Playing card tattoo ideas

147 photos and flash · 20% Realism, 20% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Two simple red linework tattoos, a king with a heart and a queen with a heart, on the fingers of two intertwined hands, one hand with black nail polish.
King and queen playing card tattoos on fingers
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two skulls, one in a blue top hat smoking a pipe and one in a jewelled feathered turban, across a forearm.
Two coloured skulls in hat and turban on a forearm
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo covering the upper arm and forearm, featuring a large rose, ornamental scrollwork and playing cards.
Black and grey rose sleeve on arm
Black and grey tattoo of a fanned hand of playing cards, with the ace, king, queen and jack of spades, on a section of upper body skin.
Fanned playing cards with a large spade
Black and grey skull set inside a large black playing card spade with a small white star at its base, tattooed on the chest.
Skull inside a spade on the chest
Nautical flash sheet of line-art designs in navy and red, including a lighthouse, swallow, whale, anchor, jellyfish and squid on a cream background.
Nautical tattoo flash sheet
Realistic pocket watch with gold chain and playing card suit symbols beside script quotes from Alice in Wonderland, a lettering and realism tattoo on the thigh.
Pocket watch and quote on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of dice, playing cards and a large number 8 with scrollwork across the upper arm and shoulder.
Dice and playing cards on an upper arm
Black lettering on an off-white background forming a playing card spade, with the words We're all mad here set in flowing and block letters.
Spade lettering reading We're all mad here
Large colour and black-and-grey Batman tattoo on a man's upper back, with a Batman figure inside the bat logo and Joker, Riddler and Two-Face motifs around it.
Batman logo with villain motifs on back
Colour realism tattoo on the side of the torso showing a fanned hand of playing cards with a red heart, red dice and the words Roll With It on blue water.
Playing cards and dice with Roll With It lettering
Close view of a woman's upper arm with four black blackwork playing card suits in descending size, plus a small red heart on the hand.
Playing card suits down the upper arm
Black and grey lettering design reading Play the Hand You're Dealt, with a pencilled spade and playing cards above and flourishes around the script, drawn as a flash design with no body placement
Play the Hand You're Dealt lettering design
Two interlocked hands showing small red fine line tattoos of a king and a queen with hearts on the fingers, with a faded grey script tattoo on the upper hand.
King and queen of hearts on fingers
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the outer thigh showing a cartoon Alice peering through a keyhole shape with a Drink Me bottle, teapot and playing cards.
Alice in Wonderland keyhole on a thigh
Two clasped hands show matching solid red tattoos of a crowned letter Q and a crowned letter K, each above a heart, on the back of the hand.
Matching queen and king tattoos on two hands
Black and grey realism tattoo of a roulette wheel, ace of spades, dice and poker chips on the forearm, shown from three angles.
Roulette wheel, dice and ace of spades on a forearm
Coloured pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a black top hat, pocket watch, playing card, Drink Me tag and a purple and pink striped tail, with no body part visible.
Top hat, pocket watch and Drink Me tag design
Colour realism tattoo on an upper thigh showing an older grey-haired man in a suit holding a card with a black and grey hairy creature on it.
Realistic portrait of a grey-haired man on a thigh
Black and grey flash design of a sugar skull wearing a top hat, with an ace of spades, dice, a star, roses, crossed pistols and an eight ball, with the numbers 1969 below.
Sugar skull in top hat with cards, dice and roses
Black and grey line drawing of a skull-faced queen in a crown on a playing card, with a broken heart balloon, a spider and swords, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Queen of hearts skull playing card design
Four small tattoos in a vertical line on the lower back, showing a red diamond, a black spade, a red heart and a black club, each with ornamental swirl detail.
Four playing card suit motifs on lower back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bird of prey, a skull and playing cards covering a forearm.
Bird of prey, skull and cards on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a spade shape made from two skulls and jawbones with teeth, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Skull spade design sketch
Shaded neo-traditional tattoo of a top hat, playing card and chained pocket watch on the chest, in black, grey and brown ink.
