Face tattoo ideas

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

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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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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
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
Three-angle photo of a full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a grey biomechanical creature with tentacles, skulls and faces in realistic shading.
Biomechanical full sleeve with tentacles and faces
Black and grey realism portrait tattoo of a smiling man with swept back hair and a hand resting beside his face, on the upper arm.
Black and grey portrait of a smiling man
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 a face in a hat with red BAD lettering across the upper arm and shoulder.
Realism portrait with red lettering on upper arm
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
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 and grey realism tattoo of a bearded man's face wearing a crown of thorns, on the upper arm.
Realistic crown of thorns portrait on upper arm
Realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a Darth Vader helmet merging into a human face with a yellow-green eye and spotted face markings, shown in a two-photo collage.
Vader helmet and human face portrait on an arm
Realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing zombie figures, character portraits and tattooed lettering in colour.
Zombie and portrait full sleeve
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
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 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
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
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 realism tattoo of Medusa with snakes for hair on the upper arm, with a partly visible rose tattoo below.
Medusa portrait 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 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
Black and grey realism tattoo of a moon with a human face and a capsule lodged in one eye, on a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Moon face with capsule on upper arm
Realistic tattoo of a horror villain in a fedora and bladed glove on an upper arm and shoulder, with red blood accents.
Horror villain with bladed glove on upper arm