Flame tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey line drawing of an open lighter with a flame, framed by roses and a sunburst of rays, in a traditional flash style.
Open lighter and roses flash design
Colour traditional tattoo of an open pizza box with a slice, a flame and two banners reading Can't Stop Won't Stop, with Hot-N-Fresh on the box, on the lower leg.
Pizza box and banners on a calf
Black and grey traditional flash design of a torch with a swirling flame and an eye on the globe-shaped holder, with no body placement shown.
Torch with flame and eye design
Colour traditional tattoo of a blue police box, a red rose and a gold pocket watch on the outer thigh above the knee.
Police box, rose and pocket watch on a thigh
Diptych of a Japanese style colour tattoo on a lower leg, showing a black and grey cat with teal eyes wrapped around a blue and orange dragon with swirling cloud motifs.
Cat and dragon tattoo on a lower leg
Traditional full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing an owl, red roses, a snarling wolf head and a woman with a pearl necklace against black clouds and orange flames.
Owl, wolf and rose full sleeve
Colour traditional tattoo of a phoenix with spread wings in orange, red and yellow on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Phoenix on upper back
Flash design of a pair of stylised phoenix wings in red, orange and yellow with black outlines and feather detail, shown without a body placement.
Pair of fiery phoenix wings
Traditional style colour tattoo of an open lighter decorated with a red rose and green leaves, with a small flame above it, on a lower leg.
Lighter with rose and flame on a calf
Two matching colour traditional tattoos on forearms, each showing a hand holding a lighter or a joint, with a cannabis leaf, a pink flower and a banner reading BEST or BUDS.
Matching traditional forearm tattoos, lighter and joint
Colour traditional tattoo of three grey shaded dice surrounded by orange and yellow flames on the inside of a forearm.
Dice in flames on a forearm
Black ink traditional flash sheet on cream paper showing a raven, bat, black cat, pumpkin, coffin, broomstick, spiders and spider webs, with a £31 price marked in the centre.
Halloween flash sheet with bats, cats and spiders
Traditional style flash drawing of a red sacred heart with a flaming cross on top, framed by purple flowers and green leaves on a cream background.
Flaming sacred heart with cross and flowers
Traditional-style flash design of dice, a green bottle and a can in flames above a banner reading Roll the Dice, with no body placement shown.
Roll the dice flash with flames and banner
Traditional style flash design of a grinning skull with flames, crossed pistols, spade symbols and a banner reading Diablo, drawn in black, cream and red.
Skull with flames, pistols and banner
Colour traditional tattoo on a thigh showing banners reading Don't Forget The Important Things, with a red flame motif in a blue circle and teal and orange flowers.
Traditional banner quote on thigh
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a stylised fish with red and orange flame-like fins and scale shading, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Stylised fish with red flame fins on upper arm
Traditional-style flash design of a flaming heart with an eye, a dagger and red roses, framed by a sunburst and the Spanish banner text Sólo un corazón verdadero.
Flaming heart, eye and roses flash sheet
Black and grey traditional style flash drawing of a snarling wolf head with a dagger above it, an all-seeing eye in a triangle, and two roses below, on paper with no body placement shown.
Wolf head with dagger and roses flash design
Full leg tattoo of a red, gold and black Japanese-style dragon running from the thigh down to the ankle.
Red and gold dragon tattoo down a leg
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a red wolf head with orange eyes, a dagger and a beaded pendant, on a forearm.
Red wolf head with dagger on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a shaded skull and crossed swords within a flame-like black shape on the upper arm.
Skull and crossed swords on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a black treble clef surrounded by red, orange and yellow flames with black outlines, on a forearm.
Treble clef in flames on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a man's head in a glass jar with red and orange flame-style lettering, shown on a limb.
Man's head in a jar with flaming lettering
Two colour flash designs on a white background: a blue water and red flame yin-yang, and a sun and moon face in blue and gold, in a traditional style.
