Flag tattoo ideas

106 photos and flash · 26% Realism, 22% Traditional · Upper arm most common

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Colour peacock feather tattoo with a small grey lion and handwritten script along the side of the ribs.
Peacock feathers and lion on the ribs
Realism style forearm tattoo of Big Ben in black and grey shading beside a colour Union Jack flag, shown in two side by side photos.
Big Ben and Union Jack on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of torn skin revealing a red maple leaf flag on a person's lower leg, shown in a photo taken indoors.
Torn skin revealing Canadian flag on calf
Black and grey tattoo of a vintage airship with a crosshatched envelope and two small figures in a gondola, placed on the outer thigh.
Vintage airship on the thigh
Flash sheet of small 90s-themed tattoo designs, including an alien head, lips with a flag, a unicorn and peace and yin yang symbols, mostly in black line with some colour.
90s pack of small tattoo flash designs
Colour traditional tattoo on a calf of a red-haired pin-up woman in a wide-brimmed hat, with a star-spangled saltire flag, orange flowers and a swirl.
Pin-up woman with flag and flowers on a calf
Four views of a full sleeve tattoo on an arm, with a watercolour Union Jack, a punk figure in a long coat, a stencil girl with a heart balloon and a quote in script, in mixed black and grey and colour
Union Jack sleeve with punk and stencil figures
Colour traditional tattoo of a pirate ship with a skull and crossbones sail, red flags and green waves across an upper arm.
Pirate ship and skull on upper arm
Black line drawing of a castle with a tall central spire, smaller turrets and small pennant flags, shown as a flash style design with no body placement.
Castle with pennant flags line drawing
Black stylised eighth music note drawn on a plain white background, with a curved flag and a looped note head.
Stylised music note design
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a striped lighthouse, a sailing ship and stormy waves framed inside a ship's wheel, in a traditional nautical style.
Lighthouse and sailing ship in a ship's wheel
Colour tattoo of an eagle with spread wings formed from American flag stripes and white stars, with blue and red splatter, across the upper back.
Flag eagle across the upper back
Black and grey tribal-patterned cross design with a red striped and blue starred flag draped across the arms, drawn as a tattoo design on a white background.
Tribal cross draped with a flag
Collage of four realistic tattoos on skin showing a man in a dark suit, a man riding a raptor, a raptor beside a flag, and a hand holding a rifle in front of a flag.
Realistic portrait and flag scenes collage
Line drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design on a torso, with an eagle, a LOYALTY banner, a ship, a skull and flags, shown in black outline.
Eagle, ship and LOYALTY banner torso design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a snail carrying a castle with a flag on its shell, placed on the upper arm.
Snail carrying a castle
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a man whose head is a striped circus big top with a moustache, ruffled collar and fleur-de-lis patterned scarf.
Circus tent head portrait on upper arm
Colour tattoo on a upper chest showing the word Love in script over a red and blue flag design, with an eagle, globe and anchor emblem and the reference 1 COR. 13:13.
Love script, flag and eagle emblem on chest
Colour tattoo of the outline of California filled with the state flag, showing a red star, a brown bear, a green stripe and the words California Republic, on the side of the torso.
California flag state outline on the side
Colour neo-trad style swallow tattoo with blue and red wings patterned with a flag design, and Rebel Within script above it, on a person's upper back.
Swallow with Rebel Within script on upper back
Full-colour tattoo of a whimsical castle on mechanical legs, with a green tree, red roofs and a large dome, across a person's upper back.
Walking castle tattoo across upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of an older bearded man in a star-spangled top hat, with stripes behind him, on a limb against a dark background.
Older man in star-spangled hat portrait
Black and grey realism tattoo of a waving flag with stars, shaded in soft greys, on a person's forearm.
Waving flag with stars on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a blue Chevrolet bowtie logo over two flags, one with a maple leaf and one with stars and a saltire, on the upper arm.
Chevrolet bowtie and flags on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a roaring crowned lion with a flag and spear on a person's upper back and shoulder.
Crowned lion with flag on upper back
Colour tattoo of a red flag with a blue cross and white stars, shown through torn skin on the upper arm.
Torn skin revealing a flag on the upper arm
Watercolour-style drawing of a tattoo design showing an anchor wrapped in rope, with a death's-head hawkmoth, two compasses, lightning flags and two revolvers.
Anchor with moth, compasses and revolvers
Black and white photo of a fine line sailing boat tattoo on the inner forearm.
Single-line sailing boat on a forearm
Small bold-outlined Texas state shape filled with blue, white and red on the top of a bare foot, with the toes visible below.
Texas outline in Texas flag colours on a foot
Colour tattoo of a waving American flag with blue star field and wisps of grey shading across a forearm, with a person in jeans and a skull belt buckle behind.
American flag design on a forearm
Large realism back tattoo in black and grey showing an Africa map, two winged angels, a compass and portraits, with a red and grey Liverpool crest on the upper arm sleeve.
Africa map and angels back piece
Colour realism tattoo of the German flag appearing through torn skin on a man's calf, with a small black letter below it.
German flag under torn skin on a calf
Black silhouette of a helmeted soldier with a torn American flag in red, white and blue on a calf tattoo.
Soldier silhouette with torn flag on calf
Black lettering tattoo on a thigh reading I could build a castle out of all the bricks they threw at me, with a black linework castle outline behind the words.
Castle and quote lettering on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a red and white striped airship with sails, rigging and clouds on the upper arm.
Airship with sails and clouds on upper arm
Black linework tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship with furled sails and flags, placed on the outer upper arm of a person with blonde hair.
Sailing ship on an upper arm
Traditional flash drawing of a three-masted sailing ship with grey sails and a red pennant, set in a rope oval with grey clouds, a red sun and blue waves.
Sailing ship in a rope frame with setting sun
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a waving flag with stars and stripes on a forearm, shaded to show folds in the fabric.
Waving flag on a forearm in black and grey
Eagle head in grey shading with a starred wing and red striped flag design on the side of the ribs.
Eagle and flag design on the ribs
Black ink tape measure tattoo with numbered markings and flag pointers running along a forearm, in a workshop setting.
Tape measure ruler on a forearm
Black and grey realistic full arm sleeve showing a galleon under sail, churning waves and a shark, across the upper arm and forearm.
Galleon and shark full arm sleeve
A colour tattoo of a skull formed from a striped flag with stars, blue eyes and a blood-spatter edge, on the inside of a forearm.
Flag skull tattoo on a forearm
Solid black stencil-style design of two figures in silhouette, filled with an American flag pattern of stripes and stars, with no body placement shown.
Stars and stripes figures silhouette
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing the word NAVY, stars, a warship and a torn flag with the number 43.
Navy warship and torn flag on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a waving flag with white stars across the inner forearm.
Realistic waving flag on a forearm
Realism-style tattoo on the upper arm of a flag blowing in the wind, with stars and red and blue shading behind the black script reading We the People of the United States.
We the People script over American flag on arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a sailing ship above an anchor and waves, framed by green leaves and a red rose, on an upper arm.
Ship, anchor and rose on an upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a large sailing ship on rolling blue waves, with clouds, gulls and a red flag, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Sailing ship with waves on upper arm