Profile tattoo ideas

302 photos and flash · 22% Traditional, 19% Fine line · Upper arm most common

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Fine line black tattoo on a shoulder showing two facing profiles with a small red rose, in a fine line style.
Profile pair and rose on a shoulder
Four-panel collage of black linework tattoo outlines on an arm showing a teacup, a lantern, an ornate beaded mask and a woman's profile with roses, with no shading yet.
Teacup, lantern and profile linework on an arm
Traditional style tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a fox headpiece and flowers, above a teal rose, on an upper arm and shoulder.
Woman profile with fox and teal rose on upper arm
Traditional style flash design of a woman in profile wearing a black bowler hat with a red flower, beside a ship's wheel and green leaves.
Profile woman in bowler hat with ship wheel
Realistic black and grey portrait of a man in a feathered headdress, shown in profile, set within a geometric mandala tattooed across a back and shoulder.
Feathered portrait with geometric mandala on back
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a woman's profile with swirling hair and words such as keep living on the calf.
Profile and words on a calf
Black fine line tattoo of a profile face with a curved wing shape on the upper thigh of a person wearing denim shorts, with sunglasses resting on the lap.
Line drawn face and wing on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a classical bearded bust with curled beard and grape-like clusters, on the side of the ribs.
Classical bearded bust in dotwork on ribs
Black and grey profile of a woman with curly bubble-textured hair and a coloured bird perched on top, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Bird and profile on a thigh
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a head in profile with hair pinned up, on the upper back near the shoulder blade, photographed from behind.
Profile silhouette on upper back
Black and grey drawing of a woman in profile wearing a long feathered headdress with beaded bands, shown as a tattoo design.
Woman in profile wearing a feathered headdress
Traditional tattoo on an upper arm of an envelope with a red emblem, a black silhouette profile on stacked cards and a red rose, with a printed sticker of the same design held below.
Envelope, silhouette and rose on upper arm
Black and grey chest tattoo of a cameo portrait in an oval frame, surrounded by symmetrical ornate scrollwork across the upper chest.
Cameo portrait with scrollwork on chest
Colour tattoo of a cameo-framed woman in profile with a purple satin bow and floral lace border on the upper arm, in a realistic style.
Cameo portrait with purple bow on upper arm
Pencil drawing of two facing profile silhouettes filled with starry space, UFOs, Earth and a green mountain landscape under the words The Truth and Is Out There.
Twin profiles with UFOs and mountains
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a woman's upper back, showing a profile silhouette with a ship inside it, surrounded by looping script.
Profile silhouette and script on upper back
Traditional style colour tattoos on two fingers of a pair of hands, showing a woman's profile with a red flower above the word MOM and a man's profile in a green bowler hat above the word DAD.
MOM and DAD profile tattoos on fingers
Fine line mermaid tattoo on the side of the ribs, with red flowing hair, a purple shell top and a teal tail fin.
Mermaid outline tattoo on the side ribs
Colour tattoo on the outer thigh of a woman in profile with red lips, her hair dissolving into loose red, pink, blue and teal washes.
Woman's profile with flowing hair on thigh
Sketchy black line tattoo of two figures kissing in profile on an upper leg, covered in clear plastic wrap.
Two figures kissing in profile on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a woman's profile silhouette with hair in a bun, set inside an ornate scrolled oval frame on the outer thigh.
Profile silhouette in an ornate frame on a thigh
Black ink fine line drawing of a cat in profile inside a crescent moon, shown on paper beside two fineliner pens.
Cat profile in a crescent moon
Black and grey tattoo of a woman's profile wearing a headdress, shaded in soft greys, on the side of a person's ribs.
Woman in headdress profile on the ribs
Traditional style tattoo of a woman in profile wearing peace sign sunglasses, with a white rose and teal leaves, on the upper arm.
Traditional woman profile with rose on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a feathered headdress, with red roses and a yellow flower, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Woman in feathered headdress with roses on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of Medusa with snakes for hair on the upper arm, with a partly visible rose tattoo below.
Medusa portrait on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of an Art Nouveau style woman within a circular frame, covering the middle of a person's upper back.
Art Nouveau woman in a circle on upper back
Single-line drawing of a mother's profile leaning over a sleeping baby, with two butterflies, in dark ink on a tan background.
Mother and sleeping baby line drawing with butterflies
Traditional style tattoo of a nurse with a cap bearing a red cross and rolled curls, in grey shading with red accents, on a forearm.
Nurse portrait on a forearm
Two black and grey profile tattoos on the backs of hands, one showing a man in a feathered headdress and one showing a woman with a feather headband.
Matching profile portraits on the backs of hands
Black and grey silhouette of a woman in profile dissolving into red petals, tattooed on the calf.
Silhouette dissolving into red petals on a calf
Colour realism tattoo of a man in a feathered headdress and beaded necklace, on the upper arm.
Feathered headdress portrait on upper arm
Black line drawing flash design of a woman in profile wearing a feathered headpiece with flowers, beside a rose, leaves and a moon with birds, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Profile of a woman with roses and a feather
Black fine line tattoo of two facing profile outlines on the lower back, with a single unbroken line style.
Two facing profiles in fine line
Close-up of a traditional style tattoo of a woman's profile in dark hair with a red bow and red lips on the upper arm.
Pin-up profile with red bow on upper arm
Neo-traditional style flash drawing of a woman with a bob haircut wearing a space helmet, with stars, planets and roses in pink, red and teal.
Astronaut woman with roses flash design
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a head profile filled with a night sky, a ringed planet, triangular mountains and a dotted water reflection.
Ringed planet and mountains in a profile silhouette
Neo-traditional hourglass tattoo on the outer thigh, showing a sunset above and a moon and stars over dotwork sand, inside a black diamond frame.
Hourglass with sunset and night sky on thigh
Traditional style illustration of a woman in profile wearing two red roses in curled grey hair, with a black silhouette behind her, shown as a printed artwork on a wooden table.
Profile portrait with red roses in curled hair
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman in profile with an updo and flower, with a rose below, on a forearm.
Profile portrait and rose on a forearm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in profile with flowing hair and scrolls, on the outer thigh.
Profile portrait with scrollwork on a thigh
Pen sketch of a head and shoulders in profile outline, with the words We're all stories in the end, Just make it a good one, eh? lettered inside the shape in a hand-drawn script.
Profile outline with lettered quote
Realism style tattoo on a calf showing a half-head profile, with a black and grey ear and hair on one side and coloured anatomy and a starry galaxy on the other.
Split head anatomy and galaxy on a calf
Black line drawing of a lion's head in profile facing left, with a flowing mane outlined in bold strokes, shown as a tattoo design without skin.
Lion head in profile line drawing
Two matching black cameo silhouette tattoos in ornate frames sit on the upper thighs, drawn in a bold black ink style.
Matching cameo silhouettes on thighs
Two black and grey tattoos of Art Nouveau style women in circular frames, one on each forearm.
Two Art Nouveau women on matching forearms
Black and grey tattoo on the side ribs of a torso, showing a profile made of connected dots and lines filled with a mosque skyline, clouds and birds.
Profile of minarets and clouds on the ribs
Black line drawing on tracing paper of a woman's profile framed by poppies, lilies and swirling hair, a botanical tattoo design sheet.
Woman profile with poppies and lilies design