Flame tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tribal tattoo with flame-like lines and a central figure, on the side of a bare ribcage.
Tribal design on the side of the ribs
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 line drawing of a Japanese-style dragon with scaled body, clawed feet and swirling flames and clouds, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Japanese dragon with flames line drawing
Japanese-style dragon tattoo with red clouds and black scales wrapping down a leg from the thigh to the calf.
Japanese dragon leg tattoo
Black and coloured flash sheet showing a city skyline, birds in flight, circular emblems of a flame, hand, scales, eye and tree, and two ferris wheels, with the word divergent in script.
Flash sheet of skyline, birds, emblems and ferris wheels
Bold black and red tattoo of a skull with a gunman in silhouette, set against a red flame outline, on a person's calf.
Punisher skull and gunman on a calf
Black line flash sheet of twelve crescent moon designs, each labelled with a month and a moon name and filled with a geometric symbol.
Twelve monthly moon flash designs
Black linework drawing of a woman with flowing hair, an eye in a triangle above her brow, and a flame held in her hand, framed by vines and radiating lines.
Woman with all-seeing eye and flame
Realism style tattoo of a rearing winged horse with red and orange flame lines, across a man's upper back and shoulder blade.
Winged horse with flames across a back
Black and grey pencil flash design on lined paper showing a rabbit-masked figure with ribs, a jet, a heart, a book, a knife and speech bubbles.
Rabbit-masked figure design sketch
Colour Japanese-style dragon tattoo with green scales and red flames wrapping around a person's upper thigh, with legs resting on a cream fluffy blanket.
Green and red dragon on a thigh
Colour neck tattoo of orange and yellow flames curling around black swirling shapes, with a plug gauge visible in the ear above.
Flame swirl tattoo on the side of the neck
Black and white photo of a small black circular emblem with a six-pointed star and flame-like swirls on the side of a woman's torso below her raised arm.
Star and flame emblem on a side torso
Dark brown henna-style design of a yin yang inside a sun with flame-like petals, dotted rays and swirls on the inner forearm.
Yin yang sun design on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a purple bra with a pink bow and lace trim, set in front of orange flames, on the inner forearm.
Purple bra with flames on a forearm
Black and grey shaded dollar sign with flames behind it, tattooed on a person's lower leg, likely the calf.
Shaded dollar sign with flames on a lower leg
Four side-by-side views of a black and grey tattoo on an upper arm, showing a raised fist with radiating lines, banknotes, swirling smoke and a star.
Raised fist with rays and banknotes on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a grey skull with glowing teal eyes above a smaller red skull, on the inner forearm against a dark background.
Glowing teal skull and red skull on a forearm
Black and grey photo of a woman with long hair in an off-shoulder jumper, showing a solid blackwork flame tattoo on her upper arm.
Black flame tattoo on an upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a male comic-style character in a long dark coat, reaching forward amid orange flames and a flying playing card.
Comic-style fighter with playing card on upper arm
Close photograph of a bold tribal-style sun tattoo on skin, with a black swirling centre and red, orange and yellow rays.
Tribal sun tattoo in red and orange
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
Japanese-style drawing of a samurai skull in a helmet, surrounded by a serpent, skulls, white chrysanthemums and red lightning on a dark smoky background, with no body placement shown.
Samurai skull and serpent with chrysanthemums
Black tribal sun flash design with eight flame-like rays radiating from a central point, drawn on white paper.
Tribal sun design in black ink
Colour tattoo of the Zelda character Midna in a chibi style, with a grey helmet, orange flame-like hair and teal markings, on the upper back.
Midna character tattoo on upper back
Small tattoo of a shaded grey matchstick with an orange flame inside a red circle, on the side of a ribcage.
Matchstick with orange flame on the ribs
Flash design of a tiger head with orange and yellow shading, framed by bold black tribal flame shapes on a white background.
Tiger head within tribal flames
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a cat holding a sword, set within red and black flames across the top of a foot.
Cat with sword and flames on a foot
Solid black tribal-style phoenix design with outstretched wings and flowing flame-like tail on a white background, shown as a stencil-style drawing without a body placement.
Black tribal phoenix design
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a hot air balloon with folk-style flowers and leaves, sitting across the midsection of the torso.
Hot air balloon with flowers on torso
Black and grey flash design of a banner reading Life's A Gamble above playing cards, dice, a classic car and flames.
Life's a Gamble with cards, dice and car
Solid black tribal-style dragon design with swirling tail and flame-like spines on a white background, shown without a body placement.
Black tribal dragon design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a biomechanical skull with organic ridged forms, flame-like shapes and a bolt at the top, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Biomechanical skull design sketch
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged angel standing over a demon in flames, with clouds and a glowing halo, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Winged angel over a demon on upper arm
Back tattoo of two red and orange phoenixes on the shoulder blades, with black script running down the spine.
Twin phoenixes with spine script across a back
Black and grey tattoo of two crossed pistons with connecting rods and a central spark plug, surrounded by smoke or flame shading, on skin.
Crossed pistons and spark plug with smoke
Fresh colour tattoo of a split heart, with a blue wave on the left and an orange and red flame on the right, on the back of the neck.
Split heart with wave and flame on neck
Colour tattoo of a stylised flame and water emblem with a rainbow gradient on a forearm.
Rainbow flame and water emblem on forearm
Black tribal design of a dragon and a phoenix meeting over Celtic knotwork, shown on a pale wooden board with no body placement.
Tribal dragon and phoenix design
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a winged figure, an orange-irised eye and flames across the inner forearm, shown in three side-by-side views.
Winged eye and flames on a forearm
Small traditional style candle tattoo with a yellow flame, black rays and a gold holder on the back of a hand.
Candle tattoo on the back of a hand
Solid black flash design of a flaming sun with wavy rays surrounding a pentagram inside a circle, shown without any body placement.
Flaming sun with pentagram design
A woman in a black bikini sits on rocks by a river, showing a black blackwork tribal pattern on her left hand and forearm and black flame tattoos on her right upper arm.
Blackwork tribal and flame tattoos by a river
Colour tattoo of a stylised figure in blue, green and pink wash on the upper back, with small black footprints above it near the shoulder.
Watercolour figure and footprints on upper back
Red flame-like linework arcs around the kanji 愛 (love) in a tattoo design drawing on a plain white background, with no body part shown.
Red flame lines framing the kanji for love
Traditional colour tattoos on a forearm show a hand holding a lighter labelled BEST, above a matching hand holding a joint labelled BUDS, with leaves and pink flowers.
Matching lighter and joint hand tattoos
Colour tattoo of a small cartoon fox with a flowing orange tail on the side of a hip, and a small round orange and black flame tattoo on the wrist of a hand resting on dark denim.
Fox creature and flame circle tattoos on hand and hip
Black and grey dragon tattoo wrapping from the upper arm across the ribs, with a smaller flaming dragon on the thigh against a warm gold background.
Black and grey dragon across ribs and arm