Lion tattoo ideas

536 photos and flash · 43% Realism, 13% Geometric · Forearm most common

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Black and grey tattoo of a lion and a second animal around a sunburst on a person's upper back, with their hair in a bun.
Lion and sun on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion head with a full mane, shown on a limb of the body.
Realistic lion head portrait tattoo
Black lettering tattoo reading 'And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...' across the inner wrist, in a lettering style.
Quote tattoo on the inner wrist
Black tribal-style lion head design with a roaring mouth, bared teeth and flowing mane lines on a white background.
Tribal lion head design
Black and grey lion tattoo on the upper arm, split between a geometric faceted left side and a realistic shaded right side within large triangles.
Geometric and realistic lion on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head with a lamb beneath it, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Lion and lamb on an upper arm
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion wearing a crown on a finger, shown in three photos, one with a silver ring worn over it and one beside a coin for scale.
Crowned lion on a finger
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion with a detailed, feathered mane covering the shoulder and upper arm, shown from three angles.
Lion with ornate mane on a shoulder and upper arm
Colourful Hogwarts house crest tattoo on a forearm, with a lion, serpent, badger and eagle around a central H, a banner reading DRACO and a Latin motto, in a traditional style.
Hogwarts house crest on a forearm
Black and grey roaring lion tattoo with angular linework and stippled shading across the upper arm and shoulder.
Roaring lion on an upper arm
Two-panel photo of a realistic blue lion head tattoo on an upper arm, showing the linework stage on the left and the finished shaded piece on the right.
Realistic lion on upper arm, before and after
Watercolour-style sketch tattoo of a lion cub sitting on a lying lion on the upper arm, with orange, yellow and purple splashes of colour.
Lion cub sketch on upper arm
Colour tattoo of two cartoon lions with closed eyes inside a heart-shaped frame, in a traditional style with bold black outlines, on a limb.
Two cartoon lions in a heart
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 and grey realism back tattoo of a crowned lion above a lamb, with the script Romans 1:16 along the bottom.
Lion and lamb back tattoo with Romans 1:16
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of an adult lion, a lioness and two cubs on the upper arm and shoulder.
Lion family portrait on the shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of two lions' heads side by side with leaves and partial script lettering along the bottom edge, shown on skin.
Two lions with leaves in black and grey realism
Neo-traditional roaring lion tattoo in orange, red and brown with black outlines, covering the forearm.
Roaring lion and scrollwork on a forearm
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
Colourful seated lion tattoo on the inner forearm, drawn in a bold stylised neo-trad style with orange, red and yellow tones.
Seated lion on a forearm
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 lion face tattoo with overlapping geometric black bars and white gaps, sitting on the inner forearm.
Lion face with geometric blocks on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head with a full mane, covering the upper arm.
Lion head on an upper arm
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 and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head with a full mane, placed on the calf.
Realistic lion portrait on a calf
Colourful watercolour-style lion head tattoo with splashes of pink, orange and purple on the centre of a man's chest.
Watercolour lion on a chest
Realism back piece of a lion and classical figures across a torso, shown in a four-panel collage in black and grey with warm brown tones.
Lion and classical figures back piece
Realistic colour tattoo of a lion head with orange and blue halves and yellow eyes, on an upper arm.
Split-colour lion head on an upper arm
Four-panel collage of tattoos: a cat with a skull and lotus in traditional colour, a cat with a red daruma doll in traditional colour, a black and grey Japanese lion on a back, and a black and grey
Four cat and Japanese motif tattoos
Realism tattoo of a greyscale lion head with pink cherry blossom branches and a pink lotus flower on the upper arm.
Lion, cherry blossom and lotus on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head inside an ornate scrolled heart frame, centred on the upper back.
Lion head in an ornate heart on upper back
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
Colourful lion head tattoo on the upper thigh, drawn with loose black linework over watercolour-style washes of red, orange, yellow and teal.
Watercolour lion head on thigh
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a lion head in profile on an upper arm, with a dotwork face and an ornamental mandala-style mane.
Ornate lion head on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo reading 'And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...' in a serif font on the inner wrist.
Quote on the inner wrist
Small colour tattoo of a cartoon lion cub with a black outline on the inner wrist and forearm.
Small cartoon lion cub on a wrist
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
Realistic lion head tattoo in brown and tan shading on an upper arm, being worked on by a tattooist wearing blue gloves.
Realistic lion head tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a lion face with a mandala-style petal backdrop and fringed drapery below, shown on skin.
Lion face within a mandala design
Colour cartoon sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing Lion King, Oliver and Company and Aristocats characters across three photographs.
Disney characters arm sleeve in colour
Colour tattoo of a snarling lion head in Japanese style, with orange and grey-green shading and bold black outlines, on a person's arm or leg.
Lion head with flowing mane on a limb
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 script lettering reading Rise and rise again until lambs become lions, tattooed along the inner forearm.
Script quote tattoo on the forearm
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