Lightning bolt tattoo ideas

166 photos and flash · 35% Fine line, 22% Lettering · Forearm most common

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Black line tattoo of a lightning bolt over a circle inside a triangle, with small star shapes around it, on the inside of a forearm.
Triangle, circle and lightning bolt on a forearm
Hand-painted flash design on cream paper showing a red lightning bolt with a teal shadow, a black line sun with rays, and a teal teardrop.
Lightning bolt, sun and teardrop flash
Black ink tattoo on the inner forearm spelling the word always with Harry Potter symbols, including the Deathly Hallows triangle, a wand, round glasses, a lightning bolt and a snake.
Always lettering with Harry Potter symbols on a forearm
Two small black ink tattoos on fingers, a solid lightning bolt on one and a triangle enclosing a circle with a vertical line on the other.
Lightning bolt and triangle on fingers
Close-up of a black blackletter-style AC/DC lettering tattoo with a lightning bolt between the letters, sitting on the inner wrist of a person's arm.
AC/DC lettering logo on a wrist
Small solid red lightning bolt tattoo with a thin blue edge on the inner wrist, shown against a black background.
Red lightning bolt on inner wrist
Watercolour and ink tattoo design of a red-haired figure with lightning bolt face paint, surrounded by rockets, planets, a crystal and a sun with leaves.
Red-haired figure with rockets and planets flash
Traditional style tattoo of a rose with a red and blue lightning bolt running through it, on the upper arm.
Rose and lightning bolt on the upper arm
Red lightning bolt tattoo with a blue outline on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Red lightning bolt on a wrist
Black and white flash sheet of small line tattoo designs, including an om symbol, a hamsa hand with an evil eye, script words and a crescent moon, in fine line and lettering styles.
Black and white flash sheet of small designs
Black and grey flash sheet of Harry Potter themed designs, including a skull with a snake, a wand, round glasses, a lightning bolt and script lettering.
Harry Potter themed flash sheet
Traditional style tattoo of a grey bat with spread wings, surrounded by yellow lightning bolts and a red burst, on a forearm.
Bat with lightning bolts on a forearm
A flash sheet of sixteen colour drawings of cupcakes decorated with superhero motifs, including a wolverine mask, a Captain America shield, a Hulk fist and a skull, with no body placement shown.
Superhero cupcake flash sheet
Close photograph of a small solid black lightning bolt tattoo on a woman's lower leg near the ankle, with black wedge shoes and dry straw on the ground.
Small lightning bolt on the lower leg
Black ink tattoo of the words go the distance in script above a circle with scroll swirls and a lightning bolt, on a forearm.
Go the distance script and lightning bolt on forearm
Three repeated views of a colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat grinning from beneath a pink curled tail, on a lower leg, with a lightning bolt and a green dinosaur nearby.
Cheshire Cat with pink spiral tail on a leg
Dotwork mandala tattoo on the upper back with blue teardrop panels holding white lightning bolt, triangle, skull and animal motifs around a lotus centre.
Mandala with blue symbol panels on upper back
Four black flash designs on a tan background: a vinyl record with lightning bolts, an abstract blue and black star, and two cracked hearts, one with radiating rays.
Vinyl, lightning and cracked heart flash sheet
Black and white photo of a woman wearing a rib-print top, with a small black lightning bolt tattoo on her forearm and a partly visible tattoo on her upper arm.
Lightning bolt tattoo on the arm
Black fine line script and symbols on the inner wrist, including a lightning bolt, a platform 9 3/4 sign and a Deathly Hallows triangle.
Fine line quote and symbols on a wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a spiky-haired head outline with a lightning bolt shaded across the face, on a leg.
Spiky-haired head with lightning bolt on a leg
Small black and grey fine line tattoo of a shaded cloud with a lightning bolt on the upper arm.
Cloud and lightning bolt on upper arm
Traditional style sleeve tattoo on a limb, showing a skull with red roses, a pink rose, diamonds and yellow flowers in bold colour.
Traditional skull and rose sleeve
Black outline lightning bolt tattoo on the side of a torso, partly covered by clear wrap being peeled back by a hand.
