Frame tattoo ideas

357 photos and flash · 47% Neo-trad, 18% Traditional · Thigh most common

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Two flash designs of cupcakes in ornate frames, one pink with a bone and skulls reading Brains, one blue with a lilac bow reading Sweet, in a neo-traditional style.
Brains and Sweet cupcake flash pair
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a red faceted diamond framed by gold scrolls and a crown-like top, placed on the centre of the chest.
Diamond in ornate scrollwork on a chest
Colour tattoo of a crowned queen in an ornate mirror frame, with a green poison apple above and a red heart and dagger below, on a thigh.
Crowned queen in an ornate mirror on a thigh
Black and grey realism style cameo tattoo of a skull woman with a red rose in her hair, set in an ornate frame on the forearm.
Skull cameo with rose on a forearm
Colour tattoo on a thigh of a green pony with pink hair and dripping red blood, set within a black-outlined scrollwork frame above a small skull.
Zombie pony and skull in a scroll frame on a thigh
Colour neo-trad tattoo on a thigh showing two stylised figures facing each other inside a heart frame, with a green dragon below.
Two figures and a dragon in a heart on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a quetzal bird in an ornate gold frame on the side of a torso, with a teal mandala tattoo on the thigh of a person in a black top.
Quetzal in a frame and teal mandala on thigh
Black and grey pencil sketch design of an owl in flight in front of a castle inside ornate scrollwork, with a triangle and circle symbol.
Owl, castle and triangle symbol design
Realistic sphynx cat in a grey suit, monocle and spotted bow tie inside an ornate black frame, tattooed on the upper arm.
Sphynx cat in monocle and bow tie on upper arm
Chest tattoo of two shaded pink roses, a white rabbit and a top-hatted figure around an ornate cameo portrait, in neo-traditional style with dotted linework.
Wonderland roses and cameo across chest
Colour tattoo of a small bird on a branch inside a black scrolled oval frame, with a teal and orange body, on the upper arm.
Sketchy bird in a scrolled oval frame on upper arm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm of a graveyard scene with a bare tree and crosses inside an ornate frame, flanked by two red roses.
Graveyard cameo with roses on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the thigh of a lion with a flowing mane inside an oval, framed by gold scrollwork with a lion cub above and a banner below.
Lion in an ornate gilded frame on the thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the outer thigh showing a blue pumpkin carriage above a pink ball gown, with two mice, a bluebird and a blue bow in an ornate frame.
Pumpkin carriage and pink gown on thigh
Colour tattoo of an anthropomorphic cat in a veiled hat and lace collar, framed by black scrollwork with a red rose, on the forearm.
Cat in a veiled hat with a rose on a forearm
Large neo-traditional colour tattoo on a side of the torso showing a wolf head, a hand holding a ring, bats and a red-haired figure in an ornate frame.
Large colour piece with wolf, hand and birdcage
Colour tattoo of a castle under a full moon within a gold scrollwork frame, with a black and grey rose below it on the thigh.
Castle at night and grey rose on thigh
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a realistic blue-green eye inside a red heart framed by gold scrollwork, with black dotted drips below, on a limb.
Eye in ornate heart frame
Red pencil flash drawing of a swan and a skull-like head inside a cracked scrolled frame, a neo-traditional design shown on paper rather than skin.
Swan in a cracked ornate frame
Colour tattoo of a barn owl inside an ornate gold scrollwork frame with purple gems, on the outer thigh.
Barn owl in an ornate gilded frame on a thigh
Two coloured thigh tattoos: a birdcage holding a heart in an ornate frame on the left, and a red bird with a brain on the right, in a neo-traditional style.
Birdcage and bird with brain on thighs
Two calf tattoos of grey cat portraits, one framed by gold scrollwork with a red rose, the other surrounded by orange poppies, in a realism and neo-traditional style.
Cat portraits with flowers on two calves
Two colour thigh tattoos in ornate stained glass style frames, one showing Belle in a gown beside a red rose and the other a castle under a purple rose.
