Man tattoo ideas

267 photos and flash · 59% Realism, 11% Traditional · Upper arm most common

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Large black and grey realism tattoo across a person's back showing a man in a hat and a woman in a long dress beside a vintage car and roadside sign.
Black and grey 1930s street scene on a back
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a clock face, a man in a top hat, an East End London sign and a street lamp.
Victorian London street sleeve in black and grey
Traditional style tattoo of a bearded man with a quiff and moustache on the back of a hand, with small finger tattoos and a Believe script on the wrist.
Bearded man portrait on the back of a hand
Realistic black and grey portrait of an older man in a banknote style, with pink-tinted scrollwork and a 100 banner, tattooed on a calf.
Banknote style portrait with 100 on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man with his head bowed and an arm raised, sitting across the upper back.
Realistic bowed head portrait on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a smiling man with swept-back hair and the words The King in script, on the upper thigh.
Black and grey portrait with script on thigh
Black and white stencil-style drawing of a man's face turned slightly to the side, with swept-back hair and a heavy brow line.
Stencil-style portrait of a man's face
Tattoo of a guitarist in a headband with musical notes, rendered in neon UV ink on a leg under blacklight.
Guitarist portrait in UV ink on a leg
Black and grey traditional style forearm tattoo of a man with a pompadour haircut in profile, with script reading Love me Tender and a rose beside it.
Pompadour portrait with script and rose on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a thigh showing a man with dark swept-back hair playing a guitar, framed by peony and lily flowers.
Black and grey portrait with guitar on thigh
Colour realism tattoo of an older man with red face paint and a feathered headdress, on the upper arm.
Realistic portrait of a man in feathered headdress
Black and grey realism style tattoo across a person's back showing a man in a suit walking a tightrope, with a heart hanging on one side and a brain on the other.
Tightrope walker balancing heart and brain on a back
Grey and colour portrait tattoo on a calf showing a short-haired man in a shirt and tie behind a cracked mask of a second face with a bruised eye.
Portrait and cracked mask on a calf
Back view of a shirtless man with a raised arm, showing a solid black tribal blackwork tattoo with triangles and bands across the upper arm and elbow.
Black tribal band on upper arm and forearm
Colour neo-trad tattoo on a thigh showing two stylised figures facing each other inside a heart frame, with a green dragon below.
Two figures and a dragon in a heart on a thigh
Realism colour tattoo of an older man in a red and beaded headdress and necklace, covering the upper arm.
Realistic portrait of an older man in headdress
Black ink tattoo of a stag-headed man in a long coat holding a cane, in an engraved hatched style, on the inner forearm.
Stag-headed gentleman on a forearm
Black and grey realism design of an older man in profile with feathers in his hair, suited to a large tattoo piece.
Profile of an older man with feathers in hair
Realism portrait tattoo of a bearded man in round wire-rimmed glasses with his hand under his chin, shown as a line sketch, a purple outline on skin and the finished colour piece.
Realism portrait of a bearded man with glasses
Two realistic colour portraits tattooed side by side on a lower leg, one showing a man with a beard pointing a pistol, the other a bald man with glasses and a beard, against a cloudy sky background.
Two realism portraits of men on a lower leg
Realistic portrait tattoo of a smiling man in a fedora and bow tie on a forearm, with a black and grey face and an orange background.
Smiling man in fedora portrait on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a stern man in a peaked cap with a cross emblem, emerging from cracked skin across the upper back.
Stern man in a cap breaking through cracked skin
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face with curly hair, eyes closed, singing into a microphone, on the inner upper arm.
Black and grey portrait with a microphone on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a moustached man's face covering the back of a hand, with a second face-like shape above the knuckles.
Moustached man portrait on the back of a hand
Realistic colour tattoo of a smiling man's portrait on an eagle wrapped in the American flag, perched on a branch, on the skin of the upper body.
Portrait and eagle in flag tattoo
Black and white photo of a shirtless man kneeling on a bed, showing a large black and grey Japanese-style tiger tattoo across his back and tattooed upper arm.
Tiger back tattoo on a kneeling man, black and grey
Colour realism tattoo on a forearm showing a man in aviator glasses holding a cigarette beside an open-jawed shark, shown as a side-by-side pair of photos.
Realistic portrait and shark on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a man with a wide-eyed, grimacing expression and a dark headband, on the upper arm.
Realistic portrait tattoo on upper arm
Realistic colour portrait tattoo of a man with slicked-back dark hair, blue eyes and a toothy grin, on the upper arm or thigh.
Realistic colour portrait of a man
Two black and white line drawings on tracing paper: a bald man with glasses above a Basic Chemistry banner and lily, and a bearded man beside an arrow-pierced rose with a Cherokee Rose banner.
Two portrait flash designs with rose and banners
Solid black blackwork silhouette of a man in a suit with curly hair, beside a street lamp, tattooed on the ankle and lower leg.
Silhouette of a suited man beside a lamp on a lower leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man in glasses and a tie on the outer thigh, with a scroll banner reading Assistant Regional Manager.
Portrait of a man in glasses with banner on thigh
Traditional style black and grey tattoo of a cartoon man in sunglasses with stitches and a red mouth, above the words ALL HYPE NO HEART, on a limb.
Cartoon face with sunglasses and lettering
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a man with blond hair and glasses in a purple diamond frame, with a MATT name plate, on a forearm.
Portrait with glasses and name plate on forearm
Small colour cartoon tattoo of a man in a blue cap pushing a red lawnmower, placed on the back of a shaved, bald scalp.
Cartoon man mowing with a lawnmower on a scalp
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a torso featuring a woman's portrait, a moustachioed man in a bow tie, arrows and chain borders around the navel.
Traditional portraits and arrows on a torso
Realistic portrait tattoo on an upper arm of a long-haired, bearded man grinning with a gold tooth and holding a bat marked montos.
Realistic portrait of a grinning man with a bat
Realistic colour tattoo of a man with wide eyes, an open mouth and a goatee, shown on the forearm in Realism style.
Realistic colour portrait of a man on forearm
Black and grey realism portrait of a man in glasses and a tie on the upper back, with a beetroot and banners reading WE GOT THE BEETS.
Portrait with beetroot and banners on the back
Collage of three colour tattoos: a watercolour Captain America on an arm, a sketchy watercolour portrait of a spiky-haired man, and a cartoon pin-up woman in a black catsuit.
Three character tattoos on skin
Black ink line drawing of a bearded man in profile, a tattoo design in a neo-traditional style with no placement shown.
Bearded man in profile line drawing
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a moustached man in a high collar, a crow and full moon above his head, and a Victorian house among trees below.
Man's portrait with crow, moon and house on forearm
Traditional style tattoo flash design of a man and woman above two red roses with a banner reading Timeless Love, shown without any body placement.
Timeless love couple and roses flash
Blue line drawing in traditional style of a moustached man whose chest and shoulders show a woman's portrait with a rose, a ship, an anchor and hearts, framed by dotwork shading and stars.
Tattooed man with woman portrait and nautical motifs
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the outer thigh of a man in a suit, his head replaced by a UFO over pine trees and mountains, with the words DO YOU THINK I'M and SPOOKY.
Suited figure with UFO and mountains on thigh
Realistic colour tattoo of a man's face with a red and yellow headband and moustache, set against a black ink splash on the ribs.
Realistic portrait with headband on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a scowling bearded face with swirling wave-like hair across the shoulder and upper arm.
Bearded face tattoo on shoulder and upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a male comic-style character in a long dark coat, reaching forward amid orange flames and a flying playing card.
Comic-style fighter with playing card on upper arm