Key tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey line drawing of a tattoo flash design with a pocket watch, teacups, a key, playing cards, a keyhole, and Drink Me and Eat Me labels, shown without a body placement.
Alice in Wonderland objects flash design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded skull and ornate key on an upper arm, with part of a scaled fish tattoo visible above it.
Skull and ornate key on upper arm
Small black fine line keyhole tattoo on the inner wrist, with a hand holding an old iron key against dark fabric.
Keyhole tattoo on the inner wrist
Sheet of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo designs, including triangle diamonds, chains, arrows, stars, leaves, a moon, a heart and a key.
Metallic gold temporary tattoo design sheet
Two people show matching black and grey puzzle piece tattoos on their inner wrists, one with an ornate padlock and keyhole, the other with a key.
Matching puzzle piece lock tattoos on wrists
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
Black line drawing flash sheet of traditional tattoo designs, including a ship, anchor, dagger through a heart, snake, swallow on a padlock and diamond in a laurel wreath, with no placement shown.
Traditional flash sheet of nautical and classic motifs
Black and grey realism tattoo of an open pocket watch with a chain and key, above a shaded rose, on a lower leg.
Pocket watch and rose on a calf
Traditional style colour tattoo of an ornate key with a red polka dot bow and a castle with a Mickey-shaped silhouette on the top of a foot.
Ornate key with bow and castle on a foot
Close-up of a hand and wrist with metallic gold and black temporary arrow, chevron and bracelet-style designs, holding a white phone.
Gold and black temporary arrow tattoos on a hand
Two small heart-shaped key outline tattoos on fingers of a hand, glowing orange and white under ultraviolet light.
Heart-shaped key tattoos on fingers under UV light
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a blue octopus with orange tentacles, a golden key, a green and a red gem and grey beads, placed on the side of the torso.
Blue octopus with key and gems on the side
Black ink tattoo of an ornate key with the word Sisters in script across the top of a foot, near the ankle.
Sisters key tattoo on a foot
Black and white line drawing of a collage with a pocket watch, teapot, key, keyhole and playing cards, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Pocket watch and playing card collage
Watercolour-style tattoo of clock faces, gears and a keyhole in pink, blue and purple across the upper back of a person with short blonde hair.
Watercolour clockwork gears on upper back
Colour traditional tattoo of an ornate key with scrollwork and a peach flower with green leaves, on the forearm.
Ornate key and flower on a forearm
Black and grey flash design of an ornate filigree skull with a keyhole for a nose, above two crossed skeleton keys, on a black background.
Ornate skull and crossed skeleton keys
Fine line black key with a heart-shaped bow on the inner wrist of a hand held palm-down, with red nail varnish visible.
Heart-bowed key on the inner wrist
Two side-by-side photos of traditional and neo-traditional tattoos on the calf: a grey skull with an ornate key and red accents, and a padlock heart with sugar skulls and a red rose.
Skull key and padlock heart on calves
Black ink sketch in a notebook of an ornate key with a keyhole, a star, a chain and swirling linework, drawn as a tattoo design.
Ink sketch of a key and star design
Realistic black and grey skeleton key tattoo with a hanging chain, sitting near the ankle and across the top of a foot.
Skeleton key tattoo on a foot
Realism sleeve tattoo on a forearm showing a compass rose, a cracked clock face with Roman numerals and an ornate key, shaded in greys with warm brown tones.
Compass and cracked clock sleeve on forearm
Two forearms: a red heart with a keyhole and small lettering on the left, and a shaded grey ornate key with lettering on the right, both in a realism and neo-traditional style.
Heart with keyhole and ornate key on forearms
Pencil-style drawing of a sparrow perched on a blossom branch beside an ornate pocket watch, scrollwork and key, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Sparrow, blossom and pocket watch design
Black line drawing of an ornate butterfly with filigree scrollwork wings and a key-shaped body, suitable as a tattoo flash design.
Ornate butterfly with key body design
Pencil flash drawing of a shaded pocket watch wrapped in chain with a key and scrolling ornament, with no body placement shown.
Pocket watch, chain and key design
Black ink drawing of a key whose bow forms a bare tree, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Key with a bare tree bow
Neo-trad colour tattoo of a red heart padlock with gold scrollwork and purple ribbons, with a gold key below it, on the top of a foot.
Heart padlock and key on the top of a foot
Traditional style colour tattoo of an eagle gripping a key, set against a red circle, on a forearm.
Eagle holding a key on a forearm
Fine line black compass rose with a vertical arrow, feather and the letter N, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Compass rose and arrow on the ribs
Black line drawing of a tattoo design with poppies, a bird with shaded wings, a pocket watch and a key, shown as a sketch on paper.
Poppies, bird and clock design
Small black fine line key tattoo with an ornate bow on the back of a hand, running towards the index finger.
Small key tattoo on the back of the hand
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a crown-topped key with a twisted shaft and a small cross above, on the inside of a forearm.
Crown key tattoo on a forearm
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
Black and grey tattoo of a mechanical bird with gears and a winding key on the inner forearm of a person wearing a rolled denim shirt.
Mechanical bird on a forearm
Solid black ornate key tattoo with a scrolled bow and two stylised faces, sitting on the calf in a traditional style.
Ornate key on a calf
Line drawing flash of a winged heart-shaped padlock with an ornate filigree pattern, a ribbon and a key below, shown as an unplaced tattoo design.
Winged heart padlock with key design
Two realistic blue bluebird tattoos on the inner forearms, one perched on a padlock engraved with a treble clef and one on an ornate key.
Bluebirds perched on a padlock and a key
Black and grey tattoo of a ring of old-fashioned keys with an open hand above them, on the upper thigh of a person wearing sheer tights and a black skirt.
Bunch of keys and a hand on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Roman numeral clock face above a skull and an ornate key on the forearm.
Clock, skull and key on a forearm
Two fine line black key tattoos with heart-shaped bows on the inner wrists, one smaller than the other, photographed side by side.
Matching small key tattoos on two wrists
Black dotwork drawing of ornate skeleton keys fanning out from a filigree circle, photographed on white paper.
Ornate skeleton keys around a filigree circle
Two matching forearm tattoos: a black outlined heart with a crown and keyhole over pink wash on the left, and a black key with a teal wash on the right.
Heart and key forearm tattoos
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
Black and grey key tattoo on one forearm beside a heart-shaped padlock tattoo with a keyhole on the other forearm.
Key and heart padlock tattoos on forearms
Colour traditional tattoo on a forearm of an ornate golden key with a red gem heart, a bow and crown, a dagger, and a pink ribbon reading Fight like a girl.
Jewelled key and ribbon banner on a forearm
Flash sheet of black brush-style kanji characters, each with a small red English translation printed beneath it.
Kanji character flash sheet with translations
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate padlock with a keyhole, scrolled detailing and a key, on the ankle.
Padlock and key on an ankle