Pin-up tattoo ideas

191 photos and flash · 67% Traditional, 25% Neo-trad · Upper arm most common

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Full-colour tattoo of a red-haired cartoon pin-up in a red dress and blue gloves, holding a microphone, on the calf.
Cartoon pin-up with microphone on calf
Navy line drawing of a vintage-style woman holding a fringed banner that reads FREE WILL, on a tan background, shown as a tattoo design.
Woman holding a fringed FREE WILL banner
Neo-traditional style illustration of a dark-haired pin-up woman with a red rose in her hair, with blue line roses shown across her shoulder as a tattoo design.
Pin-up portrait with rose and shoulder roses
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pin-up woman in a blue swimsuit with red stockings and a bow in her hair, with two swallows, on a forearm.
Pin-up woman with swallows on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a woman wearing a rabbit-eared sugar skull mask and a teal bow, on the back of a calf.
Rabbit-eared sugar skull portrait on a calf
Close view of heavily tattooed arms in a traditional style, with a pin-up figure, stars, roses and a crescent moon on the upper arm and forearm.
Traditional sleeve tattoos on two arms
Traditional-style flash design of a woman with a wolf's head above her, pearl strands, a red rose and black scrollwork, drawn on cream paper.
Wolf-headed woman with rose flash
Large black and grey traditional back tattoo of a pin-up style woman in a feathered headdress holding a staff and shield, surrounded by roses and flowers.
Feathered pin-up and roses across a back
Two forearm tattoos side by side: a black and grey Catwoman holding a whip on the left, and a colour Harley Quinn in a jester hat on the right.
Catwoman and Harley Quinn on forearms
Pin-up woman tattoo in red and grey shading on the side of the ribs, with a small star tattoo on the hip above a studded belt.
Pin-up woman in red on the ribs
Woman in a pink t-shirt and black leather skirt showing a traditional-style pin-up tattoo of a dark-haired woman in a red dress on her forearm.
Pin-up woman tattoo on a forearm
Traditional style flash design of a pin-up woman with black bob hair, a red rose tucked behind her ear and red flowers on a black collar.
Pin-up woman with rose in hair flash
Neo-traditional flash design of a pin-up princess holding a small mouse, with a clock tattoo on her arm, swallows, and a Keep On Believing banner.
Pin-up princess with clock arm and banner
Traditional tattoo of a sailor pin-up girl in a white hat and red top, with an anchor and green laurel wreath, on the upper arm.
Sailor pin-up with anchor and laurel on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a red-haired cartoon pin-up woman in purple gloves, with blue flowers below, on the calf.
Cartoon pin-up with blue flowers on a calf
Traditional-style Halloween flash sheet in bold black outlines and bright flat colour, showing a pin-up witch, ghost, bats, skull, pumpkin and coffin designs.
Halloween flash sheet with witch and bats
Black and grey flash design of a pin-up skeleton woman and a top-hatted skeleton man holding hands, with a banner quote above and below them.
Skeleton couple with banner quote
Painted traditional-style flash of a pin-up woman with red roses, a polka dot headscarf and a heart banner, shown on paper.
Pin-up woman with roses flash
Colour traditional tattoo of an open-mouthed anglerfish with a pin-up woman in fishnet stockings and red heels, on the side of the ribs.
Anglerfish and pin-up on the side ribs
Traditional colour tattoos of a pin-up woman on the forearm and a rose on the upper arm of a woman in a black patchwork-print t-shirt.
Pin-up and rose tattoos on arms
Traditional style flash design of a pin-up woman with a headband, flanked by red roses and LOVE and LIFE banners, with a large red rose below.
Pin-up with roses and LOVE LIFE banners
Monochrome traditional flash sheet of lumberjack designs including a bear, log cabin, pin-up with a saw, axe, truck and bearded man, with no body part shown.
Lumberjack themed flash sheet
Neo-traditional style flash design of a pin-up Snow White figure with a bow, banners reading waiting for true love's kiss, and red roses, shown on a phone case.
Snow White pin-up with banner and roses
Traditional flash design laid out across a white body silhouette, covering the arms and torso with an eagle, snakes, dragon, peacock, pin-up, reaper and portrait.
