Lightning tattoo ideas

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Full back tattoo of a red-eyed dragon with open jaws, lightning and a stone tower, in realism style, placed across the back with sleeve tattoos visible on both arms.
Dragon and castle across a back
Colour realism sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a tree with glowing branches, two embracing figures in the trunk, roots and green aurora sky.
Tree of embracing figures on an upper arm sleeve
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of a haunted house, bats, a full moon and skeletal figures across the shoulder and arm, shown from three angles.
Haunted house and graveyard full sleeve
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a radio tower with a red heart, lightning bolts and a city silhouette inside a ring of lettering reading Do What You Love and Love What You Do, with the
Radio tower and heart with Do What You Love text
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing helicopters, a portrait style face, lightning and a red cross mark.
Realistic sleeve with helicopters and portrait
Full sleeve realistic tattoo of a galaxy, a ringed planet, a glowing black hole and a lightning storm on an upper arm and forearm.
Galaxy and planets full sleeve
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a purple and rainbow UFO with a teal and yellow beam over orange pyramids and pink clouds, on an upper arm.
UFO beam over pyramids on an upper arm
Two colour tattoos in a neo-traditional style: a forearm portrait of a moustached man with lightning bolts and lettering, and an upper arm portrait of a bearded man in a paper boat hat with an eye and
Two colourful portrait tattoos on forearm and upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo across a man's back showing two bearded warriors, one in a helmet with a chain mail collar, with a raven, an axe and stormy clouds, extending onto the upper arms.
Norse warriors and raven across a full back
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a spark plug, piston and engine parts with molecule diagrams and lightning, across an upper arm, shoulder and chest.
Spark plug and piston engine tattoo on shoulder and chest
Black and grey realism tattoo of a long-haired warrior in chainmail gripping a hammer amid lightning, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Armoured warrior with hammer on upper arm
Neo-traditional full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a red-sailed ship in a lightning storm above an octopus and sharks in green sea.
Pirate ship and octopus full sleeve
Traditional style tattoo of a black storm cloud with red shading, yellow lightning bolts and teal raindrops on the upper arm.
Lightning bolt and storm cloud on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of storm clouds and branching lightning across a man's upper arm, with a purple top.
Storm clouds and lightning on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a storm with bright lightning bolts through dark clouds, wrapped around the upper arm.
Lightning storm on upper arm
Realistic black and grey tattoo of an eye with lightning and mechanical gears across the upper arm and shoulder, with small touches of blue and red.
Realistic eye and gears on upper arm
Colourful illustrative tattoo of a bird with antler-like branches, a birdcage and a heart on an upper arm, shown in three side-by-side photos.
Bird with antlers and birdcage on upper arm
Mirror selfie of a neo-trad colour sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a large Dalek with blue lightning and stacked boxes.
Dalek colour sleeve tattoo
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a horned helmeted Viking, a woman warrior, a longship and knotwork bands, with a few red and orange oak leaves, across the upper arm and
Viking warrior full sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sailing ship in a storm with lightning and a compass on a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Sailing ship in a storm with compass on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red and white striped lighthouse with lightning bolts and waves on a man's upper arm, with a skull and nautical elements nearby.
Lighthouse and lightning sleeve on an arm
Two side views of an upper arm with a cartoon-style tattoo of grey-outlined clouds, yellow and orange lightning bolts, a rainbow, raindrops and small stars.
Clouds, rainbow and lightning on an upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo on the upper arm of a mermaid kissing a sailor, framed in an oval rope border with a lighthouse and flames.
Mermaid and sailor kiss in a rope frame
Traditional-style tattoos of a swallow, a ship, an eye and a banner on a man's arm, with a chest script partly visible above a white printed tank top.
Swallow, ship and banner tattoos on an arm
Colour tattoo of an orange owl on a branch with a dark cloud, moon, stars and music notes on a man's upper arm.
Orange owl on a branch on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a lightning storm over a receding road with a Route 66 shield at the bottom.
Route 66 road under a lightning storm on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an old sailor in a peaked cap and pipe, with a lighthouse and lightning below, on the upper arm.
Sailor and lighthouse on upper arm
Colourful neo-traditional sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing a blue TARDIS police box, a Dalek and stormy sky with lightning.
TARDIS and Dalek full sleeve
Black and grey realism full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing a helicopter, two faces and lightning, with small red accents.
Realistic sleeve with helicopter and faces
Colour tattoo of a three-dimensional lightning bolt in shades of orange, red and yellow with dark edges, on the upper arm.
Orange 3D lightning bolt on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing an elderly man with white hair and tinted goggles, a clock tower, lightning and a car with light trails.
Realistic storm portrait on upper arm
Colour Doctor Who tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a blue TARDIS, an orange Dalek and a white Weeping Angel against a starry sky with lightning.
Doctor Who sleeve with TARDIS and Dalek
Realism colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a man in a brown coat beside a blue police box, a Dalek and a Cyberman in a swirling blue vortex.
Sci-fi scene with police box and robots on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo on an upper arm showing glowing planets, asteroids and lightning arcing through a red and blue nebula.
Planets and lightning across an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm showing two helicopters, a pointing man's face and silhouetted figures rappelling from ropes.
Helicopters and rappelling figures on shoulder
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
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 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