Portrait tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic tattoo portrait of a woman with dark lips and drifting orange petals, in a realism style on the calf.

Realistic portrait with orange petals on a calf

Black and grey geisha portrait tattoo with a flower hair ornament on the back of a hand, with smoky swirling shading on the forearm above.

Geisha portrait tattoo on the back of a hand

Colour realism tattoo of a man's face in aviator sunglasses with a cigarette, with fiery orange reflections in the lenses, on the upper arm.

Realistic colour portrait with sunglasses and cigarette

Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head with a full mane, placed on the calf.

Realistic lion portrait on a calf

Colour traditional style tattoos on a person's thighs and hand, showing a tiger head, a red rose, a framed portrait and a pocket watch, photographed in a car.

Traditional tattoo sleeve on legs and hand

Colour realism portrait tattoo of a man with dark swept hair, a moustache and a red jacket with a tie, on the calf.

Portrait of a man with moustache on a calf

Realistic grey tattoo of a cat's head with pale blue eyes and pink nose and inner ears, on the outer forearm.

Cat head with blue eyes on a forearm

Realism tattoo of a woman in an ornate masquerade mask with red lips and a pocket watch on a forearm.

Masked woman and pocket watch on a forearm

Black and grey tattoo of a woman wearing a wolf's head like a hood, with a shaded rose and swirls, on a forearm.

Wolf-headed woman and rose on a forearm

Neo-traditional drawing of a red-haired woman with a feather headdress, a raven and an axe, shaded in black and grey with red hair.

Woman with raven and axe design

Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint and flowing hair, with a rose below, on an upper arm.

Sugar skull woman with rose on an arm

Realistic tattoo of a cat wearing a black beanie with an orange patch, shaded in grey and tan on the back of a hand.

Cat in a beanie on the back of a hand

Black and grey wolf head tattoo on the upper back, with a realistic fur half and an ornamental dotwork half.

Wolf head with ornamental half on upper back

Black and grey tattoo of a stylised face with dark curled hair and a stag beetle on its crown, with insect legs running down the sides, on a forearm.

Stag beetle over a stylised face on a forearm

Woman's profile with flowing hair on thigh

Black ink tattoo of a simplified face wearing a wide-brimmed hat, dark sunglasses and a moustache, on the forearm.

Stylised face in hat and sunglasses on an arm

Black and grey tattoo of a woman's face framed by a black hood with cat ears, with small stars and a bell collar, on the upper arm.

Cat-eared woman portrait on an upper arm

Black and grey shaded tattoo of the cartoon character Jessica Rabbit on the outer thigh, with the name written in script beside her.

Jessica Rabbit with script on a thigh

Colour realism tattoo on the ribs showing a portrait in mirrored sunglasses with a cigarette, red Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas lettering and black bats.

Fear and Loathing portrait on the ribs

Realistic forearm tattoo of a sugar skull woman with red eyes, smoke swirls and a skull below, shaded in grey with red accents.

Sugar skull woman and skull on a forearm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a rolled dollar bill with a portrait and a die beside it, on the upper arm.

Rolled banknote and dice on an arm

Forearm tattoo of a figure with spiky dark hair, drawn in sketchy black linework with pink, purple and red watercolour splashes.

Watercolour portrait with sketched linework on forearm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face on a calf, with lettering on the thigh and a winged design on the hip, shown on a bed.

Black and grey portrait tattoo on a leg

Black line drawing of a woman with a red rose and small olive accents, a fine line style tattoo on the upper back between the shoulder blades.

Line drawn woman holding a rose on upper back

Black fine line drawing on cream paper of two dogs' heads beside poppies, leaves and star-shaped flowers, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.

Two dogs with poppies and flowers

Black and grey realism tattoo of two figures in a loose, painterly style on the upper arm.

Two figures in black and grey on an upper arm

Colour tattoo of an animated-style woman with long hair, a wolf and autumn maple leaves, sitting on the thigh.

Woman, wolf and maple leaves on a leg

Black and grey realism tattoo of a rolled bundle of hundred dollar bills with a portrait and a large 100 on the forearm.

Rolled hundred dollar bills on a forearm

Colour tattoo of a man's face with a black glove and backpack equipment inside a blue angular frame, on the calf.

Man portrait with black glove on calf

Traditional style tattoo of a woman in a patterned headband with a rose in her hair and large roses below, on the upper arm.

Traditional woman portrait with roses on upper arm

Woman with a cigar and an open polka dot dress, showing a black and grey portrait tattoo on her upper arm and a red rose tattoo on her forearm.

Rose and portrait tattoos on arms

Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a pale figure with large eyes and dark hair in an ornate oval frame, above a blue butterfly with red spots.

Pale cartoon figure and butterfly on a forearm

Neo-traditional tattoo of a moustached man in a bowler hat and a woman with pearls and earrings, beside a red rose, on an upper arm.

Man and woman portrait with rose on upper arm

Realistic colour tattoo of a large-eyed furry creature in a red hat, resting its chin on a hand, on a forearm.

Gizmo creature portrait on a forearm

Black and grey tattoo of an Art Nouveau style woman within a circular frame, covering the middle of a person's upper back.

Art Nouveau woman in a circle on upper back

Colour neo-trad tattoo of a woman in a wide-brimmed black hat holding a book titled Recently Deceased, with blue crystals beside it on the skin.

Woman in a wide hat holding a book

Black and grey fine line tattoo of a woman's face framed by flowers, a lace-like headdress and arrows, across the upper back of a woman seen from behind.

Woman portrait with flowers on a back

Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with an updo and tear marks, holding an old telephone receiver, on a lower leg.

Black and grey portrait of a woman with a telephone

Traditional style tattoo of a nurse with a cap bearing a red cross and rolled curls, in grey shading with red accents, on a forearm.

Nurse portrait on a forearm

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in a flower crown, with monstera leaves and red roses, on the outer thigh.

Woman portrait with monstera and roses on a thigh

Matching profile portraits on the backs of hands

Black and grey flash drawing of a cartoon-style young woman with curled hair, a red bow headband and blue and white flowers, designed as a tattoo.

Curly-haired portrait with red bow and flowers

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a ginger cat in a top hat, monocle and green bow tie, framed in an oval with a teal background, on a thigh.

Cat in top hat and monocle on a thigh

Watercolour style Joker face tattoo with green hair and a red grin, with ink splatter and sketched lines, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.

Joker face tattoo on upper back

Fine line and watercolour wash tattoo of a woman in a purple top with red hair and lips, on the upper arm.

Watercolour figure of a woman on upper arm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat in an ornate oval frame with gemstones, on the outer thigh.

Sphynx cat in an ornate frame on a thigh

Realistic colour tattoo of a seated cat within an ornate gold and teal scrollwork frame on the thigh.

Cat portrait with gold scroll frame on thigh

Neo-traditional flash drawing of a woman's face framed by flowers, a large key and a red sun, inked in black and red on paper.

Woman with key and flowers flash design