Key tattoo ideas

392 photos and flash · 19% Realism, 16% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Pencil sketch of an ornate key with the word Honesty in cursive script across its shaft, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Honesty key pencil sketch
Black and white lettering design reading I knew who I was this morning but I've changed a few times since then, with a key, a mushroom and a cupcake beside the words.
Quote lettering with key, mushroom and cupcake
Pencil sketch design of an ornate skeleton key with the word Honesty written in cursive script through the shaft, on a textured paper background.
Pencil sketch of a key with the word Honesty
Pencil and ink flash sheet showing rat silhouettes with ornate key tails and Mind the Gap lettering, drawn without any body placement shown.
Rat and key designs with Mind the Gap script
Overhead view of many small temporary tattoo designs, including animals, flowers, lettering and simple line motifs, scattered around a silver tin marked SUPER.
Temporary tattoo designs around a metal tin
Two pencil drawings of tattoo designs in script lettering: a shaded key reading one heart, and a red and grey heart reading one love.
One heart key and one love heart designs
Pencil-style drawing of a fine-line botanical tattoo design with a curling vine, a pocket watch, a key and the words Life is what you make of it, shown on a pale pink background.
Vine, pocket watch and key design
Flash sheet of black brush-style kanji characters, each with a small red English translation printed beneath it.
Kanji character flash sheet with translations
Pencil sketch flash design of a Mad Hatter top hat with a pocket watch, roses, cake and the words We're all mad here, in a neo-traditional style.
We're all mad here Mad Hatter design
Pencil-style tattoo design of a shaded heart padlock with a small key and swirling script letters, in black and grey, with no body placement shown.
Heart padlock and key with script letters
Black ornamental padlock and key flash design with handwritten script above and below, shown without any body placement.
Ornate padlock and key with love script
Flash-style drawing of a large key wrapped in two banners reading Courage is the Key, with a heart-shaped lock, a compass and bubbles, in traditional-style colour outlines.
Key with Courage is the Key banners
Shaded pencil drawing of an ornate key with a city skyline in its shaft and script lettering, a tattoo design on a sketchbook page.
Ornate key with city skyline
A grid of cross stitch chart designs in traditional tattoo flash style, including swallows, hearts, roses, a pin-up, a cherry pair and lettering, on a grey background.
Sheet of cross stitch tattoo-style flash designs