Face tattoo ideas

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

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Black linework drawing of Medusa with snake hair and a pale teal wash, a design suitable for a neo-traditional tattoo.
Medusa with snakes, drawn design
Two forearms with a black and grey dotwork lotus mandala on the wrist and a pink rose with a woman's face on the other arm, with clasped hands.
Mandala and rose tattoos on two forearms
Line drawing of a tattoo design with a woman's face, flowing hair, an owl, two roses and scrolling waves, shaded in blue, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman, owl and roses tattoo design
Colour chest tattoo in an art nouveau style showing a woman's face, two moths, an iris and scrolling leaves, with rose tattoos on the shoulders, shown in a three-panel collage.
Art nouveau chest piece with moths and iris
Colour tattoo of three smiling green peas in a pod with heart-shaped leaves and swirling vines, placed on the upper back.
Smiling peas in a pod on upper back
Neo-trad style tattoo on a calf showing a snarling bear head behind a woman's face, with grey shading and warm orange skin tones.
Bear and woman portrait on a calf
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
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
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
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
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
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
Colour tattoo of a stylised woman's face in red and orange watercolour washes with white dot splatter, on the upper arm.
Watercolour woman portrait on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a pug's face in tan and blue-grey with yellow eyes, shown on a forearm.
Pug face on a forearm
Black and grey realism leg sleeve with a woman's face and a black cat on the calf, a three-eyed cat and ornate scrollwork with lettering on the ankle and foot.
Cat and woman portrait leg sleeve with scrollwork
Two colour tattoos in a neo-traditional style: a forearm portrait of a moustached man with lightning bolts and lettering, and an upper arm portrait of a bearded man in a paper boat hat with an eye and
Two colourful portrait tattoos on forearm and upper arm
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with a sleeping face, a black cat and blue beaded chains on the forearm.
Crescent moon, black cat and beaded chains on a forearm
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
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
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 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
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
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo flash design showing a portrait with a lightning bolt across the face, sparkles and a banner with the words ZIGGY PLAYED GUITAR.
Portrait with lightning bolt and banner design
Red pencil sketch of a woman's face with closed eyes, a feathered headdress and roses, drawn as a tattoo design on a sketchbook page.
Woman with feather headdress and roses sketch
Pencil and red pencil design for a neo-traditional tattoo showing a woman's face framed by roses, with a fox below and red swirls behind them.
Woman, fox and roses tattoo design
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
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
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
Colour tattoo of a white masked character face inside a pink, blue and green mandala of petals and leaves, on the upper thigh.
Masked face within a mandala on a thigh
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a calf showing a bearded man's face in a red and black checked hat, with a pipe and a pine-tree landscape.
Bearded man in plaid hat on a calf
Two lower legs with colourful neo-traditional tattoos: a rose with a figure's face on the left leg, and a rabbit in a waistcoat with a pocket watch on the right.
Rose and rabbits on two calves
Colour tattoo of a horned, helmeted figure with a red visor, orange sun and flames on the forearm, shown from three angles.
Horned helmeted figure with flames on forearm
Colour tattoo of a pint of stout with a face in the foam and a beer tap dripping at the top, placed on the calf in a neo-traditional style.
Stout pint with a foam face on a calf
Colour geometric neo-traditional tattoo of a man's head with a faceted orange and red face and one visible eye, on the upper arm.
Geometric faceted male portrait on upper arm
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Colour neo-traditional leg tattoo across the thigh and calf, showing a woman's face framed by swirling hair and jewels, with a wing and a dragon below.
Woman portrait and dragon leg sleeve
Colour tattoo of a woman's face framed by red and pink poppies on a back, in a neo-traditional style with bold black outlines.
Poppy-crowned woman across a back piece
Colour Neo-trad tattoo of a smiling crescent moon with stars, swirls and purple petals on a teal background, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Crescent moon with stars and swirls on upper back