Figure tattoo ideas

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Black and grey outline tattoo of a smiling cartoon troll doll with a tuft of hair on an upper arm, with the hair above the head appearing to be real body hair.
Troll doll tattoo on upper arm
Close crop of a person with lilac hair and a mint lace bustier, showing a traditional-style chest tattoo of a heart, a woman's face and the word SUGAR, with tattooed arms.
Chest and arm tattoos under a mint lace bustier
Black line tattoo sleeve of many small cartoon cats covering the upper arm and shoulder, with a few blue accents on one figure.
Cat doodle sleeve on upper arm and shoulder
Solid black silhouette tattoo of two facing profiles on the upper arm of a woman with long hair and a raised arm.
Two facing silhouettes on the upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a dark shadowy figure with a reaching hand across a shoulder, with a swirl design continuing onto the upper arm.
Shadowy figure tattoo on a shoulder
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the upper arm showing an embracing couple, one with long scissor-like hands, surrounded by blue and purple snowflakes.
Embracing couple with scissor hands and snowflakes
Black and grey tattoos on a woman's upper arm and forearm, including a tall figure, an ornate rose and a winged design, with her face turned away from the camera.
Figure, rose and wings on a woman's arm
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on a forearm and upper arm, showing a storybook scene with a rabbit-like figure and a top-hatted character among other engraved details.
Storybook sleeve with rabbit and top-hatted figure
Black linework tattoo of four cartoon animals in a row along the inner upper arm, shown in a close photograph of bare skin.
Four cartoon animals in a row on the upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of leaves on the neck, with script and rose tattoos on the shoulders and full arm sleeves on a woman wearing a dark bustier.
Leaf neck tattoo and tattooed arm sleeves
Woman in a cropped black top and leather trousers, showing a leopard print tattoo on her upper arm, a wing tattoo on her forearm and a figure tattoo on her side.
Leopard print and wing tattoos on arm and torso
Back view of a shirtless person with a large black and grey tattoo of a dense landscape scene across the back and upper arm, plus fine line bird and geometric marks on the shoulder.
Large black and grey back and arm piece
Black and white mirror photo of a shirtless man with a geometric blackwork sleeve on one arm and a mandala tattoo on the shoulder.
Blackwork sleeve and shoulder mandala
Woman in white lingerie standing in a kitchen, showing a sleeve tattoo of flowers and figures across her upper arm, forearm and side.
Sleeve tattoo with flowers on arm and side
Colour and black ink tattoo of a woman in a geometric patterned dress on a woman's upper arm, with scalloped fan lines and dots around the figure.
Female figure in patterned dress on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an abstract figure with a small red heart and leafy branch on the upper arm and shoulder.
Abstract figure and heart on upper arm
Two matching black and grey tattoos of cartoon girls in dresses labelled Salt and Pepper, one on the upper arm and one on the forearm.
Matching salt and pepper figure tattoos
Colour tattoo of the Goonies Never Say Die lettering with black silhouettes of figures and a large creature above, on the outer upper arm.
Goonies Never Say Die lettering on upper arm
Small solid black silhouette tattoo of a figure with a hat-like shape on the upper arm, below a blue and white striped sleeve.
Small black silhouette tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey outlined tattoo of a large figure surrounded by flowers and leaves, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Large grey floral figure tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing an anime-style girl beside a wolf-like creature with a pale masked face, with skulls at the base.
Wolf creature and girl with skulls on upper arm
Black silhouette of an adult lifting a child overhead with a script quote beneath, tattooed on the upper arm in black ink.
Silhouette of a figure lifting a child with script quote
Black and grey back tattoo of a winged angel, clouds and smoke on the shoulder blades, with script panels and sleeve work on the upper arms.
Winged angel and clouds across a back
Black ink tattoo of a silhouetted figure rowing a boat over wavy lines, with a line of script beneath, on an upper arm.
Rowing boat over waves with script quote
Black and grey dotwork and engraved-style sleeve on the upper arm and shoulder, showing waves, a figure, a moon and a chain along the lower arm.
Engraved sea and figure upper arm sleeve
Colour and black and grey tattoo of a sailor in a cap embracing a figure, framed by a ship's wheel over a red circle, on the upper arm.
Sailor embrace inside a ship's wheel on an arm
Black and grey crucifixion tattoo with red accents on a shoulder and upper arm, showing a figure on a cross, a crown of thorns, birds and rows of crosses.
Crucifixion scene on upper arm
Black tower silhouette with a red sun, two birds, a small cloaked figure and a red rose tattooed on an upper arm.
Tower silhouette with red sun and rose on upper arm
Blue, teal and yellow watercolour-style silhouette of a figure with one arm raised, surrounded by splatter dots, tattooed on the upper arm.
Blue silhouette of a figure on upper arm
Full Japanese-style sleeve tattoo on a man's arm, showing a figure in a teal robe with a sword beside cherry blossoms, waves and red roses on the upper arm and forearm.
Japanese sleeve with figure, waves and roses
Pastel neo-traditional style tattoo of a woman with flowing hair and draped fabric covering the outer upper arm.
Woman with flowing hair on an upper arm
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
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 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 Cyberman figure with smoke clouds at the base, on the upper arm, with another tattoo partly visible above it.
Cyberman on an upper arm
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
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 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
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
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
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
Colour tattoo of two figure silhouettes in orange, red and green watercolour washes with dripping edges, on the outer upper arm.
Watercolour figures on an upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoos on an upper arm and forearm, showing a rocket, snowflakes, stars, a mandala and a dark grey animal.
Rocket, snowflakes and mandala on an arm
Black and grey tattoo of a woman with curly hair and leaves, her head bowed, shown in a bold silhouette on the upper arm and shoulder.
Woman with leafy hair on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of Atlas kneeling on a rock and holding up a celestial sphere, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Atlas holding a celestial sphere on the upper arm
Full arm sleeve tattoo in dotwork and geometric style, showing an eye, a mandala, rainbows and a stylised figure, running from the upper arm down the forearm.
Geometric dotwork arm sleeve with an eye
Line drawing of a figure with a black and purple tattoo on the upper arm and forearm, beside a blue gradient dragon design with dotwork scales and a curled tail.
Blue dragon designs with an arm tattoo outline