Yin-yang fire and water with sun and moon face
Traditional style colour tattoo on the upper arm of a mermaid kissing a sailor, framed in an oval rope border with a lighthouse and flames.
Mermaid and sailor kiss in a rope frame
Colour traditional tattoo of a green and yellow nautical star, red flames and a grey wing on a forearm, with a tattooist in black gloves working in the background.
Nautical star and flames on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a gravestone reading WISH YOU WERE HERE with a crescent moon, pine trees and a red flower on the top of a foot.
Wish you were here gravestone on a foot
Traditional style tattoo of a V8 engine flanked by flames on an upper back, with Detroit Muscle lettering above and a banner reading EST 1985 below.
Detroit Muscle engine with flames on upper back
Traditional style flash design of three Poké Balls with fire, water and leaf elements and ribbon banners reading Life's Hardest Choice, on a black background.
Pokeball trio with fire, water and leaf
Colour traditional tattoo on a forearm of a cartoon girl in a pink bunny-ear hat, surrounded by flames, with a ribbon banner reading SEE YOU IN HELL.
Cartoon character with See you in hell banner
Traditional style colour tattoo of a girl with a red bow riding a purple rocket, with a grey and yellow bird flying above her.
Girl on a rocket with a bird above
Colour traditional style sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a Route 66 sign, a red heart with an engine, a chequered flag, a flaming hot rod, playing cards, dice and a lighter.
Route 66 and hot rod sleeve on forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo on the top of a foot showing a glass, a grey microphone, a teal flower and two orange banners reading YEAH and SCHENCE.
Banner tattoo with glass and flower on foot
Traditional-style flash design of a black phoenix with spread orange, yellow and red wings and a flaming crest, shown on a tan background.
Phoenix with spread wings flash
Heavily tattooed arms crossed over a head of long hair, showing a grey rose on the hand, a pink rose on the forearm, and a teal heart on the upper back in traditional style.
Roses and heart tattoos on arms and hands
Black and grey desert landscape tattoo on the upper arm with saguaro cacti, a campfire with red flames and a scorpion, in a traditional style.
Desert campfire scene on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of three snarling dog heads in orange and black with flames and a diamond frame, on the forearm.
Three snarling dog heads on a forearm
Colour tattoo of Kodos, the green one-eyed alien from The Simpsons, with tentacles and the words 'Don't blame me I voted for Kodos' above, on a thigh.
Kodos from The Simpsons with lettering on a thigh
Traditional tiger tattoo on the back of a raised hand, with the words Diamonds are forever along the side, while a blue flame plays around one raised finger.
Tiger tattoo on a raised hand
Two hands with a colour nautical star on the back of one hand, LOVE on the knuckles, and Japanese-style dragon and koi tattoos on the arms and legs behind them.
Nautical star and Japanese sleeve on hands
Traditional style flash drawing of a hot air balloon with a red sun, flowers and an anchor, with the words Enjoy the Ride on a banner.
Hot air balloon with banner and flowers
Colour flash design of a swallow, pierced pink heart and purple roses over a green swirling background, in a traditional style.
Swallow, dagger heart and purple roses flash
Man seated on steps with full traditional-style sleeve tattoos on both arms and colourful tattoos of a rose and a female profile on his legs.
Full sleeves and leg tattoos on a seated man
Traditional style tattoo of a lit oil lamp with a teal glass chimney and orange flame, with black leaves, on the side of the body.
Traditional oil lamp with flame
Traditional flash design of a shirtless boxer in red gloves squaring up to a llama, with flames, a rose and a Born to Fight banner.
Boxer and llama with Born to Fight banner
Flash design of a red and orange dragon with spread blue-winged membranes and a flame tipped tail on a dark grey background.
Orange and blue winged dragon design
Black and grey traditional style tattoos stacked down a man's upper arm: a burning car, a tombstone reading THE SYSTEM IS A DEAD END, a globe and a hand with a dollar sign.
Burning car, tombstone, globe and hand on upper arm