Headdress tattoo ideas

199 photos and flash · 35% Realism, 18% Neo-trad · Upper arm most common

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Black ink dotwork drawing of the Nefertiti bust in profile with a stippled headdress and ornate lace-like collar, shown on white paper held between fingers.
Nefertiti bust drawing in dotwork
Black and grey pencil drawing of a young child in profile wearing a feathered headdress with a beaded band and star medallion, a design that could be used as a tattoo.
Child profile in a feathered headdress
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's face framed by a leafy headdress on the forearm, shaded in black and grey with touches of red.
Traditional woman portrait with leaf headdress
Painterly tattoo of a feathered headdress in black, red, blue and yellow, with loose splashes of colour, on the upper back.
Feathered headdress with paint splashes on upper back
Black and grey flash design of a woman's face framed by feathers, arrows and dense ornamental linework, with the word Sagittarius in script above.
Sagittarius woman with feathers and arrows
Colour realism tattoo of a woman in a white headdress with closed eyes beside a tiger, on a calf, being worked on by a tattooist in blue gloves.
Realism portrait with tiger on a calf
Black and grey shaded tattoo of an elephant head with an ornate headdress and an Om symbol on the trunk, on the side of a person's ribs.
Ganesha elephant head on the ribs
Black and grey drawing of a feathered headdress with a beaded band and watercolour-style splashes, shown as a design on a white background rather than on skin.
Feathered headdress design drawing
Pencil sketch of an animal skull with curved horns wearing a feather headdress, with a diamond shape on the cheek, drawn on paper.
Animal skull with feather headdress sketch
Neo-trad tattoo design drawing of a woman with a feathered headdress, animal skulls and red gemstones, shown in grey pencil with red accents.
Neo-trad woman with feathered headdress
Colour tattoo of a woman's face framed by red and pink poppies on a back, in a neo-traditional style with bold black outlines.
Poppy-crowned woman across a back piece
Realistic tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a seated figure in a headdress within a circular carved stone frame with glyphs, in brown and grey tones.
Carved stone seated figure on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of an older man with red face paint and a feathered headdress, on the upper arm.
Realistic portrait of a man in feathered headdress
Colour tattoo of a stylised figure in an ornate headdress beside a small skull, in traditional style, on the outer upper arm.
Ornate figure with skull on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a gold pharaoh mask with pyramids, Anubis, a scarab beetle and Egyptian figures across an upper arm.
Egyptian pharaoh and scarab on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with feathers and a pipe, covering a forearm.
Feathered portrait on a forearm
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a woman's face in an ornate gold headdress and teal jewellery, with eye motifs, on a forearm.
Neo-trad woman portrait with headdress on forearm
Realism colour tattoo of an older man in a red and beaded headdress and necklace, covering the upper arm.
Realistic portrait of an older man in headdress
Black and grey realism tattoo of a seated winged Egyptian figure in a headdress, spread across the centre of the chest.
Winged Egyptian figure on chest
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman's face with a bindi and ornate headdress, surrounded by a mandala, on the upper arm.
Ornate woman portrait with mandala on upper arm
Flash sheet of tattoo designs photographed on a gift box, including a blue owl, a koi fish, a realistic eye, three BELIEVE lettering designs and a feathered headdress, all shown without a body
Traditional flash sheet with owl, eye and lettering
Colour traditional tattoo of a feathered headdress with beaded bands and ribbons across the upper arm and shoulder.
Feathered headdress tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an elephant head with an ornate headdress on the middle finger of a hand.
Ornate elephant head on a finger
Line drawing of a profile skull wearing a feathered headdress with beaded bands, braids and ribbons, in pale blue and pink ink on cream paper.
Skull in feathered headdress in profile
Black and grey realism tattoo sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing a falcon head, the Eye of Horus, a queen's portrait and a pharaoh's face.
Egyptian themed sleeve with falcon and Eye of Horus
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman in profile wearing an ornate Egyptian-style headdress, on the upper arm.
Realism portrait of a woman in a headdress on upper arm
Realism sleeve tattoo on a forearm showing a wolf head at the top, a tiger face in the middle and a rose near the wrist, in black and grey shading.
Wolf, tiger and rose forearm sleeve
Black and grey back tattoo of a woman in an ornate headdress, surrounded by lotus flowers, peony and cherry blossom, on the upper and middle back.
Woman portrait and lotus back piece
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a skull wearing a red, blue and purple feathered headdress on the outer thigh.
Skull in feathered headdress on a thigh
Realistic colour tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress resting her hand on her chin, with an owl below, on the outer thigh.
Headdress portrait and owl on thigh
Two flash designs in black line work on cream: a skull with a mandala headdress and a rose framed by mandala ornaments, in a dotwork style.
Skull and rose tattoo designs
Black and grey linework tattoo of a woman in profile wearing an ornate headdress with scrollwork, on the upper arm.
Art Nouveau woman in profile on upper arm
Black dotwork tattoo of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti in profile, wearing her crown, on the inner forearm, with another hand holding the arm.
Nefertiti bust in dotwork on a forearm
Black and grey realism style flash design of a skull wearing a feather headdress, with a rope, banner and arrow below, not shown on skin.
Skull in feather headdress with banner
Coloured illustrated design of a woman in profile smoking, with dark feathered wings, an American flag, a revolver, the Golden Gate Bridge and California poppies.
Woman with revolver and Golden Gate Bridge
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress on the ribs, with grey rose tattoos visible on the upper arm above.
Feathered headdress portrait on the ribs
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a skull wearing a feathered headdress, covering the upper back.
Skull in feather headdress across a back
Black ink line drawing of a side-facing skull wearing a feathered headdress with a heart-shaped pendant, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Skull in feathered headdress line drawing
Blue pen sketch of an Egyptian queen in a striped headdress, with an Eye of Horus, an ankh, palm fronds and a flower of life behind her.
Egyptian queen tattoo design sketch
Black linework drawing of a cat head with a feather headdress, pearl necklace, gem and bow, a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Cat head with feathers and pearls
Black and grey realism tattoo of an Egyptian pharaoh with a striped nemes headdress and wings on a forearm, with a gold watch on the wrist.
Pharaoh portrait and wings on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull wearing an ornate feathered headdress across the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull in feather headdress on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress flanked by two cats, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Woman portrait with feathered headdress on upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a winged Egyptian goddess with a sun disk and horned headdress, running down the outer thigh.
Winged Egyptian goddess on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face framed by a wolf's head headdress, with a feathered braid and small red face marks, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Wolf headdress woman portrait on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a feathered headdress, on a person's side ribs.
Feathered headdress portrait on a side ribs
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an elephant head in a jewelled headdress inside a dreamcatcher, on the side of the ribs.
Elephant in a dreamcatcher on the ribs
Neo-traditional design drawing of a woman wearing a black bear head as a headdress, framed by a ring of gold and red feathers on a black background.
Woman with bear headdress and feather crown