Flame tattoo ideas

554 photos and flash · 23% Traditional, 12% Neo-trad · Forearm most common

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Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing an outstretched hand, a lantern with a flame, green leaves and a dangling bead chain.
Hand, lantern and rosary beads on a thigh
Full back tattoo in a Japanese style showing a large red and brown owl beside cherry blossom branches and a pale moon, with a green bird sleeve on the upper arm.
Owl, cherry blossom and moon back piece
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman with sugar skull face paint, a flaming thorned sacred heart, a skeletal hand and a rose.
Sugar skull woman and sacred heart on upper arm
Black linework flash of an Eastern-style dragon coiling through clouds, a design suited to a Japanese style back or sleeve tattoo.
Eastern dragon with clouds
Black tribal-style phoenix design with outstretched flame-shaped wings and a tail of flames, drawn in solid black ink on white paper.
Tribal phoenix in flames
Fine line black tattoo of a candle in a holder inside a dotted circle, sitting on the upper arm.
Candle in a dotted circle on an arm
Black and white flash design of a sun with flame-like rays around a circle containing a pentagram and interlocking circular motifs.
Sun burst with pentagram circle design
Colour tattoo of a phoenix with outstretched orange wings and a teal and blue flame above it, with a trailing purple, pink and yellow tail, on the side of a thigh.
Phoenix tattoo on the side of the thigh
Black ink tribal-style lion design with swirling linework and a flame-like tail, drawn on paper as a tattoo flash sketch.
Tribal lion with flame tail
Black line flash drawing of two long-nailed hands with stylised flames, sparkles and the words Fire Walk With Me above a chain.
Hands with flames and Fire Walk With Me
Red, orange and yellow phoenix tattoo with spread wings and long flowing tail feathers on the outer thigh, in a loose watercolour-like style.
Phoenix tattoo on the thigh
Back of a woman's neck and upper back showing a black linework ornamental tattoo with scrolls and flame-like motifs, spreading down from the nape.
Ornamental black linework across neck and upper back
Solid black tribal band tattoo wrapping around a wrist, with sharp flame-like points and a small central motif, in a casual indoor photo.
Tribal band tattoo around a wrist
Traditional style tattoo of a red phoenix with an orange flame tail and black text beside it, placed on the shoulder.
Red phoenix with flame tail on a shoulder
Realistic colour tattoo of a nut-coated ice lolly with a red centre on the calf, surrounded by orange and yellow flames.
Nut-coated ice lolly with flames on a calf
Four small colour tattoos of emblems, a blue water symbol, a green earth symbol, a grey air symbol and a red fire symbol, stacked vertically on a person's upper back.
Four nation emblems down the upper back
Colour tattoo of Beaker from The Muppets with orange flame hair, wide eyes and MEEP MEEP lettering across the knuckles of both fists.
Beaker from The Muppets tattoo
Traditional-style flash sheet of cartoon characters, a dagger wrapped in a rainbow snake, flowers, a heart and a lemon, drawn in bold outlines and bright colour.
Cartoon character flash sheet with dagger and snake
Bold black tribal-style design on a white background, with swirling flame-like shapes and a heart-like curl at the top.
Bold black tribal design
Person seen from behind with a traditional style back piece of a dark panther-like creature among flames, skull and goblet motifs, and tattooed arms on a plain wall background.
Full back and sleeve tattoos seen from behind
Two side-by-side photos of traditional-style colour tattoos on skin: a flaming marshmallow on a stick on the left, and a campfire with logs on the right.
Flaming marshmallow and campfire tattoos
Black tribal-style wolf design with blue flame trails and a swirl at its centre, drawn on a plain white background.
Tribal wolf with blue flames
Colour tattoo of a blue police box with flames, swirls and a yellow starburst across the upper arm and shoulder.
TARDIS and flames on upper arm
Glossy purple heart inside a black tribal flame outline with a purple glow, shown as a design on a white background.
Purple heart with black tribal flames
Colour tattoo on an ankle showing a masked faceless spirit above a smiling orange fire sprite, with pink and red flowers and leaves.
Faceless spirit and fire sprite on an ankle
Traditional-style flash design of a lantern with a gold flame, three moths and banners reading LIGHTS, WILL, GUIDE and YOU HOME, with no body placement shown.
Lantern with moths and banner lettering
Four white Valentine's cards each show a taped-on traditional-style tattoo flash design: an anchor, a shark head, a swallow and a heart with a flame, with no body part visible.
Traditional flash designs on Valentine's cards
Colour phoenix tattoo in red, orange and yellow with black outlines, flying across a shoulder and upper arm.
Phoenix on a shoulder
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a hot air balloon with leaf scallops, stars and an arrow on the outer thigh.
Hot air balloon with leaves on a thigh
Traditional style colour tattoo of an oil lamp with a flame, yellow flowers and a leafy sprig on a forearm, shown in a three-panel close-up collage.
Oil lamp with flame and flowers on a forearm
Small solid black curved tattoo on the inner wrist, resembling a stylised flame or swirl, with a hand resting in the background.
Small black curved symbol on a wrist
Black and grey realistic tattoo of an ornate key with a phoenix rising from its bow, with smoky swirls, on the side of the ribs.
Phoenix rising from a key on the ribs
Traditional style colour tattoo of an anatomical heart with flames, a pocket watch and a banner on the forearm.
Anatomical heart and pocket watch on a forearm
Full back tattoo of a red and gold phoenix with flowing feathers and peacock eye details, in Japanese style, covering the back.
Full back phoenix tattoo in red and gold
Line drawing of a botanical lotus flower in black outline with a red flame-like shape and a black curled stem, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Lotus design with red flame and black swirl
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pagoda temple with smoke rising above it, on a forearm.
Pagoda temple with smoke on a forearm
Four-panel photo of a black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, with a skull, roses, a clock, a microphone and text banners, running from shoulder to wrist.
Black and grey skull full sleeve
Traditional-style flash drawing of a red heart with flames, a script Harley-Davidson banner, a blue rose and orange flowers on a black background, with a Harley-Davidson Motor Cycles shield logo
Heart, rose and banner flash design
Coloured pencil flash sheet of blue smoke-like spirit figures with large eyes and one red flame design, drawn as tattoo sketches.
Smoke and flame spirit designs on a sheet
Black and grey Traditional back tattoo on the back, featuring Volkswagen Beetles, wings, flames, a VW heart and stars.
Volkswagen-themed back piece in black and grey
Realistic colour tattoo of an hourglass with a lit candle in the top bulb and a bare tree in the bottom bulb, on the upper arm.
Realistic hourglass with candle and tree
Solid black blackwork tattoo of a pentagram inside a circle with flame-like rays around it, placed on the upper chest below the neck.
Pentagram and sun design on upper chest
Black tribal-style wolf head design with red eyes and stylised leaf-like shapes beneath, shown on a white background with no body placement.
Black wolf head with red eyes design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a phoenix with spread wings, flames and long flowing tail feathers, a design suitable for a large tattoo.
Phoenix with flowing tail feathers
Colour phoenix tattoo with black outlines and ornate patterned feathers spreading across a person's upper back, in orange, red and yellow.
Phoenix across the upper back
Colour realism tattoo of a firefighter helmet, breathing apparatus and crossed axes on the upper arm.
Firefighter helmet and breathing mask on upper arm
Realistic greyscale tattoo of a crowned lion above a scroll banner and roses, on an upper arm.
Lion with crown and roses on upper arm
Black and grey flash drawing of a Chinese-style dragon coiling on the left and a phoenix with spread wings on the right, with no body placement shown.
Dragon and phoenix tattoo design