Portrait tattoo ideas

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

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Neo-traditional style flash design of a red-haired archer with a Celtic knot tattoo on her shoulder, a bow, arrow, sword and white flowers, with a banner reading Fate Loves the Fearless.
Red-haired archer portrait with lettered banner
Two colour tattoos on a pair of thighs, one of Elsa from Frozen and one of Ariel from The Little Mermaid, each in an ornate oval frame in neo-traditional style.
Elsa and Ariel framed portraits on thighs
Colour tattoo of a cartoon character with black hair and glasses inside a pink and purple scalloped frame on the thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Cartoon character portrait in a scalloped frame
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing a man and a woman in portrait, with a large red rose, spider web and green leaves.
Portrait couple and red rose on a thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a feather headdress and peony flower, placed on an upper arm.
Neo-trad woman and peony on upper arm
Two side by side neo-traditional tattoo flash sketches of a woman in ornate headdresses, one in green ink with a lemur, one in brown ink with feathers, with no body placement shown.
Woman with lemur headdress design sketches
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in profile with curled dark hair, orange spiked rays and a teal hair ornament, on the inner forearm.
Neo-trad woman profile on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a meerkat in a gilded oval frame with a meerkat sculpture on top and a Simples banner, on the thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Meerkat portrait in a gilded frame on a thigh
Neo-traditional style flash design of a pale, stitched-face woman with red curls inside an oval frame, above a banner reading FOREVER.
Stitched portrait with FOREVER banner
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in profile with a sculpted updo and wing detail, on the outer thigh.
Profile of a woman with a wing on the thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey dog in an ornate gold frame, with a red flower, green leaves and paw prints on the lower leg.
Dog portrait in gold frame with red flower
Pencil and ink drawing of a woman's face framed by roses, peonies, a butterfly and a dragonfly, a neo-traditional tattoo design on paper.
Woman portrait with roses and butterfly
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey dog portrait in an ornate gold frame with red roses, shown in a collage with a photo of the dog.
Realistic dog portrait in a gold frame with roses
Neo-trad style tattoo on a calf showing a snarling bear head behind a woman's face, with grey shading and warm orange skin tones.
Bear and woman portrait on a calf
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's face with braided hair, flowers, feathers and a geometric headband on the thigh.
Woman portrait with flowers on a thigh
Full torso tattoo in neo-traditional style showing an owl with spread wings across the chest, with a compass, sailing ship and woman's portrait on the stomach.
Owl and nautical full torso piece
Neo-traditional tattoo of a tabby cat's head with green eyes and a pink nose, framed by olive leaves on a branch, on a forearm.
Tabby cat portrait with leaves on a forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon man in a suit above a banner reading DANGER ZONE, shown on the forearm.
Suited man portrait with Danger Zone banner
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's face framed by swirling hair and pearl strands, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Woman portrait with pearls on upper arm sleeve
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's face with a butterfly covering her eyes, placed on the forearm.
Butterfly over a woman's face on forearm
Colour tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint, flowing blue hair and maroon and teal flowers on a limb.
Sugar skull woman portrait with blue hair
Colour tattoo of a stylised woman's face in red and orange watercolour washes with white dot splatter, on the upper arm.
Watercolour woman portrait on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a tabby cat with green eyes in an ornate filigree frame with roses, on the thigh.
Cat portrait in an ornate frame on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional portrait tattoo on the outer thigh showing a man in a cap and smiley-face sunglasses with a cigarette in his mouth.
Portrait of a man in smiley sunglasses on a thigh
Two colour tattoos of sugar skull portraits, one on a calf and one on a forearm, with script lettering below the forearm piece.
Sugar skull portraits on calf and forearm
Colour tattoo of Snow White with closed eyes and a red bow, framed by a rabbit, bird and other woodland animals and yellow swirls, on a limb.
Snow White portrait with woodland animals
Colour tattoo of a grey tabby cat's face framed by an ornate orange, red and blue mandala on the outer thigh.
Cat portrait in an ornate mandala on a thigh
Two colour tattoos in a neo-traditional style: a forearm portrait of a moustached man with lightning bolts and lettering, and an upper arm portrait of a bearded man in a paper boat hat with an eye and
Two colourful portrait tattoos on forearm and upper arm
Flash design of a woman in profile with a skull-shaped lower face, a green headscarf and a red poppy in her black hair, in a neo-traditional style.
Skull-faced woman with poppy flash
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a black dog and a brown dog with red roses and a rope border, on a person's upper back near the shoulder.
Two dogs and roses on the upper back
Neo-traditional tattoo of a dog wearing a top hat, monocle and red bow tie inside an oval frame, on the thigh.
Dog in top hat and monocle on a thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of a bearded sailor in a knit cap with a pipe, rope and red rose, on the thigh.
Bearded sailor portrait with rope and rose
Coloured pencil tattoo design of a face with red spiky hair and a pale disc on the forehead, framed by two dark red roses and hands inside a yellow diamond.
Portrait with roses in a diamond frame
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a dog's face inside a black heart with red flowers, on the inner upper arm, with a rose tattoo on the forearm below.
Dog portrait in a heart on an upper arm
Two colour tattoos in a neo-trad style: a sugar skull portrait with blue hair on the calf and a sugar skull portrait with flaming red hair on the forearm, with script lettering below.
Sugar skull portraits on calf and forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a pink and purple peony with teal centres and green leaves on the forearm, with a woman's head above it.
Pink and purple peony on a forearm
Coloured flash drawing of a woman in profile with blue hair, a red bandana, a sailing ship and a wave, with neck and chest tattoos of a cat, cross, diamond and heart in a neo-traditional style.
Blue-haired woman with ship and wave
Pencil and red-accented sketch of a woman with an updo and an ornate lace-style collar, drawn in a neo-traditional portrait style as a tattoo design.
Portrait of a woman with an ornate collar sketch
Black and white photo of a large black and grey skull tattoo covering a person's back, with a dotwork star on the upper back and a portrait on the arm.
Skull and star back tattoo in black and grey
Colour tattoo of a woman in profile with a sailing ship in her hair, red cheek circles and blue accents, on the outer thigh, shown in two photos.
Sailor woman with ship in hair on thigh
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo flash design showing a portrait with a lightning bolt across the face, sparkles and a banner with the words ZIGGY PLAYED GUITAR.
Portrait with lightning bolt and banner design
Bold traditional-style flash drawing of a woman in profile facing right, with red roses in her hair and on her shoulder, a green headwrap and pearl-like hair ornaments.
Profile portrait with red roses and green headwrap
Neo-traditional style illustration of a dark-haired pin-up woman with a red rose in her hair, with blue line roses shown across her shoulder as a tattoo design.
Pin-up portrait with rose and shoulder roses
Large neo-traditional sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman in profile with an owl headdress and flowing purple hair.
Owl and woman portrait on upper arm
Realism and neo-traditional style tattoo of a grey and cream cat with green eyes, set in a gold beaded frame, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cat portrait in ornate frame on upper back
Side by side photos of two colour portrait tattoos of a moustached man with a raven and a feather, on a limb, in realism and neo-traditional styles.
Two gothic portraits of a moustached man with a raven
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman in a feathered headdress with a wolf above her head, drawn in neo-traditional style with red accents.
Woman with wolf headdress design sketch
Bold colour tattoo of a stylised woman with dark bobbed hair holding a cat, with a teal plant below, in Neo-trad style on the forearm.
Stylised woman with a cat on a forearm