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 blonde woman with her hair in a bun and red-framed sunglasses, on the upper arm.
Realistic portrait of a woman in sunglasses
Full-colour realistic tattoo on a forearm of a sci-fi pilot in a helmet with a rebel insignia, above a starfighter.
Sci-fi pilot portrait and starfighter on forearm
Pencil sketch design of a woman in a feathered headdress with a large peony flower and a skull, drawn as a tattoo design.
Feathered headdress woman with peony sketch
Black fine line tattoo of a face with a dove in flight above it, drawn in a single continuous outline on skin.
Dove and face line drawing
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cat with yellow eyes wearing a gold crown, shown on a forearm against a red background.
Crowned cat on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of Medusa's face framed by snakes, shown on the upper arm.
Medusa face with snakes on upper arm
Fresh and healed photos of a realistic colour tattoo of a woman with a finger to her lips and blood spatters on her face, on a forearm.
Realistic woman portrait with finger to lips on forearm
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 tattoo of a woman's face in a bold comic book style, with heavy black hair and lashes, on the arm.
Comic-style woman's face on the arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a dog portrait with its tongue out, with roses and flourishes, on a thigh.
Dog portrait tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a woman's head and shoulders with an updo decorated with flowers, drawn in engraved-style linework and hatching, on the upper thigh.
Black and grey portrait of a woman on thigh
Pencil sketch of a woman in profile framed by peony flowers, a botanical tattoo design for the shoulder and upper arm.
Profile portrait with peonies sketch
Traditional style tattoo of a woman with yellow flowers in her dark hair and an orange top, with the word divine written below, on the ankle.
Woman portrait with flowers and the word divine
Neo-traditional style flash design of a woman's portrait framed by bees, honeycomb, a UFO and an 'I want to believe' banner, with no body placement shown.
Portrait with bees, UFO and banner
Black and grey drawing of a woman with long wavy hair wearing a tiger head as a headdress, in neo-traditional style, shown with coloured pencils.
Woman with tiger headdress drawing
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pug wearing a collar, set in an ornate oval frame on the calf.
Pug portrait in an ornate frame on a calf
Realistic colour tattoo of a grotesque face with red hair and cracked skin across the back of a hand, in a realism style.
Cracked horror face portrait on the back of a hand
Two illustrated female portraits on the forearms, one with blonde hair, a black blindfold and red lips, the other with red hair and a black gag across the mouth, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Blindfolded and gagged portraits on forearms
Pastel neo-traditional style tattoo of a woman with flowing hair and draped fabric covering the outer upper arm.
Woman with flowing hair on an upper arm
Monochrome drawing of a woman whose face is half skull, with a long side braid, a bow at the collar and a lace-trimmed blouse, shown as a tattoo design.
Skull-faced woman with braid and bow
A seated person in a black bra and patterned underwear shows neo-traditional tattoos of two female portraits on the upper arm, a rose on the hand, and ornate scrollwork and a teal wave on the torso.
Portrait and ornamental tattoos on arms and torso
Black and grey pencil drawing of a woman in profile, looking upward, with ornate swirling foliage forming her hair and shoulders.
Portrait with swirling foliage hair
Colour realism tattoo of a woman holding a glowing orb against a teal background, placed on the thigh.
Woman with glowing orb on thigh
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
Realism style black and grey thigh tattoo showing a pocket watch, a top hat, a key and a framed portrait of a woman, surrounded by ornate lace patterns.
Pocket watch and portrait thigh piece
Black ink drawing of a woman with flowing hair and pink rose and scroll tattoo designs on her shoulder and upper arm.
Woman with pink rose tattoo designs
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
Traditional style colour tattoo of a woman in profile with dark wavy hair and a red rose, on the forearm.
Profile woman and rose on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a sugar skull woman framed by skeletal hands and teal scrollwork, with the words Till The End on the neck, on a forearm.
Sugar skull portrait on forearm
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a German Shepherd's head in profile, shown on the calf.
German Shepherd portrait on a calf
Realism colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a man in a brown coat beside a blue police box, a Dalek and a Cyberman in a swirling blue vortex.
Sci-fi scene with police box and robots on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo on a calf showing three film-style characters above a crystal ball and the words Harry Potter.
Harry Potter portrait tattoo on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a heart reading I'll never let my youth cave in, with a desert scene inside, on a forearm.
Heart lyric tattoo with desert scene
Black line drawing of a sailor girl in a tilted sailor hat and neckerchief, printed on a heathered brown t-shirt, in a traditional style.
Sailor girl flash on a brown t-shirt
Black and grey realism portrait tattoo of a man with a full curly afro, with a script scroll reading Bob Marley beneath him.
Realism portrait with Bob Marley scroll lettering
Sketch-style colour tattoo of a woman's face in a harlequin diamond hat, with red cheek blush, on the outer thigh.
Woman portrait with harlequin hat on thigh
Realistic black and grey portrait of a man's face framed by tribal scrollwork on an upper arm.
Realistic portrait of a man framed by tribal scrollwork
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman's face with teal markings, feathers, a compass and a jaguar head.
Neo-trad woman and jaguar on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with bold crossing brushstrokes over the eyes and mouth, on the forearm.
Black and grey woman's face portrait on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoos of a woman and a man, one on the back of each hand, with soft shading and detailed facial features.
Two realistic portraits on the backs of hands
A person reclining outdoors shows a full colour sleeve on one arm, floral and skull tattoos on the legs, and a large skull piece across the torso.
Colourful skull tattoos across legs, arm and torso
Pencil sketch of a pin-up woman with three bears and Just Right script in Neo-trad and lettering styles, drawn as a tattoo design.
Pin-up portrait with bears and Just Right script
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate hand mirror framing a lace Venetian mask and a feather, on the forearm.
Venetian mask and hand mirror on a forearm
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
Red pencil sketch of a woman's face framed by flowing hair and a large rose, a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Woman portrait with roses in red pencil
Black and grey realism tattoo of a face within a rolled-up 100 dollar banknote on an upper arm, with blackletter lettering visible beside it.
Portrait face on a banknote, upper arm
Forearm tattoo of a figure in a bowler hat with a small moustache, surrounded by black dots and blue watercolour-style splashes.
Bowler hat portrait with blue watercolour splashes