Portrait tattoo ideas

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

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Colour traditional style tattoo of a woman in a patterned headband with pink and yellow flowers and a red rose, on the outer thigh.
Traditional woman portrait and rose on thigh
Traditional back tattoo of a woman's face framed by red roses, two swallows and a heart with clasped hands, covering the full back.
Traditional back piece with woman, roses and swallows
Traditional-style colour tattoo on a calf showing a moustached man with a blue linework tattooed torso, beside a shaded black rose with green leaves.
Tattooed man portrait and black rose on a calf
Colourful traditional tattoo of a woman's profile with a shaved patch and curly blonde hair, beside candy hearts on the ribs.
Woman's profile and candy hearts on ribs
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with a curled updo holding banknotes, with the slogan BITCH BETTA HAVE MY MONEY beneath, on a calf.
Woman holding banknotes portrait on calf
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
Traditional style colour tattoo of a woman in a pirate tricorn hat with a skull and crossbones, shown on the upper arm.
Pirate woman with skull hat on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a woman in profile with a rose-red cheek and a scroll banner reading YOUR MY ONLY HOPE on the upper arm.
Woman in profile with banner on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a winking woman in a patterned headscarf with a banner reading NEVER AGAIN, on an upper arm.
Winking pin-up with Never Again banner on upper arm
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
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
Colour tattoo of a long-haired cat in a scalloped oval frame with a pink background and a banner reading BIXBY, on the upper arm.
Cat portrait in oval frame on upper arm
Side by side, a photo of a grey Persian cat and a colour traditional tattoo of a cat in a top hat, monocle and bow tie with hibiscus flowers and a banner reading You Sir Are The Cat's Meow.
Top hat cat tattoo beside a cat photo
Traditional style tattoo of a moustached man with red devil horns, green bow tie and laurel wreath, on the thigh.
Horned gentleman portrait on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a blindfolded woman with an apple on her head, with a leafy sprig to the left.
Blindfolded woman with apple on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a red-capped profile of a person with a cigarette, with black crows flying beside the head.
Red-capped profile with crows on upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a dollar sign over a banknote portrait, surrounded by red and orange flames, on the upper arm.
Dollar sign and banknote in flames
Colour traditional style tattoo of an older woman with round glasses and grey curled hair holding a round fruit object, above a banner reading IT WAS A RUN BY FRUITING.
Older woman portrait with banner quote
Bold traditional flash drawing of a woman with a cross, FAITH and HOPE lettering, a spider web and an anchor on her face and neck, shown as a painted wooden cutout.
Traditional pin-up flash with face and neck tattoos
Traditional colour tattoo of a pin-up woman with a red rose in her hair and a spider on its web, on the ribs, shown beside a close-up of the face.
Pin-up woman with rose and spider on ribs
Traditional style flash design of a woman with dark wavy hair, a pincushion, a tape measure frame and blue scissors.
Woman portrait with tape measure frame and scissors
Colour traditional tattoo of a woman with a hair bun, red flowers and a blue banner reading Stay True, on an upper arm.
Traditional pin-up portrait with banner on upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a back showing four drawn female faces above pine trees, with Thank you for being a friend lettering in black.
Four portrait faces with thank you lettering
Black and white photo of tattooed forearms and hands gripping a skateboard, with a traditional rose and a woman's portrait on the left forearm and a heart design on the back of the right hand.
Tattooed hands and forearms gripping a skateboard
Colour tattoo of a curly-haired boy in sunglasses with the words EAT YOUR HEART OUT above, on the upper thigh in a traditional style.
Sunglasses portrait with Eat your heart out slogan
Black and grey portrait of a woman with a red circle behind her head, tattooed on the back of a hand, in a traditional style.
Female portrait tattoo on the back of a hand
Traditional style tattoo of a grey tabby cat head overlapping a woman's face with a bob haircut, placed on the upper arm.
Cat and woman portrait on upper arm
Tote bag printed all over with traditional-style flash designs of aliens, UFOs, hands, flowers, flames and banner lettering in colour.
Tote bag printed with tattoo flash designs
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
Two aged, torn-edge sheets of vintage tattoo designs in grey line work, showing a woman's portrait, a dagger, roses, a bottle and a seated nude figure.
Vintage tattoo designs: woman, roses and dagger
Black and grey vintage flash sheet showing four female portrait designs wearing crowns, with flowers, a rose and Cyrillic lettering in banners.
Vintage flash sheet of crowned female portraits
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a faceless woman with curled hair, painted tears and a dark lipstick mouth, on the forearm.
Faceless woman with curled hair on a forearm
Two black and grey traditional cameo tattoos on the thighs, one showing a man in profile and one a woman with a rose in her hair, each with a scroll banner beneath.
Matching cameo portraits on thighs
Traditional style flash drawing of a witch in profile wearing a pointed hat decorated with a gold crescent moon and star.
Witch in profile with crescent moon hat
Traditional style tattoos of ships, roses and a sailor portrait on a woman's stomach and upper thigh, with her face cropped out of frame.
Ships, roses and a sailor on torso and thigh
Several arms and hands pressed together, showing a realistic black and grey cat tattoo, banknotes, portrait tattoos and a skull on the forearms and hands.
Realism portraits and cat on hands and forearms
Traditional-style flash design of a woman with a wolf's head above her, pearl strands, a red rose and black scrollwork, drawn on cream paper.
Wolf-headed woman with rose flash
Two traditional-style tattoos on a pair of thighs: a bearded man in profile beside a compass and flowers, and a woman in a headscarf beside a red rose.
Portraits, compass and rose on the thighs
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with wavy hair, two roses and tear drops on a thigh.
Woman with roses and tears on a thigh
Woman in a pink t-shirt and black leather skirt showing a traditional-style pin-up tattoo of a dark-haired woman in a red dress on her forearm.
Pin-up woman tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey pencil flash sheet showing heart lettering designs, a globe with a ribbon banner, a lightning bolt, a shoe and heart, and a linework portrait with lightning bolt face makeup.
Lettering and heart flash sheet
Colour traditional tattoo of a hand holding a bundle of feathers and rope across the stomach, with a candle and a portrait on the surrounding skin.
Traditional feathers and hand on torso
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with wavy bobbed hair and a large stippled rose below her shoulders, on a lower leg.
Woman portrait with rose on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo of a pale-faced woman with blue hair and flowers in an orange frame, beside a red rose, on the upper thigh.
Pale-faced woman in a frame with a red rose
Black and white photo of a woman in a studded leather jacket showing a heart tattoo on her chest and sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Sleeved arms and heart chest tattoo
Thigh with a coloured portrait of a woman framed by flowers, a black and grey sailing ship in a rope border, and a small teal lotus with pink characters above it.
Portrait, ship and lotus tattoos on a thigh
Colour traditional tattoo of a geisha with a half-skull face and flower hair pins on the back of a hand.
Geisha and skull portrait on the back of a hand
Traditional flash design laid out across a white body silhouette, covering the arms and torso with an eagle, snakes, dragon, peacock, pin-up, reaper and portrait.
Full-body traditional flash on a white silhouette