Flame tattoo ideas

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

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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
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a horned, goat-headed robed figure beside a flame and candle, with sun and moon motifs, on the thigh.
Goat-headed robed figure with flame on thigh
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical four-armed ornament with stippled dotwork at its centre, drawn as a tattoo design on paper beside two pens and a pencil.
Four-armed ornament tattoo design sketch
Close photo of a pink, orange and yellow watercolour-style sun mandala with a central spiral and paisley petals on the upper back.
Pink sun mandala on upper back
Black and grey flash design of a skull on a banner reading Kustom Way of Life, with a pin-up girl, fuel can, eyeball and engine parts, with no body placement shown.
Kustom Way of Life skull and pin-up flash sheet
Black blackwork sun with a solid filled centre and flame-like rays, tattooed on a woman's upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Black sun tattoo on a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo of a black dragon silhouetted among orange, red and yellow flames on a forearm.
Dragon in flames on a forearm
Full arm sleeve of a blue Japanese-style dragon with red flames, its head on the shoulder and body wrapping down the upper arm and forearm.
Blue Japanese dragon sleeve on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bear's head and shoulders with flame-like shapes on an upper arm and shoulder, shown in two side-by-side views.
Realistic bear and flames on upper arm
Black ink tattoo design of a stylised flame with pointed tips that flows into a curling tail ending in a spiral, drawn on a white background.
Flame and spiral tattoo design
Colour and grey tattoo of a WWII-style fighter plane with a shark-mouth nose, a roundel and a stars and stripes flame, on the side of the torso.
Shark-nosed fighter plane with flag flames
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
Colour tattoo of a flame-shaped emblem filled with pink and blue galaxy shading and white speckles, sitting on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Flame emblem with galaxy fill on upper chest
Painted Japanese-style design of a tabby cat with a white dragon wrapped around its body and red flames along its tail, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Tabby cat and dragon design
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
Painted flash design of three stylised wolves, one made of blue water, one of orange flame and one of green leaves, on white paper beside markers.
Three elemental wolves in water, fire and leaves
Close crop of a torso in ripped blue jeans showing a black and grey butterfly tattoo on the lower abdomen above the waistband.
Butterfly tattoo above the hip
Black fine line flame tattoo on a calf above a thin line tattoo on the shin, with black platform ankle boots in the foreground.
Black platform boots with tattooed legs
Black flash design of a flaming sun ring around a pentagram in a circle, with the Latin words Non timebo mala arched across the top.
Sun and pentagram with Latin text
Black and grey flash sheet of several skulls wreathed in smoke and flame, shown as tattoo designs with no body placement.
Smoky skull flash sheet
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a lotus with an eye at its centre above balance scales with moon and sun pans, on a person's upper back.
Lotus and scales on upper back
Coloured pencil drawing of a pink and orange phoenix facing a green dragon in a flowing, interlocking tattoo design on white paper.
Phoenix and green dragon design
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing skulls, dice, pistons, playing cards, flames and a motorcycle engine, shown from three angles.
Skull, dice and engine full arm sleeve
Bold black-outlined phoenix tattoo with red and yellow flame tail across the upper back, in a tribal-style design.
Phoenix tattoo across upper back
Black sun tattoo with flame-like rays and a Virgo zodiac symbol in a central circle, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Sun with zodiac symbol on the back
Sheet of thirteen black silhouette dragon designs in Japanese-influenced style, shown as flash on a white background.
Collection of black dragon designs
Black tribal-style phoenix with spread wings rising above stylised flames, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background with no body placement visible.
Phoenix rising through stylised flames
Flash sheet of four Harley-Davidson logo designs with scrollwork, winged flames and script lettering, in lavender, orange, red and purple.
Harley-Davidson logo tattoo flash sheet
Colour tattoo on the leg of a spiked-crowned figure in blue and orange, posed beneath a fiery eye above dark spires.
Spiked-crowned figure beneath a fiery eye
Sheet of fourteen black and grey cross designs in varied shapes, including a fleury cross, a crown cross and a cross with a flame.
Grid of cross designs in black and grey
Black ink sun with flame-like rays and a shaded centre, tattooed on the stomach above white shorts.
Sun tattoo on the stomach
Black and grey pencil drawing of a geisha holding a katana with a snake coiled around it, surrounded by cherry blossoms, flames and a skull, in a Japanese style design.
Geisha with katana and snake flash
Black and grey script lettering runs down a man's side over the ribs, while another man's arm shows a realistic skull sleeve from upper arm to forearm.
Script on ribs and skull sleeve on arm
Solid black tribal flame motif with two curling tips on a white background, shown as a flash-style design with no body placement visible.
Black tribal flame design
Realistic black and grey skull tattoo with an orange glow inside one eye socket showing a small building, shown on a limb in a Realism style.
Realistic skull with fiery eye socket
Colour neo-trad sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing several cartoon villain characters, including a green-faced figure with horns and a crowned queen.
Animated villains colour sleeve on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a tribal-style phoenix with spread wings and a long flowing tail, sketched on lined paper.
Tribal phoenix design in black ink
Black tribal-style lotus flower design with swirling flame-like tips and a curling vine stem, drawn on a white background with no body placement shown.
Tribal lotus flower design
Hand-drawn black tribal phoenix design with spread wings and a long flowing tail, drawn in ink on lined notebook paper, with no body placement shown.
Tribal phoenix design on lined paper
Colour tattoo of a fiery phoenix with outstretched wings and talons, rising over dark rocks across the upper arm and shoulder.
Phoenix rising across an upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoos on the tops of both feet, showing a black panther head with orange flame accents and ornate scrollwork, with a crescent moon above the left ankle.
Panther and crescent moon on both feet
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
Pencil sketch of an ornamental tattoo design with a flame motif, a lotus, a moth and dotted accents, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Lotus and moth design sketch
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