Lantern tattoo ideas

75 photos and flash · 25% Neo-trad, 25% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Black silhouette design of three police boxes of decreasing size, each with curling ornamental swirls, on a plain grey background.
Three police box silhouettes with swirls
Neo-trad style tattoo of a black lantern with a multicoloured geometric stained glass panel on the calf.
Stained glass lantern on a calf
Two legs raised against a pale wall, covered in traditional tattoos of daggers, a rose, an eye, a pocket watch and a whale, with a black and grey flower on one knee.
Full traditional leg sleeves with white high-tops
Blue line tattoo of a TARDIS police box on a lower leg above the ankle, with a solid blue filled side panel.
Blue TARDIS on a lower leg
Black line flash sheet of ornate paisley motifs, mandala roundels, a lantern, an elephant and a floral border, shown on a white background.
Paisley, mandala and elephant flash sheet
Black and grey pen drawing of a sailing ship in a storm inside an ornate banner, with a lantern above, a compass and skull below and a quote on the scroll.
Ship in storm within ornate banner design
Black and grey dotwork lantern with a moth, a dotted night sky and geometric lines, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Lantern and moth on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pentagram inside a circle with sun rays, crossed stakes and a lantern-style object, on the side of the ribs.
Pentagram and sun emblem on the side ribs
Close-up of a traditional style tattoo on skin showing a red flower with green leaves, a bundle of red dynamite with a lit fuse, and a rope-bound lantern.
Traditional dynamite and red flower tattoo
Black and grey drawing of a skeleton pirate in a tricorn hat with a skull and crossbones, holding a lantern and a dagger in its teeth, with a ship's mast behind.
Skeleton pirate with lantern and dagger
Traditional-style flash design of a man in profile holding a small vial, with red roses, a gas mask and two banners with lettering.
Man in profile with roses and banner flash
Close view of a watercolour-style lantern tattoo in orange and teal on a person's forearm, with a floral dress visible beside it.
Lantern tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a small lamp post with a lantern on the inner upper arm.
Small lamp post on the inner arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a lantern enclosing a lighthouse, waves and birds, on the outer thigh.
Lighthouse lantern on a thigh
Half sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder showing a wolf head, a moonlit haunted house, a grim reaper with a scythe and bearded faces, in realistic grey shading with yellow accents.
Wolf, haunted house and reaper on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a grey mouse in a red cape holding a stick, beside a hanging lantern, a cockroach and purple blossoms, on the thigh.
Mouse warrior with lantern and flowers on a thigh
Black and grey pencil drawing of a hooded woman with sugar skull face paint, with ornamental tattoo designs on her forearm and hand.
Hooded woman with sugar skull face
Colour botanical tattoo of white orchids and orange Chinese lantern pods with green stems on a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Orchids and lanterns across a shoulder blade
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a lantern with an eye in a triangle and a banner reading WHERE WILL THIS ROAD LEAD, on the forearm.
Lantern with eye and banner on a forearm
Black and grey realism sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing a swallow, a rose, stone arches and a pocket watch with Roman numerals.
Black and grey sleeve with rose and pocket watch
Colour traditional tattoo of a green oil lantern with orange roses and green leaves on the top of a foot, set against black shading.
Lantern and roses on a foot
Black and grey line drawing tattoo design of a sugar skull woman with roses, beaded chains and a candle lantern, with no body part shown.
Sugar skull woman with roses and lantern
Colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box with a red heart lantern above and a red bow tie below, shaded and placed on an upper arm.
TARDIS with heart lantern and bow tie
Pencil line drawing of a sugar skull woman with roses, leaves and a candle lantern, a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Sugar skull woman with roses and lantern
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a grey lantern with a red glow and an orange poppy with green leaves on a forearm.
Lantern and poppy on a forearm
Outline tattoo covering a whole back, showing an anime-style bathhouse, a girl character, a masked spirit, soot sprites and clouds, in black linework on fresh skin.
Anime bathhouse scene back piece in outline
Black and grey flash sheet of vintage Halloween designs including witches, bats, a skeleton, a black cat, apothecary bottles and a haunted house.
Vintage Halloween flash sheet