Figure tattoo ideas

663 photos and flash · 18% Realism, 16% Fine line · Forearm most common

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A hand uses a black marker pen to draw an intricate ornamental design of figures and swirling foliage on white paper.
Hand inking an ornate black linework design
Flash drawing of three coral lilies and green swirling vines beside a solid black silhouette shape on a white background.
Lily and vine flash design
Black line drawing of a tattoo design with three male symbols and arrows, silhouetted figures inside the circles and a dark spider-like shape behind them.
Three male symbols with silhouetted figures
Black and white flash design of a bearded figure framed by two surfboards, anchors, waves and dotwork bands, with no body placement shown.
Symmetrical surfboard figure flash
Black ink line drawing on white paper of a woman with billowing hair and one arm outstretched, her body trailing into flowing wisps, shown as a design sketch and not a tattoo on skin.
Flowing-haired female figure line drawing
Single continuous fine line drawing of a dancer in an arched pose on a cream background, with two lines of script beneath the figure.
Single-line dancer with quote text
Black ink drawing of a floating island with stippled mountains, pine trees, a lone figure and a light bulb in a dotted cloud, shown on paper as a tattoo design.
Floating island with mountains and light bulb
Black and grey flash collage of Totoro-style creatures in ink sketches, with plants, mushrooms, a pair of Chinese characters and an Art Nouveau reclining figure.
Totoro sketches, botanicals and Art Nouveau figures
Red pencil drawing on tracing paper of a figure wearing a tall ornate headdress and tinted sunglasses, with one hand raised near the mouth, shown as a possible tattoo design.
Red pencil sketch of a headdressed figure in sunglasses
Colour Japanese style full back tattoo design showing a pig-headed figure in a patterned robe, surrounded by orange flames, clouds and a snake.
Pig-headed figure in flames, Japanese back design
Black fine line drawing of a mermaid with flowing hair and a curling tail on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Mermaid line drawing design
Pink line drawing of a winged cartoon angel with a halo, sitting on a skateboard, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Winged angel with halo sitting on a skateboard
Brown ink line drawing of a stick figure with raised arms and crossed legs inside a circle, on aged paper, shown as a tattoo design.
Stick figure inside a circle design
Black line drawing of a tribal-style tattoo design across the shoulder blade and upper back of a sketched male figure seen from behind, with a katana hilt at the waist.
Tribal shoulder and back design sketch
Black and grey tattoo flash drawing of a large stylised wing with a rose window motif and a small figure, shown as a design with no body placement.
Winged design with gothic rose window
Black dotwork flash sheet showing a rose, a snake, a dagger, a praying hand, an angel, a cross and church buildings, shown as tattoo designs with no placement on the body.
Dotwork flash sheet of churches, snakes and hands
Black ink line drawing of a figure seen from behind, with antlers rising through wavy hair inside an oval hatched frame, above the words Sugar we're goin down.
Antlered figure with lyric lettering
Teal line drawing of a mermaid with scale details and a tapering tail on a white background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Teal mermaid line drawing
Black line drawing of a stylised mother holding a child, with an awareness ribbon around them that contains a heart, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Mother and child with ribbon and heart design
Book cover showing an illustrated arm with a lizard tattoo on the upper arm, with tribal spiral and figure designs below and the title Tribal Body Art Tattoos.
Tribal tattoo designs on a book cover
Pen sketch on grid paper of a looped, abstract seated figure with the word love in handwritten script beneath it, shown as a possible tattoo design.
Looped figure sketch with love script
Black line drawing of a tree of life design with swirling branches, leaves and a yoga pose figure forming the trunk, on a plain white background.
Tree with yoga figure trunk
Purple line drawing of a skull decorated with roses, vines and a small figure, with banners reading At the end of the day we can endure much more than we think we can.
Skull with roses and quote banners
Watercolour and ink tattoo design of a red-haired figure with lightning bolt face paint, surrounded by rockets, planets, a crystal and a sun with leaves.