Top hat and pocket watch on chest
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded skull inside a bold spade shape, placed on the upper back.
Skull within a spade on the upper back
Two clasped hands show small red fine line tattoos of a K and a Q, each paired with a heart, on the fingers.
Red K and Q heart tattoos on fingers
Black ink flash drawing of a king of hearts and queen of spades playing card with ribbon banners reading You're the King, baby I'm your Queen, in a lettering and dotwork style.
King and queen playing cards with banner lettering
Black outline tattoo of Snow White and Alice in Wonderland inside ornate frames on the backs of both thighs, shown beside the paper stencil drawings.
Snow White and Alice outline designs on thighs
Black and grey back tattoo of Alice in Wonderland scenes, including playing card soldiers, a chequered path, a mushroom and a white rabbit, covering the whole back.
Alice in Wonderland back piece
Small red queen of hearts and king of hearts tattoos on the side of two touching fingers, in a simple lettering style.
Queen and king of hearts on two fingers
Close-up of two hands with red K and Q letter tattoos, each paired with a heart, on the fingers and hand, with a dark tattoo partly visible on the wrist.
K and Q heart tattoos on fingers
Two matching colour tattoos of red diamonds and black spade shapes wrapped in green thorned vines, one on a forearm and one on an upper arm.
Matching playing card and vine tattoos on two arms
Neo-traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a Cheshire Cat grin, cupcake, top hat, teacup, red spotted mushrooms and playing cards above a 'Drink Me' bottle.
Alice in Wonderland upper arm piece
Black script tattoo reading curiosity often leads to trouble, with swirls and playing card suits, on the outer thigh.
Script quote with playing card suits on thigh
Two small red tattoos on the ankles of a person in black leather trousers, a Q with a heart on the left ankle and a K with a heart on the right, in a lettering style on an ankle.
Matching queen and king heart ankle tattoos
Black and grey line drawing of a tattoo flash design with a pocket watch, teacups, a key, playing cards, a keyhole, and Drink Me and Eat Me labels, shown without a body placement.
Alice in Wonderland objects flash design
Colour traditional tattoo on the back of a neck showing a top hat, teacup, pocket watch, playing card spades and a banner reading We're all mad here.
Mad Hatter top hat and teacup on a neck
Black and grey flash design of an owl with spread wings holding crossed pistols, flanked by skulls, dice and playing cards.
Owl with crossed pistols and skulls
Neo-traditional style tattoo on the outer thigh showing a pocket watch, two red roses, playing cards and a banner reading We're all mad here.
Pocket watch, roses and playing cards on a thigh
Black and white line drawing of a collage with a pocket watch, teapot, key, keyhole and playing cards, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Pocket watch and playing card collage
Traditional style tattoo on an arm of a tarot card numbered III, showing three daggers piercing a red heart with drops of blood, in black linework and red and grey shading.
Tarot card with three daggers and a bleeding heart
Black ink linework drawing of a neo-traditional tattoo design with a rose, pansy, top hat, pocket watch, teapot and ace of spades on white paper.
Mad hatter rose and ace of spades design
Traditional style tattoo of three playing aces and two dice behind a ribbon reading Life's A Gamble, on a limb, with grey shading and small red accents.
Playing cards and dice with Life's A Gamble banner
Colour tattoo of a Joker character with green hair and a red grin, framed as a playing card with J corners, on the forearm.
Joker playing card on forearm
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design with a vintage microphone, dice, two skulls, a rose and an 8 ball, shown without any body placement.
Skulls, dice and microphone flash design
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, shown from three angles, with roses, a pocket watch, a crown, playing cards and a skull on the upper arm and forearm.
Black and grey full sleeve with roses and pocket watch
Black and grey lettering reading IRON BORN with a crossing arrow on a forearm, beside a black spider web tattoo, with redness around the fresh ink.
Iron Born lettering with arrow on a forearm