Flame tattoo ideas

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

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Neo-traditional style phoenix tattoo in red, orange, yellow and teal on a person's calf, with swirling flame and cloud shapes behind the bird.
Colourful phoenix tattoo on the lower leg
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
Two colour traditional tattoos on forearms, one of a hand holding a lighter with a 'BEST' banner, the other a hand holding a joint with a 'BUDS' banner, both with cannabis leaves and red flowers.
Matching lighter and joint hand tattoos on forearms
Seated man shown from the neck down, covered in a full Japanese style tattoo with a dragon and phoenix on the arms and a deity figure across the chest and abdomen.
Full body Japanese tattoo with dragon and phoenix
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
Colour cartoon tattoo of a bird driving a supercharged dragster with blue flames, in a traditional style on the calf.
Cartoon bird in a dragster on a calf
Fine line tattoo of an oil lamp with a curved spout and handle on the inside of an ankle, with light grey shading at the base.
Small oil lamp on an ankle
Colour and black and grey Japanese style tattoo of a large bird with red flames and maple leaves across a shoulder and upper arm.
Japanese bird and maple leaves on upper arm
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
Realistic forearm tattoo of a bone-coloured skull with glowing teal eyes above a red and orange flaming skull.
Skulls and flames on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of skulls and swirling smoke-like forms covering a forearm.
Black and grey skull sleeve on forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a green grinning monster driving a hot rod with flames and smoke, on the upper arm.
Green hot rod monster on an upper arm
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
Neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a black poodle in a red Starfleet-style uniform, holding a phaser, set against an orange flame burst, with a badge reading SISKO below.
Poodle in Starfleet uniform on a calf
Black tribal swirl tattoo with grey shading across the upper arm and shoulder.
Tribal swirl tattoo on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a lantern with an eye in a triangle and a banner reading WHERE WILL THIS ROAD LEAD, on the forearm.
Lantern with eye and banner on a forearm
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
Black linework tattoo of a naga serpent, lotus flowers and swirling waves covering a leg from thigh to calf.
Naga serpent and lotus leg tattoo
Realistic colour tattoo on a forearm showing the AC/DC logo above a chained bell marked AC/DC, set against orange flames.
AC/DC logo and bell on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the Mopar logo with blue flames and black MOPAR lettering on the upper arm.
Mopar logo with blue flames on upper arm
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
Colour tattoo of the cartoon Pokemon Charmander with orange flames on a lower leg, shown in a close-up photo.
Charmander tattoo on a calf
Colour tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a winged eyeball, pinstriping, flames and a red hot rod in a traditional style.
Winged eyeball and hot rod on upper arm
A small solid black curved symbol tattooed on the side of a person's ribs, with a dark garment pulled up beside it.
Small curved black mark on the side ribs
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a horned ram head with a triangle eye and tentacles, on the outer thigh.
Ram head with tentacles and all-seeing eye on thigh
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
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a skeleton, an all-seeing eye in a triangle, snakes and a horned figure.
Black and grey skeleton and horned figure sleeve
Realism tattoo of a snarling skull wrapped in dark flames and smoke, with red and grey shading, on the calf.
Skull with flames on a lower leg
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
Colour tattoo of a flickering orange and red flame with purple splatter and a black geometric lattice base, on the upper leg.
Flame with black geometric base on a leg
Realistic colour tattoo of a blue classic muscle car surrounded by orange flames on a person's forearm.
Blue classic car with flames on a forearm
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 dotwork and geometric tattoo on an upper arm showing a classical bust with flames, a galaxy band across the eyes and a single tear.
Classical bust with flames on upper arm
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
Colour full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm, showing orange flames, grey stonework, a cross and blue flowers in a traditional style.
Full sleeve with flames, cross and flowers
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull emerging from swirling smoke, shaded across a forearm against a dark background.
Smoke and skull tattoo on a forearm
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
Colour Japanese style tattoo on a forearm of a black and white cat with a sword wrapped in red and orange flames.
Black cat and sword in red flames
Black geometric tattoo of two square spirals and a flame shape on the skin behind a person's ear.
Geometric spiral tattoo behind the ear
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
Back view of a man with a large colour Japanese style tattoo of an armoured warrior in green and red across his back, with clouds and flames on both thighs.
Full back armoured warrior tattoo with thigh pieces
Black tribal-style tattoo design drawing of a vertical totem with a flower mandala at the top and bold geometric bands below, with no body placement shown.
Tribal totem design with flower mandala
Black and grey tattoo of a cross with flame-like tribal linework on a limb.
Black and grey cross with flame details
Colour tattoo on the upper arm of a skeleton wearing a hooded veil and crown, holding a rosary above a flaming red heart with thorns, in neo-traditional style.
Skeleton in veil with crown and sacred heart