Frame tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black script tattoo of a quote framed by flowers and leaves, placed on the upper back over the shoulder blade.
Script quote and flowers on upper back
Black and grey thigh tattoos of an animal head and a rabbit with a pocket watch, each in an ornate frame with roses and checkerboard shading.
Cat and rabbit thigh tattoos in ornate frames
Black line drawing of an anatomical heart inside an ornate oval frame with scrolling leaves and a beaded jewel at the top, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design on tracing paper.
Anatomical heart in an ornate oval frame
Close photo of a red heart in an ornate blue-and-gold frame on the forearm, traditional style, with a shaved scalloped design on the back of a head beside it.
Red heart in ornate frame on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat with large white eyes inside an oval gold frame with a red bow, on a forearm.
Black cat in an oval gold frame on a forearm
Neo-traditional flash design of two skulls facing each other, surrounded by purple roses and an ornate frame, drawn on cream paper.
Two skulls and purple roses in an ornate frame
Colour Neo-trad style tattoo on a upper back, showing a woman in profile kissing a small purple dragon inside an ornate grey frame, with a red rose above.
Woman profile and dragon in a frame on upper back
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
Pencil and ink sketch of an ornate oval mirror frame with scrolled borders and hanging drops, shaded with a pale green wash in the centre.
Ornate oval mirror frame design sketch
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull in an ornate oval frame with a death's head moth and beaded chain below, on a woman's upper back.
Skull in ornate frame with moth on back
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 blackwork tattoo of a dark sun with radiating lines, clouds, mountains and pine trees inside a rectangular frame on a forearm.
Eclipse landscape on a forearm
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
Realism tattoo of a grey and white cat with blue eyes inside a black scrolled ornamental frame on the upper arm.
Grey cat portrait in scrollwork frame on upper arm
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
Black and grey pagoda and bird tattoos in ornate oval frames, with cherry blossom branches, on the thighs.
Pagoda and bird in ornate frames on thighs
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a hawk head on a forearm, with a solid black wing shape, pine trees and a thin rectangular frame.
Geometric hawk head on a forearm
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
Two legs viewed from above with a colour cartoon portrait of a red-haired character in an ornate oval frame on the left thigh and a black and grey castle in a matching frame on the right thigh.
Cartoon portrait and castle tattoos on thighs
Black and grey tattoo of a tabby cat with a bow inside an ornate oval frame, placed on the thigh.
Tabby cat in an ornate frame 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
Fine line outline tattoo of an ornate frame with scrolled corners, in single-tone ink on the upper arm.
Ornate frame outline on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a mermaid with a green tail, framed by red roses and gold scrollwork on a person's chest and upper abdomen.
Mermaid and compass rose on a chest and torso
Traditional style tattoo of a compass rose inside an ornate gold and black heart frame topped with a fleur-de-lis, on an upper arm.
Compass in a heart frame on an upper arm
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
Two matching Traditional style tattoos of framed portrait heads with gold bands over the eyes, one on each thigh.
Matching framed portraits on both thighs
Traditional tattoo of a palm tree, red sunset clouds and small birds in an orange scalloped frame, with an orange flower and black leaves below, on a forearm.
Palm tree sunset and flower on a forearm
Two side-by-side tattoos on an arm: a pastel faceted geometric cat on the left and a shaded realistic cat within a gold scrollwork frame on the right.
Geometric cat and realistic cat tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pug's face inside an ornate oval scrollwork frame, on a lower leg.
Pug portrait in an ornate frame on a calf
Black linework tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat with a jewelled pendant, framed by scrollwork and beads, with a rose below, on the upper thigh.
Sphynx cat and rose on a thigh
Colour tattoo on the outer thigh of an oval framed night scene with a figure in a long gown reaching toward a bright starburst, surrounded by blue snowflakes.
Figure under a starburst within a snowflake frame on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tabby cat in a top hat, monocle and waistcoat inside a beaded oval frame with a bow, on an upper arm.
Cat in top hat and monocle in a beaded oval frame
Colourful sugar skull tattoo design with roses, gem-set eyes and ornate scrollwork on a black background, shown as a flash drawing.
Sugar skull with roses and gem eyes
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
Traditional style hourglass tattoo with LIVE FOR TODAY banners, flowers, a skull and a rose across the side of the ribs, in black, grey and pale pink.
Hourglass with banners and skull on ribs
Black and grey ornate framed cameo tattoo of a figure on the outer thigh, with a partly visible coloured rose tattoo above a spiked garter on the other thigh.
Framed cameo tattoo on a thigh
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 tattoo of two snow-capped grey mountains with small green trees under a blue sky, inside a black frame with the word mountains, on the upper arm.
Framed mountains with the word mountains
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
Realism-style colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS in a starry scene, set in a gold ornate frame with a red bow tie, on a person's upper back.
TARDIS in an ornate frame on the upper back
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
Black and grey botanical tattoo on the inner forearm with daffodil-style flowers, leaves and a rectangular frame containing the words this feeling is just for now.
Floral frame with quote on forearm