Portrait tattoo ideas

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

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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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a large skull beside a woman's face in profile, with a skeletal hand around her neck, across the upper back.
Skull and woman's profile on a back piece
Full back tattoo in a realist portrait style, showing a woman's face with gears, butterflies, a compass and a red fingerprint across the back.
Full back portrait with gears and compass
Black and grey realism portrait of a man in glasses and a tie on the upper back, with a beetroot and banners reading WE GOT THE BEETS.
Portrait with beetroot and banners on the back
Man seen from behind with a large black and grey realism tattoo of lions and flowing script across his upper back and shoulder.
Lion and script tattoo across a back
Black and grey realistic Joker portrait with a playing card across a man's back, with sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Joker portrait across a full back
Lower back tattoo of three oval-framed portraits inside an ornate black scrollwork frame, with a coloured central portrait of a girl with a red flower in her hair.
Three framed portraits on lower back
Large back tattoo with Air Jordan lettering, winged emblem, the number 23 and a red bull head, shaded in red and grey ink alongside a grey portrait.
Air Jordan 23 and bull back piece
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a lion's head with a full mane on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Realistic lion head on upper back
Sketchy black and red linework tattoo of three faces on a man's upper back, with vertical lettering running down the left side of the spine.
Three faces and vertical lettering on a back
Black and grey realism lion head tattoo across a person's upper back, photographed from behind with the neck and short hair visible.
Lion head tattoo across upper back
Neo-trad tattoo on a woman's upper back showing a woman's face in an ornate gold frame with a red heart.
Woman portrait with heart in ornate frame on back
Black and white photo of a woman's bare upper back showing a small black geometric compass rose tattoo between the shoulder blades.
Compass rose tattoo on upper back
A realistic colour portrait of a man in a studded black jacket, with red script lettering reading Michael Jackson, tattooed across a person's upper back.
Realistic portrait with red script on a back
Black and grey realism back tattoo of a woman in a fedora with a band across her eyes, two ravens and handwritten script covering the upper back.
Woman in fedora and birds on a full back
Colourful realism tattoo of a horse's head with flowing mane, orange feathers and dark birds, covering the whole of a person's back.
Horse portrait with feathers across a full back
Black and grey realism tattoos of a large skull across the back and two female portrait faces on the thighs.
Skull and portrait back and leg tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head with a full mane, placed on a person's upper back.
Realistic lion head on upper back
Black and grey portrait tattoo of a face on the lower back of a seated person, partly showing above dark clothing.
Grey portrait tattoo on lower back
Black and grey tattoos on a person's back and upper arm showing a horned beast with roses, a woman with roses on the right shoulder, and script above.
Beast and rose with woman portrait on shoulders
Colour tattoo of four women's faces arranged like a monument above pine trees, with THANK YOU above and FOR BEING A FRIEND below, on the back.
Four portraits with thank you lettering
Realism tattoo of a lioness face with amber eyes and whiskers, shaded in black and grey on the upper back.
Lioness face tattoo on upper back
Realism style black and grey wolf head tattoo on the upper back of a person lying face down on a bed.
Wolf head on upper back
Large back tattoo in a watercolour and black horror collage, with a clown, a wolf, a ghost face mask and an Elm Street sign, placed across the back and shoulder.
Horror collage across a back
Black and grey tattoo of a woman in profile with flowers in her hair, inside a circular frame across the upper back.
Art Nouveau woman in a circle on the upper back
Colour tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a turquoise feathered headdress above pink and purple flowers, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Feathered headdress profile on upper back
Full back tattoo of geisha portraits and pink cherry blossom branches in a Japanese style, shaded in grey across the back.
Geisha and cherry blossom back piece
Colour realism portrait tattoo of four women in an oval gold frame on a person's back, set against a bright pink background.
Four women portrait in an oval frame on back
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman's face with a dark updo and red beaded headpiece, covering a full back.
Woman portrait across a full back
Colour realism tattoo across a woman's back and side showing a soaring eagle, a man in a feathered headdress and a cougar head, placed on the back and ribs.
Eagle, feathers and cougar on a back and side
Three-panel image of a woman's back: a large colour tattoo of a woman's face, red poppies and a pocket watch, and a black-and-grey spine design with a bird-like shape below.
Back tattoos with portrait, poppies and clock
Colour tattoo of four stylised male faces in a row across the upper back, each with flat, solid fills in pink, blue, green and red.
Four stylised faces across the upper back