Face tattoo ideas

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

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Colour realism tattoo of a mermaid with teal hair, pearls, an orange starfish and seashells across an upper arm.
Mermaid portrait with starfish on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's face with bobbed hair, a red headband, red cheeks and red lips on a limb.
Flapper-style woman's face with red headband
Small fine line black crescent moon with a simple face tattooed on the upper shoulder near the neck.
Crescent moon tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a face with dark eyes and cracked skin texture across the back of a hand, shown in Realism style on the hand.
Realistic face tattoo on the back of a hand
Two watercolour-style tattoos on a pair of forearms: a blue and purple moon with a face on the left arm and an orange and red sun with a face on the right, both with black linework.
Sun and moon watercolour forearm pair
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing butterflies, a daisy, a woman's face, elephants on a savanna and leopard spots.
Black and grey realism sleeve with savanna and leopard
Close crop of a woman in a sheer black dress with her hands clasped, showing a neo-traditional woman's face with flowers on the upper arm and a lotus and tiger on the forearm.
Tattooed arms with hands clasped
Black and grey botanical tattoo with flowers, leaves and a stylised face with closed eyes, running down a calf.
Floral and face design on a calf
Colourful cartoon-style tattoo of New Zealand's map, with each island filled with character illustrations, across a person's upper back.
New Zealand map tattoo across a back
Realism-style colour tattoos on both calves, with a snarling werewolf with blood dripping from its fangs on the left leg and a green zombie face above a house on the right.
Werewolf and zombie face on both calves
Two matching Hello Kitty tattoos in a cartoon outline style, one on each foot, with a pink bow on the right foot and pink bow at the chin on the left.
Hello Kitty tattoos on both feet
Close-up of a clenched fist with four small black fine line tattoos on the fingers: a round face, a paintbrush, an easel and a tin or cylinder.
Four small doodle tattoos on fingers
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
Colour tattoo on the lower leg of a blue zip bag holding blue crystals, with a bearded face wearing a black fedora and sunglasses, in a bold outlined cartoon style.
Blue bag with bearded character on calf
Full back tattoo of a horror scene collage in realistic shading and colour, with a clown, a dog, a snarling cat, a hotel and a Pet Sematary sign, placed across the back.
Horror collage across a full back
Realism colour tattoo on a calf of a scarred horror villain in a teal brimmed hat, with long metal blades on a glove, set against a red background.
Horror villain with bladed glove on a calf
Realism tattoo of a grinning villain face with bared teeth and wide eyes on a forearm, beside a black and white printed image of the same face.
Grinning villain face on a forearm
Four small cartoon character tattoos in colour and black outline, one on each finger of a hand, showing a fries carton, a tall cup-shaped figure, a round orange face and a bald man with a moustache.
Four cartoon character finger tattoos
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the upper arm showing a woman's face with red roses beside a cartoon man in a dark suit running with a smaller figure on his shoulders.
Woman's face and cartoon figures on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a blue-skinned alien face wearing goggles, with red lips, on the upper arm.
Blue alien face with goggles on upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a smiling sun with a crescent moon face and swirling rays on the lower abdomen, over a blue and purple wash.
Sun and crescent moon on the lower abdomen
Grey circular medallion tattoo with a face-like figure on a person's upper back, beside colourful beaded straps and an embellished garment.
Circular medallion tattoo on upper back
Colour realism tattoo of a man with a wide-eyed, grimacing expression and a dark headband, on the upper arm.
Realistic portrait tattoo on upper arm
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
Realistic colour portrait tattoo of a man with slicked-back dark hair, blue eyes and a toothy grin, on the upper arm or thigh.
Realistic colour portrait of a man
Realism tattoo of a woman's face on an upper arm, showing a detailed blue eye with lashes, an eyebrow, the bridge of the nose and dark red lips.
Realistic woman's face tattoo on upper arm
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 and white photo of a hand with small fine line princess face tattoos on each finger, placed on the hand.
Princess portraits tattooed on fingers
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals and a key set in swirling smoke, covering the forearm.
Pocket watch and key on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and line tattoo on the upper arm, showing a split face of a woman with a side bun and a dark helmeted mask inside a geometric diamond frame.
Split female face and helmet in a diamond frame
Black and grey realism tattoo of a clown face with a tear and $100 bills on the lower leg.
Clown face with tear and hundred dollar bills
Two stylised face tattoos on a person's forearms: a colourful painted-style face with red shading on the left arm and a simple black line face on the right.
Two stylised face tattoos on forearms
Fine line black tattoo of a crescent moon with a simple face on the outer calf, below rolled denim jeans on wet skin.
Crescent moon with a face on a calf
Fine line black tattoo of a small acorn with a simple face on the ankle.
Small acorn with a face on an ankle
Black and grey Medusa head tattoo with a weeping face and coiled snakes in fine line and dotwork shading, on the outer thigh.
Medusa head with snakes on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with ornate filigree above the eyes and a clock face with Roman numerals across the cheek, on an upper arm.
Black and grey portrait with clock face on upper arm
Shaded cat face with yellow eyes inside black ornamental mandala linework, tattooed on the calf.
Cat face within a mandala on a calf
Black and grey linework tattoo of a sun with a face and rays, with a dotted garland and diamonds, across the centre of the chest below the bust.
Sun face and dotted garland on sternum
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
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with a carved face, four stars and dotted chains with drop pendants, placed on the upper back.
Crescent moon and stars on upper back
Realistic colour tattoo of a frowning cat face with a teal halo background on the outer forearm near the elbow.
Grumpy cat portrait on a forearm
Traditional black and grey tattoo of a crescent moon with a smiling face and a black cat sitting on it, on the upper arm.
Crescent moon and black cat on upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a woman's face with flowers in her hair, placed on the forearm, shown in black ink.
Line drawn woman with flowers on forearm
Close photo of a coloured tattoo of a green-faced creature with tendril-like hair on the sole of a foot, set on a blue wash, against grass.
Green-faced creature tattoo on a sole
Full back tattoo in a realist portrait style, showing a woman's face with gears, butterflies, a compass and a red fingerprint across the back.
Full back portrait with gears and compass
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of a smiling crescent moon, clouds and stars in a circle on the forearm.
Crescent moon and clouds on a forearm
Close-up of two fingers with green zombie faces in red, pink and dark tones, shown on the fingers of a hand.
Zombie faces on two fingers
Small black jack-o'-lantern face tattoo on the side of a finger, with a grey nail polish visible against a plain pale background.
Jack-o'-lantern tattoo on a finger