Portrait tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoo of an anime-style face in profile with sweeping brushstroke hair and shading, shown on skin.
Anime-style face in profile with brush shading
Fine line pen drawing of a lynx head with amber eyes and detailed fur on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without any body placement.
Lynx head design
Realism colour tattoo of an older man in a red and beaded headdress and necklace, covering the upper arm.
Realistic portrait of an older man in headdress
Realistic sphynx cat in a grey suit, monocle and spotted bow tie inside an ornate black frame, tattooed on the upper arm.
Sphynx cat in monocle and bow tie on upper arm
Two matching Traditional style tattoos of framed portrait heads with gold bands over the eyes, one on each thigh.
Matching framed portraits on both thighs
Neo-traditional flash design of a pin-up woman with dark wavy hair, a red rose tucked above her ear and a green dress collar.
Pin-up woman with a red rose in her hair
Black and grey portrait tattoo on a forearm and upper arm, with knuckle lettering on the fingers and hand, photographed on a woman in a dark speckled t-shirt.
Portrait and lettering tattoos on hand and arm
Black and grey realism design of an older man in profile with feathers in his hair, suited to a large tattoo piece.
Profile of an older man with feathers in hair
Front-facing grey wolf head drawn in soft wash shading, with stippled dots fading out at the edges on a white background.
Grey wolf head with dotted edges
Realism portrait tattoo of a bearded man in round wire-rimmed glasses with his hand under his chin, shown as a line sketch, a purple outline on skin and the finished colour piece.
Realism portrait of a bearded man with glasses
Coloured traditional-style illustration of a woman in profile with a swallow and diamond on her neck and chest and a skull on her upper arm.
Traditional-style woman with swallow, diamond and skull
Pencil-style drawing of a woman with wavy hair, a third eye on her forehead and a halo, above crossed arrows and a leafy branch, shown as a tattoo design.
Third-eyed woman with crossed arrows and branch
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face split into two offset halves, shown on the inner forearm.
Split woman's face on a forearm
Two realistic colour portraits tattooed side by side on a lower leg, one showing a man with a beard pointing a pistol, the other a bald man with glasses and a beard, against a cloudy sky background.
Two realism portraits of men on a lower leg
Realistic portrait tattoo of a smiling man in a fedora and bow tie on a forearm, with a black and grey face and an orange background.
Smiling man in fedora portrait on forearm
Neo-trad portrait of a 1920s style woman in an orange headband and teal feather headpiece, with pearl necklaces, tattooed on a calf.
Flapper portrait with feather headpiece on a calf
Black and grey sugar skull portrait in an ornate frame, with a red rose on a top hat and red accents, shown as a tattoo on skin.
Sugar skull portrait in ornate frame
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman's face with a bindi and ornate headdress, surrounded by a mandala, on the upper arm.
Ornate woman portrait with mandala on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pug's face inside an ornate oval scrollwork frame, on a lower leg.
Pug portrait in an ornate frame on a calf
Full back tattoo in realism style showing a red-haired woman in a red hood holding a lantern, with a snarling wolf above her on the upper back.
Lantern-carrying woman and wolf on a back
Black silhouette tattoo of a person with tousled hair and a red stripe down the centre, on the inner forearm, above a white wristband and a beaded bracelet.
Black silhouette portrait on a forearm
Pencil and ink sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman's face framed by flowing hair, with two small birds and blossoms, in a Neo-traditional style.
Woman with birds and flowers tattoo design
Colour tattoo of a brown dog's head in a faceted, geometric style with bold black outlines, placed on the forearm.
Faceted dog portrait on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a woman with closed eyes and a flower crown, with a lace-collared dress, on the upper arm.
Woman with flower crown on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a hot air balloon with three portrait medallions, a lettered basket and an anchor, in neo-traditional style with dotwork, on a person's upper back.
Hot air balloon with portraits on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tabby cat in a top hat, monocle and waistcoat inside a beaded oval frame with a bow, on an upper arm.
Cat in top hat and monocle in a beaded oval frame
Realistic tattoo of a grey alien bust with large black eyes on a lower leg, set against a purple and blue halo.
Grey alien bust on a calf
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a pin-up woman with knitting needles in curled hair and a banner reading I love yarn, on the upper arm.
Pin-up knitter with I love yarn banner
Chest tattoo of two shaded pink roses, a white rabbit and a top-hatted figure around an ornate cameo portrait, in neo-traditional style with dotted linework.
Wonderland roses and cameo across chest
Black and grey tattoo of a woman with closed eyes, birds and a peony on the outer thigh, shown on a kneeling person.
Woman portrait with birds and peony on thigh
Colour tattoo of three cartoon characters in a heart-shaped purple backdrop on a lower leg, the central figure wearing a pink bunny-eared hat.
Three cartoon characters in a heart on a calf
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a woman in a dotted coat holding a cigarette, with smoke dots rising beside her, on the inner arm.
Woman with a cigarette in a textured coat
Black and grey realism tattoo of a stern man in a peaked cap with a cross emblem, emerging from cracked skin across the upper back.
Stern man in a cap breaking through cracked skin
Large realistic tattoo of a praying Virgin Mary with a halo across a shaved scalp, with tattooed forearms crossed beneath it.
Praying Madonna tattoo on a shaved scalp
Colour tattoo of a dog dressed in a blue military uniform with gold epaulettes and medals, inside an ornate gold frame on the outer thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Dog in military uniform in an ornate frame on a thigh
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a woman's face and a small songbird on the upper arm, with splashes of red, blue and teal.
Watercolour woman and bird on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face with curly hair, eyes closed, singing into a microphone, on the inner upper arm.
Black and grey portrait with a microphone on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing a falcon head, the Eye of Horus, a queen's portrait and a pharaoh's face.
Egyptian themed sleeve with falcon and Eye of Horus
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger's head in profile on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Tiger head in profile on the upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a moustached man's face covering the back of a hand, with a second face-like shape above the knuckles.
Moustached man portrait on the back of a hand
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm of a face formed from a folded banknote with a rolled bill above, shown in two side by side photographs.
Money-face portrait on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a smiling man's portrait on an eagle wrapped in the American flag, perched on a branch, on the skin of the upper body.
Portrait and eagle in flag tattoo
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman in profile wearing an ornate Egyptian-style headdress, on the upper arm.
Realism portrait of a woman in a headdress on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horror character in a fedora with a bladed glove, on the upper arm.
Horror character portrait with bladed glove
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a standing wolf facing forward, placed on the outer upper thigh.
Realistic standing wolf on the thigh
Black ink line drawing of a symmetrical wolf head facing forward, with fine hatched fur and a dark nose, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Symmetrical wolf head line drawing
Full sleeve tattoo in realism style on the upper arm and forearm showing Darth Vader, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker and the Death Star against a space background.
Star Wars characters and Death Star full sleeve
Colour tattoo on a person's upper back showing two skull-faced portraits, a raised hand and red and blue geometric blocks, with a small hummingbird tattoo to the left.
Skull portraits and hummingbird on upper back