Face tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded face with long hair, labelled Jesus, on the inner forearm.
Jesus portrait on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a face merged with a city skyline, barbed wire and birds, with bold lettering below on the forearm.
City skyline and face double exposure on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo sleeve on a forearm showing a car, a compass, a folded map, smoke and a grey portrait of a face.
Realism sleeve with car and compass on forearm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's face with braided hair, flowers, feathers and a geometric headband on the thigh.
Woman portrait with flowers on a thigh
Sketchy black and red tattoo of a man in a bowler hat with a cog over one eye, set against music staves on an upper arm.
Bowler hat portrait over music staves on upper arm
Two black line tattoos on wrists, a sun with closed eyes and hatched rays on one wrist and a crescent moon with a face on the other.
Matching sun and moon wrist tattoos
Two hands with traditional tattoos: a red rose with green leaves on the left hand and a colourful crescent moon with a face and flowers on the right hand.
Rose and crescent moon on two hands
Black ink dotwork flash design of a wolf head merged with a woman's face, with a crown, skulls, ram horns, flowers and a hot air balloon.
Wolf and woman surreal design with skulls
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a doll-like figure with closed eyes, pink blossoms in her hair and a yin-yang symbol, on an arm or leg.
Doll with blossoms and yin-yang on a limb
Close photo of a fine line black tattoo of a hand and a profile face with closed eyes on a limb, with a shaded black and grey woman in a headdress tattoo below.
Fine line profile and hand with black and grey figure
Colourful neo-traditional chest and shoulder tattoo showing a woman's face, an iris, scrollwork, a butterfly and roses, shown in three photo panels.
Floral chest and shoulder tattoo with a woman's face
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bulldog's wrinkled face covering the upper arm and shoulder of a bearded man in a black vest.
Realistic bulldog portrait on upper arm
Black and white line drawing of a sun and moon face split down the middle, with the words we live by the sun and we feel by the moon around it.
Sun and moon face with quote lettering
Sketchy black and grey tattoo on a calf showing a woman's face framed by two birds and poppy flowers, with peach and teal accents.
Woman's face with birds and poppies on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo on a calf and ankle showing a woman's face looking upward, reaching hands, a skull, bare branches and Roman numeral clock markings.
Realistic woman, skull and clock on a calf
Black ink sun with a human face and long wavy rays tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Sun with a face on the inner wrist
Abstract sketch-style tattoo of a woman's face with blue and purple brushstrokes on the upper arm.
Abstract woman portrait on upper arm
Black line tattoo of a sun with a smiling crescent moon face and rays, on the side of a person's torso above the waistband of their jeans.
Sun with a moon face tattoo on the side
Black fine line tattoo of two profiles nearly touching in a kiss, on a person's torso, in a minimal line style.
Fine line profile kiss tattoo on skin
Black linework tattoo of a woman's face and curly hair built from triangular facets, placed on the outer upper thigh.
Geometric portrait on the thigh
Colour realism portrait tattoo on an upper arm, set in an ornate red and orange circus-style frame with a monkey, an elephant and a peacock, and lettering reading Michael Jackson.
Circus-framed portrait tattoo on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a sun and moon with two faces facing each other, in neo-traditional style, on the upper back near the neck.
Sun and moon faces on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stylised woman's face with a rose, rosebuds and leaves above it, on the thigh.
Geometric portrait and rose on thigh
Black ink drawing of a lion's head in an ornate, patterned style with a detailed mane, suited to a tattoo design.
Ornamental lion head line drawing
Colour realism tattoo of a decaying zombie woman's face with an open, bloodied mouth, set on the thigh against a red splatter background.
Zombie woman face on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face split into angled panels with a cigarette, on the inside of a forearm.
Fractured male portrait on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a single-line drawn face and leaf on the inner forearm, with pink flowers in the background.
Fine line face and leaf on a forearm
Colour tattoo on a lower leg showing a black castle silhouette, yellow moon, sleeping face with closed eyes, wings, a red book and a triangular pendant, in a neo-traditional style.
Castle, moon and sleeping face on a calf
Photorealistic black, grey and red tattoo of a horror character in a wide-brimmed hat and bladed glove, on the side of the ribs.
Realistic horror character portrait on ribs
Colour realism tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a woman's face beside a purple planet, a red desert horizon and a floating astronaut.
Woman's face and astronaut in a space scene
Close-up of a simple black outline tattoo of a cloud with two dot eyes and a moustache on pale skin.
Cloud with moustache tattoo
Black ink line sketch of a man with a quiff and a lightning bolt across his face, with lyrics in handwritten lettering and radiating lines, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Line drawing of a lightning bolt face with lyric
Fine line black tattoo of a seated, headless figure hugging its knees, with a flowering branch rising from its neck, on the lower limb.
Seated figure with flowering branch on a limb
Two Medusa design sketches in a sketchbook, one in red pencil linework and one shaded in grey, with snakes wound through the hair.
Medusa sketches in a sketchbook
Black fine line tattoo of a woman's face in a flower crown and leaves, drawn in a minimal continuous-line style on the forearm.
Line art woman with flower crown on forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bottle with a simple face on the inner forearm, with part of another design visible at the top edge.
Bottle with a face on the forearm
Realism tattoo of a leopard face in orange and black on the side of a finger.
Leopard face on a finger
Full-colour hand-drawn design of an angry grinning character face with blocky rainbow shading and pink and purple swirling shapes around it, drawn on white paper.
Colourful graffiti-style angry face drawing
Woman in a white V-neck tee with colourful traditional-style tattoos of roses, flowers and a woman's face on both upper arms and forearms.
Floral and portrait tattoos on both arms
Traditional flash design of a winged woman's face above an hourglass, framed by red roses and gold wings, on an aged parchment background.
Winged woman with hourglass and roses
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a woman's face with flowing hair and swirling feathers, with vertical kanji beside her, on the upper arm.
Woman portrait with kanji on upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a woman's face wearing a leaf crown with soft coloured wash, on the upper arm.
Line drawn woman in a leaf crown
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a woman's face with closed eyes and blunt fringe, with a large clock face and gears behind her.
Realistic woman's face and clock on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a person with tousled hair, one hand raised to the face holding a cigarette, on the calf.
Realist black and grey portrait on a calf
Black and grey crescent moon and sun tattoos with faces, placed on the thighs, with dotted line rays.
Crescent moon and sun on thighs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face covering the back of a hand, with ornate ring designs tattooed across the fingers.
Realistic woman portrait on the back of a hand
Forearm tattoo of a bare black tree with blue and yellow watercolour splashes in its canopy and a profile face shaped into the trunk.
Watercolour tree with profile silhouette on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a shaded deity face framed by an om symbol and angular diamond shapes.
Deity face with om symbol on upper arm