Lightning tattoo ideas

114 photos and flash · 32% Realism, 31% Traditional · Upper arm most common

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Japanese style colour design of a red oni with thunder drums, blue dragons and swirling clouds, shown as a full drawing with no body placement.
Red oni with dragons and thunder clouds
Black linework flash design of a fist gripping a lightning bolt beside a storm cloud with lightning, in a Traditional style on a tan background.
Fist gripping lightning and storm cloud flash
Black and grey dotwork design of a teacup with rolling waves, a sailing ship, a storm cloud with lightning and rain, and flowers on the cup and saucer.
Storm in a teacup with a sailing ship
Traditional-style flash design on paper showing a sailing ship on rough seas and a black and grey rose in a bold black oval frame, with no body part visible.
Sailing ship and rose flash in oval frame
Flash sheet of small 90s-themed tattoo designs, including an alien head, lips with a flag, a unicorn and peace and yin yang symbols, mostly in black line with some colour.
90s pack of small tattoo flash designs
Black and grey flash design of a winged skull with ribbon banners carrying the words I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me.
Winged skull with banner quote
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing a castle in a beaded oval frame, surrounded by roses and the words Beauty Lies Within.
Castle and roses in an oval frame
Black line flash sheet of lightning bolts, clouds and the words Lightning and Thunderbolt, shown as designs with no body placement.
Lightning bolt and cloud flash sheet
Coloured Japanese-style design of a samurai warrior in armour holding a drawn sword, surrounded by yellow lightning bolts, clouds and black waves.
Samurai warrior with lightning and waves
Black and grey traditional flash drawing of a heart holding an umbrella in the rain, with lightning, a beaded line, flowers and leaves, and the words It's Rainin' Inside.
Heart with umbrella and rain, It's Rainin' Inside
Black and blue line drawing of a cat covered in traditional-style flash designs, including a rose, a dagger, a razor, a skull and crossbones and a milk bottle.
Tattooed cat flash drawing
Traditional flash sheet on a cream background showing a hammer, a shield with banner, an Iron Man helmet with a rose, a spider with eye, an eagle with a cube, and a skull.
Traditional flash sheet of superhero designs
Sheet of six lightning bolt designs in black, varied in shape and outline, arranged in a grid on a tan background.
Six lightning bolt designs on tan
Black line drawing of a two-scoop ice cream cone with lightning bolts and the word Brrr on the cone, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Ice cream cone with lightning bolts
Full-colour flash design of a chrome piston flanked by two skulls, crossed rusty wrenches, spark plugs and lightning, with no body placement shown.
Skulls, crossed wrenches and piston design
Traditional style flash design of a woman in a red headscarf at a Ouija board, with black shadow hands and wolf silhouettes around her.
Woman at a Ouija board flash
Black line flash sheet of twelve crescent moon designs, each labelled with a month and a moon name and filled with a geometric symbol.
Twelve monthly moon flash designs
Japanese-style drawing of a samurai skull in a helmet, surrounded by a serpent, skulls, white chrysanthemums and red lightning on a dark smoky background, with no body placement shown.
Samurai skull and serpent with chrysanthemums
Painted tattoo design of a sailing ship rising from a teacup under storm clouds and lightning, beside a red rose, shown as a framed drawing.
Ship in a teacup with storm clouds and rose
Pen and ink tattoo design sketch of a kraken with tentacles wrapping a sailing ship, with lightning bolts and ornate scrollwork in a neo-traditional style.
Kraken wrapped around a sailing ship
Black and white flash sheet of lightning bolt designs, including script and block lettering labels, outlined and solid bolts, and two thunderbolts with clouds.
Lightning bolt and thunderbolt flash sheet
Traditional style flash design of Captain America holding a star shield, with an eagle, a rose, lightning bolts and banners reading Death Before Dishonor.
Captain America flash with eagle and banners
Three black outline drawings of lightning bolts on a white background, a line drawing design with no shading.
Three lightning bolt outlines
Flash sheet of drawn designs including crossed knives, a coiled snake, a dog's head, a bottle labelled Kingpin and a beetle, in navy and orange on cream.
Flash sheet of knives, snakes and objects
Vertical flash sheet of black and grey engraved designs, including a skull with candle, an eye, crossed bones, hands, scales and a plague doctor, with Latin lettering.
Vertical sheet of occult and engraved motifs
Flash sheet of eight retro patch-style designs in Traditional style, including a panther, a sailor, a duck, a whale, a penguin and a Road Queens speedway emblem, with no body placement shown.
Retro patch-style flash sheet of animals and sailors