Portrait tattoo ideas

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Black and grey portrait tattoo of a man's face with lettering below it, on the inside of a forearm.
Portrait and quote on a forearm
Black and grey star and geometric tattoo on one forearm and a shaded religious portrait on the other, with a diamond-set watch on the wrist.
Star and portrait tattoos on forearms
Black and grey realism tattoo of a German Shepherd's head on skin, shown beside a greyscale photo of the same dog.
German Shepherd portrait tattoo beside its reference photo
Colour realism tattoo of a man's face with dreadlocks, moustache and beard, across the upper chest and shoulder, with green, yellow and red bands behind.
Realistic portrait of a man with dreadlocks on chest
Black fine line tattoo of a faceted geometric woman wearing a flower crown, with roses below, on the inner forearm.
Geometric portrait with roses on forearm
Four views of a realism leg sleeve in black, grey and red tones, showing two headdress portraits, a howling wolf, a horse, an eagle and a dreamcatcher on the leg.
Realism leg sleeve with portraits and wildlife
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a woman with wavy hair and eyes closed, with a small rose outline beside her, on a person's upper back.
Black and grey portrait of a woman on the back
Neo-traditional style flash design of a red-haired archer with a Celtic knot tattoo on her shoulder, a bow, arrow, sword and white flowers, with a banner reading Fate Loves the Fearless.
Red-haired archer portrait with lettered banner
Abstract portrait of a man in a hat on an upper arm sleeve, shaded in black and grey with green fill, red line, geometric lines and quote lettering.
Portrait of a man in a hat with quote on upper arm
Two black ink face designs on the tops of bare feet, one with a moustache and one with long hair, on a dark red carpet.
Two face drawings on bare feet
Colour realism tattoo of a man with voluminous spiked hair and dark blue shading, covering the upper arm of a person in a white vest.
Realistic portrait of a man on upper arm
Colour traditional style tattoo of a woman in a patterned headband with pink and yellow flowers and a red rose, on the outer thigh.
Traditional woman portrait and rose on thigh
Traditional back tattoo of a woman's face framed by red roses, two swallows and a heart with clasped hands, covering the full back.
Traditional back piece with woman, roses and swallows
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face merged with a rose, shown on skin in a close-up and a wider view.
Realistic woman's face merged with a rose
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face with a raised hand gesture on the forearm.
Realism portrait of a man on a forearm
Traditional-style colour tattoo on a calf showing a moustached man with a blue linework tattooed torso, beside a shaded black rose with green leaves.
Tattooed man portrait and black rose on a calf
Black and grey realism portrait tattoo on an upper arm, showing a figure with a fringed hairstyle, clasped hands and a pendant necklace.
Greyscale portrait tattoo on upper arm
Two colour tattoos on a pair of thighs, one of Elsa from Frozen and one of Ariel from The Little Mermaid, each in an ornate oval frame in neo-traditional style.
Elsa and Ariel framed portraits on thighs
Realistic grey and pink tattoo of a geisha in a kimono with cherry blossom branches, covering the upper back.
Geisha portrait with cherry blossom on a back
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a bearded classical bust covering the back of a hand, with the fingers forming the beard.
Classical bearded bust tattoo on the hand
Colour tattoo of a cartoon character with black hair and glasses inside a pink and purple scalloped frame on the thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Cartoon character portrait in a scalloped frame
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing a man and a woman in portrait, with a large red rose, spider web and green leaves.
Portrait couple and red rose on a thigh
Colourful traditional tattoo of a woman's profile with a shaved patch and curly blonde hair, beside candy hearts on the ribs.
Woman's profile and candy hearts on ribs
Hand with lilac nails and small finger tattoos of a treble clef, a pink heart and a symbol, with a realistic portrait tattoo on the back of the hand.
Finger tattoos and a portrait on the back of a hand
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with a curled updo holding banknotes, with the slogan BITCH BETTA HAVE MY MONEY beneath, on a calf.
Woman holding banknotes portrait on calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of an older woman with glasses, curled hair and a pearl necklace, shown within an oval on skin.
Black and grey portrait of an older woman
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a feather headdress and peony flower, placed on an upper arm.
Neo-trad woman and peony on upper arm
Fresh purple portrait of a face with a grey shaded rose below it, being tattooed on the side of a torso by a gloved artist.
Purple portrait and grey rose on a side torso
Colour realism tattoo of a tan dog with its tongue out and a pink bandana, on the upper leg.
Realistic dog portrait with pink bandana
Black and grey realism portrait of a woman with a city scene and "Ride or Die" script, tattooed across a full back.
Realist woman portrait and script across a full back
Two side by side neo-traditional tattoo flash sketches of a woman in ornate headdresses, one in green ink with a lemur, one in brown ink with feathers, with no body placement shown.
Woman with lemur headdress design sketches
A person with hands over their face wears a brown fedora and grey t-shirt, showing colourful figurative tattoos on both forearms and small tattoos on the fingers.
Colour forearm tattoos and finger tattoos
Black and grey realism leg sleeve on a calf and thigh showing feathers, a dreamcatcher mandala and a woman's face, with a compass and clouds tattoo on the other leg.
Feather, dreamcatcher and portrait leg sleeve
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in profile with curled dark hair, orange spiked rays and a teal hair ornament, on the inner forearm.
Neo-trad woman profile on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cat's face covering the back of a hand, with detailed fur and whiskers.
Realistic cat face on the back of a hand
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with a butterfly on the upper arm.
Woman portrait with butterfly on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cubist face with several eyes and bold red, yellow, blue and black shapes, placed on a person's calf.
Cubist face on a calf
Black and grey outlined portrait tattoos of women with long dark hair across the tops of both feet, with small star marks beside them.
Matching portrait tattoos on both feet
Black fine line tattoo of a face in profile, drawn in one continuous line, on the calf of a raised leg.
Single-line face tattoo on a calf
Colour tattoo of a meerkat in a gilded oval frame with a meerkat sculpture on top and a Simples banner, on the thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Meerkat portrait in a gilded frame on a thigh
Black and grey realistic full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a woman's portrait, an angel wing and a skull.
Realistic sleeve with woman, wing and skull
Full back tattoo in realistic colour showing masked figures, a clown face, a skull and a gas mask, with tattooed sleeves visible at the sides.
Full back piece of masked figures and a clown
Black and grey realism tattoo of the Bride of Frankenstein and Frankenstein's monster face to face inside a heart with a spiderweb, on the upper back.
Bride of Frankenstein and monster in a heart
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a Yoda-like character with large ears and a wrinkled face, on the upper arm.
Yoda portrait tattoo on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a painted figure with closed eyes, red lips and ornate gold and floral patterns on the outer upper arm near the shoulder.
Painted figure tattoo on upper arm
Pencil drawing of a woman with sugar skull face make-up, long wavy hair, roses, a chain and a small skull, shown as a design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Sugar skull portrait with roses
Realistic colour tattoo of a black and white cow face with purple daisies, sitting on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Realistic cow and daisies on upper arm
Neo-traditional style flash design of a pale, stitched-face woman with red curls inside an oval frame, above a banner reading FOREVER.
Stitched portrait with FOREVER banner