Face tattoo ideas

846 photos and flash · 33% Realism, 15% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black ink flash design of a grinning face with a stitched mouth, a small jack o lantern and a spiral in its eyes, above a striped winged shape, shown without a body placement.
Grinning stitched face and winged design
Pencil sketch of a matryoshka doll with a smiling face and shaded rose blossoms across its body, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Matryoshka doll with roses sketch
Black ink line drawing of a face in profile with a radiating mandala, dotwork and a feather across the forehead and cheek, shown as a tattoo design.
Mandala and feather face profile design
Flash sheet of ten black outline drawings of tribal masks in a grid on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Ten tribal mask line drawings
Ornate lion head design in black and cream linework on a black background, with a detailed geometric mane, suited to a tattoo flash sheet.
Ornate lion head design in black and cream
Black ink drawing of a woman's face framed by flowing hair, feathers and a tentacle, in a fine line and dotwork style, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Woman's portrait with feathers and tentacle
Two pencil-style tattoo flash drawings on paper, one showing a sun with a face and rays, the other a crescent moon with a face, both with dotted chain and drop details; no body placement is shown.
Sun and crescent moon tattoo designs
Black linework flash drawing on paper of a sun and crescent moon with a woman's face, surrounded by spiky rays, dotwork accents and dangling drops, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Sun and crescent moon face flash design
Blue pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a woman's face framed by flowing hair, peonies and a owl, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman with roses and an owl design
Black ink drawing of a grinning devil with swept-back hair, horns and pointed ears, flanked by the words JUST WAIT on a white background.
Grinning devil with Just Wait lettering
Black line drawing of a stylised face in a curved outline with a handwritten quote beneath it reading I do not let my insecurities overtake me.
Abstract face line drawing with quote
Black and white engraved design of a face split down the middle inside a rope-twist circle, with Valar Morghulis and Valar Dohaeris lettering around the edge.
Split face emblem with Valar Morghulis lettering
Black and white tribal-style flash design of a Mickey Mouse face, with ornate swirling patterns filling the ears, nose and mouth, and no placement on the body shown.
Tribal-style Mickey Mouse face design
Black tribal-style stencil of a stylised cat running vertically, with a long curling tail at the top and a angular face near the base, shown on a plain white background.
Vertical tribal cat design
Black and grey neo-traditional flash drawing of a woman with ram horns, flowing curled hair and a rose, with no body placement shown.
Woman with ram horns and a rose design
Eight black line-art flash designs in a grid of two rows, showing geometric spade, heart, diamond and club suit symbols above a crown, a shield-like shape, another crown and a tribal face.
Eight geometric line motifs in a grid
Black ink pen drawing of a bearded man in profile with tree-like branches growing from his head, shown as a tattoo design sketch on white paper.
Bearded man with branching antlers
Blue ink drawing of a woman's face framed by curled hair and two large roses, in a neo-traditional style, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Woman portrait with roses in curled hair
Bold black line drawing of a stylised cat head in profile with a green eye and pink nose on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Stylised cat head line drawing
Black and grey realism drawing of a snarling tiger merged with a woman's face, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Tiger and woman portrait design
Black line drawing of a sugar skull face with a diamond on the forehead, a lily in flowing hair, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Sugar skull woman with lily, line drawing
Black linework flash design of a crescent moon and sun with sleeping faces, set within a mandala and hanging feathers, drawn on pale paper.
Crescent moon and sun mandala design
Black and grey ornamental drawing of a lynx face with intricate patterned fur, detailed eyes and geometric motifs on the forehead, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornamental lynx face illustration
Black and white book illustration of a drawn face with geometric facial tattoo motifs, beside a printed table of Berber symbols including ram, bull, lizard and scorpion.
Berber facial motifs and symbol table
Red line drawing design of a woman's face framed by a rose and leaves, with her hand raised near her chin, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman with rose in hair, red line drawing
A gold and orange design of a tiger's face and striped markings forming butterfly wings, with antennae, on a black background.
Tiger and butterfly hybrid design in gold
Black line drawing of a tiger's face viewed head on, with flowing fur strokes and detailed eyes, in a fine line style.
Tiger face line drawing
Flash drawing of a geometric owl with spread wings, patterned feathers and a central face in beige, brown, blue and red on a white background.
Geometric owl with spread wings
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a crescent moon with a smiling face and outlined stars, on a cream background.
Crescent moon with face and stars
Black marker drawing of a monkey head in profile with a spiralling tail and dot accents, sketched on lined notebook paper as a tattoo design.
Monkey head with curling tail design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a woman's face framed by roses, with a skull and thorned stems below, in a realistic style.
Woman, roses and skull pencil design
Blue pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a stag with blossoming branches for antlers above a woman's face framed in a circle, in a neo-trad style.
Stag and woman in a circle with blossom branches
Illustrated tattoo design of a face split into a woman's side and a skull, with a Roman numeral clock behind the head and a colourful butterfly wing over one eye.
Half skull, half woman with clock face
Black line drawing of a wolf's face seen from the front, with sketched fur strokes and no shading, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Wolf face line drawing
Black ink linework drawing of a sun with a closed-eyed face and a crescent moon, with dotwork rays and stars, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Sun and crescent moon face design
Black and grey drawing of a symmetrical horned dragon face with pale glowing eyes, shown as a tattoo design on a plain dark background.
Horned dragon face design
Black and white Art Nouveau flash sheet with roses, women's faces, peacocks, trees, scrolling borders and leaf motifs, shown as separate designs.
Art Nouveau flash sheet in black
Black and grey pencil drawing of a feather-like design where two stylised faces with shaded eyes sit within the feathers, with beads at the top.
Feather and face design in grey pencil
Black line drawing of a woman's face with dot and line markings on the forehead, cheeks and chin, surrounded by tribal-style arrow, tree and triangle motifs.
Tribal facial markings with motif sheet
Pencil outline drawing of a tribal-style lion head with a flowing mane, shown on a sheet of paper on a purple bedspread, as a tattoo design.
Tribal lion head line drawing
Black and grey pencil drawing of two theatre masks framed by roses, beads, scrolls and a cross, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Two theatre masks with roses and beads
Black tribal flash design of a stacked, symmetrical arrangement of skull-like faces and swirling ornamental motifs on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Symmetrical tribal skull design
Black and grey neo-traditional flash sketch of a woman's face beneath a skull headdress, with a snake and feather ornament above.
Skull-crowned woman with snake design
Black and white drawing of a Polynesian tribal sleeve design with a face motif at the top, surrounded by spirals, waves and geometric bands.
Polynesian tribal sleeve design