Belle and a castle in stained glass frames on thighs
Colour tattoo of a pink unicorn with a rainbow mane inside a gold frame with a teal bow, on the lower leg.
Unicorn in an ornate gold frame
Colour tattoo of a shaded compass rose in a gold dotted frame, with pink roses, leaves and a beaded chain, on the top of a foot.
Compass rose and roses on a foot
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a thigh showing a white cartoon cat with a pink bow inside a gold frame, with pink banners reading ladies don't start fights but they can finish them.
White cartoon cat in gold frame with quote banners
Black and grey neo-traditional style tattoo of a cartoon girl with her hair in a bun, chin resting on her hands, inside an ornate scrolled frame on the upper arm.
Cartoon girl in a scrolled frame on an arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a brown owl holding a red heart, framed by black scrollwork on the upper arm.
Owl and red heart on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a faceted purple gemstone heart in a gold and brown ornate frame with pink beads, on an upper arm.
Faceted purple gem heart on upper arm
Black and grey line drawing of a crowned woman in an ornate oval frame with scrollwork and a heart, a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Crowned woman portrait in an ornate frame
Colour tattoo of an anatomical heart inside an oval frame with a teal border, surrounded by black filigree ornament, on the forearm.
Anatomical heart in filigree frame on forearm
Neo-trad style owl tattoo with yellow eyes and a small red heart inside an ornate oval frame, on the side of a ribcage.
Owl in ornate frame on ribs
Pencil and ink design sketch of a rose with leaves inside an ornate oval frame, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Rose in an ornate oval frame
Neo-traditional tattoo of a schnauzer in a bowler hat and monocle, set in an ornate gold frame with red gems, on a limb.
Schnauzer in bowler hat and monocle
Neo-trad style tattoo of a grey cameo portrait in a black ornate frame, set on a pink oval with dangling bead chains, on the inner forearm.
Cameo in ornate frame on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of an ornate hand mirror with a beaded edge and pink and red flowers with green leaves, on the outer thigh.
Ornate hand mirror and flowers on a thigh
Colour tattoo on a forearm showing an Art Nouveau style woman in an arched frame with red bell flowers, a vine and skulls below her.
Art Nouveau woman and red bells on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a penguin inside a red cartouche with gold scrollwork and grey shaded clouds above, on the outer thigh.
Penguin in a red frame on a thigh
Realistic blue peacock head inside a black and grey scrollwork frame with a red gem and hanging chains, tattooed on a limb.
Peacock portrait in an ornate frame
Neo-traditional tattoo of two cats nuzzling inside an oval frame, with purple flowers and teal leaves, on a calf.
Two cats and purple flowers on a calf
Black and grey pencil drawing of a woman with closed eyes wearing a wolf head, flanked by two roses and a skull within an ornate frame.
Woman with wolf headdress, roses and skull
Black and grey drawing of a rose with hatched leaves and a faceted heart ringed with beads, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design on paper.
Rose and jewelled heart tattoo design
Colour tattoo of a white unicorn with a blue mane inside a grey scrollwork frame on the upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Unicorn in an ornate frame on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of northern lights over a dark forest and lake, set inside a grey ornate oval frame with teal stones, on a forearm.
Northern lights in an ornate frame on a forearm
Colour tattoo of an Art Nouveau style woman with red hair and white roses in a circular frame, placed on the upper arm and shoulder.
Art Nouveau woman with white roses on upper arm
Black and grey neo-trad tattoo of a woman with an updo in an ornate oval frame, with a large rose above her, on the outer thigh.
Woman in ornate frame with rose on thigh
Neo-traditional style tattoo on a leg showing a black cat draped over an ornate oval frame containing a red-haired girl with X-marked eyes and a skull at the base.
Black cat and red-haired girl in an ornate frame
Neo-traditional tattoo of a skeleton couple in an ornate cameo frame, framed by large orange roses and green leaves on a limb.
Skeleton couple cameo with orange roses