Face tattoo ideas

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

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Colourful tattoo of a child-like drawing on the inner forearm, showing a blue stick figure, a striped figure, a face and small flowers.
Child's drawing tattoo on a forearm
Black linework tattoo on a forearm showing a striped-shirt figure with a long braid, a monkey face and a wolf head, in fine line style.
Wolf, monkey and braided figure on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a woman with an updo and several eyes across her face, placed on the calf.
Woman portrait with multiple eyes on a calf
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a crescent moon with a sleeping face, roses and trailing vines on the upper thigh.
Crescent moon with face and flowers on a thigh
Greyscale graphite drawing of a woman's face merging with a skull, with long hair flowing across the image, shown as a realistic tattoo design sketch.
Woman and skull graphite drawing
Flash-style design of a white masked spirit face with red streaks, set in black ink splatter with dripping lines, shown on a plain white background.
Masked spirit in ink splatter
Realism style tattoo of a frowning face in round glasses and a red beanie, with lettering curved around it, on a lower leg.
Bespectacled face in red beanie on a calf
Realism tattoo of a woman's face with pink and white flowers and blue and orange butterflies on the side of the ribs.
Woman portrait with flowers and butterflies on ribs
Grey and colour portrait tattoo on a calf showing a short-haired man in a shirt and tie behind a cracked mask of a second face with a bruised eye.
Portrait and cracked mask on a calf
Photograph of a hand and wrist with a teal diamond, a small ghost, a star and the words YOUR THROAT HERE tattooed in black lettering on the back of the hand.
Diamond, ghost and lettering tattoos on a hand
Black fine line tattoo of a profile face with a curved line beside it, placed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Fine line profile tattoo on the wrist
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a woman's face in an ornate gold headdress and teal jewellery, with eye motifs, on a forearm.
Neo-trad woman portrait with headdress on forearm
Neo-trad colour tattoo on a forearm showing a woman's face with a braided updo, orange and pink flowers, green leaves and a red anatomical heart.
Woman portrait and anatomical heart on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of an anime-style face in profile with sweeping brushstroke hair and shading, shown on skin.
Anime-style face in profile with brush shading
Realism colour tattoo of an older man in a red and beaded headdress and necklace, covering the upper arm.
Realistic portrait of an older man in headdress
Two people seen from behind lifting their tops, showing a fine line black crescent moon on one back and a fine line sun with a face on the other's side ribs.
Sun and moon tattoos on two backs
Neo-traditional flash design of a pin-up woman with dark wavy hair, a red rose tucked above her ear and a green dress collar.
Pin-up woman with a red rose in her hair
Small colour tattoo of four cartoon breakfast foods, bacon, a fried egg, a slice of toast and a grey-green item, each with a face and legs, in fine line style on the inner forearm.
Cartoon breakfast characters on a forearm
Black and grey outline tattoo of a smiling crescent moon with the words LA LUNA and the number 23, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Crescent moon and La Luna on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face split into two offset halves, shown on the inner forearm.
Split woman's face on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman's face with a bindi and ornate headdress, surrounded by a mandala, on the upper arm.
Ornate woman portrait with mandala on upper arm
Black ink line drawing of a crescent moon with a profiled face, dotted lace-like patterns and a dangling pendant, drawn as tattoo flash on plain paper.
Crescent moon face with ornamental linework
Black and grey fine line tattoos on the tops of two bare feet, showing a sun with a face and rays on the left foot and a crescent moon with a face on the right foot.
Sun and crescent moon tattoos on both feet
Colour design drawing of two crescent moons with human faces, stars and black swirls, shaded in purple, pink and blue, with no body placement shown.
Two crescent moons with faces and stars
Black and grey crescent moon with a face, stars and clouds, in traditional style with dotwork shading, on the lower leg.
Crescent moon with face on a calf
Realistic black and grey calf tattoo of a woman's face merging into a skull, with an eagle's head below.
Woman, skull and eagle on a calf
Black solid-ink flash design of a crowned face with round eyes above two interlocking heart shapes, shown on a plain white background.
Crowned heart design flash
Black line drawing of two facing profiles meeting at an interlaced heart knot above a flowing chin line, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Two facing profiles with a knotted heart
Two black and grey thigh tattoos in a botanical realism style: a woman's face with peonies on the left, and an owl-headed woman with roses and feathers on the right.
Twin thigh tattoos of women with peonies and an owl
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a leaping hare beside a sun and crescent moon with faces, on the inside of a forearm.
Hare and sun and moon on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a smiling crescent moon with a blushed cheek, surrounded by red, pink and white flowers and a teardrop, on an arm.
Traditional crescent moon with flowers on a forearm
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
Fine line black tattoo of a dove and a woman's face with an olive sprig in her hair, on the forearm.
Dove and woman's face on a forearm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a woman's face and a small songbird on the upper arm, with splashes of red, blue and teal.
Watercolour woman and bird on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face with curly hair, eyes closed, singing into a microphone, on the inner upper arm.
Black and grey portrait with a microphone on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a moustached man's face covering the back of a hand, with a second face-like shape above the knuckles.
Moustached man portrait on the back of a hand
Two hands with colourful neo-traditional tattoos on the backs: a cartoon robot holding a wrench on the left and a grinning green-capped face on the right.
Cartoon robot and grinning face on both hands
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
Fine line black tattoo of two profiles facing each other on the upper back, with a woman's hair in a bun visible above.
Two profiles in fine line on upper back
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm of a face formed from a folded banknote with a rolled bill above, shown in two side by side photographs.
Money-face portrait on a forearm
Black traditional-style tattoo of a sun with a face and long rays, placed on the chest beside a grey top.
Sun with face tattoo on skin
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horror character in a fedora with a bladed glove, on the upper arm.
Horror character portrait with bladed glove
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
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bearded man's face under a crown of antler-like branches, covering the upper arm.
Bearded man with antlered branches on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with wavy hair on the outer thigh, with the wearer lying down in socks.
Realistic female portrait tattoo on thigh
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
Realistic zombie face tattoo in brown and grey tones with pale blue eyes and yellow hair accents, across the calf.
Realistic zombie face on a calf
Black and grey sun tattoo with rays and a face on the side of the ribs, with the wearer's head turned away and long blonde hair decorated with flower hair clips.
Sun tattoo on the ribs