Ghost tattoo ideas

50 photos and flash · 28% Neo-trad, 20% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Colour tattoo of a pumpkin-headed figure in a ruffled collar and striped body, holding a ghost with a candy bowl, with a small bat above, on the thigh.
Pumpkin-headed figure with a bat on thigh
Black ink flash sheet of many small fine line doodle tattoo designs, including eyes, stars, a moon, a skull and a bicycle, on a grey background.
Stick 'N' Poke doodle flash sheet
Black and grey traditional flash sheet on a wooden table, showing video game themed designs including a castle, bomb, ghost, shy guy, tombstone reading GAME OVER and a pin-up figure.
Video game themed flash sheet in black and grey
Colour leg sleeve tattoo on a calf showing a skeleton character, jack-o'-lanterns, ghosts and a full moon in a neo-traditional style.
Nightmare Before Christmas leg sleeve
Two finger tattoos in a cartoon style, a smiling orange pumpkin with a green vine on one finger and a startled white ghost on the other, both on the hand.
Pumpkin and ghost finger tattoos
Blue cartoon ghost with a smiling face and dark outline on an arm, with a small spider design at the upper left.
Blue cartoon ghost tattoo on an arm
Grey-wash line drawing of a hooded skull spectre wrapped in a rope and wheat sprigs, with a dotted arc above and the word Virgo below, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Virgo skull spectre design
Colour tattoo of a grinning, galaxy-filled Gengar Pokémon with pink and teal sparkles on the upper arm.
Galaxy Gengar on an upper arm
Colour tattoo sleeve on an upper arm showing a haunted house, a white cat ghost with a green bow, a dark cat figure with a red bow, a bat and a tombstone against a blue sky.
Haunted house and cat characters on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of two cartoon ghosts on a forearm, one wearing a gold crown with its tongue out and the other covering its face, with blue bubbles.
Two cartoon ghosts with a crown
Traditional style tattoo of a smiling ghost beside an orange moon and two bats, with Forever Halloween lettering below, on the lower leg.
Ghost and moon with Forever Halloween lettering
Black and grey flash sheet of small hand-drawn tattoo designs, including hearts, eyes, stars, a moon and a skull, under the heading Stick and Poke.
Stick and poke flash sheet of small doodles
Colour tattoo of a yellow Pac-Man style character with a dark outline, chasing a grey ghost, with a separate green dollar sign to the right, on the forearm.
Pac-Man chasing a ghost with a dollar sign
Large blackwork tattoo of a grinning shadowy creature with sharp claws and pale eyes on a person's upper back, with a small skull-like figure holding a bone at its lower left.
Grinning shadow creature on upper back
Colour full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing Nightmare Before Christmas characters, jack-o'-lanterns and a haunted moonlit scene, in a neo-traditional style.
Nightmare Before Christmas full sleeve
Traditional style colour tattoo of a grey ghost in a witch hat holding a glowing orange jack-o'-lantern, with small sparkles, on the calf.
Ghost in a witch hat holding a pumpkin on a calf
Traditional-style Halloween flash sheet in bold black outlines and bright flat colour, showing a pin-up witch, ghost, bats, skull, pumpkin and coffin designs.
Halloween flash sheet with witch and bats
Fine line black tattoo of a simple ghost with dot eyes and the words ride or die in script, shown in two side by side photos on a limb.
Ghost with ride or die script
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a grandfather clock showing 13, with ghostly faces against a purple wash, in a painterly neo-traditional style.
Haunted mansion clock on a forearm
Black and grey flash sheet of gothic tattoo designs including a moth, owl, ghost, coffin, dagger, cat and crossed bones, drawn in dotwork and bold outlines.
Black and grey gothic flash sheet
Full colour sleeve tattoo themed on The Nightmare Before Christmas, with Jack Skellington and jack-o'-lanterns, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Nightmare Before Christmas full sleeve
Coloured pencil tattoo design of a scarecrow in a wide-brimmed hat beside a fence and three pumpkins, with a grinning blue ghost and a purple and yellow sky behind, drawn as a flash sheet.
Scarecrow and pumpkins harvest design
Black and grey flash sheet of cartoon ghosts, a skull, a moon, a heart, a mountain and stars, with the lettering Sad Ghosts Forever and Stay Nice.
