Flame tattoo ideas

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

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Japanese-style drawing of a samurai skull in a helmet, surrounded by a serpent, skulls, white chrysanthemums and red lightning on a dark smoky background, with no body placement shown.
Samurai skull and serpent with chrysanthemums
Black tribal sun flash design with eight flame-like rays radiating from a central point, drawn on white paper.
Tribal sun design in black ink
Flash design of a tiger head with orange and yellow shading, framed by bold black tribal flame shapes on a white background.
Tiger head within tribal flames
Solid black tribal-style phoenix design with outstretched wings and flowing flame-like tail on a white background, shown as a stencil-style drawing without a body placement.
Black tribal phoenix design
Black and grey flash design of a banner reading Life's A Gamble above playing cards, dice, a classic car and flames.
Life's a Gamble with cards, dice and car
Solid black tribal-style dragon design with swirling tail and flame-like spines on a white background, shown without a body placement.
Black tribal dragon design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a biomechanical skull with organic ridged forms, flame-like shapes and a bolt at the top, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Biomechanical skull design sketch
Black tribal design of a dragon and a phoenix meeting over Celtic knotwork, shown on a pale wooden board with no body placement.
Tribal dragon and phoenix design
Solid black flash design of a flaming sun with wavy rays surrounding a pentagram inside a circle, shown without any body placement.
Flaming sun with pentagram design
Red flame-like linework arcs around the kanji 愛 (love) in a tattoo design drawing on a plain white background, with no body part shown.
Red flame lines framing the kanji for love
Traditional flash collage showing a purple skull with a LOVE KILLS SLOWLY banner, pin-up women, a koi fish, a mermaid, a dragon head and roses.
Traditional flash collage with skull and pin-ups
Flash sheet of four black ink dragon designs with swirling tails and bold linework, shown on a white background.
Four black dragon designs on a flash sheet
Solid black stylised design of a flame or bird with spiked wing-like feathers rising from a pointed base, on a white background.
Stylised black flame and wing design
Pencil drawing of a phoenix with outstretched wings and flowing tail feathers, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Phoenix with spread wings
Flash sheet of six cartoon tattoo designs in a bold neo-traditional style, each with a slogan banner, including a lemon, a game console and a flame figure.
Six cartoon character tattoo designs on banners
Black fabric printed with traditional style tattoo flash designs, including a rose, koi fish, flaming heart, mermaid, sailing ship and horseshoe.
Traditional flash pattern on black fabric
Cross-stitch on linen of a traditional style tattoo design with two swallows, a lotus, a red heart and the word LOVE on a banner.
Swallows, heart and LOVE banner
Black and grey flash design of a grinning skull with tall flames rising above it and two revolvers crossed beneath the jaw.
Skull with flames and crossed revolvers
Black and grey flash drawing of a tattooed forearm and hand gripping a torch, with an eagle and the words Death Before Dishonor on the arm.
Hand holding a torch over a striped flag
Traditional-style flash drawing of a black sleeve cuff holding bacon, with an anchor on the wrist and the words Bringing Home The Bacon around it, painted on watercolour paper.
Bringing home the bacon flash design
Black and white flash design of a Triforce inside a circle with flame-like edges, radiating spikes and dots, shown without a body placement.
Triforce sunburst design with rays and dots
A grid of twelve flat, outlined flash designs in blue, red, green and light blue, including a snake and dagger, a MOM heart, a skull, a ship and a diamond.
Grid of twelve flat flash designs
A grid of cross stitch chart designs in traditional tattoo flash style, including swallows, hearts, roses, a pin-up, a cherry pair and lettering, on a grey background.
Sheet of cross stitch tattoo-style flash designs
Blue line drawing of two sleeve designs in a neo-traditional style, showing a skull, a dragon, a rose, flames, a bird, a tattoo machine and the words Love and Hate.
Dragon and skull sleeve flash sheet
Flash-style drawing of a flaming skull wearing a vest top above a banner reading LOOKS LIKE SHIT, in red and navy line work with a small star below.
Flaming skull in a tank top with banner
Black line drawing of stylised flames, spirals and a circle with swirling bands, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement.
Flame and spiral line design
Ink and watercolour drawing of a phoenix with spread wings and a long flowing tail, shaded in yellow and red on paper.
Phoenix in flight, ink and watercolour design
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
Black and white line drawing of a phoenix with outstretched wings and a flowing flame-like tail, shown as a tattoo design on a plain background.
Phoenix with spread wings and flame tail
A watercolour and ink dragon design with blue, violet and red washes, drawn as a flash sheet suitable for a tattoo.
Watercolour dragon design in blue and violet
Black and white line drawing of a compass rose with two scroll banners reading a quote, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Compass star with quote banners
Two versions of a stylised flame design with spirals, a Greek key motif and wave lines, one in black outline and one in rainbow colour, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Flame and spiral design in line and colour
Traditional-style flash design of two swallows above a red heart with flames and a LOVE banner on an orange background, shown without a body placement.
Swallows, heart and LOVE banner flash
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing an arrow running diagonally through a flame-like shape, with the words hope and fear in script across the shaft.
Arrow with hope and fear script sketch
Red tribal-style swirl and flame design on a white background, shown as a standalone drawing with no body placement visible.
Red swirl and flame design
Digital tattoo design of a black calligraphic curl with three fine tips above a red spiral, with the colour shifting from black to red, shown on a plain white background.
Black and red swirl tattoo design
Black tribal flash design of a wolf head at the base with flame-like swirls rising above it, shown on a plain white background.
Tribal wolf head with flame design
Five white stencil-style circular designs on a black background showing a tree, scales, clasped hands, an eye and flames, with no body placement shown.
Five circular symbol designs on black
Black sun burst with a pentagram in a circle at its centre and the words I EXORCISE NOT EXERCISE arranged around it, drawn on a plain light grey background.
I exorcise, not exercise sun and pentagram
Tribal-style phoenix design with swept wings and flowing tail feathers, shaded from red at the wings to yellow at the tail, on a white background.
Tribal-style phoenix in flame gradient
Digital drawing of a black feather with ragged plumes and cyan smoke curling from its tips, shown as a tattoo design on a pale grey background.
Black feather with cyan smoke
Neo-traditional flash design of a stylised creature head with a swirling purple and orange body, black linework and dotted accents, with no body placement shown.
Swirling creature with curled tail
Black line drawing of a Japanese-style dragon coiling upward beside a flaming pearl, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Dragon and flaming pearl line drawing
Black and grey pencil drawing of a flaming skull with a large eye in its forehead and a toothy grin, a tattoo flash design.
Flaming skull with eye tattoo design
Black tribal-style dragon design drawn on cream paper, with flowing blackwork flames, a swirling tail and small open circles at the base.
Tribal dragon design with swirling tail
Black linework design of a vertical stack of symbols: a trident, a triangle with circle, a flame in a circle, a diamond knot and a bird with arrow in a circle.
Stacked symbols tattoo design
Hand-drawn flash design of four stacked motifs in bold black linework with green, red and blue wash, including a swirling vine, a flame trail and a wave.
Four elemental motifs in black ink and wash
Painted flash design of swirling red, orange, purple and blue flames rising above two dark glossy spheres with white sparkles, on a white background.
Painted flame and dark spheres design