Face tattoo ideas

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

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Neo-trad style tattoo of an anatomical face in black and grey hatching with a green, yellow and red band across the jaw, on the forearm.
Anatomical face with colour band on forearm
Black and grey realism portrait tattoo of a face on a thigh, with bat shapes and partial lettering, shown in a two-panel mirror photo.
Greyscale portrait tattoo on thigh
Geometric big cat face tattoo in orange, red and black with grey-green shading on the forearm.
Geometric big cat face on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a man in a dark brimmed hat with a red band, on the lower leg.
Realism portrait of a man in a hat on the calf
Black and grey realistic portrait tattoo of a man's face with a moustache and ornate swirls on a forearm, with a hand resting beside a beige quilted handbag and black heels.
Grey portrait tattoo on a forearm beside a handbag
Realistic colour tattoo of a striped shield with a white star and a shaded portrait in the centre, on a calf.
Striped shield with star and portrait on calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cross containing a bearded face with a crown of thorns, on the upper arm.
Realistic cross with bearded face on upper arm
Realism colour portrait tattoo of an elderly man with white wild hair and a moustache, wrapped around the upper arm.
Elderly man portrait tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman wearing a lace mask, with mechanical ribbed shapes above her head, across a person's shoulder and upper arm.
Lace-masked woman portrait on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of four men's faces in suits and caps, spread across the upper back.
Four male portraits across a back
Traditional style flash design of a pin-up woman with black bob hair, a red rose tucked behind her ear and red flowers on a black collar.
Pin-up woman with rose in hair flash
Pencil drawing of a face with smeared dark eye makeup and a red grinning mouth, above the script words Love is a Joke, with coloured pencils and pens around it.
Joker face sketch with Love is a Joke lettering
Two sketch-style portrait tattoos of faces on a person's thighs, one in grey and blue ink and the other with orange-brown wash, viewed from the waist down.
Sketch-style portrait tattoos on both thighs
Black linework tattoo on an upper arm showing a framed design of stylised faces and spiral eyes arranged in an animal-like shape.
Linework faces tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey crescent moon with a face inside a dotwork mandala border, with a small sun on the toe, on the top of a foot.
Crescent moon and sun on a foot
Realism tattoo on a thigh showing a skull, a woman's face with red lips and a red rose, with red and blue ink splashes.
Skull, woman and rose on a thigh
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a cartoon character with round glasses and a striped tie, placed behind the ear on the neck.
Cartoon character behind the ear
Black tribal flash design of a stylised face inside a circle, with sun-like rays and bold blackwork patterns.
Tribal sun face design
Fine line black tattoo of a face in profile with two outlined hands and a small red rose on the inner wrist.
Profile face and rose on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a whale tail above a man in profile with a moustache, with a bearded man in the waves.
Whale tail and face in the sea on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's face in an ornate headdress with feathers and teal beads, placed on the outer thigh.
Neo-traditional woman portrait with headdress on thigh
Black dotwork drawing of a man's face inside a circle, with a red lightning bolt crossing the head and face.
Stippled portrait in a circle with red lightning bolt
Black dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart above a face with a third eye and a tear, on the forearm.
Anatomical heart above a face on a forearm
Black tattoo of a stacked tiki totem with a tribal band across the nape of the neck, shown on the back of a person's neck and upper back.
Stacked tiki totem on the neck and upper back
Black tribal-style lion head design with bold, spiked mane and solid black shading on a white background.
Tribal lion head design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a face in a hat with red BAD lettering across the upper arm and shoulder.
Realism portrait with red lettering on upper arm
Hand-drawn neo-traditional tattoo design of a woman's face framed by red snakes, a crown and a single eye, with dotwork ornament, on paper.
Female face with snakes, crown and eye
Black and grey portrait tattoo of a bearded man with shoulder-length hair on the upper arm, with the lettering Only Grohl can judge me below it.
Black and grey portrait with quote on upper arm
Realism colour tattoo on a forearm showing a woman's face with a glowing nebula, ringed planets and stars across her eyes, shown in three panels.
Galaxy portrait with planets on a forearm
Two forearms pressed together, one with a fine line black tattoo of a sun with a face, the other with a crescent moon with a face, both on the inner forearm.
Sun and crescent moon on forearms
Black and grey realism portrait tattoo of a bearded man in a high collar, shaded on the upper arm.
Bearded man portrait on upper arm
Black and grey geometric tattoo on a man's upper back and shoulder, showing a tree with a checked trunk, a sun, faces and a hand, with a small green bird and dashed line running onto the upper arm.
Surreal tree and hand on upper back
Black and green tattoo of a woman's face in profile with a bob haircut, on the upper arm of a person wearing a striped vest top.
Profile portrait of a woman on an upper arm
Two traditional colour tattoos side by side on a leg, a smiling sun with a face on the left and a teal crescent moon with a face on the right, both with a dotted chain and gemstone pendant below.
Paired sun and moon tattoos on legs
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon with a sleeping face, filled with mandala patterns and framed by a scalloped mandala border, shown as a tattoo design.
Mandala moon line drawing
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face with short spiked hair and stubble, shown on skin of the torso, with a reddish mark over one eye.
Realistic black and grey portrait of a man
Realism tattoo of a face's eyes, one blue and one amber, framed by black swirling ornamental linework on the upper arm.
Realistic eyes within swirling linework on arm
Black linework tattoo of a sun and crescent moon, each with a face, on the side of an upper arm, in a traditional style.
Sun and moon with faces on the side of the arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a mask emerging through torn skin on the forearm, shown in shades of tan, red and black.
Torn skin revealing a mask on a forearm
Fine line black outline tattoo of a face in profile and a hand, with a small red rose, on the inner wrist.
Profile outline and red rose on wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of two simple faces with closed eyes and small mouths on the upper arm, below a dark sleeve.
Two minimalist faces on an upper arm
Black ink drawing of a cat face with three eyes and dense hatched fur, shown as a flash design on white paper rather than on skin.
Three-eyed cat face drawing
Small black fine line crescent moon tattoo with a simple face on the upper arm of a woman with long wavy ombre hair, photographed from behind.
Small crescent moon on upper arm
Two matching forearm tattoos in fine line: a crescent moon with a face on one arm and a sun with a face on the other, both with dotted chain drapes.
Matching crescent moon and sun forearm tattoos
Black and grey fine line tattoos of a crescent moon and a sun, each with a face and hanging chain details, shown on two upper thighs.
Crescent moon and sun tattoos on the thighs
Colour tattoo of a yellow crescent moon with a grid-patterned grin and a black sun motif on the forearm, outlined in black with red shading.
Yellow crescent moon with grinning face on forearm
Solid black ornate key tattoo with a scrolled bow and two stylised faces, sitting on the calf in a traditional style.
Ornate key on a calf
Three-panel progression of a realistic colour portrait tattoo of a wild-haired figure with a wide grinning face, from purple linework stencil to finished shading on skin.
Realistic portrait tattoo, stencil to finished