Keyhole tattoo ideas

126 photos and flash · 21% Neo-trad, 17% Realism · Forearm most common

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Black and grey shaded keyhole surrounded by ornate scrollwork, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Ornate keyhole escutcheon on the wrist
Small black keyhole tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with vintage keys hanging on strings in front of a pale wall.
Tiny keyhole tattoo on a wrist
Two forearms side by side, one with a red heart and gold filigree tattoo beside purple flowers, the other with a gold key and script name in Traditional style.
Heart and key tattoos on two forearms
Black ink sketch on paper of a tattoo design showing a keyhole inside a heart, flanked by pistons and ornate scrollwork, with two black pens beside it.
Keyhole heart and pistons tattoo design sketch
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the outer thigh showing a cartoon Alice peering through a keyhole shape with a Drink Me bottle, teapot and playing cards.
Alice in Wonderland keyhole on a thigh
Two side-by-side photos of small solid black tattoos behind the ear: a heart-shaped padlock on the left and a heart-shaped key on the right.
Heart padlock and heart key behind the ear
Hand reaching up towards hanging vintage keys, with a small black keyhole tattoo on the inner wrist.
Hand reaching for hanging keys
Two black and grey realism tattoos on the forearms, one showing a key with eyes and the other a keyhole framing an eye above a classical bust.
Eye and key tattoos on two forearms
Black ink key tattoo with scrollwork and a small flower on one ankle, beside a heart tattoo with a keyhole and scrollwork on another ankle, in a greyscale photo.
Key and heart tattoos on two ankles
Colourful faceted diamond with a keyhole and a bold black crown above it, a geometric style tattoo on the upper chest.
Crown and faceted diamond on the chest
Black line drawing of an ornate heart-shaped padlock with a keyhole and scrollwork, layered in front of two cogs, shown as a tattoo design.
Heart padlock with cogs design
Grey shaded tattoo of a heart-shaped padlock with a chain and key on the upper arm, with a small red-pink accent on the shackle.
Heart padlock and key on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a heart with a keyhole at its centre, flanked by keys, flowers and leaves, shown as a dotwork tattoo design on paper.
Heart with keyhole and flowers design
Small solid black keyhole tattoo on the side of a woman's neck, behind her ear, shown from behind.
Keyhole tattoo on the neck
Pink winged heart with a keyhole and swirling black and pink scrollwork, shown as a tattoo flash design on a white background.
Winged heart with keyhole and flourishes
Colour realism sleeve on an upper arm showing a glowing keyhole opening onto a spiral galaxy, with comets, floating rocks and gears.
Keyhole galaxy sleeve on upper arm
A grey, shaded key tattoo on one forearm and a red and grey heart-shaped padlock with a keyhole on another forearm, in traditional style.
Key and heart padlock on forearms
Black ink dotwork drawing of a lace-patterned bow with a heart keyhole and a dangling key, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Dotwork bow with heart keyhole and key
Forearm tattoo of a teal heart-shaped padlock with a keyhole, framed by grey filigree scrollwork in a neo-traditional style.
Heart padlock with scrollwork on a forearm
Realistic black, grey and red tattoo of an ornate pocket watch within scrollwork and feathered leaves, covering the forearm and back of the hand.
Pocket watch and scrollwork on forearm and hand
Traditional style colour tattoo of a heart-shaped padlock with a red bow and roses, on the inner forearm.
Heart-shaped padlock with red bow on a forearm
Black line drawing flash of two deer heads above an ornate heart padlock with a keyhole, surrounded by flowers and beaded chains.
Two deer and a heart padlock design
Two photographs of the same tattoo, an ornate heart-shaped padlock with a key hanging from a ribbon, shown on the side of the abdomen and on the top of the foot.
Padlock and key on hip and foot
Black line tattoo of a rose inside a keyhole outline with a circle below it, placed in the centre of a woman's upper back.
Rose in a keyhole on the upper back
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
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
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
Black ink drawing of an ornate hamsa hand with a central eye, filled with dotwork shading and mandala-style patterns, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Hamsa hand with eye in dotwork design
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
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a pin-curled woman kissing a skeleton in a suit, framed by scrolls and a heart keyhole, on a limb.
Kissing skeleton couple in a scrolled frame
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
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
Small solid black keyhole tattoo on the side of a woman's neck behind her ear, with her hair pulled up.
Keyhole tattoo on the side of the neck
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
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
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
Black and grey tattoo of a stag's head with antlers in front of a keyhole, a crown and radiating rays, on a forearm.
Stag and keyhole on a forearm
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
Black and grey Traditional-style tattoo of a keyhole with a skull, fleur-de-lis and scrollwork on the centre of the chest.
Ornate keyhole with skull on chest
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 tattoo of an ornate red and orange keyhole heart beside a purple rose with green leaves, on the upper arm.
Keyhole heart and purple rose on an arm
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
Watercolour-style owl tattoo in purple, orange and blue with yellow eyes and a keyhole on the inner forearm.
Watercolour owl with keyhole on forearm
Black and grey shaded tattoo of an ornate heart-shaped lock with three old-style keys, on skin that appears to be the upper back.
Heart lock and three keys tattoo
Grey scrollwork heart around a red keyhole with three grey skeleton keys and red ribbons, tattooed on the back.
Keyhole heart with three skeleton keys
Realistic black and grey heart-shaped padlock with a shaded lily and a key on a thigh, with pink flowers and purple ribbon accents.
Heart padlock and lily on a thigh