Hair tattoo ideas

805 photos and flash · 19% Realism, 17% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Painted design of a skeletal mermaid with a fishbone tail, holding a shell with a pearl, shown on a white background with no body placement visible.

Skeletal mermaid holding a shell

Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman with waved hair and orange earrings, holding a fan with a hand and eye design, on an upper arm.

Portrait of a woman with a fan on the upper arm

Watercolour-style tattoo of a mermaid with flowing red hair and a purple shell top, with a blue splash below, on the forearm.

Watercolour mermaid with red hair on forearm

Black and grey realism tattoo on an arm showing a face with dark lips and bared teeth, with clawed hands and thin white linework below.

Realistic face and clawed hands on an arm

Profile woman with flower crown on a forearm

Black script lettering running vertically down a woman's spine on her back, with a long braid falling over one shoulder.

Script quote down the spine

Realism style tattoo of a black and grey woman silhouette dissolving into red petals on the lower leg.

Woman silhouette dissolving into red petals

Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded classical figure with swirling hair and clouds on a forearm.

Bearded classical figure on forearm

Black and grey tattoo of a woman with flowing curled hair in an Art Nouveau style, with red shading on the shoulder, on the lower leg.

Art Nouveau woman portrait on a lower leg

Black and grey realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with blue eyes and scrollwork, on the upper arm.

Sugar skull woman portrait on upper arm

Woman in profile with a raven on a forearm

Black and grey tattoo of a woman with curly hair and leaves, her head bowed, shown in a bold silhouette on the upper arm and shoulder.

Woman with leafy hair on upper arm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face with a moustache and swept-back hair, on the outer thigh.

Black and grey portrait of a man on a thigh

Realism tattoo of a woman in a red lace masquerade mask with feathers, grey shading with red accents, on the outer thigh.

Masked woman with red feathers on a thigh

Pencil line drawing of a mermaid with both arms raised, flowing hair and a scaled tail, shown as a tattoo design sketch on paper with no body placement.

Mermaid with raised arms, pencil sketch

Black ink drawing of a faceless figure with long flowing hair, its body covered in botanical flowers including roses and lilies, ending in roots, on a tan background.

Faceless figure covered in flowers and roots

Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint and a spiderweb, with a rose beneath, on a forearm.

Sugar skull portrait and rose on forearm

Black and grey neo-traditional style tattoo of a sleeping woman whose hair becomes twisting vines with skull and eye flowers, on a limb.

Sleeping woman and skull flowers on a limb

Traditional style cartoon pin-up tattoo with a red rose in her hair, shown on the upper arm and shaded in black and grey with red accents.

Cartoon pin-up with rose on upper arm

Art Nouveau woman with flowers on an upper arm

Black and grey tattoo of a female silhouette with flowing swirled hair and a small flower, with curling linework, on the side of the torso.

Swirling silhouette figure with flower

Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's face with swept dark hair and yellow scroll accents, on the upper arm.

Woman's face portrait on upper arm

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a sugar skull woman with blue eyes and red lips, framed by purple roses and leaves, on a forearm.

Sugar skull woman with roses on a forearm

Black and grey realism portrait tattoo of a woman in cat-eye glasses resting her hand on her cheek, on the forearm.

Realism portrait of a woman in cat-eye glasses

Solid black butterfly silhouettes decrease in size as they trail from the nape of a woman's neck towards her upper back.

Butterflies trailing down the back of the neck

Back of a woman with long red braided hair, showing a blue and teal tattoo of dark spirals on her upper back near the shoulder blade.

Blue spiral tattoo on upper back

Black and grey realism tattoo on the forearm of a man with swept-back hair in a dark jacket, his hands gripping the lapels beneath a banner reading THE KING IS DEAD.

Black and grey portrait with banner on forearm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a pin-up woman in stockings and heels, lying on the side of a ribcage.

Pin-up woman in stockings on the ribs

Black ink line drawing of a mermaid with a long, flowing tail curling upwards past rising bubbles, shown as a fine line tattoo design with no body placement.

Mermaid tail with rising bubbles line drawing

Woman's profile in a tree on an upper arm

Black fine line outline of three triangles and a sun with a face on the back of an upper arm, photographed in backlight.

Triangles and sun face on upper arm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a wolf head over a woman's face with red face markings, covering the upper arm.

Wolf and woman portrait on upper arm

Woman with wolf headdress and skulls

Black linework tattoo of a woman's face in wavy hair with a smaller face below and a crescent moon, with purple and orange accents, on the upper back.

Sketched woman's face with moon on upper back

Pencil drawing of a woman in powdered 18th-century style hair, with a sailing ship and octopus tentacles rising from her head.

Woman with a ship and tentacles in her hair

Back view of a person on a beach with a black and grey winged tattoo centred on the back, a geometric chevron design between the wings, and tattoos on the extended arm and forearm.

Winged back tattoo on a beach

Black line drawing of a mermaid with flowing, swirling hair and an ornamental scrolled tail on a white background, suitable as a tattoo design.

Mermaid with swirling hair and tail

Realism tattoo of a woman in a pirate hat holding a pistol, shown in black and grey with blue accents across the upper arm and shoulder.

Pirate woman portrait on upper arm

Forearm tattoo of a stylised figure with three faces and orange hair, beside a dark tree silhouette and a small green bird, drawn in black outline with colour accents.

Multi-faced figure and tree on forearm

Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a woman with wind-blown hair seen from behind, facing a moonlit sea beneath a full moon and clouds.

Moonlit shoreline scene on upper arm

Woman profile tattoo on the ribs

Black and white photo of a head turned away from the camera, showing a small solid black geometric diamond tattoo on the skin behind the ear, on the neck.

Small diamond tattoo behind the ear

Realism tattoo of a woman in a red lace masquerade mask with a red feather, shaded in black and grey on the outer thigh.

Masquerade portrait with red feather on thigh

Realism tattoo of a woman with red sugar skull face paint, blue eyes and black linework, on the upper arm.

Sugar skull portrait in red on an upper arm

Black and grey line drawing tattoo design of a sugar skull woman with roses, beaded chains and a candle lantern, with no body part shown.

Sugar skull woman with roses and lantern

Black line drawing of a mermaid with long flowing hair and a sweeping, finned tail curling into spirals, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.

Mermaid with swirling tail line drawing

Traditional flash drawing of a mermaid with long dark hair seated on an anchor and rope, holding a small cherub, in red, yellow and black outline on a tan background.

Mermaid and anchor traditional flash

Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a bespectacled man with a faceted, geometric face, sitting on the forearm.

Geometric portrait of a man on a forearm