Portrait tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a chief in a feathered headdress above a wolf's head, with a howling wolf silhouetted against a moon.

Chief portrait and wolf on upper arm

Colour traditional tattoo of a woman with a feathered headpiece, pearls and red roses on the outer thigh.

Woman portrait with roses on a thigh

Black and grey realism tattoo of a young child in a leafy headpiece holding a kitten, on the outer lower leg.

Child with kitten in greyscale realism

Black and grey realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with blue eyes and scrollwork, on the upper arm.

Sugar skull woman portrait on upper arm

Colour realism tattoo of a grimacing figure in a striped red and white headband and blue collar, on a limb with a yellow-green background.

Realistic portrait of a grimacing figure in a headband

Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face with a moustache and swept-back hair, on the outer thigh.

Black and grey portrait of a man on a thigh

Realism tattoo of a bearded wizard in a pointed hat on the upper arm, shaded in grey with warm brown tones in the long beard.

Bearded wizard portrait on upper arm

Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing three stacked panels: a masked figure with stitches, a close-up of lips and a nose, and an eye.

Realism panels of a mask, lips and eye on a forearm

Realistic black and grey and red-toned tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress across the upper arm and shoulder, in a Realism style.

Realistic woman portrait with feather headdress

Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress with a circular medallion, across the upper arm.

Woman in feathered headdress on upper arm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint and a spiderweb, with a rose beneath, on a forearm.

Sugar skull portrait and rose on forearm

Colour tattoo of an anthropomorphic cat in a top hat, monocle and velvet jacket, framed in gold with a red bow, on a limb.

Dapper cat portrait in a gold frame

Black and grey realistic tattoo of a tiger's head with lotus flowers on the forearm, shown against a dark background.

Tiger head and lotus on a forearm

Two traditional-style portrait tattoos of women on a calf, the upper one in black and grey and the lower one in colour with green hair and a pink shell.

Two traditional portraits of women on a calf

Black and grey realism portrait of a man in sunglasses with block lettering and red splashes, tattooed on a forearm.

Portrait and lettering sleeve on a forearm

Colour realism tattoo of a Batman cowl with bat symbols and a rainbow backdrop on a forearm.

Batman portrait with bat symbols on a forearm

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

Art Nouveau woman with flowers on an upper arm

Colour realism tattoo of a woman with a hair bun and patterned bow, white cat-eye sunglasses and a hand at her chin, on the outer thigh.

Realistic portrait of a woman in sunglasses on a thigh

Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's face with swept dark hair and yellow scroll accents, on the upper arm.

Woman's face portrait on upper arm

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a sugar skull woman with blue eyes and red lips, framed by purple roses and leaves, on a forearm.

Sugar skull woman with roses on a forearm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a crowned lion head on the forearm of a person in a blue checked shirt, against a brick wall.

Crowned lion on a forearm

Black and grey realism portrait tattoo of a woman in cat-eye glasses resting her hand on her cheek, on the forearm.

Realism portrait of a woman in cat-eye glasses

Realistic black and grey tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress with red beads, covering the upper arm and shoulder.

Feathered headdress portrait on upper arm

Buffalo nickel coin tattoo on a thigh

Black and grey realism tattoo on the forearm of a man with swept-back hair in a dark jacket, his hands gripping the lapels beneath a banner reading THE KING IS DEAD.

Black and grey portrait with banner on forearm

Black and grey realism forearm sleeve tattoo with a red Fight Club label at the wrist, showing a face, figures on a street and a cityscape.

Realism forearm sleeve with Fight Club card

Colour realism tattoo on a lower leg showing a man's face with clamped eyelids, orange CLOCKWORK lettering and an orange slice.

Realistic portrait with Clockwork lettering on calf

Realism-style tattoo of a hundred dollar banknote on a forearm, with a figure in sunglasses and a cigarette in place of the portrait.

Hundred dollar bill tattoo on a forearm

Black and grey Neo-trad tattoo of a large-eyed girl with braids and a collar, framed by ornate scrollwork and a bird, on a limb.

Braided girl portrait in an ornate frame

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat with yellow eyes, red roses and green leaves on the outer thigh, framed by gold scrollwork and a teal banner.

Black cat portrait with roses on a thigh

Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a woman's face and hand with a fan-shaped motif, running down the upper arm.

Sketched woman portrait and hand on arm

Realism tattoo of the Evil Queen in a crown holding a red apple, shaded in black and grey with the apple in red, on the side of the torso.

Evil Queen holding a red apple

Realistic grey cat face tattoo with blue eyes on the back of a neck, shaded in black and grey with touches of blue.

Grey cat face tattoo on the neck

A black linework sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a crowned queen with ornamental scrollwork and a lion or animal motif near the wrist.

Crowned queen sleeve in linework

Colour realism tattoo of a woman with blonde hair, blue eyes and red lips, with pink roses below, on the upper arm.

Realistic woman portrait with roses on upper arm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a wolf head over a woman's face with red face markings, covering the upper arm.

Wolf and woman portrait on upper arm

Realism tattoo of a woman in a pirate hat holding a pistol, shown in black and grey with blue accents across the upper arm and shoulder.

Pirate woman portrait on upper arm

Realism tattoo on the outer thigh showing a bearded man's face framed by a wolf's head, with dotwork shading, leafy branches and a green wash.

Wolf and portrait on a thigh

Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded man wearing a crown of thorns, with a single tear, on a forearm.

Realistic portrait with crown of thorns on a forearm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with sugar skull style markings and tears, with a shaded rose below, on an upper arm.

Portrait of a woman with sugar skull makeup and rose

Colour realism tattoo of the Cheshire Cat grinning above a portrait of the Mad Hatter in a red top hat, on a limb with a blue swirling background.

Cheshire Cat and Mad Hatter portrait

Black and grey pencil-style drawing of a lion's head with a long, flowing mane tapering to a point, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.

Lion head with flowing mane

Full sleeve realism tattoo on an arm with horror-style portraits, a skull mask, a silhouetted figure and orange flames, with lettering at the lower wrist.

Horror-themed realism sleeve with fire background

Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a long-haired man pointing, with smoke, potion bottles, a snake and a skull.

Black and grey portrait sleeve with skull and snake

Red, orange and black tattoo of a man's face with a cassette tape reel and gears on the forearm, in a loose painterly style with halftone dots.

Portrait with cassette and gears on forearm

Realism tattoo of a woman in a red lace masquerade mask with a red feather, shaded in black and grey on the outer thigh.

Masquerade portrait with red feather on thigh

Realism tattoo of a woman with red sugar skull face paint, blue eyes and black linework, on the upper arm.

Sugar skull portrait in red on an upper arm