Face tattoo ideas

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Two black and grey tattoos side by side: a realistic knife on the forearm with a woman's face shaded in the blade, and a neo-traditional style house in an oval frame with cherry blossom on the upper
Knife with a face and a house in an oval frame
Abstract portrait of a man in a hat on an upper arm sleeve, shaded in black and grey with green fill, red line, geometric lines and quote lettering.
Portrait of a man in a hat with quote on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a man with voluminous spiked hair and dark blue shading, covering the upper arm of a person in a white vest.
Realistic portrait of a man on upper arm
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing large angel wings, a woman's face with a cross on the forehead and an hourglass below.
Winged angel and woman sleeve tattoo
Black and grey realism portrait tattoo on an upper arm, showing a figure with a fringed hairstyle, clasped hands and a pendant necklace.
Greyscale portrait tattoo on upper arm
Black line tattoo of a stylised face profile with hatched shading and the words WHO, AM and I on the upper arm.
Abstract face profile with WHO AM I lettering
Black line drawing tattoos of a face and geometric figures on an upper arm, beside a grey t-shirt with a text patch.
Line drawing tattoos on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with a butterfly on the upper arm.
Woman portrait with butterfly on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a shaded face and a small astronaut within angular geometric panels, placed on the upper thigh.
Face and astronaut panels on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a face merged with a city skyline, barbed wire and birds, with bold lettering below on the forearm.
City skyline and face double exposure on upper arm
Sketchy black and red tattoo of a man in a bowler hat with a cog over one eye, set against music staves on an upper arm.
Bowler hat portrait over music staves on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bulldog's wrinkled face covering the upper arm and shoulder of a bearded man in a black vest.
Realistic bulldog portrait on upper arm
Abstract sketch-style tattoo of a woman's face with blue and purple brushstrokes on the upper arm.
Abstract woman portrait on upper arm
Colour realism portrait tattoo on an upper arm, set in an ornate red and orange circus-style frame with a monkey, an elephant and a peacock, and lettering reading Michael Jackson.
Circus-framed portrait tattoo on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a woman's face beside a purple planet, a red desert horizon and a floating astronaut.
Woman's face and astronaut in a space scene
Woman in a white V-neck tee with colourful traditional-style tattoos of roses, flowers and a woman's face on both upper arms and forearms.
Floral and portrait tattoos on both arms
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a woman's face with flowing hair and swirling feathers, with vertical kanji beside her, on the upper arm.
Woman portrait with kanji on upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a woman's face wearing a leaf crown with soft coloured wash, on the upper arm.
Line drawn woman in a leaf crown
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a shaded deity face framed by an om symbol and angular diamond shapes.
Deity face with om symbol on upper arm
Fine line tattoo of overlapping closed-eyed faces inside a circle and cube outline on the upper arm.
Overlapping faces in a cube on upper arm
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing helicopters, a portrait style face, lightning and a red cross mark.
Realistic sleeve with helicopters and portrait
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
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stylised face with spiky hair and a lightning bolt across one eye, on the upper arm near the elbow.
Lightning bolt face portrait on upper arm
Realism style tattoo on an upper arm showing a vintage woman with teased hair and a smiling face divided by a band of coloured geometric triangles.
Vintage portrait with geometric band on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an ornate masked face with peacock feathers and paisley motifs across an upper arm and shoulder.
Ornate masked face on upper arm
Large coloured and black-and-grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a winged pale face with dark hair, flanked by a green skull and a coloured demonic face.
Winged face and skulls on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pirate skull in a tricorn hat with a smaller grimacing face and pistols, wrapping the shoulder and upper arm.
Pirate skull and pistols on upper arm
Black and grey realism sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing a winged cherub on the upper arm and a classical sculpted face with flowing curls on the forearm.
Cherub and classical sculpture sleeve
Colour realism tattoo on an upper arm with a red line-drawn rose, a purple and blue-eyed face, a pair of hands and a teal geometric band near the elbow.
Rose and face on an upper arm
Greyscale realism tattoo of a woman's face with red streaks and a red umbrella on the upper arm and shoulder.
Woman's face and red umbrella on upper arm
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
Colour realism tattoo of a character with a smeared red mouth and long dark hair, set against blurred lights, on the upper arm.
Realistic character portrait on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm near the elbow, showing a shaded eye and nose within a circle and diamond with a diagonal black line.
Geometric circle and face fragment on upper arm
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
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
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 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
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
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 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 realistic tattoo on an upper arm showing a Mayan-style circular glyph ring around a carved face, with two seated figures below.
Mayan stone carving on upper arm
Small black fine line tattoo of a crescent moon with a face on the upper arm of a woman seen from behind, with a long braid and a black sleeveless top.
Small crescent moon with a face on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork portrait of a woman's face framed by bold black outlines and a solid black band on the upper arm.
Stippled portrait face on an upper arm
Black and grey traditional wolf head tattoo on an upper arm, with a leaping cat tattoo on the forearm and further tattoos on the same arm.
Wolf head and big cat on arms
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lioness face on the upper arm, with shaded fur, detailed eyes and a dark nose.
Lioness face portrait on upper arm
Realism portrait tattoo on the upper arm showing a man in a suit and tie, with a red, blood-spattered effect across one side of his face.
Realistic portrait tattoo of a man with blood effect
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's profile with a swallow in a ring of yellow dots, on the upper arm.
Profile face and swallow in a dotted circle