Lion tattoo ideas

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

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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
Black typewriter-style lettering reading Heart of a Lion across the upper chest, shown in a close photo.
Heart of a Lion lettering on chest
Sketchy, watercolour-style lion wearing a crown with a crescent moon, in pink, teal and blue on the thigh.
Crowned lion on a thigh
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
Black and grey geometric lion head tattoo with dotwork shading on the outer thigh.
Geometric lion head on a thigh
Painterly colour tattoo of a lioness head on a lower leg, with orange, brown and purple shading in a realistic style.
Lioness head tattoo on a calf
Split image showing a faded lion outline on a bare upper back on the left and a black and grey realism roaring lion tattoo on the shoulder on the right.
Roaring lion realism, before and after
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
Watercolour-style lion head linked by thin geometric circles and lines, with red and green splashes, on an upper arm.
Lion head with geometric circles on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork big cat head tattooed on the back of a hand, set against a solid black geometric triangle with script lettering beside it.
Roaring big cat on the back of a hand
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
Black and grey realism back tattoo of a giraffe, antelope, zebra, lion and tiger spanning the upper and lower back.
African wildlife back piece in black and grey
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
Black and white photo of two hands with TRUE and LOVE lettering on the fingers and a shaded lion head with wings on the backs of the hands, a small child's hands resting on top.
TRUE and LOVE lettering across the knuckles
Colour lion cub tattoo with black shading on the top of a foot, with the script words Remember and Who you are curving around it.
Lion cub and script on the foot
Close-up of a small black and grey realism lion head tattoo on a woman's middle finger, with a diamond ring on the adjacent finger and red nail polish.
Lion head tattoo on a finger
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 linework lion head tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with a small pink heart mark above it.
Lion head tattoo on inner wrist
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cartoon lion with a black and green mane and green bubble detail, placed on the thigh.
Cartoon lion with green mane on thigh
Black tribal lion head tattoo with bold solid linework and a flowing mane, on the calf of a leg with a white sneaker visible at the lower left.
Tribal lion head on a calf
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
Black ink lion head with the words courage and DEAR HEART above it, tattooed on a forearm in a fine line style.
Lion and courage lettering on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snarling lion with a full mane, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Snarling lion on an upper arm
A colourful lion head tattoo in pink, orange, purple and teal with splashes of paint, placed on a person's chest.
Watercolour lion on chest
Sketch-style lion head tattoo with teal geometric shapes behind it, placed on the outer thigh.
Sketched lion head with geometric shapes on a thigh
Close photograph of a solid black Leo zodiac symbol tattoo with a small shaded tuft at its tail, on the upper back.
Leo zodiac symbol on the upper back
Colour realism tattoo of a lion's head across a woman's upper back, framed by black mandala-style ornament and teal shading on the shoulder.
Realistic lion with mandala ornament on upper back
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a lion's head with a full mane, shown on the upper leg.
Realistic lion head on a thigh
Black and grey shaded lion cub tattoo with the words Remember Who You Are arcing around it on the skin.
Lion cub with curved 'Remember Who You Are' script
Black tribal-style rampant lion tattoo with a flowing mane and raised paw, centred on the upper back.
Tribal rampant lion on the upper back
Black and grey realism sleeve on an upper arm showing a lion's head with a full mane, a clawed paw at the forearm, and cream blossoms wrapped around a pale band.
Lion and blossom sleeve on the arm
Colourful watercolour-style lion head tattoo with purple, orange, green and blue splashes and paint drips on a calf.
Watercolour lion head on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's face with a full mane on the side of a finger, with red nail polish visible on the adjacent finger.
Lion portrait tattoo on a finger
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snarling lion with bared teeth, surrounded by smoke and lightning, on the forearm.
Snarling lion with lightning on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a lion wearing a red and gold crown, with green grass in the foreground, on a forearm.
Lion wearing a crown on a forearm
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 and grey realism leg sleeve on the thigh and calf showing a lion head, sunflowers, a clock face and scrolled lettering.
Lion and clock leg sleeve in black and grey
Black and grey realism lion head in profile with tribal swirl patterns across the face, tattooed on the upper arm and shoulder.
Lion head with tribal swirls on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rampant winged lion with a flowing mane, covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Winged lion on shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head in three-quarter profile, with a full mane and detailed whiskers, on skin.
Realistic lion head tattoo
Black and grey realism lion head tattoo with tribal swirl linework across a person's chest.
Lion head with tribal swirls on the chest
Realistic black and grey lion face tattoo with blue eyes across the back of a hand, with light blue painted nails.
Realistic lion face on the back of a hand
Nine photographs of small realistic animal head tattoos on fingers, showing a fox, lynx, leopard, tiger, lion, wolf, panda, deer and unicorn.
Animal head tattoos on fingers