Lantern tattoo ideas

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

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Colour tattoo of a barn owl with spread wings above a lantern and bare branches, shown in a close-up and a wider view on the lower back.
Barn owl with branches and lantern on lower back
Neo-traditional tattoo on a calf showing a black and grey realistic portrait of a man with curly hair, framed by a teal brick hood with an eye, a lantern, a globe and bright geometric shapes.
Realist portrait with eye and globe on a calf
Realism-style colour tattoo of a turreted castle with glowing windows under a pale moon, with cloaked figures holding lanterns on the upper arm.
Castle at night with lanterns on an upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a lit lamp post in a snowy winter scene with blue and gold tones, set on a limb.
Glowing lamp post in a snowy scene
Realistic colour tattoo of a plague doctor mask and black hat with green smoke on an upper arm.
Plague doctor mask on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a street lantern beside a quote in script lettering, on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Lantern and quote on a upper back
Large black and grey realism tattoo across a full back showing a top-hatted goblin holding a lantern, with bats, mushrooms and skulls.
Top-hatted goblin with money bag on a full back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a family silhouette walking a cobbled street above a pocket watch with Roman numerals, on a forearm.
Family silhouettes and pocket watch on a forearm
Full back tattoo in realism style showing a red-haired woman in a red hood holding a lantern, with a snarling wolf above her on the upper back.
Lantern-carrying woman and wolf on a back
Black and grey realism tattoos on a woman's thighs, including an ornate hourglass or lantern design on the right thigh and a shaded rose on the hip below a black waistband.
Black and grey thigh tattoos with rose and hourglass
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lit lamp post on the upper back, with a script quote reading Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times.
Lamp post and quote on upper back
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
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
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