Profile tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line drawing of a lion's head in profile with a flowing mane and two hanging feathers, one teal and one rust, on a cream background.
Lion head in profile with feathers
Black linework tattoo of two merged female faces with a central third eye and a starburst sun below, shown on a forearm in three photographs.
Merged female faces with third eye and sunburst
Black line drawing of a sitting cat seen from the side, with its head turned left and its tail curled at the base, shown on a white background.
Sitting cat line drawing
Traditional style flash drawing of a woman in profile with dark curled hair and two red flowers with green leaves, shown on a sheet of paper.
Profile woman with red flowers in hair
Traditional style flash design of a woman in profile wearing a polka dot headscarf, with Victory script above and pink roses below, drawn on cream paper.
Victory portrait with roses flash
Solid black traditional-style tattoo of a skull in profile, with the word HAHA inside the brain area, on a lower leg.
Skull in profile with HAHA on a calf
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a large skull beside a woman's face in profile, with a skeletal hand around her neck, across the upper back.
Skull and woman's profile on a back piece
Black linework tattoo design of a woman in profile with a rose in her hair, set within a mandala, leaves and a diamond, shown as a drawn stencil on white paper.
Woman profile with rose and diamond
Black line drawing of a stylised face in a curved outline with a handwritten quote beneath it reading I do not let my insecurities overtake me.
Abstract face line drawing with quote
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a crying woman's profile inside a circle, with the words LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES below.
Crying woman profile in a circle with text
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
Colour traditional tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a feathered headdress, on a person's side ribs.
Feathered headdress portrait on a side ribs
Black and white line drawing of a wolf head in profile with a solid black raven overlapping its neck, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Wolf and raven head design
Black fine-line tattoo of two triangular shapes, one with an open eye and one with a simple face profile, on the inner upper arm.
Geometric eye and profile tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a wide-brimmed hat, with a flower and leaves, on a forearm.
Profile of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat with a flower
Black and grey shaded fox tattoo with its tail curled round, on the outer upper arm of a person in a pink top.
Seated fox on an upper arm
Pencil sketch of a woman in profile with a sugar skull face, wavy hair, two roses and scrolling foliage, a design in a neo-traditional style.
Sugar skull profile with roses
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman's head in profile with three ribbon banners reading DARLING, YOU'LL BE and OKAY, drawn on a notebook page.
Ribbon banners reading Darling, You'll Be Okay
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
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in profile with a large rose, pearl beads and flowers on a forearm.
Woman profile and rose on a forearm
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 ink drawing of a lion head in profile, with a flowing mane and tribal-style patterns in fine line and dotwork, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Ornamental lion head in profile
Fine line tattoo of two overlapping faces in profile on the outer thigh, drawn in black ink with loose, looping continuous lines.
Single-line profile faces on a thigh
Black and grey ink drawing of a lion in profile with an ornate patterned mane, in a blackwork and dotwork style.
Ornate lion in profile
Colour realism tattoo of a horned, dark-headdressed woman with green eyes and red lips on the thigh, set against a pink smoky background.
Horned character portrait on thigh
Black fine line tattoo of a woman's face in loose, sketchy linework on the inner forearm.
Sketchy line portrait of a woman on forearm
Colour flash design of a hummingbird, two roses and a woman's profile set within tilted polaroid frames, shaded in orange, purple and teal.
Hummingbird, roses and polaroid portrait design
Coloured drawing of a woman in profile wearing a grey wolf head as a headdress, with red and yellow feathers and a long braid, in a neo-traditional style.
Wolf headdress and woman in profile design
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress drawing a bow, on the side of the ribs.
Feathered archer woman on the ribs
Black and grey hatched tattoo of a profile face wrapped in a spiralling ribbon on the upper arm.
Profile face wrapped in ribbon on upper arm
Black and grey line drawing of a woman in profile wearing a wolf head, with peony flowers, leaves and a skull, in a botanical style.
Wolf headdress woman with peonies and skull
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a profile of a woman in a dark hood, a skull, a tentacle and botanical sprigs, shown in a full view and a close-up.
Hooded woman and skull on upper arm
Black tribal-style eagle head design in profile with bold flowing feather lines, shown as a flash drawing on a white background.
Tribal eagle head design in profile
Black dotwork and line tattoo of a bearded man in profile with swept-up hair, shown on an upper arm beside its original design drawing.
Bearded profile portrait on an upper arm
Black fine line drawing of a geometric wolf head in profile, built from linked triangles, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Geometric wolf line drawing
Black ink line drawing of a lion head in profile with a flowing mane, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Lion head line drawing in profile
Black and white ink drawing of a howling wolf whose head rises above the profile of a person with long hair, set on a plain grey background.
Howling wolf merged with a profile portrait
Fine line tattoo of an abstract face in profile, drawn in one continuous black line, on the inner forearm.
Single line profile face on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman in profile with closed eyes, a blue bird, a red rose and green leaves, sitting on the upper arm.
Woman in profile with bird and rose on upper arm
Small watercolour-style tattoo of a seated woman with a pink bow in her hair, on the inner forearm, with a pink frilled blouse behind.
Small woman with pink bow on a forearm
Single-line fine line drawing of a wolf head in profile facing left, with pointed ears and a flowing ruff of fur, in dark blue ink on white.
Wolf head in profile line drawing
Black and grey pencil flash sheet of gothic designs including a girl with braids, a black cat in a bat-winged frame, a cat on a crescent moon, and a heart-framed pair of monster-style profiles.
Gothic flash sheet with cats, moon and portraits
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a bearded man in a flat cap with three crows, on the calf.
Man in a flat cap with crows
Traditional style tattoo of a woman in profile with a red rose in her dark hair and a small black spider on a thread, set against a grey web pattern on the upper arm.
Woman in profile with rose and spider
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a polka dot headscarf with lace trim and roses, on the upper arm.
Profile woman in headscarf with roses
Black line drawing of a woman in profile with flowers in her hair, a small earring and bare shoulders, shown as a tattoo design.
Profile of a woman with flowers in hair
Colour tattoo of an Art Nouveau woman in profile with closed eyes, flowers in her dark swirling hair, on the outside of an ankle, shown from two angles.
Art Nouveau woman profile on an ankle
Fine line tattoo of two profile faces close together on a calf, with black stiletto heels visible beside the leg.
Line art profile faces on calf