Lightning bolt on the side of the torso
Close photo of a tiny black heart and a small lightning bolt tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand held palm up.
Small heart and lightning bolt on a wrist
Small black fine line tattoo of round glasses with a lightning bolt above them, on the inner forearm.
Round glasses and lightning bolt on a forearm
Close photo of a clenched fist showing fine line black tattoos of a lightning bolt, a ring, a heart and a bow, one on each finger, on the hand.
Tiny bolt, ring, heart and bow on fingers
Black sketched portrait with a red lightning bolt tattoo on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Sketched portrait with lightning bolt on back
Black and grey storm cloud with a lightning bolt beneath it, a traditional style tattoo on the forearm, covered with clear plastic wrap.
Storm cloud and lightning bolt on forearm
Close-up of a black-outlined lightning bolt tattoo filled with rainbow stripes on the upper arm of a person wearing a blue top.
Rainbow-filled lightning bolt on upper arm
Four small colour tattoos on the middle finger segments of a clenched hand: a red balloon, a yellow lightning bolt, a grey alien head and a rocket.
Four small emoji tattoos across the fingers
Small black doodle-style tattoos of symbols and objects cover both forearms and the back of the hands, which have dark nail polish.
Doodle-style symbol tattoos on forearms
Small fine line lightning bolt tattoo with a black outline and orange shading on the outer ankle.
Small lightning bolt on an ankle
Black lettering tattoo of a quote about magic, with a lightning bolt and round-framed glasses below, on the side of the ribs.
Quote with lightning bolt and glasses on ribs
Fine line black script tattoo reading Always, with a Deathly Hallows triangle symbol to the left, three small stars above the end, and a lightning bolt below, on the skin of a leg.
Always script with Deathly Hallows symbol
Black ink tattoo on skin of a Deathly Hallows symbol with a wand through it, followed by the word Always in script, a lightning bolt and three stars, placed on the back.
Deathly Hallows symbol with Always script
Black and grey traditional style tattoos side by side on a leg, showing a Dalek with an Exterminate banner and a Cyberman head with a script banner.
Dalek and Cyberman tattoos on a leg
Fine line tattoo of a stylised head outline with a red and blue lightning bolt across the face, on the upper arm near the elbow.
Stylised head with lightning bolt on upper arm
Small fine line black tattoo of a triangle with a circle and line, and round glasses with a bolt, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Triangle, circle and glasses on a forearm
Four flash designs on black in orange and yellow: a black cat, a skull with diamonds, a bat beneath a spiderweb and an owl in front of a moon, drawn in a bold vintage style.
Halloween flash sheet: cat, skull, bat and owl
Fine line black tattoo of the Deathly Hallows symbol with the script word 'always' and three small asterisks, placed on the upper back.
Deathly Hallows symbol and 'always' on upper back
Two matching fine line tattoos in black ink on the inner forearms of two people, each showing a triangle with a circle, a lightning bolt and the numbers 9 3/4.
Matching triangle, bolt and 9 3/4 tattoos on forearms
Black script lettering reading All was well with a small lightning bolt mark, on the side of the ribs, in a fine line lettering style.
All was well script on the ribs
A cream flash sheet of many small black line drawings, including keys, skulls, hearts, a syringe, an eye, a pyramid and a hamburger, in a fine line style with no body placement shown.
Small flash sheet of black line tattoo designs
Close-up of leggings printed with traditional-style tattoo flash designs, including a geisha head, owl, cat, skulls and roses, worn on the legs.
Tattoo flash print leggings
Black and white line drawing of an hourglass with a beach scene inside the lower bulb and the words TIME OF YOUR LIFE on banners, shown on a starry black background.
Hourglass beach scene flash design
Fine line black script reading Until the very end, with a small lightning bolt at its end, across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Until the very end script on upper back
Black and white photo of a hand covered in small fine line doodle tattoos, including a diamond, a daisy, a pizza slice and words such as HOMEWRECKER, with a cigarette held between the fingers.
Small doodle tattoos across the back of a hand