line tattoo of a small pale cross on the inner wrist, with the hand curled upward and pale nails visible.
Small cross on the inner wrist
Shaded black and grey drawing of a geometric tattoo design in a cross shape, made of stacked triangles and arrowheads, with no body placement shown.
Geometric triangle and arrow cross design
Black and grey photo of a small fine line cross tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her hair up in a bun.
Small cross on upper back in black and grey
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design showing a hand with dark nails holding a cracked oval hand mirror, with a banner reading YOU'RE STILL PRETTY.
Hand holding a cracked mirror with banner
Black and grey realism style crown tattoo with beaded edges and a small cross on top, placed centre of the upper back.
Ornate crown on upper back
Fine line and dotwork tattoo of a leaping rabbit with crosses, chevrons and dotted lines on the inner wrist, shown in black ink against a dark background.
Leaping rabbit and crosses on a wrist
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo on a wrist, beside a silver cuff, with the hand resting in a jeans pocket.
Fine line tattoo on a wrist
Tattooed hands resting on a white cat, with a colour traditional shell design and roses on the hand and arm and a grey etched design on the back of the other hand.
Tattooed hands petting a white cat
Black line tattoo of an ornamental cross with curling scrolls on a forearm, in a fine line style.
Scrollwork cross on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of a bare tree above a vertical cross, with a heartbeat line running across it, on a forearm.
Tree, cross and heartbeat line on a forearm
Two small black cross-like tattoos sit on the fingers of two clasped hands, one on each hand.
Small cross tattoos on fingers
Pencil drawing of a gothic cross with a shaded rose at upper left and a thorned vine with leaves wrapping around the cross, as a tattoo design.
Gothic cross with rose and thorned vine
Hand-drawn black ink sketch of a looping, cross-shaped design with the words run, with and perseverance, the numbers 3.1, 6.2, 13.1 and 26.2, and small hearts, drawn on lined paper.
Run with perseverance looping script design
Black and grey tattoos of Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas on two forearms, with Zero the ghost dog in a doghouse beside a graveyard fence.
Jack Skellington and Sally on forearms
Small fine line cross tattoo in black ink on the side of a finger, with white and gold glitter nail polish.
Small cross tattoo on a finger
Traditional black and grey flash sheet showing four moth designs, two with skulls on their bodies, held up by a hand against a wooden floor.
Four moth designs on a flash sheet
Pencil drawing of a cross wrapped in ribbon banners reading Your Pain, Is A and Gift, drawn in black and grey shading as a tattoo design.
Cross with ribbon banners, pencil design
Black tribal-style cross tattoo design drawn in solid black with white inner outlines, shown on a plain white background.
Tribal cross design
Fine line black ink compass-style motif with curled swirls and dots on the outer ankle, shown in a black and white photograph.
Ornamental compass motif on the ankle
Small black fine line cross tattoo on the neck just behind the ear, with the hair pulled up.
Small cross behind the ear
Flash sheet of twelve black and white Celtic knot designs, each labelled with a code from C10 to C74, shown without a body placement.
Celtic knot flash sheet with twelve designs
Close-up of a small black fine line cross tattoo on the side of a finger of a hand held against a textured white background.
Small cross tattoo on a finger
Black geometric eight-pointed star tattoo with spiral and symbol motifs centred between the shoulder blades on a person's upper back.
Eight-pointed star tattoo on upper back
Traditional style crown tattoo with a cross on top, shaded in red and grey, flanked by two small black stars on a forearm.
Crown and stars on a forearm
Black and grey outlined portrait tattoos of women with long dark hair across the tops of both feet, with small star marks beside them.
Matching portrait tattoos on both feet