Portrait tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic colour portrait tattoo of a man with dark curly hair in a red jacket, with a small black silhouette below, on an upper arm.
Realistic colour portrait tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism full arm sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, shown from five angles, featuring a banknote portrait, playing cards, stars and an 8 ball.
Full arm sleeve with banknote portrait and cards
Colour portrait tattoo of a woman with long hair on an upper arm, with black ink splatter and a Roman numeral clock face below her.
Colourful woman portrait and clock on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of Medusa with snakes coiled through her hair on an arm, shown in three side-by-side panels.
Medusa portrait with snakes on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a long-haired woman with a clown nose and tear, with comedy and tragedy masks and a pointe shoe, on the upper arm with script lettering below.
Woman with theatre masks and script on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo sleeve on an upper arm and forearm showing a crowned religious figure, a veiled woman holding rosary beads, and a revolver on the chest.
Black and grey religious realism sleeve with revolver
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snarling lion with a full mane, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Snarling lion on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a half face with one eye, nose and lips in a small rectangular panel on the upper arm.
Half face portrait on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a paw print with a dog's face in each pad, shown on the upper arm above a printed photo of the dog.
Paw print with dog portraits on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded face styled like a carved stone bust, on the upper arm.
Bearded stone-effect face on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of an older man with red face paint and a feathered headdress, on the upper arm.
Realistic portrait of a man in feathered headdress
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with ornate filigree, long hair, smoke and a decorated pistol across the upper arm and shoulder.
Sugar skull woman with pistol on upper arm
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a woman's face with a hand near her mouth and a Roman numeral clock on the wrist.
Realism portrait sleeve with clock
Realism colour tattoo of an older man in a red and beaded headdress and necklace, covering the upper arm.
Realistic portrait of an older man in headdress
Realistic sphynx cat in a grey suit, monocle and spotted bow tie inside an ornate black frame, tattooed on the upper arm.
Sphynx cat in monocle and bow tie on upper arm
Black and grey portrait tattoo on a forearm and upper arm, with knuckle lettering on the fingers and hand, photographed on a woman in a dark speckled t-shirt.
Portrait and lettering tattoos on hand and arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tabby cat in a top hat, monocle and waistcoat inside a beaded oval frame with a bow, on an upper arm.
Cat in top hat and monocle in a beaded oval frame
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face with curly hair, eyes closed, singing into a microphone, on the inner upper arm.
Black and grey portrait with a microphone on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing a falcon head, the Eye of Horus, a queen's portrait and a pharaoh's face.
Egyptian themed sleeve with falcon and Eye of Horus
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman in profile wearing an ornate Egyptian-style headdress, on the upper arm.
Realism portrait of a woman in a headdress on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horror character in a fedora with a bladed glove, on the upper arm.
Horror character portrait with bladed glove
Full sleeve tattoo in realism style on the upper arm and forearm showing Darth Vader, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker and the Death Star against a space background.
Star Wars characters and Death Star full sleeve
Realism tattoo of a pug's face and shoulders in brown and grey shading on an upper arm.
Realistic pug portrait on upper arm
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
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
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 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 tattoo of a woman's face with ornate filigree above the eyes and a clock face with Roman numerals across the cheek, on an upper arm.
Black and grey portrait with clock face on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress on the ribs, with grey rose tattoos visible on the upper arm above.
Feathered headdress portrait on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rolled stack of banknotes with a seal and serial number on the upper arm, with a partial portrait behind.
Rolled banknotes on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a geisha with a lotus flower and a butterfly on the upper arm and shoulder.
Geisha portrait with lotus on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a Boston terrier's face inside a black-line scrollwork frame on the upper arm.
Boston terrier portrait in a scroll frame
Three photographs of a realistic colour tattoo of a lion's head with a full mane, covering the upper arm and shoulder of a man in a grey sleeveless top.
Realistic lion portrait on upper arm
Realistic portrait tattoo on an upper arm of a long-haired, bearded man grinning with a gold tooth and holding a bat marked montos.
Realistic portrait of a grinning man with a bat
Colour realism tattoo of a brown bear's face with amber eyes and a black nose, placed on the upper arm.
Realistic bear face on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress flanked by two cats, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Woman portrait with feathered headdress on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an adult lion and its cub on the upper arm and shoulder, shown in a black and white photograph.
Lion and cub on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face framed by a wolf's head headdress, with a feathered braid and small red face marks, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Wolf headdress woman portrait on upper arm
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 realism tattoo of a sculpted face with closed eyes and a softly shaded nose on the upper arm.
Sculpted face tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman with ram horns and tulips in her hair, holding a red apple with a bite taken out.
Woman with ram horns and a red apple
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a wolf head wearing feathers above a woman with face paint and a beaded necklace.
Wolf and woman portrait on an upper arm sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a banknote with a bearded man's portrait and ornate border on the upper arm.
Banknote portrait tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism sleeve on a woman's arm, showing a scaled snake, a camera and a portrait tattooed on the forearm and upper arm.
Black and grey sleeve with snake and camera
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded man with long hair and a crown of thorns, looking upward, on the upper arm.
Crowned bearded portrait on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face make-up and filigree scrollwork on the upper arm, with one hand raised to her chin.
Sugar skull woman portrait on arm