Face tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoo of a woman in profile with windswept hair, drawn with soft sketchy shading on the side of the torso.
Woman in profile with flowing hair
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face wearing a bandana, with a moustache and goatee, on the skin of a limb.
Black and grey realism portrait of a man in a bandana
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a smiling woman above and a young man in a military side cap below.
Realistic portraits of a woman and a soldier on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a man's head filled with flowers, wheat and an eye, with a checked collar and bow tie, on an upper arm.
Man's face filled with flowers on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a surreal face with flowing, organic forms covering a person's back.
Surreal face and flowing forms across a back
Colour tattoo of a tree with a serene carved face, glowing heart, sun, moon and mushrooms on an upper arm, in a surreal botanical style.
Tree spirit with roots and celestial scene on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a skull merging with a woman's face, a castle on a hill and a rose.
Skull and face with castle on upper arm
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
Traditional style tattoo of a grey stylised profile face within an oval frame with orange scrollwork, orange flowers and black leaves, on a forearm.
Traditional profile face in an oval frame
Green zombie face with open mouth and a reaching green hand tattooed on a finger, with blood-spattered pink skin on the neighbouring finger.
Zombie face and hand on two fingers
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face above two lion cubs, shaded across the upper arm.
Portrait and lion cubs on an upper arm
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a face with tousled hair and clasped hands on the forearm.
Sketched portrait and hands on forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a face with a dove in flight above it, drawn in a single continuous outline on skin.
Dove and face line drawing
Black and grey dotwork and hatched forearm tattoo of a rose above a face, on a person holding a cigarette with their legs crossed.
Rose and face forearm tattoo
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 and grey realism tattoo of Medusa's face framed by snakes, shown on the upper arm.
Medusa face with snakes on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoos of a large skull across the back and two female portrait faces on the thighs.
Skull and portrait back and leg tattoos
Black and grey tattoo of a woman's face in a bold comic book style, with heavy black hair and lashes, on the arm.
Comic-style woman's face on the arm
Black and grey geometric lion face inside a circle with triangles, tattooed centrally on the stomach below a navel piercing.
Geometric lion in a circle on the stomach
Colour traditional tattoo on the upper arm showing a woman's face with a toothed lower edge framed by red flowers, teal leaves and a bell-shaped base.
Traditional face and flowers on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a grotesque face with red hair and cracked skin across the back of a hand, in a realism style.
Cracked horror face portrait on the back of a hand
Black and grey portrait tattoo of a face on the lower back of a seated person, partly showing above dark clothing.
Grey portrait tattoo on lower back
Two fine line black tattoos on the inner wrists, a sun with a face on the left wrist and a crescent moon with a face on the right wrist.
Sun and crescent moon wrist tattoos
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a face in profile rising from rippled water beside a triangular fin shape, on the inner upper arm.
Face rising from water on upper arm
Sketch-style colour tattoo of a woman's face in a harlequin diamond hat, with red cheek blush, on the outer thigh.
Woman portrait with harlequin hat on thigh
Realistic black and grey portrait of a man's face framed by tribal scrollwork on an upper arm.
Realistic portrait of a man framed by tribal scrollwork
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with bold crossing brushstrokes over the eyes and mouth, on the forearm.
Black and grey woman's face portrait on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo covering the back of a hand and forearm with bold tribal-style geometric motifs and a central face-like design.
Geometric tribal-style hand and forearm tattoo
Fine line black tattoo of a cartoon cat face with large eyes and a crescent moon on the inner wrist.
Cartoon cat face with crescent moon on the wrist
Colour neo-trad tattoo on an upper arm showing two female profile faces filled with a red and orange sunset, stars, birds and a rope knot below.
Two profile faces in a sunset on an upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a small crescent moon with a simple face on the lower leg, below a rolled denim cuff.
Small crescent moon with a face on the leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate hand mirror framing a lace Venetian mask and a feather, on the forearm.
Venetian mask and hand mirror on a forearm
Colour tattoo of four women's faces arranged like a monument above pine trees, with THANK YOU above and FOR BEING A FRIEND below, on the back.
Four portraits with thank you lettering
Black and grey realism tattoo of a face within a rolled-up 100 dollar banknote on an upper arm, with blackletter lettering visible beside it.
Portrait face on a banknote, upper arm
Black and white photo of a hand-drawn crown above a grinning skull-like face tattoo on an upper arm, in a sketchy outline style.
Crown and grinning skull on upper arm
Small fine line black crescent moon tattoo with a simple face on the upper arm of a woman with a long braid, seen from behind.
Crescent moon tattoo on upper arm
Realistic portrait tattoo of three faces across a thigh, shaded in black, grey and skin tones.
Three realistic portraits on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a face with wide eyes, a nose and an open mouth on the back of a person's neck and head.
Open-mouthed face tattoo on the back of neck
Black and grey tattoo of a angry piston character with a cigar and smoke on the upper arm, with a small orange cigar tip.
Smoking piston character on upper arm
Colour fine line tattoo of a face outline on an upper arm, with Lego bricks spilling out across the eye area.
Lego bricks dissolving from a face outline
Realistic colour tattoo of a grinning face with stitched skin, red eyes and wild hair on the front of the leg near the knee.
Realistic grinning face on lower leg
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a woman's face with a dark band across the eyes and a silhouetted forest of bare trees above.
Forest and face forearm tattoo
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman with a wolf's head over her head, braided hair tied with red ribbons and leaves, on the outer thigh.
Wolf-headed woman portrait with braids and leaves
Two sketch-style tattoos on thighs: a left thigh with a woman's face, a sailing ship, a red rose and a bird, and a right thigh with a red-haired woman in black line and watercolour wash.
Sketch-style portraits on two thighs
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
Small black panda face tattoo made of simple solid shapes, placed on the upper shoulder beside a white strap top.
Small panda face tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face in profile merging with a castle, trees and birds on the thigh.
Castle and woman's face blend on thigh