Sad ghosts flash sheet
Colour traditional tattoo on skin showing Slimer, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and a grey Zuul dog, with the red no-ghost logo and a yellow and black ghost trap below.
Ghostbusters characters and logo on a thigh
Black and white flash sheet of tattoo designs on a phone case, including a fox head, compass, bird, spider webs, playing card suits and a rope knot.
Black ink flash sheet with spider webs, compass and fox
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a draped ghost with two dot eyes on the forearm, shown against a pale skin background.
Dotwork ghost on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a haunted house, full moon, bare tree and ghost inside a heart shape on the forearm.
Haunted house and ghost in a heart
A small dotwork tattoo of a smiling cartoon ghost with red cheeks, on an area of skin with the placement not clearly visible.
Smiling ghost with dotted outline
Small dotted-outline ghost tattoo with grey shading and pink cheeks, set among traditional colour tattoos on a lower leg.
Dotted ghost on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a pale blue-grey ghost with two dot eyes and bold black outlines, on the forearm, with a blue crystal design partly visible at the lower left.
Ghost tattoo on the forearm
Photograph of a hand and wrist with a teal diamond, a small ghost, a star and the words YOUR THROAT HERE tattooed in black lettering on the back of the hand.
Diamond, ghost and lettering tattoos on a hand
Colour tattoo of a moonlit castle on a hill above rippling blue water, with a full moon, stars and a dark silhouette at the top, across the upper arm and shoulder in a bold neo-traditional style.
Moonlit castle night scene on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm showing two ghosts, a smiling pumpkin and a bat silhouette inside a heart-shaped lace frame on a purple background.
Ghosts, pumpkin and bat in a heart frame
Coloured neo-traditional flash design of a woman in a white dress holding a lantern, with a skull reaper, bee, unicorn, ghostly figures and a Forget Me Not banner.
Bride with reaper, bee and unicorn flash
Small fine line outline tattoo of a smiling ghost in black ink on the inner wrist.
Small ghost tattoo on the inner wrist
Forearm tattoo of the quadratic formula with a yellow Pac-Man eating into the equation and a blue ghost beside it.
Quadratic formula with Pac-Man and ghost on forearm
Fine line black ghost tattoo with small solid eyes and 'ride or die' script beneath it, on a limb in a black and white photograph.
Fine line ghost with ride or die script
Colour tattoo of Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas under a large orange moon with bats and pumpkins, across the upper back.
Jack and Sally under a moon on a back
Full sleeve tattoo of cartoon video game scenes with clouds, a green pipe and a red piranha plant, in traditional style on an upper arm.
Video game sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a haunted Victorian house with bats, a weathervane and a pumpkin, across the side of a thigh.
Haunted house and bats on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a cartoon ghost covering its face with one hand, with black outlines and pink blush, on the shoulder.
Cartoon ghost tattoo on shoulder
Black line tattoo of Zero, the ghost dog, with a small red nose, on the ankle of a pale-skinned person against a leafy patterned background.
Zero the ghost dog on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a pink gothic mansion with turquoise ghostly figures, including a top-hatted ghost, a skeleton and a chained ghost, on the upper back.
Haunted mansion ghosts on upper back
Black and grey back tattoo showing Snow White holding a poisoned apple, Alice with a pocket watch and Jack Skellington, with roses and music notes, beside a colour sleeve on the upper arm.
Disney-themed back piece with Snow White and Alice
Black and grey traditional-style flash design of two ghosts in a framed panel, with the lettering No Feet beneath them and a spiderweb behind.
Two ghosts in a framed box with No Feet
Colour Halloween sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing carved jack-o'-lanterns, a haunted house, a ghost, a scarecrow and corn cobs in a painterly neo-trad style.
Halloween sleeve with pumpkins and a scarecrow
Tattoo flash drawing of a tall Halloween sleeve design with a full moon, bats, jack-o'-lanterns, ghosts, a skull and crossbones and a green figure, shown on a white background rather than on skin.
Halloween sleeve design with pumpkins and ghosts
Colour tattoo of an orange owl on a branch with cherries, music notes and a dark cloud, on the upper arm in a neo-traditional cartoon style.
Owl with clouds and cherries on upper arm