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 ink ornate key tattoo with the word Honesty written along the shaft, placed on the lower back of a person wearing red underwear and denim.
Ornate key with Honesty script on lower back
Two black and grey forearm tattoos: a key reading My Brothers Keeper above an arrow reading My Sisters Protector, both in script lettering.
Key and arrow script tattoos on forearms
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
Black lettering tattoo reading Family in flowing script, with a key whose bow is a heart, on the ankle.
Family script and key on an ankle
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
Collage of nine black ink tattoos in fine line script and small symbols, including a feather behind the ear, a key with the word honesty, an anchor with chains and the word alive on the wrist.
Script and symbol tattoos on wrists and ear
Four people's forearms show matching fine line black script tattoos reading No 1/4, No 2/4, No 3/4 and No 4/4 on the inner wrist, with the third also featuring a small key.
Four matching numbered monogram forearm tattoos
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
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
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
Two black and grey tattoos on a forearm: a heart padlock with a bow and the words One Love in script, and a key with a ribbon and the words One Heart in script.
Heart padlock and key with script lettering
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
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate scrolled key with the word Family in script lettering on the thigh.
Ornate key with Family script on thigh
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
Realistic-style tattoo of a key with a pink bow and a keyhole, with the script words follow your heart along the shaft, on the side of a torso.
Key with pink bow and follow your heart script
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate key wrapped in ribbon banners with script lettering, shown on a forearm.
Ornate key wrapped in lettered ribbons on a forearm
Two black and grey matching skeleton key tattoos with crown bows on forearms, one labelled His Only and the other Her Only in script.
Matching key tattoos with His Only and Her Only
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
Black ink tattoo of an ornate key with the word Honesty in cursive script on the lower back, above a red waistband.
Honesty script and ornate key on lower back
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
Realistic colour tattoo of a silver key with a keyhole charm tied with a pink bow and the script words follow your heart, on the ribs.
Pink bow key with follow your heart script
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
Black and grey tattoo of a winged key with small stars and the script words It's real for us, on the ankle above a sandal strap.
Winged key and script on an ankle
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the word Believer running into an ornate key, on a person's upper chest or shoulder area beside a white top strap.
Believer script and key on skin
Two wrists with black and grey crown tattoos above One Life and One Love script, and a forearm with a realistic key and a red heart tattoo in a collage.
Matching crown and key tattoos on wrists
Two black tattoos on a forearm: a bold key silhouette reading MEMORY IS THE KEY, and a second black symbol in a blocky lettering style.
Memory is the key quote on forearm
Four people's inner wrists show matching black script tattoos reading No 1/4, No 2/4, No 3/4 and No 4/4, with a key design beside No 3/4.
Four numbered wrist tattoos, 1/4 to 4/4
Two matching black and grey key tattoos with the word Sisters in script, shown on the inner forearms of two people.
Matching sisters key tattoos on forearms
Two inner wrists showing matching fine line Roman numeral tattoos, one with a small key and one with a padlock, in black ink.
Matching Roman numeral wrist tattoos
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a shaded grey key with a pink bow and a heart, with a banner reading Always a Lesson Never a Failure, on the side of the ribs.
Key with pink bow and banner on ribs
Two matching black and grey tattoos on the inner forearms, a heart-shaped padlock with the word Always and an ornate key with the word Forever, edged with dotted lines.
Matching padlock and key tattoos on wrists
Black and grey script lettering reading sisters with a shaded key beneath it, tattooed on the lower leg.
Sisters script lettering with a key
Colour and black ink tattoo on a lower leg showing an open birdcage, birds flying out, pink cherry blossom branches and the words Faith Hope Love in script.
Birdcage and cherry blossom on a calf
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
Realistic colour tattoo of a silver key with a pink ribbon bow and the words follow your heart along the shaft, on the side of a torso.
Key with pink bow and follow your heart script
Black and grey tattoo of a typewriter with a quote reading May I never be complete, on the upper arm, with letters spilling from the keys.
Typewriter with spilling letters and quote
Four people's inner wrists show matching black fine line script reading No. 4, with a key drawn between the two middle designs.
Matching No. 4 wrist tattoos with a key