Flame tattoo ideas

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

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Three small fine line black tattoos on a forearm: a flame-topped figure, a faceless oval spirit and a round cat-like creature with pointed ears.
Three small line tattoos on a forearm
Split photo of two colour tattoos of a stylised flame emblem on the upper arm and shoulder, one in teal and green with black detail, one in red and orange.
Two colour flame emblems on upper arms
Line drawing of a phoenix rising inside a ring of stylised flame feathers in dark brown ink on a cream background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Phoenix rising within flames design
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
Black line tattoo of four elemental symbols stacked down the outside of a lower leg, showing water, earth, fire and air.
Four element symbols down a calf
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
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo covering a torso and upper arm, with a pagoda, an oni demon holding prayer beads, clouds and a dragon on the sleeve.
Pagoda and oni demon torso and sleeve
Flash sheet of four butterfly tattoo designs labelled Beauty, Freedom, Femininity and Change, with a flame-like orange and black butterfly, a red swirled butterfly, and a black butterfly.
Four butterfly designs on a flash sheet
Woman in a cropped black top and leather trousers, showing a leopard print tattoo on her upper arm, a wing tattoo on her forearm and a figure tattoo on her side.
Leopard print and wing tattoos on arm and torso
Black ink design of a stylised calligraphic symbol rising from a flame, enclosed in a hand-drawn circle, on a warm sepia background.
Circle with flame and calligraphic symbol
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a red spotted mythical beast with turquoise mane and flames across a full back, set against dark grey clouds.
Red spotted mythical beast across a full back
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
Close-up of an open mouth with red lipstick, showing a tongue tattoo of horses, dragons and flames in muted gold and brown tones.
Painted scene tattooed on a tongue
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
Colour tattoo of the Midna character from The Legend of Zelda on a calf, with a horned helmet, orange flame swirls and teal and black blocks behind her.
Midna character tattoo on a calf
Three views of a full arm sleeve tattoo with grey dotwork mandalas and a flower of life pattern on the upper arm, and red and teal feather forms running down the forearm.
Full sleeve of mandalas and red and teal feathers
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
Realism tattoo on a calf of two men in suits shaking hands, one figure engulfed in orange flames, mirrored across the leg.
Two men shaking hands with flames on a calf
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
Flash design of a stag head with antlers, feathers and flames, above crossed axes and a ribbon, drawn in engraved linework with red accents.
Stag head with axes and flames
Black tribal-style horse design with white linework through the body and flame-like mane and tail, shown on a plain white background.
Tribal horse with flame mane and tail
Blue watercolour-style tattoo on a lower leg showing a white triangle with an eye and bow tie inside flames, with the text Reality is an Illusion above and The Universe is a Hologram below.
Triangle eye and flames with quote on a calf
Blue tribal tattoo of a big cat with flame-like motifs across a man's shoulder and upper arm, shown in profile against a white vest.
Tribal big cat tattoo on shoulder
Black and grey pentagram set inside a sun with flame-like rays, with two small bat silhouettes, on the upper back near the neck.
Pentagram sun and bats on upper back
Colour tattoo of a cartoon flame character with large eyes and grey smoke outlines, placed on the lower leg near the ankle.
Cartoon flame spirit on an ankle
Black tribal-style horse head design with flowing swirled mane on a white background, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Tribal horse head design
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
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart framing a lit candle on a forearm.
Anatomical heart with candle on a forearm
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
Black and grey grim reaper with flames and skulls covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Grim reaper and flames on an upper arm
Ten black cross designs on a white background, including plain, outlined, ornate fleur-style and flame-topped shapes, shown as tattoo flash.
Ten black cross designs on white
Colour tattoo of a phoenix with a flowing peacock feather tail across the side of a stomach, in a neo-traditional style.
Phoenix and peacock feather on the torso
Black line drawings on tracing paper of a heart with flowers and a cross, and a candle with leaves and a mandala-patterned base, in a neo-traditional style with no body placement shown.
Heart, cross, candle and flower designs
Fine line tattoo of four small coloured symbols running down the inner forearm: a green leaf curve, a red flame, a blue spiral and a yellow lightning bolt.
Four coloured symbols on an inner forearm
Pencil drawing of a neo-traditional compass and lighthouse design with a Find Your Own Way banner, in black and grey shading, shown on a sketch pad.
Compass and lighthouse with Find Your Own Way banner
Black and grey realism phoenix tattoo with spread wings and a flaming tail on the side of the ribs.
Phoenix tattoo on the ribs
Two colour forearm tattoos: a grey jar labelled Frog's Breath with a green frog and flames on the left, and a jar labelled Deadly Nightshade with a skull in smoke and two butterflies on the right.
Frog's Breath and Deadly Nightshade jars on forearms
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
Black and grey dotwork and linework flash design of a long-haired woman beneath a horned bison head with flames, with no body placement shown.
Woman and horned bison design
Greyscale tattoo design of a shaded skull with crossed pistols and two red roses, drawn as a flash sheet with no body placement shown.
Skull with crossed pistols and red roses
Realistic colour tattoo of a DeLorean car with flames behind it, on the outer forearm of a person in a grey hoodie.
DeLorean car on a forearm
Colour phoenix tattoo with flame-toned wings and curled black linework across the upper back, seen from behind on a woman with her face turned away.
Phoenix tattoo across a woman's upper back