Portrait tattoo ideas

1,209 photos and flash · 56% Realism, 18% Neo-trad · Upper arm most common

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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
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
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
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
Pencil and ink drawing of a woman's face framed by roses, peonies, a butterfly and a dragonfly, a neo-traditional tattoo design on paper.
Woman portrait with roses and butterfly
Greyscale pencil tattoo design of a bearded banknote portrait with a 100 note, rolled cash and dollar signs in smoke, shown on paper and not placed on the body.
Franklin portrait with cash and smoke design
Black ink line sketch of a man with a quiff and a lightning bolt across his face, with lyrics in handwritten lettering and radiating lines, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Line drawing of a lightning bolt face with lyric
Bold traditional flash drawing of a woman with a cross, FAITH and HOPE lettering, a spider web and an anchor on her face and neck, shown as a painted wooden cutout.
Traditional pin-up flash with face and neck tattoos
Pencil line drawing of a woman's face and shoulders with flowers in her hair and leaves along her neck, shown as a flash design sketch with no visible body placement.
Pencil sketch of a woman with flowers in her hair
Pencil sketch of a lion's head in profile behind a woman with long, wavy hair partly covering one eye, drawn on cream paper.
Lion and woman with flowing hair sketch
Traditional style flash design of a woman with dark wavy hair, a pincushion, a tape measure frame and blue scissors.
Woman portrait with tape measure frame and scissors
Flash design of a woman in profile with a skull-shaped lower face, a green headscarf and a red poppy in her black hair, in a neo-traditional style.
Skull-faced woman with poppy flash
Coloured pencil tattoo design of a face with red spiky hair and a pale disc on the forehead, framed by two dark red roses and hands inside a yellow diamond.
Portrait with roses in a diamond frame
Coloured flash drawing of a woman in profile with blue hair, a red bandana, a sailing ship and a wave, with neck and chest tattoos of a cat, cross, diamond and heart in a neo-traditional style.
Blue-haired woman with ship and wave
Pencil and red-accented sketch of a woman with an updo and an ornate lace-style collar, drawn in a neo-traditional portrait style as a tattoo design.
Portrait of a woman with an ornate collar sketch
Tote bag printed all over with traditional-style flash designs of aliens, UFOs, hands, flowers, flames and banner lettering in colour.
Tote bag printed with tattoo flash designs
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo flash design showing a portrait with a lightning bolt across the face, sparkles and a banner with the words ZIGGY PLAYED GUITAR.
Portrait with lightning bolt and banner design
Black and grey realism drawing of a woman looking upwards, with a human skull and three roses in her hair and feather and bead details, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Skull and roses portrait design
Bold traditional-style flash drawing of a woman in profile facing right, with red roses in her hair and on her shoulder, a green headwrap and pearl-like hair ornaments.
Profile portrait with red roses and green headwrap
Two aged, torn-edge sheets of vintage tattoo designs in grey line work, showing a woman's portrait, a dagger, roses, a bottle and a seated nude figure.
Vintage tattoo designs: woman, roses and dagger
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
Sepia pencil drawing of a woman's profile framed by two roses, petals and clockwork gears, shown as a tattoo design.
Profile portrait with roses and clockwork
Black and grey vintage flash sheet showing four female portrait designs wearing crowns, with flowers, a rose and Cyrillic lettering in banners.
Vintage flash sheet of crowned female portraits
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman in a feathered headdress with a wolf above her head, drawn in neo-traditional style with red accents.
Woman with wolf headdress design sketch
Black and grey neo-traditional drawing of Medusa, with snakes woven through her hair and red accents, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Medusa portrait flash with snakes
Black ink drawing of a lion's head in profile facing right, with a flowing mane rendered in fine lines, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Lion head in profile line drawing
Traditional style flash drawing of a witch in profile wearing a pointed hat decorated with a gold crescent moon and star.
Witch in profile with crescent moon hat
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
Black and grey pencil flash sheet showing heart lettering designs, a globe with a ribbon banner, a lightning bolt, a shoe and heart, and a linework portrait with lightning bolt face makeup.
Lettering and heart flash sheet
Black dotwork drawing of a man's face inside a circle, with a red lightning bolt crossing the head and face.
Stippled portrait in a circle with red lightning bolt
Red pencil sketch of a neo-trad tattoo design showing a sugar skull woman with pinned curls, a profile of a man with a quiff, and a Vigilante script banner.
Sugar skull woman and profile man flash
Pencil-style flash design of a woman with flowing hair, two roses in her hair and a rose and script reading You're So Cool on her shoulder, in Botanical and Lettering style.
Woman with roses and script lettering
Pencil and blue pen drawing of a tiger above a woman's face with feathers, arrows and scrollwork, a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Tiger and woman portrait tattoo design with feathers
Four illustrated paper dolls with fine black linework tattoos covering their chests and arms, two with moustaches and beards, shown against pale walls.
Four tattooed paper dolls
Black line drawing of a woman with long wavy hair, closed eyes and crossed arms, wearing a necklace, bracelets and a bra top, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Line drawing of a woman with crossed arms
Black and grey neo-traditional flash drawing of a woman with roses in her hair, her head resting beside a cat, shown on paper with no body placement.
Woman with roses and a cat design
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 flash design on paper showing two oval portraits with honeycomb, bees, a flying saucer and an atom, above two scrolled banners in colour.
Two illustrated portraits with banners and bees
Realistic coloured pencil drawing of a woman's face blended with a tiger's head and stripes, shown on paper as a tattoo design.
Woman and tiger portrait design
Black line drawings in a traditional style, including a heart with a cabin and pine trees, drawn on a wooden hand mannequin.
Traditional heart, cabin and portrait flash on a wooden hand
Line drawing flash of a sloth in a suit and bow tie inside an ornate oval frame, with roses and leaves below, shown on paper.
Sloth in a suit within an ornate frame with roses
Traditional style flash design of a woman with curled hair, two blue roses, an eyeball and a banner reading I only have eyes for you.
Pin-up woman with roses and eyeball banner
Pencil and pastel flash drawing of a woman with braided hair, an anchor tattoo on her cheek and blue script across her braid, in a traditional style.
Braided hair woman with anchor and script
Black ink flash drawing of a woman's portrait with a flower crown, braided hair, crescent moon earring and geometric collar, in a neo-traditional style.
Female portrait with flowers and geometric collar
Black and grey drawing of a woman in profile wearing a long feathered headdress with beaded bands, shown as a tattoo design.
Woman in profile wearing a feathered headdress
Black ink line drawing of a woman's face framed by flowing hair and octopus tentacles with beaded strands, shown as a tattoo design on paper with no body part visible.
Woman with octopus tentacles in her hair
Black line drawing of a woman in a headband with curly hair, framed by two open roses and an arched border of circles, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Woman portrait with roses design
Black and grey neo-traditional flash design of a woman in a headscarf and pearl ornament, with two roses and leaves, drawn on paper.
Woman in headscarf with roses