Flame tattoo ideas

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

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Four bold tribal-style flash designs of stylised creatures and flames, with katakana labels, shown in grey, purple, blue and pink.
Four tribal-style creature designs on white
Realistic colour tattoo of a skull wreathed in orange flames and smoke on a forearm, with a metal engine part below.
Flaming skull on a forearm
Illustrated silver-white phoenix with spread wings wreathed in orange and red flames on a black background, a design with no body placement shown.
Phoenix rising in flames
Side view of a neck with a realistic greyscale eye tattoo with a blue iris, set within a flame-like shape, a colour leaf design to the right and script lettering below.
Realistic eye tattoo on the side of the neck
Colour Japanese sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with orange flames, a pink flower, a purple bloom and green scales.
Japanese flames and flowers on an upper arm sleeve
Black blackwork tattoo of a stylised flame inside a bold hand-drawn circle, placed on a forearm.
Flame inside a circle on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a red accordion with a treble clef, bass clef and musical notes on a calf.
Accordion and treble clef on a calf
Watercolour illustration of four element symbols labelled air, fire, earth and water, each drawn with a spiral or flowing motif in blue, orange, green and blue respectively.
Four element symbols in watercolour
Realism-style tattoo on the upper arm showing a portrait of a man, a red classic car, a vintage microphone, flames and a Sun Records style badge.
Realism sleeve with red classic car and microphone
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two stylised rabbits surrounded by flowing lines and swirls, placed on the upper arm.
Two rabbits with swirls on the upper arm
Black ink tribal-style drawing of a wolf with swirling patterns and a flame-like tail, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Tribal wolf with flame tail
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a dollar sign over a banknote portrait, surrounded by red and orange flames, on the upper arm.
Dollar sign and banknote in flames
Black and grey linework drawing of a human skull floating inside a light bulb, with a lit candle cluster and wisps of smoke at its base.
Skull inside a light bulb with candles
Black and grey flash sheet of multiple skulls wreathed in swirling smoke, drawn with soft airbrushed shading.
Smoke-wreathed skulls flash sheet
White line drawing of a flame and spiral emblem on a black background, with no body part visible.
Spiral flame emblem in white line art
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a lantern with a glowing candle flame, scrolled ironwork and green leaves on the upper thigh.
Lantern with candle flame on thigh
Symmetrical black tribal design of a phoenix with flaming wings and a curved head crest, drawn on a plain white background.
Symmetrical tribal phoenix design
Colour realism tattoo of a phoenix rising above flames and a Deathly Hallows symbol on the calf.
Phoenix and Deathly Hallows on a calf
Two colour tattoos of sugar skull portraits, one on a calf and one on a forearm, with script lettering below the forearm piece.
Sugar skull portraits on calf and forearm
Black and grey spider web tattoo and small script lettering on a woman's hip and midriff, with a floral sleeve tattoo on her upper arm.
Spider web and script tattoos on a midriff
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a winged skull with crossed daggers and a flame on the upper arm.
Winged skull with crossed daggers on upper arm
Colour tattoo of eight emblem-style icons in two rows on the inner forearm, each with bold black outlines and soft colour washes.
Eight coloured emblem icons on a forearm
Tribal-style tattoo design of a gothic cross with a cyan-highlighted centre and dark tribal flame motifs on each side, shown on a white background.
Gothic cross with tribal flames design
Traditional-style flash design of a glowing jack-o'-lantern nested in a purple rose with green leaves and an orange and red flame above, drawn on white paper.
Jack-o'-lantern rose flash design
Colour tattoo of a green cartoon monster with bared teeth driving a flame-decorated hot rod, in a Neo-trad style on the calf.
Green monster in a hot rod on a calf
Realism colour tattoo of a wrinkled elderly man with blue eyes holding a glowing orb, on a lower limb.
Elderly man holding an orb
Black line icon sheet on a light background showing twelve simple designs, including a dollar sign, crown, heart, flame, moon, compass and paper plane, each with a capitalised caption.
Line icon sheet with twelve labelled designs
Black line drawing of a sun with a plain circular centre and wavy, flame-like rays, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Outlined sun with wavy rays
Traditional style tattoo of a dark hand with a red eye, orange flames, a tower and a banner reading In the Eye of the Beholder, on an upper arm.
Hand and eye with flames on an upper arm
Japanese style tattoo of a samurai oni mask in a helmet, with cherry blossoms and a golden dragon, across an upper arm and shoulder.
Samurai oni and dragon on upper arm
Full sleeve Japanese-style dragon tattoo in grey and red with red flames, shown on the upper arm and forearm of a shirtless man.
Dragon sleeve with red flames
Black and grey realism tattoo of a roaring big cat with blue eyes and a compass below, on the forearm.
Roaring big cat and compass on a forearm
Full-colour Japanese-style dragon design in blue and orange with orange flame-like fins, coiled and clawed, shown on a white background.
Coiled dragon design in blue and orange
Colour tattoo of a tiger face with a black tribal flame outline, placed on the upper arm of a person in a white vest.
Tiger face tattoo on upper arm
Back view of two matching black and grey Japanese style tattoos on the calves, showing flower and flame motifs with wave lines below.
Matching Japanese flower tattoos on both calves
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm of vertical columns of sacred-style script above a cluster of lotus flowers framed by flame motifs.
Sacred script and lotus on a forearm
Black linework tattoo on the inner forearm of a woman with long hair, a triangle eye on her forehead, and a hand holding a flame, framed by a dotted halo and vines.
Woman with all-seeing eye and flame on forearm
Solid black tribal flame design on a white background, shown as a flash drawing rather than on skin.
Black tribal flame design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a dripping candle with radiating light rays on a man's neck, with a heart and portrait tattoos nearby.
Dripping candle with light rays on the neck
Engraved illustration of a mechanical heart with gears, a speedometer dial and flames, flanked by crossed spanners on a black background, shown as a tattoo design.
Mechanical heart with crossed wrenches
Black ink flash design of a symmetrical vertical motif with sweeping feather-like shapes and five circular emblems showing flame, hand, scales, eye and tree.
Symmetrical blackwork design with five circular emblems
Two flash designs on a white background: a black and grey sword with a skull and dragons, and a colour dragon coiled around a red-hilted sword with flames.
Skull, sword and dragon flash designs
Realistic black, grey and red tattoo of an ornate pocket watch within scrollwork and feathered leaves, covering the forearm and back of the hand.
Pocket watch and scrollwork on forearm and hand
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a roaring tiger and a green snake with a red disc and flames, on the upper arm.
Roaring tiger and snake on upper arm
Traditional hourglass tattoo with a red flower and black leaves above it and red flames at the sides, on a forearm.
Hourglass and red flower on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a blue steel armour plate with a Celtic triquetra knot and scale mail, set within torn skin and flames on a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Armour plate and flames on an upper arm sleeve
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's profile in a teal circular frame with a yellow scalloped edge, flames and green leaves, on a forearm.
Profile woman in teal frame on a forearm
Neo-trad tattoo of a black maneki-neko cat with a crescent moon, pentagram, peach flowers and small white cats on a forearm.
Black maneki-neko cat on a forearm