Face tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoo flash of a compass rose with a sun and moon face at its centre, drawn in bold linework.
Compass rose with sun and moon
Photorealistic colour tattoo of a woman's eye, brow, nose and red lips running down a person's upper arm, with a white t-shirt beside it.
Realistic face tattoo on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's face framed by oak leaves, an acorn and pinecones on the forearm.
Woman's face with oak and acorns on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses over the shoulder and a skull-faced woman on the back, shown from behind.
Roses and skull portrait across back
Black line drawing of a winged angel with flowing hair, framed by open roses, rosebuds and leaves, shown as a botanical-style tattoo design with no body placement.
Winged angel with roses design
Black and grey portrait of a woman with a red circle behind her head, tattooed on the back of a hand, in a traditional style.
Female portrait tattoo on the back of a hand
Realism tattoo of a large-eyed doll face with freckles and grey bob hair across the back of a hand.
Realistic doll face on the back of a hand
Sketch-style tattoo of a woman's head and shoulders with swept-up hair on the inner forearm, shaded in grey and black with touches of red.
Vintage woman portrait sketch on a forearm
Two calves with fine line doodle tattoos: a scribbled loop, scissors, a worm and a red fish on the left leg, and a smiling stick figure with a red music note on the right.
Doodle tattoos on two calves
Full back tattoo in black and grey realism showing a pentagram, faces, an angel, a boombox, a factory and hooded figures, placed across the back.
Full back collage tattoo in black and grey
Black linework tattoo of a woman's face with an elaborate bun hairstyle, beside a small skull and crossbones, on the upper arm.
Woman portrait and skull on upper arm
Coloured pencil tattoo design of a face with red spiky hair and a pale disc on the forehead, framed by two dark red roses and hands inside a yellow diamond.
Portrait with roses in a diamond frame
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull merged with a woman's face, surrounded by swirling shading, on the lower leg.
Skull and woman's face on a calf
Fine line black tattoo of two kissing profiles with closed eyes inside a triangle, placed on the lower leg.
Kissing profiles in a triangle on a calf
Small black fine line tattoo of a face in profile, drawn in one continuous line, on the forearm of a person wearing a dark jumper.
Single-line face on a forearm
Two colourful neo-traditional tattoos side by side on forearms, a sun with a face on the left and a crescent moon with a face on the right, both with dotted chains and a gemstone.
Sun and moon tattoos on two forearms
Pencil drawing of a horned demon face with a scowling expression and shaded realistic detail, above an outlined pentagram, as a tattoo design.
Horned demon face with pentagram design
Traditional style tattoo of a grey tabby cat head overlapping a woman's face with a bob haircut, placed on the upper arm.
Cat and woman portrait on upper arm
Colourful cubist-style tattoo of overlapping faces and multiple eyes in red, blue, yellow and black on an upper arm.
Cubist faces and eyes on upper arm
Black and white flash sheet of Polynesian-style tribal bands and face motifs with spirals, sawtooth edges and bold solid shapes, shown as designs rather than on skin.
Polynesian-style tribal design sheet in black
Drawing of a green-faced witch in a wide-brimmed pointed hat, framed by leafy branches, presented as a tattoo design.
Witch in a pointed hat with branches
Pencil sketch on paper of a sun with a face and radiating rays beside a crescent moon, both with hanging dangles, shown as tattoo design drawings.
Sun and crescent moon tattoo sketches
Back view of a woman with her hair in a bun showing a small black fine line tattoo of a crescent moon, a sun with a face and another crescent moon stacked down the centre of the upper back.
Sun and crescent moons on upper back
Black line tattoo of geometric figures and dotted circles with a sun motif, in dotwork and geometric style, on a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Geometric figures and dotwork on upper arm
Black and grey rose tattoo on one forearm and a bearded face tattoo on the other, shown on a person in a tweed waistcoat with a white shirt.
Rose and face tattoos on forearms
Black and grey fine line drawing of a woman's face framed by snakes, a rose, a bird and a butterfly, shown as a tattoo design.
Woman's face with snakes and flowers
Black linework crescent moon with a simple face, the words LA LUNA and the number 23 tattooed on the inner wrist.
Crescent moon with La Luna on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded man's face with swirling hair and beard on the forearm.
Bearded man portrait tattoo on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoos of four women's portraits above Stay Gold lettering in blackletter across both thighs.
Four portraits and Stay Gold lettering on thighs
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with a smiling face and dotted crater detail, on the outer thigh.
Crescent moon with face on a thigh
Colour realism tattoo of a woman's face with blue eyes and a dark butterfly over the mouth, on the upper arm.
Realistic face and butterfly on upper arm
Two bare feet on a sheepskin rug, with a colour traditional-style face and flower tattoo on one ankle and a red and grey rooster tattoo on the other.
Rooster and face tattoos on bare ankles
Small black fine line tattoo of a Totoro-style creature face on the ankle, with beaded bracelets on the wrist above.
Totoro-style face on an ankle
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design in neo-traditional style showing a woman with tear-streaked cheeks, surrounded by roses, a cameo, a bat wing and a spider.
Woman portrait with roses and bat wings sketch
Line drawing of a woman's face with a feather headpiece, peony-style roses, curled hair and a cameo, in a neo-traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Neo-trad woman with roses and feather
Colour tattoo on a forearm in neo-traditional style, showing a stylised woman's face above a pink lotus flower with swirling orange and green shapes.
Woman and lotus colour tattoo on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a cherubic face with closed eyes and a red flower on the inner forearm, beside a yellow crescent moon and red star.
Cherub face with flower on forearm
Black linework tree with exposed roots and a red ink splatter behind it, drawn as a tattoo design on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Tree with roots and red splatter
Traditional style colour tattoo of overlapping profile faces above a collared bust, with a star ornament, shown on a lower leg.
Stacked profile faces in a bust on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a classical sculpture style face with closed eyes and wavy hair, placed on a calf.
Classical statue head tattoo on a calf
Colour tattoo of a stylised face with red and black hair and a blue and red lightning bolt across the eyes, on the inner upper arm.
Stylised face with lightning bolt on upper arm
Colour tattoo of the Where's Waldo character's face in a red and white striped hat and round glasses, placed behind a person's ear.
Where's Waldo face behind the ear
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the upper arm showing a woman's face merged with a skull, with a butterfly wing over one eye and a Roman numeral clock behind.
Half skull and half woman face with clock on upper arm
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of a crescent moon with a face and clouds on the inner forearm, shown in a full view and a close-up.
Crescent moon with face and clouds on a forearm
Realism tattoo on a thigh showing a shaded grey face with red lips, with a grey scaled snake emerging from the mouth and a red forked tongue.
Snake emerging from lips on a thigh
Black and grey realistic drawing of a tiger's face with a direct gaze and detailed whiskers, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Realistic tiger face drawing
Black ink drawing on cream paper of a crescent moon with a profile face, and a woman whose long hair streams outward in wavy lines like rays.
Crescent moon and woman with flowing hair
Black ink outline drawing of a stacked totem pole with a stylised eagle with outstretched wings at the top and a grimacing face at the base, on a white background.
Stacked totem pole line drawing