Head tattoo ideas

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

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Pen sketch of a head and shoulders in profile outline, with the words We're all stories in the end, Just make it a good one, eh? lettered inside the shape in a hand-drawn script.
Profile outline with lettered quote
Pencil-style sketch of a stag head with large antlers, set within overlapping geometric triangles on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design.
Geometric stag head sketch
Realism style tattoo on a calf showing a half-head profile, with a black and grey ear and hair on one side and coloured anatomy and a starry galaxy on the other.
Split head anatomy and galaxy on a calf
Black ink flash sheet of traditional-style designs including hands, daggers, a skull, a rose and a candle, drawn on white paper.
Black ink flash sheet of hands, daggers and skulls
Colour tattoo of a headless figure in a green suit and yellow tie, with a tangled knot of red, yellow, blue and green lines for a head, on the upper arm.
Headless suited figure with tangled head
Colourful geometric fox head tattoo in orange, amber and black on the outer thigh, with denim shorts in the frame.
Geometric fox head on the thigh
Black and grey portrait tattoo of a woman with dark hair on the lower leg, seen through black tights.
Woman portrait tattoo on the lower leg
Black and grey realism tattoo on the ribs of clasped hands beside the shadow silhouette of a head in profile.
Clasped hands and shadow profile on ribs
Black and grey bull head tattoo with patterned markings and dotted horn details, shown on the forearm in a traditional style.
Bull head tattoo on a forearm
Black tribal-style wolf head design with swirling linework across the ears, eyes and muzzle, shown on a white background.
Tribal wolf head design
Black and grey realistic drawing of a wolf's head facing forward, shown as a tattoo design on a pale background.
Realistic wolf head design
Black and grey sketch-style wolf head tattoo on the inner forearm of a person wearing a dark top and a thin wrist bracelet.
Wolf head on a forearm
Black and white photo of a shaved head showing a small QR code tattoo on the scalp and the lettering </head> and <body> tattooed on the neck above a dark collar, in a lettering style.
QR code and HTML tags on scalp and neck
Fine line tattoo of a stylised head outline with a red and blue lightning bolt across the face, on the upper arm near the elbow.
Stylised head with lightning bolt on upper arm
Black line tattoo of a head outline with spiky hair and square glasses, on a limb of the body.
Line outline of a head with glasses
Black linework drawing of a pointed-eared head with a branching tree motif and red accents, set in a dotted halo, shown as a tattoo design.
Horned tree-crowned head with red drips
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
Colour geometric tattoo of a fox head on a forearm, built from red, orange, grey and tan triangular facets with black outlines.
Geometric fox head on a forearm
Traditional black panther head tattoo with blue eyes, pale whiskers and open yellow-fanged mouth on a thigh.
Black panther head on a thigh
Black geometric grid tattoo on a shaved scalp, shaded to look like a receding tunnel, shown from behind and in a three-frame sequence with a finger pointing at its centre.
Grid vortex tattoo across a shaved scalp
Black geometric fox head tattoo in fine linework on the side of the neck behind a person's ear, with a silver ear plug visible.
Geometric fox behind the ear
Black and red tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm of a masked head with black hair above the lettering 'I wiped the SMILE off Jokers face', in a bold black linework style.
Masked head and quote on the inner wrist
Bold black blackwork-style design of a serpent head biting a ring of spiked discs, each with a central dot, on a plain white background.
Serpent head and spiked ring design
Black tribal-style eagle head drawing in solid black ink on white, shown in profile with a sweeping blackwork frame behind it.
Tribal eagle head design
Watercolour and ink drawing of a stag head with large branching antlers, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Stag head in watercolour and ink
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a wolf head with hatched shading, on the calf of a man's lower leg.
Wolf head on a calf
Black and grey geometric wolf head tattoo with faceted linework and dotwork shading, running along the inner forearm.
Geometric wolf head on a forearm
Black ink pen drawing of a wolf's head in profile, built from dense hatched lines, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Wolf head in pen hatching
Traditional style flash drawing of a snarling black panther head with yellow eyes and an open red mouth, drawn on textured paper.
Snarling panther head flash
Red ornamental elephant head tattoo with mandala-style patterns on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Ornate red elephant head on the wrist
Close-up of a shaved head beside an ear, with the lettering tattoo Leave a Coment Below in black ink across the scalp above the ear.
Text tattoo reading Leave a Coment Below on a shaved head
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat's head in profile with a diamond-shaped eye, overlapped by fine line triangles, on the inner forearm.
Feline head with geometric triangles on forearm
Geometric giraffe head design cut from a stencil, built from angular brown facets with a white outline on a white background.
Geometric giraffe head stencil
Black ink line drawing of a lion head in profile with a flowing mane, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Lion head line drawing in profile
Small soft-shaded grey wolf head tattoo on the inner forearm, close to the wrist.
Wolf head on inner forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a smiling alien head with solid black almond eyes on the side of the ribs.
Alien head on the side ribs
Single-line fine line drawing of a wolf head in profile facing left, with pointed ears and a flowing ruff of fur, in dark blue ink on white.
Wolf head in profile line drawing
Colourful geometric bear head tattoo in pink, purple and teal on the upper thigh of a person wearing a teal skirt.
Geometric bear head on a thigh
Realistic grey giraffe head and neck tattoo on the upper arm, set against blue, pink and yellow watercolour splashes.
Giraffe with watercolour splash on upper arm
Black geometric wolf head tattoo with bold linework and shaded facets on the outer forearm.
Geometric wolf head on forearm
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a stylised animal head inside a circle, with dotwork shading and loose overlapping lines, on a forearm.
Sketched animal head inside a circle on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a LEGO minifigure's separated parts, from helmet to legs, running down the forearm.
LEGO minifigure parts on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a man's head filled with flowers, wheat and an eye, with a checked collar and bow tie, on an upper arm.
Man's face filled with flowers on upper arm
Colour geometric tattoo of a tiger head in pink, teal and dark faceted linework, sitting on the forearm.
Geometric tiger head on forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a face in profile rising from rippled water beside a triangular fin shape, on the inner upper arm.
Face rising from water on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a cat head in profile, filled with dotwork and fine linework patterns, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Ornate cat head in black linework
Black and grey fine line tattoos of four male portrait heads on the fingers of a hand, with a small outlined triangle on the middle finger.
Four portrait heads and a triangle on fingers
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a head wrapped in a draped veil on the outer thigh.
Veiled head on the thigh