Face tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a woman's face with closed eyes, wisps of smoke and a glowing orb with lightning near the wrist.
Realistic woman's face and lightning on forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a smiling cartoon teapot with dotted bubbles rising above it, on the lower leg.
Cartoon teapot with bubbles on a calf
Two black and grey tattoos side by side: a crescent moon with a face and hanging beaded chains, and a sun with a face, rays and beaded chains on the upper back.
Crescent moon and sun tattoos with chains
Grey and muted-colour drawing of a Green Man face made of leaves, set within Celtic interlace knotwork and two stylised animal heads, shown as a tattoo design.
Green Man with Celtic knotwork design
Black and grey realism tattoo on the outer thigh showing a row of bare trees above water, with a realistic face with closed lips in the reflection below.
Trees reflected in water with a face on the thigh
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing two overlapping female faces, one with a third eye, with arrows and flowing hair in a realistic shaded style.
Two faces and arrows on a forearm
Purple line drawing of a barn owl, a long-haired face, a banner and ornate script lettering, shown as a tattoo flash design with no body placement.
Owl, portrait and lettering flash design
Black ink illustration of a cartoon man's face wearing a fedora-style hat and sunglasses, tattooed on the upper arm.
Cartoon face with hat and sunglasses on upper arm
Tiny black fine line smiley face tattoo on the side of a finger on a hand resting on a dark surface.
Small smiley face on a finger
Black and grey sun tattoo with a face, ornamental rays and hanging chains, sitting on the thigh.
Sun with face and hanging chains on thigh
Black and grey tattoo on the side ribs of a torso, showing a profile made of connected dots and lines filled with a mosque skyline, clouds and birds.
Profile of minarets and clouds on the ribs
Fine line tattoo of a minimalist face in profile with one closed eye, in black ink on the inner upper arm.
Single-line face on an upper arm
Colour realism tattoo on a lower leg showing a pale blue portrait of a dark-haired face beside scissor blades and white snowflakes.
Blue portrait with scissor blades and snowflakes on a calf
Large realism tattoo across a bare back showing a woman in profile with a hand near her mouth, surrounded by handwritten script and red-tinged drips.
Woman portrait with script on back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a moon with a human face and a capsule lodged in one eye, on a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Moon face with capsule on upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of the Joker's grinning face with green hair on a lower leg, shown beside black velvet boots.
Joker portrait tattoo on a lower leg
Black and grey sun and moon face tattoo with radiating rays on the top of a foot, above turquoise painted toenails.
Sun and moon face on a foot
Colour traditional tattoo of a woman's face in a striped headscarf with black wings and red roses, on the back.
Winged woman with roses in traditional style
Black and grey tattoo of hibiscus-style flowers, leaves and branches wrapped around a female figure on the outer thigh.
Hibiscus flowers and a figure on the thigh
Realism tattoo on a forearm blending a black and grey city skyline with a face whose grinning mouth and shaded eye sit in the lower half.
City skyline and face on a forearm
Close crop of a person in denim dungarees and a beige top, showing black line-drawn tattoos of a face and figure on the upper arm.
Black line drawing tattoo on upper arm
Two black and grey dotwork tattoos: a crescent moon with a drawn face and hanging chains on the upper arm, and a draped chain pattern across the shoulder.
Crescent moon and dotwork chains on arm and shoulder
Realistic tattoo of a horror villain in a fedora and bladed glove on an upper arm and shoulder, with red blood accents.
Horror villain with bladed glove on upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of a woman's face wearing a leafy headpiece on the upper arm, with a small script tattoo below it.
Line-art woman portrait on upper arm
Black ink line drawing of a sun with a sleeping face and wavy hatched rays, overlapping a crescent moon with a closed-eyed face on a white background.
Sun and crescent moon with faces
Small fine line tattoo of two smiling cartoon toast slices, one with red jam and one golden, holding hands beside a pink heart on the side of a foot.
Jam and toast characters holding hands on foot
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's face framed by a leafy headdress on the forearm, shaded in black and grey with touches of red.
Traditional woman portrait with leaf headdress
Colour neo-traditional leg tattoo across the thigh and calf, showing a woman's face framed by swirling hair and jewels, with a wing and a dragon below.
Woman portrait and dragon leg sleeve
Black and grey flash design of a woman's face framed by feathers, arrows and dense ornamental linework, with the word Sagittarius in script above.
Sagittarius woman with feathers and arrows
Pencil drawing of a sleeping crescent moon with a face in front of a sun with flame-like rays, surrounded by swirling clouds and small stars, shown as a tattoo design.
Sun and crescent moon with clouds
Colour traditional tattoo of a crescent moon with a face and red and orange flowers, with a red and orange star beside it, on the shoulder or upper arm.
Traditional crescent moon with face and flowers
Black and grey realism tattoo of a half face with one eye, nose and lips in a small rectangular panel on the upper arm.
Half face portrait on upper arm
Black and grey realism portrait tattoo on a leg, with script on the thigh and a wing design on the hip, shown on a striped bed.
Leg portrait, script and bird tattoos on a bed
Traditional style tattoo of a crescent moon with a face, a gold star and the words Sleepy Head in script on a forearm.
Crescent moon with face and star on a forearm
Black linework tattoo of a stylised face framed by roses with red accents, on the inner upper arm.
Stylised face and roses on an upper arm
Two colour flash designs on a white background: a blue water and red flame yin-yang, and a sun and moon face in blue and gold, in a traditional style.
Yin-yang fire and water with sun and moon face
Small fine line tattoo of Hello Kitty's face with a pink bow on the inner wrist, outlined in black with pink on the bow.
Small Hello Kitty tattoo on the wrist
Black and white stencil-style drawing of a man's face turned slightly to the side, with swept-back hair and a heavy brow line.
Stencil-style portrait of a man's face
Colour tattoo sleeve with red apples, leaves and green snake scales across the chest, shoulder and arm of a shirtless man against a black background.
Apples and snake sleeve on chest and arm
Colour realism tattoo of a woman's face in a red and gold masquerade mask, surrounded by leaves and swirls, on the outer thigh.
Masked woman and autumn leaves on a thigh
Person wearing a white t-shirt with a black moon face graphic and the words LA LUNE, with a partly visible colourful tattoo sleeve on the upper arm.
Moon graphic t-shirt with tattoo sleeve
Colour tattoo of a woman's face framed by red and pink poppies on a back, in a neo-traditional style with bold black outlines.
Poppy-crowned woman across a back piece
Colour Neo-trad tattoo of a smiling crescent moon with stars, swirls and purple petals on a teal background, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Crescent moon with stars and swirls on upper back
Flash sheet of six black line drawings on white: a dotted sun, a sun with a face, a spiral sun, a yin yang, a patterned sun and a circular mandala.
Six sun and mandala flash designs
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm of a woman's face with gothic cathedral spires rising from her head and tracery below.
Gothic cathedral and woman's face on upper arm
Close-up of a small black fine line rabbit face tattoo with long ears and whiskers on the side of a finger, with pink nails and dark denim behind.
Small rabbit face on a finger
Black fine line sun and crescent moon with faces, decorated with mandala ornaments, tattooed on the top of both feet.
Sun and crescent moon tattoos on both feet
Black, grey and red tattoo on a calf showing a woman's face, a wolf head and a tribal band across the top and bottom of the design.
Woman's face and wolf with tribal band on calf