Portrait tattoo ideas

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Realistic colour tattoo of a woman resting her head on a pillow, with red lips and curled blonde hair, on the upper arm.
Realistic colour portrait of a woman on a pillow
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with long hair and a direct gaze, on the upper arm.
Black and grey portrait of a woman on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face framed by a lion's head on the upper arm.
Woman's face with lion headdress on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a tiger's head with a dark stare and whiskers, covering the upper arm and shoulder of a person in a white vest.
Realistic tiger head on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman in an oval frame with a large rose and script lettering across the upper arm and shoulder.
Portrait and rose on upper arm
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
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
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
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
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing an Art Nouveau woman in profile holding pink flowers, set within a round floral frame in neo-traditional style.
Art Nouveau woman with flowers on an upper arm
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Traditional coloured tattoo of a woman with bobbed black hair, a blue headband and a gold feather, framed by red and yellow snakes, on the upper arm.
Flapper woman with snakes on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman in jewelled headdress and fan of peacock-style feathers, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Ornate portrait with feather headdress on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a pin-up woman with a rose in her hair, a blue anchor on her neck and a red compass star, on the upper arm.
Pin-up woman with rose and compass star
Realism lion head tattoo on an upper arm, shaded in brown and grey with warm red-brown tones.
Lion head on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's profile with dark hair strung with pearls and a sailing ship on her head, on the upper arm.
Woman profile and sailing ship on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head with a full mane, covering the upper arm.
Realistic lion portrait on upper arm
Black and grey realism portrait tattoo of a young boy with curly hair and a tank top, placed on the upper arm.
Realism portrait of a young boy
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint and a hood, with a rose above her head, on an upper arm.
Sugar skull portrait with rose on arm
Realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with purple eye makeup and lips, seen through torn skin on the upper arm.
Sugar skull woman tearing through skin on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a helmeted warrior's eyes and brow on an upper arm, shown in brown, bronze and blue tones.
Realistic warrior helmet and eyes on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm showing a man's portrait above two armed warriors in a forest scene.
Male portrait with warriors on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with a tear-streaked eye, with German lettering, on a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic woman's face with tear on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snarling leopard on a man's upper arm, with his hand raised to his face beside it.
Snarling leopard on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with an updo, earrings and a necklace, holding a cigarette holder to her lips, on the upper arm.
Black and grey portrait of a woman on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of Medusa with teal and yellow snakes wrapped around her head, on an upper arm.
Medusa portrait with snakes on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a lion's head with a full golden mane on the upper arm and shoulder, shown in a close photograph.
Lion portrait on an upper arm
Half sleeve on an upper arm showing a sketchy black and grey portrait of a woman in profile, with a red streak, a red umbrella and stairs below, in a realism style.
Woman portrait sleeve with red umbrella
Traditional style tattoo of a nurse in profile wearing a cap and blue uniform, with a large red cross, shown on the upper arm.
Nurse portrait in profile on an arm
Colour realism tattoo of a bearded pirate in a red bandana, with beaded chains and a sailing ship below, on the upper arm.
Realistic pirate portrait on upper arm