Portrait tattoo ideas

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Full sleeve realism tattoo in black and grey with blue tones, showing a grinning cat, pocket watches, a girl and film strip portraits across the upper arm and forearm.

Full sleeve of clocks, cat and portraits

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a dog's face inside a black heart with red flowers, on the inner upper arm, with a rose tattoo on the forearm below.

Dog portrait in a heart on an upper arm

Black and grey rose tattoo on one forearm and a bearded face tattoo on the other, shown on a person in a tweed waistcoat with a white shirt.

Rose and face tattoos on forearms

Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded man's face with swirling hair and beard on the forearm.

Bearded man portrait tattoo on forearm

Two colour tattoos in a neo-trad style: a sugar skull portrait with blue hair on the calf and a sugar skull portrait with flaming red hair on the forearm, with script lettering below.

Sugar skull portraits on calf and forearm

Neo-traditional tattoo of a pink and purple peony with teal centres and green leaves on the forearm, with a woman's head above it.

Pink and purple peony on a forearm

Black and white photo of a large black and grey skull tattoo covering a person's back, with a dotwork star on the upper back and a portrait on the arm.

Skull and star back tattoo in black and grey

Realism colour tattoo on a forearm of a young child resting their chin on their hands beside a tabby cat, with a few older tattoos at the top edge of the arm.

Realistic child and tabby cat on a forearm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a pug's face and front paws on a forearm, with soft shading behind the head.

Pug portrait tattoo on a forearm

Realism-style colour tattoo of a man with swept-back hair and a downcast gaze, framed by orange flames, on the forearm.

Realistic portrait of a man with flames

Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a woman's face with flowing hair beside floral and swirling motifs, extending from the shoulder to the forearm.

Woman portrait and floral full sleeve

Colour tattoo of a pale, wide-eyed girl with black hair, a red rose in her hair and red tears, framed in an oval on a forearm.

Pale-faced girl portrait with red rose

Black and grey realism tattoo of a bandana-masked banknote portrait with TRUST NO ONE and a script quote on a forearm.

Masked banknote portrait and script on forearm

Black and grey pharaoh portrait tattoos with striped nemes headdresses on two forearms, with the hands clasped together.

Pharaoh portraits on two forearms

Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a faceless woman with curled hair, painted tears and a dark lipstick mouth, on the forearm.

Faceless woman with curled hair on a forearm

Bold colour tattoo of a stylised woman with dark bobbed hair holding a cat, with a teal plant below, in Neo-trad style on the forearm.

Stylised woman with a cat on a forearm

Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a realistic lighthouse, a woman's portrait and a rose, across the forearm and upper arm.

Lighthouse and portrait full sleeve

Black and grey realism full sleeve on an arm, showing classic horror film style portraits of a slicked-back vampire, a woman, and monster faces with skulls and bats, photographed from three angles.

Classic horror monster full sleeve in black and grey

Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded man's face with his hair tied back, sitting on the forearm.

Realistic portrait of a bearded man on a forearm

Several arms and hands pressed together, showing a realistic black and grey cat tattoo, banknotes, portrait tattoos and a skull on the forearms and hands.

Realism portraits and cat on hands and forearms

Black ink portrait of a woman with flowers in her hair, labelled FRIDA KAHLO beneath it, on the inner forearm.

Frida Kahlo portrait on a forearm

Neo-traditional tattoo of a moustached man with slicked-back hair holding a straight razor, set against an orange circle on the forearm.

Neo-traditional portrait with straight razor on forearm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a snarling lion head with a full mane, covering the forearm.

Realistic lion head on forearm

Colour realism portrait tattoo of a man with slicked-back hair and a floral shirt, with a line of script below, on a forearm.

Portrait of a man in a floral shirt on a forearm

Woman in a pink t-shirt and black leather skirt showing a traditional-style pin-up tattoo of a dark-haired woman in a red dress on her forearm.

Pin-up woman tattoo on a forearm

Black and grey sleeve tattoo on a woman's arm showing a sugar skull portrait, lilies, roses and scrolling vines across the upper arm and forearm.

Black and grey sugar skull and lily sleeve

Realistic colour tattoo of a tabby cat's head above a wreath of red, pink and blue flowers on the inner wrist of a hand held up beside a real tabby cat.

Tabby cat portrait with roses on the inner wrist

Black and grey realistic portrait tattoo of a man's face with a moustache and ornate swirls on a forearm, with a hand resting beside a beige quilted handbag and black heels.

Grey portrait tattoo on a forearm beside a handbag

Realistic lion head on forearm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman holding a cigarette, set within a nested diamond frame on the forearm.

Woman smoking in a diamond frame on a forearm

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

Realistic lion head on forearm

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a girl with a braid and a collared striped dress, her head hidden by a cloud, on a forearm.

Girl with a cloud for a head on a forearm

Three side-by-side photos of a realistic colour lion head tattoo with a full mane and whiskers on a forearm.

Realistic lion head on a forearm

Realistic black, grey and brown wolf face tattoo with bright blue eyes on the forearm, shown in two photographs.

Realistic wolf face on a forearm

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a skull-faced figure in a black top hat above a red rose on a forearm.

Skull-faced figure in top hat with rose on forearm

Realism tattoo of three kitten heads stacked vertically on a forearm, the top two in grey and the lowest in colour.

Three kitten portraits stacked on a forearm

Fine line black tattoo of two small dog faces on the inner forearm, one looking up and one facing forward.

Two small dog portraits on a forearm

Realism tattoo on a forearm combining an amber glass bottle, a black and white portrait of a long-haired man and a figure in a top hat.

Bottle and portrait collage on a forearm

Black and white photo of a woman in a studded leather jacket showing a heart tattoo on her chest and sleeve tattoos on both arms.

Sleeved arms and heart chest tattoo

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

A raised fist shows a realistic red-toned portrait tattoo of a standing man on the inner forearm, against a plain white background.

Red portrait tattoo on a raised forearm

Colour tattoo of a brown and cream dog portrait inside an ornate gold frame with a heart, a purple glow and a banner reading GRYNET, on a forearm.

Dog portrait in gold frame on forearm

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

Sugar skull woman and rose on a forearm

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

Woman seen from behind with a tattooed back, including skulls, a coloured Snow White portrait and script, and sleeve work on her arm in a neo-traditional style.

Back and arm tattoos with Snow White portrait

Realism-style grey lion head tattoo with a small gold geometric accent on the forearm, framed by a black triangle outline.

Lion head with triangle on forearm

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a blue-haired woman with a red rose in her hair and painted sugar skull face markings, on a forearm.

Blue-haired woman with rose on forearm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a raven perched above a woman's face with bobbed hair, on a forearm.

Raven and woman portrait on a forearm