Flame tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey photograph of a fine line tattoo of a teardrop shape with radiating lines ending in small circles, on the inner wrist.
Teardrop burst tattoo on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of an animated red-haired character with the words "If you had a chance to change your fate would you?" on a limb, photographed against a dark background.
Animated red-haired character with quote
Full body Japanese style tattoo across a torso, arms and thighs, showing a scowling figure with a blade among red flames and a tiger on the arm.
Full body Japanese tattoo with a fierce figure
Solid black tribal design with flame-like curls and a spiral, shown as a standalone drawing on a white background with no body placement visible.
Black tribal flame design
Colour tattoo of a horned, helmeted figure with a red visor, orange sun and flames on the forearm, shown from three angles.
Horned helmeted figure with flames on forearm
Colour tattoo of an owl face with glowing orange eyes and shaded feathers across the back of a hand, with red and orange flames rising up the wrist.
Owl with glowing orange eyes on a hand
Two matching bold black swirl tattoos sit on the inner wrists of two arms, one on each side of the image.
Matching flame swirls on inner wrists
Flash sheet of five blue flat-colour creature designs, including a flame spirit, a masked face, a mushroom-shaped figure, a cat-like face and a large round creature with whiskers.
Blue character flash sheet of five creatures
Line drawing of a phoenix with spread wings and a long flowing tail, shaded from red through purple to blue, shown as a tattoo design.
Phoenix with spread wings
Black tribal tattoo running from the upper back down the spine to the hip, shown in a black and white photo of a bare back.
Tribal tattoo down the spine
Colour tattoo sleeve on a limb showing a Route 66 sign, a checkered flag, a hot rod, playing cards, dice, an eight ball and a flaming lighter, in traditional style.
Route 66 hot rod and cards sleeve tattoo
Bold black blackwork tattoo of five symbols in a row on the inner forearm, including a crescent, a triangle, a circle with a flame motif and a circle with a knot.
Row of five symbols on a forearm
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 realism tattoo of a skull wrapped in orange and yellow flames on a forearm, shown in two side by side photos.
Flaming skull on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a phoenix with flame-like red, orange and yellow feathers and trailing tail plumes, placed on the side of a person's ribs.
Flame-coloured phoenix on the side ribs
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 blackwork tribal flame tattoo with a thin-line infinity loop and curled ends, placed on a shoulder.
Tribal flame and infinity swirl on shoulder
Solid black flaming sun design with an outlined pentagram inside a circle, drawn on a plain white background, with no body part visible.
Pentagram in a flaming sun design
Black line design of a triangle with a circle and vertical line, a trident above, a bird with an arrow on the left, flames on the right and a rune below.
Triangle, circle and bird design with trident and flames
Red, orange and yellow flame-patterned phoenix design with wings spread wide and a long tail of flames, shown on a plain white background.
Flaming phoenix with spread wings
Flash design of a stylised bird head with a flowing, feather-like tail ending in curls, drawn in red to orange lines on a white background.
Red-orange stylised bird with swirling tail
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 tattoo of a rising phoenix with outstretched wings and swirling orange and red tail feathers, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Orange phoenix tattoo on upper back
Full back Japanese style tattoo of a woman in a patterned robe among chrysanthemums and flames, in black and grey ink, across the upper and mid back.
Japanese back piece with woman and flames
Six black line drawings of ornamental sacred hearts, some with flames, rays and roses, laid out on tracing paper as tattoo flash designs.
Sacred heart flash designs on tracing paper
Close view of a black tribal flame tattoo on a person's upper back, with a laser handpiece held against the skin.
Black tribal flame on back under laser treatment
A realistic tattoo of a coilover shock absorber wrapped in smoke and red flames, on the calf of a leg.
Coilover shock and smoke on a calf
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
Colour tattoo of a cartoon boy riding a red wagon with a striped tiger behind him, over an orange flame trail, on the upper arm.
Cartoon boy and tiger on a red wagon
Black and grey abstract flowing swirl tattoo with sweeping curved lines on the inner forearm, shown beside a line drawing of the same design.
Abstract flowing swirl tattoo on a forearm
A flash sheet of sixteen colour drawings of cupcakes decorated with superhero motifs, including a wolverine mask, a Captain America shield, a Hulk fist and a skull, with no body placement shown.
Superhero cupcake flash sheet
Red tribal-style dragon design with spread wings and a coiled tail over flame-like tribal scrollwork, shown as a standalone drawing with no body placement.
Tribal dragon with spread wings
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 tattoo of a white cat with black markings curled on a crescent, beneath a katana, with teal flames and pink petals, on the forearm.
White cat with katana on a forearm
Teal and cream dragon design with red fins and ornate gold details, drawn on a black background, in a neo-traditional style.
Teal dragon design on black
Photograph of a large multicoloured tribal-style tattoo running down a person's back along the spine, with black, red, green, yellow and blue sections.
Multicoloured tribal design down a back
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
Black and grey tattoo of a snarling skull with clawed, shadowy flames around it, shown on a limb.
Horned skull with claws and shading
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a helmeted warrior with wings on his helmet beside an armoured female figure, with a spear and flames below.
Armoured warriors with spear on forearm
Drawing of a tribal-style dragon design in black ink with blue shading, with spiked wings and a long curling tail, on a white background.
Blue and black tribal dragon design
Black and white ink drawing of a large letter S, its strokes formed from flowing flame-like lines and ocean waves with foam crests.
Wave and flame letter S design
Colour realism tattoo of a LEGO Iron Man minifigure in red and gold against orange flames, on the calf.
LEGO Iron Man minifigure on a calf
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
Black ink line drawing of a winged dragon and a phoenix with flame-like tail swirls, shown as two tattoo designs on a white background.
Dragon and phoenix tattoo designs
Black script lettering reading dance magic dance, ending in a small cartoon creature with blue flame-like details, tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dance magic dance script with a creature
Black and white tribal-style design of a shark with flames trailing behind it, shown on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Shark with tribal flames design
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing playing card suits and dice above a scroll banner with script lettering, with flames behind and touches of red.
Playing cards and dice with flames on a forearm