Profile tattoo ideas

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

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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 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 flash design of a woman's profile in a winged helmet, with oak leaves, acorns and a shield, drawn in brown ink on aged paper.
Winged helmet profile with oak leaves
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
Close photo of a fine line black tattoo of a hand and a profile face with closed eyes on a limb, with a shaded black and grey woman in a headdress tattoo below.
Fine line profile and hand with black and grey figure
Black and grey cameo tattoo of a woman in profile with a ponytail and flowers in her hair, set in an ornate frame on the calf.
Cameo silhouette of a woman on a calf
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
Traditional style colour tattoo of an arrow with a red heart in the arrowhead and a red bow shape, on an upper arm, beside part of a woman's profile tattoo.
Arrow with heart tip and woman profile
Traditional colour tattoo of a woman's profile nuzzling a black and white cat inside an orange-outlined heart, with a red flower and leaves, on a forearm.
Woman and cat in a heart on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a headscarf, with flowers, leaves and a comb, on the upper arm.
Traditional woman profile with flowers
Traditional style tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a feathered headdress, with an animal head below, on the inner forearm.
Feathered headdress woman on a forearm
Two matching black cameo silhouette tattoos in ornate frames on the upper thighs of a person, in a traditional style.
Matching cameo silhouette tattoos on thighs
Traditional colour tattoo on a calf showing a lion's head behind a woman's profile, with two pink roses and green leaves below.
Lion and woman with roses on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's profile in a teal circular frame with a yellow scalloped edge, flames and green leaves, on a forearm.
Profile woman in teal frame on a forearm
Traditional flash design of a woman's profile facing a crescent moon with a man's face, with a black and grey rose and leaves beside her.
Woman and crescent moon with rose
Traditional style colour tattoo of overlapping profile faces above a collared bust, with a star ornament, shown on a lower leg.
Stacked profile faces in a bust on a calf
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on a forearm and upper arm showing a woman in profile wearing a feathered headdress, with stars, leaves and a dagger around her.
Profile portrait and stars on a full sleeve
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
Traditional style tattoo on the side of the ribs showing a woman in profile with a tall black updo topped by a pink-sailed ship.
Sailing ship above a profile woman on the ribs
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's profile with a swallow in a ring of yellow dots, on the upper arm.
Profile face and swallow in a dotted circle
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a shaded profile silhouette with ribbon banners reading Darling You'll Be Okay, on a forearm.
Silhouette and banner on a forearm
Black and grey Traditional-style rose tattoo on one thigh and an ornate cameo frame with roses on the other, both worn with black stockings.
Rose and cameo tattoos on thighs
Traditional style tattoo of a grey globe with a woman's profile, a red and orange butterfly and red and orange flowers on the outer thigh.
Globe, butterfly and flowers on a thigh
Colour traditional tattoo on a thigh of a woman in profile with black hair, yellow and pink flowers, a teal headband, teal roses and a Love Is Blind banner.
Profile woman with teal roses on a thigh
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Traditional-style flash design of a profile figure looking upwards, with a blue rose, a sonic screwdriver and a banner reading Her Name Was Rose.
Her Name Was Rose banner with sonic screwdriver
Coloured traditional-style illustration of a woman in profile with a swallow and diamond on her neck and chest and a skull on her upper arm.
Traditional-style woman with swallow, diamond and skull
Traditional style tattoo of a woman in profile with a red rose in her hair and gold beaded jewellery, on the forearm.
Woman in profile with rose on a forearm
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 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
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 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
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
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