Scissors tattoo ideas

117 photos and flash · 29% Traditional, 15% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black ink flash sketch on cream paper showing a wolf head, a skull, a woman's face with a hand, a dagger and scissors, with no body placement shown.
Wolves, skull and woman sketch flash
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm spelling LOVE, with a hair dryer, hand mirror, scissors and a cord forming the letters.
LOVE lettering made of hairdressing tools
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm spelling LOVE, with the letters formed by a hairdryer, hand mirror, scissors and a curling iron cord.
LOVE lettering made from salon tools on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of scissors on a dashed cutting line across the top of a foot toe, with blue glitter nail polish.
Scissors and dashed cut line on a toe
Small black fine line tattoo of open scissors on the side of a finger, on a hand with dark nail polish.
Scissors tattoo on a finger
Small black outline tattoo of scissors with a dotted cut line on the top of a foot, with red painted toenails and a fox nail design on the big toe.
Scissors tattoo on the top of a foot
Black linework design of two roses and a pair of ornate scissors with a dotted trail, shown in a neo-traditional style on skin.
Two roses and scissors line design
Black and grey scissors with a pink bow tied around the blades, a small traditional style tattoo on the upper arm.
Scissors and pink bow on an upper arm
Two traditional style colour tattoos on the inner wrists and forearms, one showing a glue bottle with a CONSTRUCT banner and one showing scissors with a CREATE banner, both with blue and red flowers.
Glue bottle and scissors wrist tattoos
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
Black and grey tattoo of ornate scissors with scrolled handles on the inside of a forearm, worn beneath a wrap bracelet.
Ornate scissors on a forearm
Black and grey sewing-themed tattoo on the side of the ribs, showing a dress form, scissors, thread spool, pin cushion, buttons and needles.
Sewing tools tattoo on the ribs
Traditional-style flash design of a sugar skull woman with flowers in her hair, a COSTURERA banner, scissors and a spool of blue thread, drawn in cross-stitch chart form.
Costurera sugar skull with sewing kit
Black and grey traditional flash sheet of a cathedral with onion domes, compass roses, a skull, an anchor, crossed bones and barbed wire motifs on a white background.
Traditional flash sheet with cathedral and nautical motifs
Two calves with fine line doodle tattoos: a scribbled loop, scissors, a worm and a red fish on the left leg, and a smiling stick figure with a red music note on the right.
Doodle tattoos on two calves
Black and grey tattoo of ornate scissors crossing a straight razor, with soft smoke shading behind them, on skin.
Scissors and razor with smoke
Black and grey tattoo of ornate scissors with shaded blades and filigree handles across a forearm.
Ornate scissors on a forearm
Collage of nine sewing-themed tattoos, including a traditional sewing machine on a forearm and scissors with a red spool on an upper arm, with a fine line spool on a forearm.
Sewing-themed tattoos in a nine-image collage
Both legs covered in traditional style tattoos on the thighs and calves, including a fox, a butterfly, a nutcracker and a mandala, with a plate of strawberries resting on the thighs.
Traditional leg sleeve with fox and nutcracker
Black and grey tattoo on the upper arm of a silhouetted figure with large scissors inside an ornate frame, with spiders on a web below, with a soft red wash behind.
Silhouette with giant scissors in an ornate frame
Black and grey script tattoo reading Love is in the Hair on a forearm, with shaded hair dryer and scissors and a small heart.
Love is in the hair lettering with scissors and dryer
Traditional colour tattoo of scissors, a ball of green yarn, a paintbrush, a pen nib and a red banner reading CRAFTY, with flowers, on a limb.
Crafty scissors and yarn tattoo
Woman seen from behind with her hair in a bun, showing a black outline scissors tattoo across her upper back above a white lace-up corset top.
Scissors tattoo on upper back
Purple pencil sketch of crossed scissors, a comb and two roses wrapped in a ribbon, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Scissors, comb and roses design
Two small black scissor tattoos on the fingers of two hands with pink nails, held together in front of a green wall.
Small scissor tattoos on two fingers
Black script tattoo reading Love on the inner wrist, where the letter V is formed by a pair of crossed scissors.
Love script with scissors on a wrist
Numbered traditional flash sheet of Hello Kitty tattoo designs in bold colour, including roses, a dagger, a heart, a telephone and an umbrella.
Hello Kitty traditional flash sheet
Two legs covered in colourful traditional tattoos, including roses, a dagger, a heart and a bird, photographed from above in a bath.
Traditional tattoos covering both legs
Black and grey photo of a hand holding scissors through the handles, with a small black looped symbol tattooed on the side of the finger.
Small symbol tattoo on a finger
Colourful traditional-style tattoo on a forearm showing a teal yarn ball, scissors, a spool of thread, a measuring tape and a red pincushion.
Sewing notions and yarn ball on a forearm
Two small black scissor tattoos in a simple fine line style, one on each of two fingers of a hand resting on a knee.
Pair of scissor tattoos on two fingers
Black and grey realism tattoo of ornate antique scissors with scrolled handles on the calf.
Ornate antique scissors on a calf
Small fine line tattoo of scissors with a dashed cutting line, in black ink on the top of a foot between the toes.
Scissors and dashed cut line on a foot
Black and grey vintage-style tattoos of sewing tools, including a thimble, scissors, pin cushion and dress form, on a woman's forearm.
Sewing tools tattoos on a forearm
Black line drawing flash of a swallow with spread wings, a pair of scissors, two roses and a CREATE banner, in a traditional style.
Swallow, scissors and roses with CREATE banner
Realistic black and grey tattoo of open hairdressing scissors on the inner forearm of a standing person wearing jeans.
Hairdressing scissors on a forearm
Two forearms with matching pastel scissor tattoos tied with bows, one forearm also bearing the script words Beauty is madness.
Matching scissors and bow forearm tattoos
Blue pencil sketch of an ornate pair of scissors crossing a comb on cream paper, drawn as a possible tattoo design.
Sketch of scissors and a comb
Black script lettering reading Passion and Love with a pair of scissors tattooed across the fingers of a hand.
Passion and love with scissors on fingers
Flash sheet of a sugar skull face design with a red rose, orange flowers, teeth and eye petals, intended for placement on the face.
Sugar skull face design sheet with rose and flowers
Colour tattoo on the outer thigh of a blue ball of yarn, crochet hook, pink scissors and orange tape measure, with the script words Just Keep Crafting beneath.
Yarn, crochet hook and scissors on a thigh
Pencil drawing of open scissors with a scalloped-edged bow, shaded in black and grey, as a tattoo design.
Scissors and bow pencil design
Traditional colour tattoo of scissors, thread spools, a measuring tape and a banner reading Create on a forearm, shown beside its grey pencil design.
Sewing tools and banner on a forearm
Small black outline tattoo of a pair of scissors on a dashed cut line, across the top of a foot between the second and third toes.
Scissors and dashed cut line on toes
Close photo of a small fine line black tattoo of scissors with a tiny heart on the side of a finger, worn beside a silver band ring.
Fine line scissors tattoo on a finger
Colour realism tattoo on a lower leg showing a pale blue portrait of a dark-haired face beside scissor blades and white snowflakes.
Blue portrait with scissor blades and snowflakes on a calf
Traditional-style flash design of red and purple scissors wrapped in banners reading DON'T LOSE YOUR WAY and SWEET HEART, over white line flowers on a mint background.
Scissors and banners with flowers design
Traditional style tattoo of a bearded man with a quiff and moustache on the back of a hand, with small finger tattoos and a Believe script on the wrist.
Bearded man portrait on the back of a hand