Portrait tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style tattoo of a woman's face with bobbed hair, a red headband, red cheeks and red lips on a limb.
Flapper-style woman's face with red headband
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with arms crossed resting on a snarling tiger head, on the inner forearm.
Woman resting on a tiger head on a forearm
Traditional style flash drawing of a woman's head with a red rose and green leaves in her dark hair, shown on a cream background with no body placement.
Traditional woman's head with red rose
Black and grey flash sheet of six vintage men's hairstyle portraits, labelled The Valentino, The Executive, City Slick, Service Man, The Playboy and Aristocrat.
Vintage men's hairstyle flash sheet
Colour traditional tattoo of a crowned queen in a blue hood inside an ornate gold frame, on the calf.
Crowned queen in a gold frame on a calf
Traditional style flash drawing of a woman in profile with dark curled hair and two red flowers with green leaves, shown on a sheet of paper.
Profile woman with red flowers in hair
Traditional style flash sheet with two portrait figures in the centre, surrounded by an eye, a hand holding a cigarette, a UFO, a bee and crystals, with slogan lettering.
Flash sheet with two portraits, UFO, eye and bee
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a torso featuring a woman's portrait, a moustachioed man in a bow tie, arrows and chain borders around the navel.
Traditional portraits and arrows on a torso
A hand with a fine brush painting a traditional style flash design of Frankenstein's monster in profile, with a red flower and a sunburst behind the head.
Frankenstein's monster flash being painted
Colour traditional tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a feathered headdress, on a person's side ribs.
Feathered headdress portrait on a side ribs
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman wearing a striped Egyptian nemes headdress with a feather ornament, on an arm.
Egyptian woman in striped headdress
Traditional style tattoo of Christ with a crown of thorns in front of a red halo, with the words BE THOU MY VISION beneath, on the forearm.
Traditional Christ portrait with crown of thorns
Traditional colour tattoo of a woman's portrait with pink jacket, pink flowers and a blue banner reading Ain't No Such Thing, on the upper arm.
Portrait with flowers and banner on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a woman with a red bow in her hair, holding red boxing gloves, above a banner reading TOUGH LOVE.
Woman with boxing gloves and Tough Love banner
Colour traditional-style tattoo on skin of an older woman with glasses holding a sprinkled cupcake, with a banner reading IT WAS A RUN BY FRUITING.
Older woman with cupcake and banner tattoo
Traditional style flash design of a man in a suit beside a vintage microphone, with a red rose, a flowering sprig and a banner reading Long Live The King, shown as a framed print.
Crooner portrait with microphone and roses
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a terrier in a suit and red bow tie, set in an ornate gold frame with flowers, on the outer thigh.
Terrier in a gilded frame on a thigh
Traditional-style tattoo on the outer forearm of a person, showing a yellow crescent moon, a small star and a woman's face beside a skull.
Crescent moon, skull and woman on forearm
A black and grey bear head flash design with detailed fur linework and shading, shown on a sepia watercolour background.
Bear head design in sepia tones
Neo-trad style colour tattoo of a grinning clown with a striped top hat and red bow tie on the upper arm.
Clown portrait with top hat on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two stylised figures embracing, with a large flower and leafy sprigs, on the upper thigh.
Two figures embracing with flowers on a thigh
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a smiling woman with an updo and purple headband, beside a blue rose and green leaves on an arm.
Woman portrait with blue rose on arm
Flash sheet of four traditional-style portraits of princesses, each with a red banner bearing a name, set against a cream background.
Four princess portraits with name banners in traditional
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with cat ears, teardrop earrings and a pearl necklace, on the upper leg.
Cat-eared woman portrait on the thigh
Colour traditional tattoo on an upper arm of a woman in glasses and a dark robe with a lace collar, framed by a laurel wreath and a banner reading SUPREME.
Portrait with laurel wreath on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a man's head filled with flowers, wheat and an eye, with a checked collar and bow tie, on an upper arm.
Man's face filled with flowers on upper arm
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
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 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
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
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman with dark hair, red roses and a pearl necklace across the shoulder and upper back.
Woman portrait with red roses and pearls
Colour Traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon woman with brown hair, glasses and a green jacket above a banner reading MISUNDERSTOOD, on an upper arm.
Cartoon character with misunderstood banner on arm
Colour realism tattoo of a ginger cat's face with green eyes inside a teal knotwork frame, on the outer thigh.
Ginger cat portrait in a teal swirl frame on thigh
Woman in a lace bra and open plaid shirt, showing a traditional-style rose and bird tattoo on her ribs, script lettering on her upper chest, and a rose and portrait design on her thigh.
Rose and bird tattoos on torso and thigh
Black and grey flash sheet of nine traditional-style tattoo designs, including a rose with a banner, a skull with crossed shovels, a boombox and two bold character heads.
Black and grey traditional flash sheet
Traditional style tattoo of a woman with a red feather headdress, blue beads and a cross, on the upper arm.
Woman with feather headdress on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a woman's face framed by flowers and a red rose, with gold hoop earrings and a fringed shawl, on a forearm.
Traditional woman portrait with roses on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with curled hair, spider web markings over her eyes and a hanging spider earring, on an upper arm.
Woman with spider web face and spider earring
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a feathered headdress and a skull, shown in two close-up photographs on a limb.
Woman in feather headdress with skull
Traditional style tattoo of a moustached man with slicked hair inside a rope frame, above a red rose with green leaves, on an upper arm.
Traditional man portrait and rose on an upper arm
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
Black and grey realism portrait of Frankenstein's monster in an ornate oval frame on a calf, beside a traditional pin-up tattoo with a banner.
Frankenstein portrait and pin-up on a calf
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman with waved hair and orange earrings, holding a fan with a hand and eye design, on an upper arm.
Portrait of a woman with a fan on the upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a palm tree, setting sun, sea and a pink flower with green leaves, on the inside of a forearm, with another tattoo of a woman's face above it.
Palm tree and sunset on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a red rose and gold coin headdress, on a limb.
Profile portrait with red rose headdress