Face tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey line tattoo of a cartoon face with glasses and closed eyes, inside a double circle outline on the forearm.
Cartoon face with glasses in a double circle
Black ink flash design of a smiling sun with a face and a crescent moon decorated with mandala patterns, with dangling ornaments below, in fine line and dotwork style.
Sun and crescent moon with mandala detail
Black and grey realism tattoo of Medusa with snakes for hair on the upper arm, with a partly visible rose tattoo below.
Medusa portrait on upper arm
Black and white flash drawings of a yin yang with floral and geometric patterning and a sun with rays around a crescent moon with a face, with no body placement shown.
Yin yang and sun and moon tattoo designs
Traditional style tattoos of red roses, a panther head and a sun with a face cover the thigh and calf of a person's legs, with a small tattoo on one finger.
Traditional roses, panther and sun on legs
Neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm of a crescent moon with a woman's face in profile, a black cat sitting on the crescent, and blue beaded chains below.
Crescent moon and black cat on forearm
Black ink sun with a face and rays behind a woman's ear on the left, and a smaller crescent moon with a face in the same spot on the right.
Sun and moon behind the ear
Black fine line tattoo of a face inside a cube on the inner forearm, with a pink satin sleeve beside it.
Face drawn inside a cube on forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a woman's face framed by flowers, a lace-like headdress and arrows, across the upper back of a woman seen from behind.
Woman portrait with flowers on a back
Red pencil tattoo design of a woman's face framed by a rose, leaves and vines, with a hand over her head, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman's face with roses and a hand
Colour realism tattoo of a zombie nurse wearing a red cross cap, with skulls and an eye, across the calf and ankle.
Zombie nurse and skulls on a leg
Black linework tattoo on a forearm showing a brain above a computer monitor and keyboard, with partial designs at the edges and a small green accent.
Brain, computer and keyboard on a forearm
Black and grey flash design of two theatre masks framed by roses, beads and swirling ornament, with a small cross at the bottom.
Theatre masks and roses flash design
Black fine line tattoo of a stylised face with an eye and lips across the finger of a hand, placed on the hand.
Line-drawn face and eye on a finger
Black ink line drawing of a woman's face framed by knotted, flowing hair and feathered wings, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Winged woman with knotted hair
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a spiky-haired head outline with a lightning bolt shaded across the face, on a leg.
Spiky-haired head with lightning bolt on a leg
Black ink tattoo of a sketchy, abstract face on the forearm of a person in a white top.
Abstract face tattoo on a forearm
Two forearms joined by an abstract cubist tattoo of two faces, a wine glass and red script reading happiness is only real when shared, in black, grey and red ink with ochre accents.
Cubist faces across two forearms
Small black and grey tattoos of a starburst sun with a face and a crescent moon with a star, placed on two fingers of a hand.
Sun and crescent moon on fingers
Colour tattoo of a cartoon character with round glasses and a red and white striped hat, placed on the neck behind an ear.
Cartoon character with striped hat behind ear
Fine line tattoo of a smiling sloth face with the words LIVE SLOW above and DIE WHENEVER below, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Sloth face and quote on inner forearm
Black tribal-style sun design with a stylised face, swirls and triangular rays, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Tribal sun face design
Colour tattoo of a cartoon figure with round glasses and a red and white striped hat, placed on the neck behind the ear.
Cartoon character tattoo behind the ear
Abstract tattoo of a dark figure with pink and red blocks and a thin red line running down an upper arm.
Abstract figure and red line on upper arm
Woman in a white strapless dress holding a bouquet of orange and yellow flowers, with a realistic portrait tattoo on her upper arm and a colourful floral sleeve on her forearm.
Bride with tattooed arms holding a bouquet
Black geometric linework tattoo of a woman's face and hair built from triangles, sitting on the outer thigh.
Geometric woman portrait on a thigh
Traditional colour tattoo of a woman's face framed by a flower crown and dark curled hair, placed on the thigh.
Woman with a flower crown on the thigh
Two matching forearm tattoos in black ink: a sun with a face and dotted chain drapery on the left arm, and a crescent moon with a face on the right arm, in a dotwork style.
Sun and moon tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey sun and moon face tattoo with dotwork rays and mandala-style petals on the upper thigh.
Sun and moon face on thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a serene Buddha-like face with a topknot, set in a symmetrical design on the forearm.
Dotwork Buddha face on a forearm
Black and grey realism portrait tattoo of a smiling older man with tousled hair on the outer thigh.
Black and grey portrait of a smiling man
Realism tattoo of a pale, distorted horror face with wide eyes and an open mouth, above a silhouetted man in a hat beside a street lamp, on a limb.
Horror face and silhouetted figure on a limb
Black ink drawing of a sun and crescent moon with carved-style faces, dotwork mandala detail and wavy rays, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Sun and crescent moon with faces
Pink line drawing of a woman with flowing hair and two roses tucked into it, in a realism-leaning style, shown as a tattoo design.
Woman with roses in her hair
Colour tattoo of a smiling sun and a blue crescent moon with faces, outlined in black with orange rays and small stars, on skin.
Sun and crescent moon with faces
Coloured illustration of an ornate sun with a human face, its rays filled with dotwork and paisley-like patterns, shown as a design drawing rather than a tattoo on skin.
Ornate sun face with dotwork rays
Black and grey Cheshire Cat face tattoo with blue eyes and realistic shading, beside handwritten script on the inner forearm.
Cheshire Cat face and script on forearm
Black and grey portrait tattoo of two people kissing on a forearm, with shaded slicked hair and geometric shapes below.
Kissing faces portrait on a forearm
Black and grey sun and moon face tattoo with rays and stars on skin, with the body placement not clearly visible.
Sun and moon face tattoo with stars
Realistic colour portrait tattoo of a man with dark swept-back hair and stubble on a forearm, with a small red rune-like symbol beside it.
Realistic portrait of a man on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horned goat-faced figure with spiral eyes, with a hunched creature with hands raised to its face below, on a lower leg.
Horned goat figure with spiral eyes on a calf
Black and grey realism design of Medusa, with a woman's face framed by coiled snakes and rippling water below, shown on a dark background.
Medusa with snakes in black and grey
Black and grey realism tattoo covering a man's back with a sailing ship on rough waves, a bearded face in the sea spray, an underwater scene and a temple, with tentacles on the upper arms.
Full back sailing ship and sea scene tattoo
Neo-traditional hourglass tattoo on the outer thigh, showing a sunset above and a moon and stars over dotwork sand, inside a black diamond frame.
Hourglass with sunset and night sky on thigh
Two arms side by side, each with a cartoon toast slice character tattoo on the upper arm, one with purple jam and one with tan peanut butter.
Matching jam and peanut butter toast tattoos
Black and white flash design of a tribal sun face surrounded by spirals, chevrons and bold curved blackwork shapes, with no body part shown.
Polynesian-style sun face and spiral design
Colour tattoo of a sun and moon combined into one face with long rays and watercolour washes in orange, purple and teal.
Sun and moon face with watercolour wash
Fine line black ink tattoo of a small crescent moon with a simple face on the inner ankle of a leg in soft sunlight.
Small crescent moon on an ankle