Figure tattoo ideas

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

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Colour realism tattoo of a woman holding a glowing orb against a teal background, placed on the thigh.
Woman with glowing orb on thigh
Black ink drawing of two spindly, spiked figures with a crossed-bones motif and a single red drop between them, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Twin spiky figures with crossed bones and red drop
Black fine line tattoo of a thong with red fill across the lower back of a shirtless man, sitting just above his jeans waistband.
Thong outline tattoo on lower back
Colour tattoo of a starry galaxy-filled figure silhouette inside a scalloped shell on the lower leg, with a bold black outline and pink and orange wash behind.
Galaxy silhouette in a shell on the calf
Realism colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a man in a brown coat beside a blue police box, a Dalek and a Cyberman in a swirling blue vortex.
Sci-fi scene with police box and robots on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of four figures walking in single file across skin on the torso.
Four figures walking in a line
Two matching forearm tattoos of a small figure floating from a bunch of pastel balloons, drawn in fine black linework with soft colour fill.
Matching balloon tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a ruined wooden cabin and a dark silhouetted figure, with the script line Celebrate the way the night hides scars above it.
Ruined cabin and script lyric on a forearm
Colourful tattoo of two embracing figures with a starry night sky and confetti dashes on the top of a foot.
Embracing couple in a starry heart on a foot
Back tattoo of a winged figure sitting with arms wrapped around its knees, with thin outlined wings and grey shading, placed across the upper back.
Winged figure hugging knees across a back
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a head wrapped in a draped veil on the outer thigh.
Veiled head on the thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stylised girl with a red heart and branch motifs on a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Stylised girl figure on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a full moon with two silhouetted figures on a spiral hill, bats and clouds, placed across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Full moon, spiral hill and bats on upper back
Woman in a studded denim and leather outfit, with black and grey linework tattoos on her stomach and thigh.
Studded denim outfit with thigh and stomach tattoos
Black and grey tattoo of a Cyberman figure with smoke clouds at the base, on the upper arm, with another tattoo partly visible above it.
Cyberman on an upper arm
Colour geometric tattoo on the inner forearm of a figure with a checkered red and orange top, a stippled dotwork sphere and a faceted teal tail.
Geometric figure with faceted tail on forearm
Colourful painterly tattoo of a Rubik's cube forming the head of a faceless figure, with paint drips, across an upper arm and shoulder.
Rubik's cube head figure on an upper arm
Black blackwork tattoo of an archer drawing a bow with swirling ornamental lines, placed on the lower leg above the ankle.
Archer and bow tattoo on lower leg
Fine line black ink tattoo of a girl sitting on a swing on the inner wrist, one of a matching pair on a second wrist.
Matching girl on a swing tattoos on wrists
Colour tattoo of a crouched figure within a green crescent, with pink and red lily-like flowers and a dark plume, on a shoulder blade.
Crouched figure with lily and crescent on back
Fine line tattoo on the outer thigh showing a red line drawing of a woman's head with flowing hair above a navy line drawing of a standing figure.
Red and blue line figures on a thigh
Black ink drawing of a snarling wolf behind a long-haired figure, with smoke wisps curling through the composition in dense hatched linework.
Wolf and long-haired figure in smoke
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a standing figure with arms outstretched and hair blowing, on the outer thigh.
Figure with outstretched arms on a thigh
Colour tattoo of the Punisher skull emblem with a comic-style figure in blue and black inside it, on the upper thigh.
Punisher skull with comic figure on thigh
Man seen from behind with a full colour Japanese style tattoo covering his back, arms and legs, including dragons, flowers and a golden disc.
Full body Japanese style back and limb tattoo
Colour realism tattoo of an anatomical angel with feathered wings, showing muscles, veins and organs, on an upper arm.
Anatomical angel on upper arm
Black and grey traditional style tattoos of two harlequin acrobats, one hanging from a rope and one falling, on the outer thigh and knee.
Harlequin acrobats on a thigh and knee
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm, with a quote running beside a shaded drawing of a figure in a cloak on a rock.
Quote and cloaked figure on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a crowned figure in a veil, with hearts, a cross and dangling beads, on the inner forearm.
Crowned veiled figure with hearts and beads
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a dancing figure with flowing red, orange, pink and blue brushstrokes, placed on the upper back.
Watercolour dancer figure on a back
Traditional flash sheet of tattoo designs in bold colour, including a skull with crossbones, a hand with flowers, a snake and heart, mushrooms and a frog.
Traditional flash sheet with skull, hand and snakes
Colour tattoo of a featureless female silhouette with red and orange flowing swirls and a purple outline, on the outer thigh.
Woman silhouette with flowing swirls on thigh
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a bare tree with falling leaves on a thigh, with a figure and books tattooed on the upper arm.
Bare tree and falling leaves on a thigh
Fine line tattoo of five girls in dresses on the back, four drawn in outline and one solid black silhouette at the right.
Five girls in dresses on the back
Black and grey realism tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm showing two helicopters, a pointing man's face and silhouetted figures rappelling from ropes.
Helicopters and rappelling figures on shoulder
Back of a person's neck showing a fine line tattoo of a simple figure with raised arms, placed centrally at the nape in black ink.
Line drawn figure with raised arms on the nape
Line drawing flash design of a silhouetted figure on a crescent moon above a latticed heart and two roses with leaves, in a traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Silhouette figure on crescent moon with heart and roses
Blue tattoo on the upper arm near the elbow showing a Totoro-style silhouette and a figure under an umbrella within a forest of trees.
Totoro silhouette with umbrella on upper arm
Two views of a geometric dotwork tattoo on the outer thigh, with dotted lines, circles and a small figure in black ink with touches of blue.
Geometric dotwork thigh tattoo
Black and grey realism-style tattoo on a man's inner forearm, showing a figure with a fish beside it, with a gold watch on the wrist.
Black and grey forearm tattoo with fish
Two matching fine line tattoos on the inner wrists show stick figures joined by a thin line, with small red hearts.
Matching stick figure couple wrist tattoos
Black tribal-style butterfly design with flame-like wings and a coiled figure down the centre, shown on a white background.
Tribal flame butterfly design
Woman seen from behind with a large black and grey back tattoo of a flame-haired figure and a bird, plus an eye of Horus on her upper arm.
Large back piece and eye on upper arm
Small colour tattoo of a cartoon figure in a red and white striped shirt, red bobble hat and round glasses, waving, on the lower abdomen above low-rise jeans.
Cartoon figure in striped shirt on abdomen
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a figure holding an umbrella under dripping rain, on the inner wrist.
Figure under umbrella in rain on a wrist
Black and grey Art Nouveau style tattoo of a woman with flowing hair and drapery along the side of the ribs.
Art Nouveau woman with flowing drapery on ribs
Colour tattoo on a thigh of a smiling Vault Boy with folded arms in front of a mushroom cloud, with the words prepare for the future above.
Vault Boy and mushroom cloud on a thigh
Close view of a woman's hands with a small black semicolon on the inner wrist and a small semicolon on the inner forearm, beside a colourful Japanese style sleeve on her other arm.
Small semicolons and a colour forearm sleeve