Full-body traditional flash on a white silhouette
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pin-up woman in a red outfit holding an anchor rope, with a banner reading Steady as she goes, on the body.
Pin-up and anchor with banner on skin
Traditional flash design of a Wonder Woman pin-up with a lasso and eagle, under a banner reading Liberty Truth Justice, on a parchment-style background.
Wonder Woman pin-up with eagle and banner
Black and grey flash design of a cartoon pin-up riding a chopper motorcycle above blackletter Born Wild lettering.
Pin-up cartoon on a chopper with Born Wild lettering
Two legs covered in traditional tattoos of a sailing ship, red roses, a mermaid and anchors on rope, running from thigh to ankle.
Traditional ship, rose and mermaid leg tattoos
Traditional style flash drawing of a woman with curled hair and red lips, with outlined rose and butterfly tattoos on her upper arms.
Pin-up face with rose and butterfly tattoos
Traditional style flash design of a tattooed circus woman with a red feather headdress, shown on a printed cushion with stars and ALIVE badges.
Traditional circus woman flash design
Traditional style flash drawing of a pin-up mermaid with brown hair, a red hibiscus, a shell top and a teal scaled tail, on a white background.
Pin-up mermaid with a shell top
Black and grey pin-up mermaid design with pink starfish in her hair, holding a trident, with a seahorse and bubbles, on a pale teal background.
Pin-up mermaid with trident and seahorse
Traditional-style flash design of a pin-up woman with sugar skull face paint holding a red apple, with a swallow, roses and a banner reading Wash Your Fruits.
Sugar skull pin-up with swallow and apple
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pin-up woman in a billowing white dress on the side of the ribs, with a vintage car tattoo beside it.
Pin-up woman with billowing dress on ribs
Traditional style pin-up woman with rolled hair, red roses and a red hoop earring tattooed across the back of a hand.
Pin-up woman and roses on a hand
Traditional style colour tattoo on the top of a foot showing a pin-up nurse in a red cross cap holding a syringe, with roses above a MOM banner.
Nurse pin-up and roses with MOM banner on a foot
Neo-traditional flash design of a stylised woman holding a frog, framed by pink lotus flowers and a banner reading Bayou Beauty.
Bayou Beauty pin-up with lotus and frog
Traditional style tattoo of a bundle of red arrows tied with a rope, with red drops around it, on a calf, beside a partly visible pin-up tattoo.
Red arrow bundle tied with rope on a calf
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a pin-up mermaid with an anchor and scaled tail across the side ribs.
Mermaid and anchor on the side ribs
Black and grey traditional pin-up tattoo of a woman in a headscarf and hoop earring, with a spider web on her shoulder, on the outer thigh.
Pin-up woman with spider web on a thigh
Pencil drawing of a pin-up mermaid with dark wavy hair, red lips and a raised arm, with a small star motif on her chest, on aged paper.
Mermaid pin-up drawing with a star
Close-up of a traditional style tattoo of a woman's profile in dark hair with a red bow and red lips on the upper arm.
Pin-up profile with red bow on upper arm
Cream ceramic travel mug printed with traditional tattoo flash designs, including a lifebuoy with a banner, an anchor, a spyglass, a red rose and a pin-up figure.
Traditional flash designs on a ceramic travel mug
Black and grey script lettering with swirling flourishes across a lower abdomen, above two heart-framed pin-up tattoos on the thighs.
Script lettering on abdomen with heart pin-up thighs
Traditional-style flash drawing of a pin-up woman with red roses in her hair, a grey rat and a pearl necklace, with a teal filigree design on her neck.
Pin-up woman with roses and a rat
Neo-traditional flash design of a pin-up woman with a red rose in her hair, half of her face a skull, with the quote I got a beautiful heart but a twisted mind around her.
Pin-up woman with half skull face and red rose
Black and grey flash design of a skull on a banner reading Kustom Way of Life, with a pin-up girl, fuel can, eyeball and engine parts, with no body placement shown.
Kustom Way of Life skull and pin-up flash sheet
Back of a woman with two traditional-style pin-up tattoos in red and grey, one with two swallows and one with an anchor, across the upper back.
Twin seated pin-up figures with swallows on a back