Hair tattoo ideas

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Black ink line drawing of a woman's face framed by flowing hair and octopus tentacles with beaded strands, shown as a tattoo design on paper with no body part visible.
Woman with octopus tentacles in her hair
Black line drawing of four stylised female figures, each with flowers, leaves, a sun, a snowflake or a spiral, arranged as a flash design.
Four seasonal female figures in line art
Black and grey mandala tattoo with fine detailed linework and dot accents on a shoulder, with a long braid of hair falling over the other shoulder.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Black script lettering tattoo across the upper back of a woman with long wavy hair, wearing a black lace top and grey beanie.
Script tattoo across upper back
Two black tattoos on forearms: a solid black cap above thin outlined hair on the left, and a bearded face under a black cap on the right.
Two forearm tattoos of capped figures
Full-colour tattoo of an Art Nouveau woman in a yellow dress with red flowers in her hair, with swirling vines, across a person's upper back.
Art Nouveau woman tattoo across upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pin-up woman in a billowing white dress on the side of the ribs, with a vintage car tattoo beside it.
Pin-up woman with billowing dress on ribs
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind, with typewriter-style lettering tattooed across her upper back and sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Typewriter text tattoo across upper back
Colour tattoo of a man's head broken into angular red, orange and brown facets with a teal line, in Geometric style on the upper arm.
Geometric portrait of a man's head on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint, flowing hair and a crescent ornament on the forearm.
Sugar skull woman portrait on a forearm
Realistic tattoo portrait of a woman with dark lips and drifting orange petals, in a realism style on the calf.
Realistic portrait with orange petals on a calf
Black and grey geisha portrait tattoo with a flower hair ornament on the back of a hand, with smoky swirling shading on the forearm above.
Geisha portrait tattoo on the back of a hand
Colour traditional-style rose tattoo on an upper arm beside a black and grey floral tattoo on the shoulder, with a person whose hair is braided and dyed teal, pink and purple.
Floral tattoos on upper arm and shoulder
Colour realism portrait tattoo of a man with dark swept hair, a moustache and a red jacket with a tie, on the calf.
Portrait of a man with moustache on a calf
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a woman's upper back, showing a profile silhouette with a ship inside it, surrounded by looping script.
Profile silhouette and script on upper back
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style mermaid draped over an anchor, framed by flowers and rope, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Mermaid and anchor design sketch
Drawing of a skeleton in profile within an ornate scrolled cameo frame, with pink roses, spider webs and green leaves, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Skeleton cameo with roses in ornate frame
Neo-traditional drawing of a red-haired woman with a feather headdress, a raven and an axe, shaded in black and grey with red hair.
Woman with raven and axe design
Painted neo-traditional mermaid design with long flowing black hair, red accents and a scaled tail curling around bubbles, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Mermaid design with flowing black hair
Full arm sleeve tattoo in a watercolour style showing a mermaid with flowing red hair and a green tail, with blue splashes, covering the upper arm and shoulder down to the forearm.
Watercolour mermaid full sleeve
Fine line mermaid tattoo on the side of the ribs, with red flowing hair, a purple shell top and a teal tail fin.
Mermaid outline tattoo on the side ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a stylised face with dark curled hair and a stag beetle on its crown, with insect legs running down the sides, on a forearm.
Stag beetle over a stylised face on a forearm
Colour tattoo on the outer thigh of a woman in profile with red lips, her hair dissolving into loose red, pink, blue and teal washes.
Woman's profile with flowing hair on thigh
Woman seen from behind with a large Japanese-style dragon tattoo in grey and gold tones across her back, with a tribal armband on her upper arm.
Dragon tattoo across a woman's back
Black script tattoo reading Traveler on the back of a person's neck, with their hair pulled up and hands in their hair.
Traveler script on the back of the neck
Black ink compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W letters on the upper back near the shoulder, seen from behind a person with loose hair tied up.
Compass rose tattoo on upper back
Hand-drawn neo-traditional tattoo design of a woman's face framed by a mandala of red spades and hearts, shown on paper with no body placement visible.
Woman's face within a red and black mandala
Colour tattoo on a person's upper back of a woman's face with flowing red hair, with two fish and a fishing hook above her head.
Woman's face with red hair and fish on upper back
Black ink line drawing of a mermaid with swirling hair and a fishtail, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Mermaid with swirling hair line drawing
Black and grey pencil drawing of a mermaid with wind-swept hair, a shell top and a curling wave-shaped tail, shown as a tattoo design.
Mermaid with flowing hair and wave tail
Black line drawing of a woman with a red rose and small olive accents, a fine line style tattoo on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Line drawn woman holding a rose on upper back
Small solid black cross tattoo on the neck behind an ear, photographed from behind with the hair pulled into a ponytail.
Small cross tattoo behind the ear
Colour tattoo of an animated-style woman with long hair, a wolf and autumn maple leaves, sitting on the thigh.
Woman, wolf and maple leaves on a leg
Black line drawing of a mermaid with long flowing hair and scaled tail, framed by curling wave ornaments, in a fine line style.
Mermaid with swirling waves line drawing
Traditional style tattoo of a woman in a patterned headband with a rose in her hair and large roses below, on the upper arm.
Traditional woman portrait with roses on upper arm
Woman seen from behind with long balayage waves, showing a black and grey botanical flower tattoo on her upper arm.
Black and grey flower tattoo on an upper arm
Black linework flash design of a woman in a headscarf with a peony in her hair and a red skull outline across her lower face.
Headscarf woman with peony and skull face
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a pale figure with large eyes and dark hair in an ornate oval frame, above a blue butterfly with red spots.
Pale cartoon figure and butterfly on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a woman in profile wearing peace sign sunglasses, with a white rose and teal leaves, on the upper arm.
Traditional woman profile with rose on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a large teacup balanced on a figure's head, with legs poking out of the cup, on the thigh.
Teacup balanced on a figure's head
Black ink pen sketch of a woman with long flowing hair, large flowers and a flower with an eye at its centre, drawn on a spiral notebook page.
Woman with flowing hair and flowers
Small black silhouette tattoo of a flock of birds on a woman's upper back, with her hair pulled up and her face turned away from the camera.
Flock of birds on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of an Art Nouveau style woman within a circular frame, covering the middle of a person's upper back.
Art Nouveau woman in a circle on upper back
Realistic braid tattoo with a red tie, shaded in grey and muted mauve, running from the nape of the neck down the upper back.
Realistic braided hair tattoo on upper back
Black and grey traditional style flash design of a skeletal-faced mermaid seated among roses and hibiscus flowers, with bones in her hair.
Skull mermaid with roses and hibiscus
Black ink neo-traditional design of a woman in a headscarf holding a tarot card over her mouth, with a flower and radiating dotted rays, drawn on cream paper.
Woman with tarot card and flower design
Black mandala tattoo with radiating petals and dotted edges on a woman's shoulder and upper chest, with a long braid hanging to one side.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Two black and grey profile tattoos on the backs of hands, one showing a man in a feathered headdress and one showing a woman with a feather headband.
Matching profile portraits on the backs of hands