Lion tattoo ideas

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Black tribal-style lion head design with bold, spiked mane and solid black shading on a white background.
Tribal lion head design
Black ink drawing of an ornate lion head with mechanical-style detailing and three roses below, a fine liner pen beside it on a cream page.
Ornate lion head with roses, pen drawing
Coloured drawing of a roaring lion head with a white rose and flowing green and yellow mane, with orange butterflies, on white paper.
Lion head with rose and butterflies
Black ink drawing of a lion head in fine line style, framed by ornate paisley and mandala-like patterns, shown as a tattoo design sketch on paper.
Ornate lion head design on paper
Black and grey ornamental drawing of a roaring lion head with a swirling, scrolled mane, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Ornamental lion head design
Fine line drawing of a small lion cub above which the handwritten words never forget who you are appear, in black ink on beige paper.
Lion cub and quote line drawing
Pen sketch on grid paper of a maned lion wearing a crown beside a lioness wearing a tiara-style crown, drawn as a possible tattoo design.
Lion and lioness with crowns, pen sketch
Symmetrical black line drawing of a lion head in an ornamental fine line style with mandala-like patterns in the mane and face, shown on a plain white background.
Ornamental lion head line drawing
Black tribal-style lion head design with a roaring mouth, bared teeth and flowing mane lines on a white background.
Tribal lion head design
Two black and grey tattoo designs on a white background: a shaded realism lion head on the left and an etched-style wolf head on the right.
Lion and wolf head designs
Flash sheet of black brush-style kanji characters, each with a small red English translation printed beneath it.
Kanji character flash sheet with translations
Tribal-style lion face design with swirling mane lines, filled with red speckled texture and black outlines, shown without any body placement.
Tribal lion face design
Black ink flash design of a lion skull with a windswept mane, dotted accents and leaves beneath, with the word Leo and a short line of text below.
Lion skull with flowing mane and leaves
Black ink drawing of a snarling lion head with flowing, ornate mane linework and a single drop hanging from its mouth, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Lion head in black ink line drawing
Watercolour painting of a lion's head framed by pastel roses and green leaves, drawn as a tattoo design on a spiral sketchbook page.
Watercolour lion with roses design
Blue ink drawing of a lion's head framed by sunflowers, dahlias and other botanical blooms, shown as a flash design on paper.
Lion and flowers design in blue ink
Black and grey realistic drawing of a lion's head in profile with a full mane, shaded in fine pencil-like detail, suitable as a tattoo design.
Realistic lion head in profile
Black line drawing of a lion head framed by feathers, a geometric mandala and dotwork patterns, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Lion head with mandala and feather design
Black ink drawing of a lion's head framed by a large mandala and two smaller mandalas, sketched on paper as a tattoo design.
Lion with mandala motifs sketch
Pencil drawing of a Japanese-style foo dog with a flowing mane and tail, standing among swirling clouds, shown as a black and grey tattoo design sketch.
Japanese foo dog with swirling clouds
Black and grey pencil drawing of a lion head facing forward, with a full mane and detailed shading, shown as a tattoo design.
Realistic lion head drawing
Black tribal-style lion head design with a swirling, flame-like mane, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement visible.
Tribal lion head design
Ink line drawing of a lion's head framed by chrysanthemums, daisies and leaves on white paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Lion and flowers line drawing
Flash sheet titled Choose Your GOT Tattoo, showing twelve black line drawings of Game of Thrones house sigils and Valyrian phrases.
Game of Thrones house sigil flash sheet
Teal line drawing of a lion's head in profile, with its mane flowing into water splashes over a pale watercolour wash.
Lion head with flowing mane and water splash
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing a lion head in profile with feathered wings and a lotus flower beneath it.
Winged lion and lotus design sketch
Black and grey pencil drawing of a crowned lion with a cross above its head, holding a heart in its paw, in a realistic style.
Crowned lion holding a heart
Teal and grey geometric line-work illustration of a lion's head facing forward, with a dense mane and yellow eyes, on a white background.
Geometric teal lion head design
Black line drawing of a lion's head in profile facing left, with a flowing mane outlined in bold strokes, shown as a tattoo design without skin.
Lion head in profile line drawing
Black ink line drawing of a lion head with a flowing mane, set in a crescent moon and beside a rosary and cross, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Lion head with crescent moon and rosary
Pencil drawing of a realistic lion head with a wind-swept mane ending in curling swirls, a design suited to a tattoo, shown with no body placement.
Lion head with flowing mane
Black tribal-style lion head design facing left with a flowing mane, drawn as bold line art on a plain white background.
Tribal lion head design in profile
Black ink tribal lion head design drawn on cream paper, with bold flowing linework forming the mane.
Tribal lion head design
Pen sketch of a lion head framed by lotus flowers and blossom branches, drawn in blue ink on cream paper, shown as a flash design.
Lion and lotus flower design sketch
Black ink drawing of a roaring lion head with a flowing, patterned mane, drawn on white paper beside a pen.
Geometric lion head drawing
Line drawing of a Japanese-style dragon, lion-like mask and lotus flowers over waves and clouds, with pink wash shading, as a tattoo design.
Japanese dragon and lotus flash design
Red pencil sketch of a lion head with a ring in its mouth, framed by ornamental filigree and scrolling flourishes, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Ornate lion head design in red linework
Hand-drawn sheet on squared paper showing many small line symbols, including an ankh, eye, skull, owl, lion, dreamcatcher and mountains, as possible tattoo designs.
Hand-drawn sheet of small tattoo symbols
Purple line drawing of a leaping lion pierced by two arrows, with a banner reading BE NOT AFRAID across its body, in a traditional tattoo flash style.
Leaping lion with arrows and banner
Greyscale pencil drawing of a front-facing lion head with a full, flowing mane, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Realistic lion head drawing
Black tribal-style lion face design on a white background, with tapering lines forming the mane, eyes and nose.
Tribal lion face line design
Pencil drawing of a lion head with a flowing, swirling mane, shaded in soft greys as a tattoo design.
Lion head pencil sketch
Pencil drawing of a realistic lion head with a full mane, set above a cluster of lilies, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Realistic lion head with lilies
Black tribal-style lion head facing right in profile, drawn as a bold design on a white background.
Tribal lion head in profile
Solid black silhouette of a roaring lion with a full mane, walking across tufts of grass on a white background.
Roaring lion silhouette over grass
Ornate lion head design in black and cream linework on a black background, with a detailed geometric mane, suited to a tattoo flash sheet.
Ornate lion head design in black and cream
Black ink drawing of a lion face with bold tribal patterns filling the mane, shown as a tattoo design on a tan background.
Lion face with tribal patterned mane
Blue to purple hatched drawing of a lion head with a flowing mane inside a lightning bolt, on a textured off-white background.
Lion head within a lightning bolt