Portrait tattoo ideas

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

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Full back tattoo in a realist portrait style, showing a woman's face with gears, butterflies, a compass and a red fingerprint across the back.
Full back portrait with gears and compass
Neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman's face framed by blue hair, with three grey cats with yellow eyes above her head.
Woman with blue hair and three cats on upper arm
Black and grey neo-traditional style tattoo of a cartoon girl with her hair in a bun, chin resting on her hands, inside an ornate scrolled frame on the upper arm.
Cartoon girl in a scrolled frame on an arm
Black ink line drawing of a bearded man in profile, a tattoo design in a neo-traditional style with no placement shown.
Bearded man in profile line drawing
Black and grey line drawing of a crowned woman in an ornate oval frame with scrollwork and a heart, a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Crowned woman portrait in an ornate frame
Pencil sketch flash design in neo-traditional style showing a cat with pearls, roses, a fan, a ribbon banner reading Must Love Cats and two stylised women, with no placement shown.
Cat, roses and Must Love Cats banner design
Colour tattoo of an Art Nouveau style woman with red hair and white flowers, with teal and white swirls, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Art Nouveau woman upper arm sleeve
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in an oval cameo, surrounded by ornate scrollwork and flowers on an upper thigh.
Cameo portrait with scrollwork on thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of a schnauzer in a bowler hat and monocle, set in an ornate gold frame with red gems, on a limb.
Schnauzer in bowler hat and monocle
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a striped head wrap, framed by a gold laurel wreath on the upper arm.
Profile portrait in a laurel wreath on upper arm
Neo-trad style tattoo of a grey cameo portrait in a black ornate frame, set on a pink oval with dangling bead chains, on the inner forearm.
Cameo in ornate frame on a forearm
Black linework design with pink and blue pencil shading of a sugar skull woman wearing an owl headdress, with feathers and beaded chains, drawn on paper.
Owl and sugar skull portrait design
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 tattoo of an Art Nouveau style woman with red hair and white flowers on an upper arm, set against a green background.
Art Nouveau woman with red hair on upper arm
Blue ink drawing of a woman's face framed by curled hair and two large roses, in a neo-traditional style, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Woman portrait with roses in curled hair
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a woman with sugar skull style face make-up, peonies in her hair and a jewelled necklace, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman with peonies and sugar skull make-up design
Pencil and coloured pencil tattoo design of a woman wearing a wolf over her head, with flowers and red berries in her hair, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman with wolf headdress and flowers
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
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's face with teal hair wrap and scalloped collar on the inner forearm.
Stylised woman portrait on a forearm
Pencil and ink sketch of Medusa, a woman with snakes for hair, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Medusa sketch with snake hair
Black and grey portrait of a woman with red lips and red splashes, a neo-trad style tattoo on a forearm.
Woman's face and red splashes on a forearm
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
Neo-trad tattoo on a woman's upper back showing a woman's face in an ornate gold frame with a red heart.
Woman portrait with heart in ornate frame on back
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a split portrait of a red-haired woman and a man in a dark suit, with a UFO and green beam.
Split portrait with UFO and green beam on upper arm
Colour tattoo of an Art Nouveau style woman with red hair and white roses in a circular frame, placed on the upper arm and shoulder.
Art Nouveau woman with white roses on upper arm
Black and grey neo-trad tattoo of a woman with an updo in an ornate oval frame, with a large rose above her, on the outer thigh.
Woman in ornate frame with rose on thigh
Colour tattoo of a calico cat's face with green eyes, pink nose and whiskers, in a soft illustrative style, on the forearm.
Calico cat face on forearm
Colour tattoo of the Joker character with green hair, a purple hat and a wide yellow-toothed grin, on the forearm.
Joker character portrait on a forearm
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an anthropomorphic cat in a veiled hat with a red rose, set in a black scrollwork frame on a forearm.
Veiled cat portrait with rose on a forearm
Neo-traditional flash drawing of a woman with curled ram horns, red eyes and a red and black collar, drawn in pencil and ink on paper.
Horned woman portrait flash design
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 neo-trad style tattoo of a woman with blue hair, fur-lined aviator hat and goggles, smoking a cigarette, on the thigh.
Woman in aviator hat with cigarette on thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in a feather headdress with an owl above her head, shown on the forearm in red, orange and black.
Owl and feather headdress portrait on forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman with a wolf's head over her head, braided hair tied with red ribbons and leaves, on the outer thigh.
Wolf-headed woman portrait with braids and leaves
Mixed colour sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing a sugar skull pin-up woman, a red nautical star and a Harley-Davidson logo.
Sugar skull pin-up and nautical star on upper arm
Neo-traditional flash design of a woman with a tall beehive hairstyle, red lips, two hearts and a banner scroll at the base.
Pin-up woman with beehive hair and banner
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman's face framed by teal hair, octopus tentacles and peach shells, on the upper arm.
Woman portrait with teal hair and tentacles on upper arm