Portrait tattoo ideas

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

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Colour realism tattoo of a woman's portrait with her hands forming a heart and the word Home beneath them, on a limb above a tiled floor.
Realism portrait of a woman with heart-shaped hands
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with wavy hair on the outer thigh, with the wearer lying down in socks.
Realistic female portrait tattoo on thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a footballer seen from behind, wearing a number 7 shirt with the name Cantona across the back.
Footballer seen from behind on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a pug's face and shoulders in brown and grey shading on an upper arm.
Realistic pug portrait on upper arm
Traditional style flash design of a woman with a voluminous dark beehive hairstyle, red roses and a ribbon banner reading LOVE IS A LOSING GAME.
Traditional portrait with roses and banner
Traditional style flash design of a bearded sailor in a knitted cap smoking a pipe, framed by roses, rope, swallows and a sea sunset.
Sailor portrait with swallows and roses
Traditional style tattoo of a woman with a black bob and a red rose in her hair, on a freckled arm.
Traditional woman portrait with rose
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon woman with curly blonde hair, a hand cupped to her mouth, above three candy heart shapes with lettering, on skin.
Cartoon woman and candy hearts on skin
Black and grey back tattoo of a woman in an ornate headdress, surrounded by lotus flowers, peony and cherry blossom, on the upper and middle back.
Woman portrait and lotus back piece
Black and grey traditional sleeve tattoo on a woman's arm, featuring roses, a female portrait, a banner and a winged skull on the forearm.
Traditional sleeve with roses, portrait and winged skull
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's face with bobbed hair, a red headband, red cheeks and red lips on a limb.
Flapper-style woman's face with red headband
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a face with dark eyes and cracked skin texture across the back of a hand, shown in Realism style on the hand.
Realistic face tattoo on the back of a hand
Neo-trad tattoo on the outer thigh of a woman with pearl headwear and drop earrings, holding a red anatomical heart beside a black feather.
Woman holding a heart on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a French bulldog's head on the middle finger of a hand.
French bulldog portrait on a finger
Realistic colour tattoo of a revolver wrapped in a pink ruffled garter with a bow and heart charm, on the outer thigh.
Revolver and garter on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of an Egyptian pharaoh head in a striped nemes headdress on the middle finger of a hand.
Pharaoh head on a middle finger
Colour realism tattoo on a forearm showing a man in aviator glasses holding a cigarette beside an open-jawed shark, shown as a side-by-side pair of photos.
Realistic portrait and shark on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a bearded older man with flowing hair and swirling smoke across the back of a hand, shown in greys and browns against a pale background.
Bearded man portrait on the back of a hand
Realistic colour tattoo of a lion's head with a flowing mane in orange, yellow and purple tones, on a person's upper back.
Realistic lion head on upper back
Realism colour tattoo on a calf of a scarred horror villain in a teal brimmed hat, with long metal blades on a glove, set against a red background.
Horror villain with bladed glove on a calf
Colour realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint, red autumn leaves and a keyhole on her forehead, on a calf.
Sugar skull portrait with autumn leaves on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull-faced woman with roses and a swallow on the thigh of a person lying on a white bed.
Skull portrait and roses on a thigh
Colour tattoo of an anthropomorphic cat in a veiled hat and lace collar, framed by black scrollwork with a red rose, on the forearm.
Cat in a veiled hat with a rose on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress resting her hand on her chin, with an owl below, on the outer thigh.
Headdress portrait and owl on thigh
Realism colour tattoo on a forearm showing a bearded figure whose beard is made of tentacles, with a carved skull coin above it.
Bearded tentacled figure and skull coin on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a grinning villain face with bared teeth and wide eyes on a forearm, beside a black and white printed image of the same face.
Grinning villain face on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a blue-skinned alien face wearing goggles, with red lips, on the upper arm.
Blue alien face with goggles on upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with arms crossed resting on a snarling tiger head, on the inner forearm.
Woman resting on a tiger head on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a man with a wide-eyed, grimacing expression and a dark headband, on the upper arm.
Realistic portrait tattoo on upper arm
Traditional style flash drawing of a woman's head with a red rose and green leaves in her dark hair, shown on a cream background with no body placement.
Traditional woman's head with red rose
Black ink drawing of a woman's face framed by flowing hair, feathers and a tentacle, in a fine line and dotwork style, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Woman's portrait with feathers and tentacle
Realistic colour portrait tattoo of a man with slicked-back dark hair, blue eyes and a toothy grin, on the upper arm or thigh.
Realistic colour portrait of a man
Black and grey shaded tattoo of two kissing profiles framed in a circle, on the upper arm.
Two profiles kissing in a circle
Black linework tattoo design of the goddess Athena in profile wearing a crested Greek helmet with an owl perched on it, drawn on paper with no placement shown.
Athena portrait with owl and Greek helmet
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a sugar skull woman framed by roses and a butterfly, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Sugar skull woman and roses on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cat wearing a top hat, monocle and bow tie inside an oval frame above a red rose, on the upper arm.
Cat in top hat and monocle with rose on upper arm
Black and grey realism back tattoo of a sheriff in a wide-brimmed hat aiming a revolver, with a city skyline, a road and zombies around him.
Sheriff and zombies back piece
Fine line black tattoo of a cat's face on the inner upper arm, with whiskers, ears and shaded fur detail.
Cat face tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat's head in profile on the inner forearm of a person wearing a dark floral top.
Cat portrait on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a woman with a turquoise face covered by blue and orange butterflies and pink roses in her dark hair, centred on a person's upper back.
Faceless woman with butterflies and roses on back
Two black and white line drawings on tracing paper: a bald man with glasses above a Basic Chemistry banner and lily, and a bearded man beside an arrow-pierced rose with a Cherokee Rose banner.
Two portrait flash designs with rose and banners
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman with a braided hair, blue flowers, a feather and a patterned headband, on the outer thigh.
Woman portrait with feather and blue flowers on a thigh
Black and white photo of a hand with small fine line princess face tattoos on each finger, placed on the hand.
Princess portraits tattooed on fingers
Black and grey tattoo of a Siamese cat's face with pointed ears on the upper thigh, shaded with fine stippling and linework.
Siamese cat face on a thigh
Black and grey flash sheet of six vintage men's hairstyle portraits, labelled The Valentino, The Executive, City Slick, Service Man, The Playboy and Aristocrat.
Vintage men's hairstyle flash sheet
Black and grey realism tattoo of a clown face with a tear and $100 bills on the lower leg.
Clown face with tear and hundred dollar bills
Pencil sketch of a woman wearing a wolf headdress with feathers, with a rose and pearl strands drawn below, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Woman in wolf headdress with rose design
Realism tattoo of a woman's face behind a black lace masquerade mask with white flowers, placed on a forearm.
Masquerade mask portrait on a forearm