Red-haired figure with rockets and planets flash
Solid black silhouette stencil of a spiky-haired clawed figure with three long blades on each forearm, shown on a white background.
Clawed figure silhouette stencil
Neo-traditional flash design of a braided, dark-haired figure holding a green skull bottle, flanked by birds and roses, with a banner reading Over Your Dead Body; no body placement shown.
Braided figure with potion bottle and banner
Black ink drawing of a figure wearing a balaclava with white eye and mouth openings, holding a cigarette with smoke rising from it, on white paper.
Balaclava figure smoking, ink drawing
Black line drawing of four stylised female figures, each with flowers, leaves, a sun, a snowflake or a spiral, arranged as a flash design.
Four seasonal female figures in line art
Ink flash sheet with two arm wrestling figures, an anvil, a sketch of question marks and the words Forgot to be human, with splatter marks across the paper.
Arm wrestling figures and anvil flash sheet
Seamless pattern of neo-traditional style tattoo designs on a tan background, each showing a female figure with banners, a Tardis, a Dalek, roses, wings and stars.
Repeating tattoo-style character emblems
Black ink design of a heart formed by two abstract figures, with a curling stem and swirled buds on the right side.
Heart formed by two figures with a swirl stem
Black line drawing of the Aquarius water bearer figure pouring water, with a wave symbol and the word AQUARIUS beneath it, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Aquarius water bearer zodiac design
Pencil and ink drawing of an open pocket watch with a cracked face, Roman numerals and a hanging chain, shown as a tattoo design.
Cracked pocket watch design
Black linework drawing of a pointed-eared head with a branching tree motif and red accents, set in a dotted halo, shown as a tattoo design.
Horned tree-crowned head with red drips
Coloured tattoo design drawing of a blonde figure gazing into a crystal ball, framed by ornate filigree, a red book and a heart, with no body placement shown.
Crystal ball figure in an ornate frame
Teal tribal-style design of a stylised figure with spiral motifs and a diamond at the head, with the character 陽 in dark grey at the lower left.
Tribal figure with character 陽
Black marker silhouette of a figure with a chain across the shoulder, reaching out to a small outlined star beside an outlined starburst, drawn as a tattoo design on plain white paper.
Silhouette figure with chain and star
Black ink line drawing of a fairy with flowing hair and large wings on white paper, a tattoo design with no body part shown.
Line drawing of a fairy with wings
Black and white stencil design of an armoured figure in a segmented power suit with a large arm cannon, shown in a running pose.
Armoured figure with arm cannon stencil
Black and white lettering design of a crescent moon with a seated silhouette figure, the script words set within the moon's black shape.
Crescent moon with seated figure and script
Black and grey flash design of dandelion seeds drifting up from an ornate silhouette with butterflies and flowing script lettering, on a white background.
Dandelion seeds and script design
Black line drawing of a heart outline with two abstract figures inside, shown as a tattoo design on a plain pale background.
Heart outline with two abstract figures
Black and grey dotwork tattoo design of three stacked circles showing a swirl, a mountain range and a pine forest, held up on paper by a hand.
Three stacked circles with landscape scenes
Black line drawing of a multi-armed figure holding weapons, set inside a circle of script and small symbols, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Multi-armed figure in a circular yantra design
Black line-art flash sheet of twelve zodiac-style designs, including an archer, a ram, a fish, a lion, a crab, a scorpion and a pair of scales, on a white background.
Set of zodiac-style line designs
Black line drawing of a winged fairy with flowing hair and swirling wing lines, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Winged fairy line drawing
Black blackwork-style flash design of a central figure surrounded by a radiating ring of keyblades on a white background.
Radial keyblade design with central figure
White line drawing of a tree of life design with a human figure in the trunk, arms raised into the branches, on a grey background, in a botanical style.
Tree of life with a figure in the trunk