Head tattoo ideas

109 photos and flash · 21% Geometric, 16% Dotwork · Forearm most common

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Neo-traditional tattoo on a leg of a head wearing a knitted beanie and tartan scarf, with the face filled by mountains, pines and a teal sky.
Mountain landscape within a head in a knit beanie
Black and grey line drawing of a wolf's head in profile, with flowing strokes forming the fur, on a grey textured background.
Wolf head in profile line drawing
Black and grey drawing of a snarling wolf head in profile, with dotwork shading on the mane and fur, suitable as a flash design for a tattoo.
Snarling wolf head in dotwork and linework
Black ink stag head design made of flowing swirls and curling linework on a plain white background, with no body placement visible.
Swirling stag head design in black linework
Traditional black and grey tattoo of a snarling panther head with bared teeth and droplets, placed on a calf.
Snarling panther head on a calf
Black geometric wolf head tattoo with hatched linework and solid black areas, placed on the thigh in a blackwork style.
Geometric wolf head on a leg
Fine line tattoo of a head outline with coloured Lego bricks scattered across the face, on the forearm.
Lego bricks spilling from a head outline
Black and grey geometric fox head tattoo with patterned ears and dotwork shading, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a striped sleeve.
Symmetrical fox head on a forearm
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a sailor's head in a cap inscribed Cherie, with a whale and a sunset sea scene inside the head, in neo-trad style.
Sailor head with whale on a forearm
Solid black stencil drawing of the head of Eeyore the donkey in profile, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Eeyore head stencil design
Black and grey wolf head tattoo on the thigh, half drawn in geometric linework and half realistically shaded, with blue eyes.
Split geometric and realistic wolf on a thigh
Hand-drawn tribal wolf head design in black ink with purple and pink shading, drawn on lined notebook paper.
Tribal wolf head design
Black fine line tattoo of a stag head with antlers on the upper chest, below the collarbone, in a black and white photo.
Stag head tattoo on the upper chest
Fine line tattoo of a stylised animal head outline in black ink on the side of the ribs.
Single line animal head on side ribs
Black ink tattoo of a profile head wearing a bowler hat, with a cog over the eye, on the forearm.
Bowler hat head with cog eye on forearm
Pencil sketch of two overlapping Mickey and Minnie Mouse head outlines on white paper, with Minnie's bow coloured pink.
Mickey and Minnie head outline sketch
Colourful giraffe head tattoo on the inner forearm, drawn in purple, pink, blue and teal with a soft watercolour look.
Watercolour giraffe head on forearm
Four black stencil-style antelope head designs in descending sizes, each showing wavy horns, ears and eyes on a white background.
Stylised antelope head designs in four sizes
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a wolf head in profile on the forearm, with loose hatched linework and shaded fur.
Sketched wolf head on a forearm
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a dark head silhouette filled with a starry galaxy, showing Saturn and other planets, above a collar and tie.
Galaxy head with planets on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a profile head filled with roses and flowers, with a striped tie beneath, on the inner forearm.
Floral profile on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an eagle head and outstretched wings on skin, with stippled shading and fine engraved lines.
Eagle head and wings in dotwork
Painted illustration of a pink head covered in black tattoo designs, including a skull and crossbones, a dagger, a winged cross and church domes on the neck and chest.
Painted head with skull, dagger and church tattoos
Black lettering tattoo reading </head> and <body> in a bold sans-serif font on the back of a neck, with a person wearing a khaki cap.
HTML head and body tags on the neck
Colour realism tattoo of a yellow pencil appearing to pierce the side of a bald head above the ear, with red blood detail, and floral tattoos on the neck.
Pencil piercing the side of a head
Neo-traditional tattoo of a snarling hyena head with bared teeth and dripping blood, shaded in grey and brown with touches of red, on the side of a limb.
Snarling hyena head with blood on an arm
Tattoo of a head in a knit beanie and scarf, with a mountain and treeline landscape filling the face, shown on a limb in grey and teal.
Beanie head with mountain landscape tattoo
Colourful geometric giraffe head tattoo in dotwork shading on the upper arm of a person wearing a black lace bra strap.
Geometric giraffe head on upper arm
Black ornamental design of a stag head with swirling antlers, dotted linework and floral patterns on a white background.
Ornamental stag head design in black
Wolf head tattoo on the thigh, shaded black and grey on the left and washed with blue, green and red watercolour tones on the right.
Wolf head with watercolour side on thigh
Colour tattoo of four cartoon turtle heads in purple, orange, blue and red masks, stacked down a lower leg above the ankle.
Four cartoon turtle heads down a lower leg
Black and grey geometric wolf head tattoo in dotwork shading on the forearm, with henna-decorated hands resting beside it.
Geometric wolf head on a forearm
Black and grey outline tattoo of Mickey Mouse's head with solid black ears and a smiling mouth, on the inner forearm of a person wearing a black skirt and red slides.
Mickey Mouse head on a forearm
Neo-traditional flash drawing of a snarling wolf head with a dark grey coat, yellow and orange highlights and a red inner ear and mouth, shown without any body placement.
Snarling wolf head flash design
Black line drawing of the words OFF WITH HER HEAD arranged in the shape of a playing card club, with a spiral in the top lobe, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Off with her head lettering in a club shape
Close-up of a colourful geometric bear head tattoo in pink, purple and green on a woman's upper arm, in a geometric style.
Geometric bear on an upper arm
Traditional style black panther head tattoo with yellow eyes and a red open mouth on the forearm near the wrist.
Black panther head on forearm
Black linework tattoo of a faceted geometric giraffe head with hatched shading and solid black spots, sitting on the upper arm.
Geometric giraffe head on upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a green alligator head with open jaws, teeth and an orange outline, on a lower leg.
Green alligator head on a calf
Colour geometric neo-traditional tattoo of a man's head with a faceted orange and red face and one visible eye, on the upper arm.
Geometric faceted male portrait on upper arm
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a head in profile with hair pinned up, on the upper back near the shoulder blade, photographed from behind.
Profile silhouette on 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 illustrated tattoo of two figures, one kneeling and holding the head of the other, on the outer thigh.
Two figures on a thigh tattoo
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a spiky-haired head outline with a lightning bolt shaded across the face, on a leg.
Spiky-haired head with lightning bolt on a leg
Traditional panther head tattoo on a woman's neck, with small finger and hand tattoos, wearing a white shirt.
Traditional panther head on the neck
Black sketched portrait with a red lightning bolt tattoo on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Sketched portrait with lightning bolt on back
Black tribal-style bear head design on a white background, drawn as a flash sheet with no body placement shown.
Tribal bear head design
Black and grey photograph of a small fine line stag head tattoo with branched antlers, placed centrally on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Small stag head on upper back