Face tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style tattoo of a crescent moon with a face and a black cat sitting on it, with orange stars, on the forearm.
Crescent moon and black cat on a forearm
Neo-trad style colour tattoo of a green man face framed by leaves and hops, sitting on the forearm with roots below.
Green man with hops on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a sun with a human face and long wavy rays on the side of the ribs, shown in orange, yellow and brown tones.
Sun with a face on the side ribs
Flash design of a woman with flowing hair framed by peonies, a bee and butterflies, with a Virgo symbol and a banner reading Virgo.
Virgo zodiac portrait flash
Black and grey flash drawing of a slick-haired man's face with a banner reading Don't tell me that I'll be fine, framed by two stippled roses.
Man's face with banner and roses design
Black linework tattoo of a sun with a human face and radiating rays, on the side of a person's torso above a dark waistband.
Sun with face on the side of a torso
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anchor wrapped in gold rope with a seagull perched on the shank, shown on a person's upper body.
Anchor with rope and seagull
Greyscale realism tattoo of a smiling man's face with curled hair and a high-collared jacket, on the upper arm.
Realistic portrait tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face in profile with closed eyes and a fringe, set against a clock face, on a forearm.
Woman's profile portrait with clock on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face in profile with a script signature reading Elvis Presley beneath it, on a limb.
Portrait and script signature on a limb
Realism-style portrait tattoo of a man with swept hair, red bow tie and tweed jacket, holding a cylindrical tool, on the upper arm.
Realism portrait of a man in a bow tie on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a smiling sun with a face inside a crescent moon, above a shaded lotus flower, on skin of the upper leg or arm.
Sun, crescent moon and lotus tattoo
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a winged stone-like angel figure, a second figure and carved faces near the elbow.
Winged statue full arm sleeve
Black and grey comic-style tattoo of a woman's face with a star emblem, wrapped as a band around the upper arm.
Comic-style face armband on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a grotesque face with multiple eyes and an open, toothed mouth, shaded on the upper back.
Grotesque half-human, half-creature face
Black tribal band design on a white background, with a stylised face and spiral patterns on the left, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement visible.
Tribal band design with face motif
Two neo-trad colour tattoos on a pair of calves, each showing a woman with closed eyes, a jewelled headdress and flowers.
Two ornate female portraits on calves
Black and grey lion face tattoo with overlapping geometric black bars and white gaps, sitting on the inner forearm.
Lion face with geometric blocks on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a compass rose with a sun and crescent moon face, placed on the upper arm.
Sun and crescent moon compass on upper arm
Traditional style flash design of a moth-winged woman with a skull and red roses in her hair, drawn in red, cream and black.
Moth-winged woman with skull and roses
Two black tattoos on forearms: a solid black cap above thin outlined hair on the left, and a bearded face under a black cap on the right.
Two forearm tattoos of capped figures
Back of a man showing a large black and grey realistic tattoo of a veiled face with lowered eyes, with colourful biomechanical tattoos on both upper arms.
Veiled face back piece with biomechanical sleeves
Traditional style tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress, with a skull in a teal circle, on the upper arm.
Woman with feather headdress and skull on arm
Colour tattoo of a man's head broken into angular red, orange and brown facets with a teal line, in Geometric style on the upper arm.
Geometric portrait of a man's head on an upper arm
Realist tattoo of a chocolate-coated ice lolly with a smiling man's face on the lower leg, with melting drips and a wooden stick.
Smiling face ice lolly on a calf
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman with curled black hair and gold ram horns, with grey and gold scrollwork, on the side of the ribs.
Horned woman portrait on the side ribs
Two photos of a colourful traditional-style sleeve on an arm, with a black steam locomotive with red details on the upper arm and a cartoon-style face and other scenes on the forearm.
Steam locomotive arm sleeve
Realistic tattoo portrait of a woman with dark lips and drifting orange petals, in a realism style on the calf.
Realistic portrait with orange petals on a calf
Black and grey geisha portrait tattoo with a flower hair ornament on the back of a hand, with smoky swirling shading on the forearm above.
Geisha portrait tattoo on the back of a hand
Colour realism tattoo of a man's face in aviator sunglasses with a cigarette, with fiery orange reflections in the lenses, on the upper arm.
Realistic colour portrait with sunglasses and cigarette
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a raccoon face with bold outlines and hatched fur, on the back of a hand.
Raccoon face on the back of a hand
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sun with a face and orbiting planets on the inside of a forearm, with a small cluster of stars.
Sun and planets on a forearm
Colour geometric tattoo of a French bulldog face with blue, green and red facets on the calf, with a smaller version on the ankle below.
French bulldog face on a calf
Two matching colour tattoos of cartoon toast slices, one with purple jam and one with peanut butter, each with a smiling face and a red heart above, on two ankles.
Matching jam and peanut butter toast on ankles
Black and grey tattoo of a stylised face with dark curled hair and a stag beetle on its crown, with insect legs running down the sides, on a forearm.
Stag beetle over a stylised face on a forearm
Colour tattoo on the outer thigh of a woman in profile with red lips, her hair dissolving into loose red, pink, blue and teal washes.
Woman's profile with flowing hair on thigh
Black ink tattoo of a simplified face wearing a wide-brimmed hat, dark sunglasses and a moustache, on the forearm.
Stylised face in hat and sunglasses on an arm
Small fine line tattoo of a cat's face on the ankle, with one half solid black and the other half in grey tabby-style linework.
Small cat face on an ankle
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with a stylised face, filigree swirls, stars and dotted chains on the ribs.
Crescent moon with face on ribs
Hand-drawn neo-traditional tattoo design of a woman's face framed by a mandala of red spades and hearts, shown on paper with no body placement visible.
Woman's face within a red and black mandala
Colour tattoo on a person's upper back of a woman's face with flowing red hair, with two fish and a fishing hook above her head.
Woman's face with red hair and fish on upper back
Two matching black and grey forearm tattoos of a sun and a crescent moon, each with a drawn face and dotted chain detail, in a Dotwork and fine line style on the forearms.
Sun and moon forearm tattoos with dotted chains
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face on a calf, with lettering on the thigh and a winged design on the hip, shown on a bed.
Black and grey portrait tattoo on a leg
Black tribal tattoo covering the chest, shoulder and arm of a shirtless man, with a sun-like face at the centre of the chest piece.
Tribal sun chest and arm sleeve
Fine line tattoo on the back of a hand showing a woman's face with red lips, hands holding strings above two black silhouette figures on the fingers, with an eight ball at the wrist.
Woman's face and marionette hands on the back of a hand
Black and grey dotwork mandala with a crescent moon face and dangling dot chains and drops, tattooed on a lower leg.
Crescent moon mandala with dotwork on calf
Woman with a cigar and an open polka dot dress, showing a black and grey portrait tattoo on her upper arm and a red rose tattoo on her forearm.
Rose and portrait tattoos on arms
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a white masked face surrounded by peony flowers on the upper arm, with small red charms on the left.
White mask with flowers on upper arm