Face tattoo ideas

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Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the inner forearm showing a bald head with closed eyes held by a hand, with a second hand pinching a small object above it.
Hands holding a bald head on a forearm
Small black jack-o'-lantern face tattoo on the side of a finger, shown against a plain white background.
Jack-o'-lantern tattoo on a finger
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man wearing a snapback cap, with a hand beside his face, on the forearm.
Realism portrait of a man in a cap
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a grinning skeleton holding a swirl lollipop, with two pale faced characters below in a sketchy illustrative style.
Grinning skeleton and characters on a forearm
Fine black single-line tattoo of a stylised face with a cap-like top and closed eyes, placed on the inner forearm.
Single-line face tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded classical figure with swirling hair and clouds on a forearm.
Bearded classical figure on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face with a moustache and swept-back hair, on the outer thigh.
Black and grey portrait of a man on a thigh
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
A black and red Northwest Coast style thunderbird tattoo with outstretched wings and a human-like face spans the upper back.
Thunderbird design across upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing three stacked panels: a masked figure with stitches, a close-up of lips and a nose, and an eye.
Realism panels of a mask, lips and eye on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a closed-eyed matryoshka doll with pink sun rays, wave lines and a small heart flower on a forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Matryoshka doll with sun rays on forearm
Black and grey sun and moon face tattoo with compass letters N and W on the side of the ribs, in a traditional style.
Sun and moon face on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a goddess face with a jewelled crown, third eye and beaded necklaces on a forearm.
Goddess portrait on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman's face with a dark updo and red beaded headpiece, covering a full back.
Woman portrait across a full back
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's face with swept dark hair and yellow scroll accents, on the upper arm.
Woman's face portrait on upper arm
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a muscular torso, a face within swirling foliage and a tree-like form.
Black and grey sleeve with figures and tree
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a carved stone-style ring of glyphs around a central face, with two figures below.
Carved stone-style glyph ring on upper arm
Black ink tattoo of a half face in profile merged with a wing shape on the forearm, drawn in loose sketchy linework.
Half face and wing on a forearm
Black and grey realism forearm sleeve tattoo with a red Fight Club label at the wrist, showing a face, figures on a street and a cityscape.
Realism forearm sleeve with Fight Club card
Two black tattoos on forearms: a dark cap over a hand-like outline on the left, and a bearded face in a cap in silhouette on the right.
Matching cap and beard silhouette tattoos
Realism tattoo on a forearm showing a woman's face with a blood-spattered eye and red lips, above a clock face with Roman numerals and hands at the wrist.
Realistic woman's face and clock on a forearm
Two traditional tattoos: a green and yellow face in profile with a pink heart and chain on the upper arm, and a cuffed hand holding a diamond with PRISONER JEWELLERY lettering on the thigh.
Traditional face, heart and chain with cuffed hand
Black fine line outline of three triangles and a sun with a face on the back of an upper arm, photographed in backlight.
Triangles and sun face on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wolf head over a woman's face with red face markings, covering the upper arm.
Wolf and woman portrait on upper arm
Black linework tattoo of a woman's face in wavy hair with a smaller face below and a crescent moon, with purple and orange accents, on the upper back.
Sketched woman's face with moon on upper back
Woman seen from behind with a large black and line-work back tattoo showing a city skyline, a black cloud, a heart, a pencil, a shark-like jaw and a closed-eyed face.
Large back piece with skyline, cloud and face
Forearm tattoo of a stylised figure with three faces and orange hair, beside a dark tree silhouette and a small green bird, drawn in black outline with colour accents.
Multi-faced figure and tree on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded man wearing a crown of thorns, with a single tear, on a forearm.
Realistic portrait with crown of thorns on a forearm
Realism tattoo of Medusa with a bloodied mouth and fanged teeth, surrounded by grey snakes, covering the side of a thigh and hip.
Medusa with snakes on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with sugar skull style markings and tears, with a shaded rose below, on an upper arm.
Portrait of a woman with sugar skull makeup and rose
Colour realism tattoo of the Cheshire Cat grinning above a portrait of the Mad Hatter in a red top hat, on a limb with a blue swirling background.
Cheshire Cat and Mad Hatter portrait
Red, orange and black tattoo of a man's face with a cassette tape reel and gears on the forearm, in a loose painterly style with halftone dots.
Portrait with cassette and gears on forearm
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 fine line tattoo of a smiling sun with a face and long pointed rays, placed on the side of the ribs.
Sun with a face on the ribs
Mixed colour tattoo on a forearm showing a shaded woman's face with lips, overlapping teal and red triangles, watercolour splashes and a beaded necklace.
Woman's face with geometric triangles on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a man's face with torn, bloodied skin revealing a mechanical eye and metal, on a limb.
Realistic cyborg portrait of a man
Solid black blackwork tattoo of a stylised mask with closed eyes, a thin moustache and a pointed chin on the forearm.
Stylised mask tattoo on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a crescent moon with a smiling face on the ankle, with rolled denim jeans and sea foam in the background.
Small crescent moon with a face on the ankle
Black fine line tattoo of a face in profile beside a sun over horizontal lines, on the inner forearm.
Profile face and sunset on a forearm
Photorealistic tattoo of a warrior's face partly hidden by a battered bronze helmet, with a blue eye, on an upper arm.
Realistic warrior face in a helmet on an upper arm
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 fine line tattoo of small outline triangles running down the upper arm, with a sun and crescent moon with a face beside them on the side of the back.
Triangles and a sun and moon on the upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoos of cartoon princess faces across the fingers of a hand, with long pale nails.
Princess portraits tattooed on fingers
Realism tattoo of a woman's face on the forearm, with a tear of blood running from the eye, bloodied lips and small black butterflies near the nose.
Realistic face with bloodied eye on forearm
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
Full-colour tattoo of Edvard Munch's painting The Scream covering the upper arm, with a swirling orange and blue sky behind the figure.
The Scream tattoo on upper arm
Two panels of abstract geometric tattoos: a stippled face with orange and blue accents on a forearm, and a tree, bird, hand and sun on a back.
Abstract face on forearm and tree on back
Fine line black tattoos of two simple faces on the side of two adjacent fingers, one with a smile and one with closed eyes and small arms.
Two small faces tattooed on adjacent fingers