Lightning tattoo ideas

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

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Three black outline drawings of lightning bolts on a white background, a line drawing design with no shading.
Three lightning bolt outlines
Black and grey realism tattoo of a compass rose, hourglass and lightning storm across the outer forearm.
Compass and lightning storm on a forearm
Full back tattoo in traditional style showing an eagle, a coiled snake, a sailing ship on waves and red roses, placed on the back.
Eagle, snake and ship across a full back
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
Traditional colour tattoo of a striped lighthouse with lightning bolts, grey clouds and a red rose on an upper arm.
Lighthouse, lightning and rose on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pine forest under lightning-streaked clouds with a campfire, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Pine forest, lightning and campfire on upper arm
Realism tattoo of a lighthouse under a lightning storm with rough sea below, placed on the calf.
Lighthouse and storm on a calf
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
Forearm tattoo in red and black with white-veined lightning cracks across the skin and bare black branches along the outer edge.
Red lightning and branches on a forearm
Colour tattoo of an orange owl on a branch with cherries, music notes and a dark cloud, on the upper arm in a neo-traditional cartoon style.
Owl with clouds and cherries on upper arm
Realism tattoo of a lighthouse beneath a lightning storm above breaking waves, on the calf.
Lighthouse in a storm on a calf
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
Black and grey traditional-style tattoos of a cat head on the back of a hand and a pocket watch and anchor on a forearm.
Cat head, pocket watch and anchor on arm
Colour tattoo of cartoon characters Shaggy and Scooby-Doo in front of a haunted house on a forearm, with the word ZOINKS lettered along the bottom.
Shaggy and Scooby-Doo with haunted house on forearm
Realism tattoo of a tall lighthouse under stormy clouds with lightning, shaded in greys and brown tones across the back of a calf.
Lighthouse in a storm on a calf
Traditional-style colour tattoo covering a man's chest and stomach, with a sailing ship, a skull in a cap, a lighthouse, a parrot and a shark.
Sailing ship and skull torso piece
Dotwork and geometric tattoo of a stylised fox with clouds and lightning on the inner forearm, shaded in orange, black and grey.
Stylised fox on a forearm
Realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing an erupting volcano under lightning clouds above a sunset forest of pine trees.
Volcano and forest full sleeve