Spade tattoo ideas

88 photos and flash · 22% Traditional, 18% Lettering · Forearm most common

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Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two skulls, one in a blue top hat smoking a pipe and one in a jewelled feathered turban, across a forearm.
Two coloured skulls in hat and turban on a forearm
Four tribal-style playing card suit designs, a spade, heart, diamond and club, drawn in black and red on a white background.
Tribal playing card suit designs
Black and grey tattoo of a fanned hand of playing cards, with the ace, king, queen and jack of spades, on a section of upper body skin.
Fanned playing cards with a large spade
Black and grey skull set inside a large black playing card spade with a small white star at its base, tattooed on the chest.
Skull inside a spade on the chest
Small tattoo of four playing card suits on the inner wrist, a black spade and black club beside a red diamond and red heart outline.
Four playing card suits on a wrist
Realistic pocket watch with gold chain and playing card suit symbols beside script quotes from Alice in Wonderland, a lettering and realism tattoo on the thigh.
Pocket watch and quote on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of dice, playing cards and a large number 8 with scrollwork across the upper arm and shoulder.
Dice and playing cards on an upper arm
Black lettering on an off-white background forming a playing card spade, with the words We're all mad here set in flowing and block letters.
Spade lettering reading We're all mad here
Seamless black and white line pattern of traditional flash motifs, including hearts with banners, daggers, a skull, an eye, a diamond, an anchor and an eight ball.
Traditional flash pattern of hearts, daggers and skulls
Close view of a woman's upper arm with four black blackwork playing card suits in descending size, plus a small red heart on the hand.
Playing card suits down the upper arm
Small solid black spade tattoo on the inner wrist, shown with the palm facing the camera and a ring on the fingers.
Small spade symbol on the inner wrist
Black and grey lettering design reading Play the Hand You're Dealt, with a pencilled spade and playing cards above and flourishes around the script, drawn as a flash design with no body placement
Play the Hand You're Dealt lettering design
Black and white line drawing of a skull wearing a spiked crown, with a cigarette in its teeth and oak leaves and acorns at its base, in a flash design style.
Crowned skull with cigarette and oak leaves
Lettering tattoo on a thigh with a quote from Alice in Wonderland beside a shaded gold pocket watch, playing card suits and red accents.
Quote, pocket watch and playing card suits on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a teal top hat with a purple band and ribbon above a black spade shape filled with the lettering 'We're all mad here', shown in a lettering style on skin.
Mad Hatter top hat above a lettered spade
Flash design of four playing card suits, clubs, hearts, diamonds and spades, filled with ornate floral linework in black, white and red.
Four playing card suits in ornate linework
Four small tattoos in a vertical line on the lower back, showing a red diamond, a black spade, a red heart and a black club, each with ornamental swirl detail.
Four playing card suit motifs on lower back
Pencil sketch of a spade shape made from two skulls and jawbones with teeth, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Skull spade design sketch
Black and white photo of four wrists meeting in the centre, each with a small fine line playing card suit tattoo: a diamond, a club, a spade and a heart.
Four playing card suit tattoos on wrists
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded skull inside a bold spade shape, placed on the upper back.
Skull within a spade on the upper back
Black ink flash drawing of a king of hearts and queen of spades playing card with ribbon banners reading You're the King, baby I'm your Queen, in a lettering and dotwork style.
King and queen playing cards with banner lettering
Two matching colour tattoos of red diamonds and black spade shapes wrapped in green thorned vines, one on a forearm and one on an upper arm.
Matching playing card and vine tattoos on two arms
Upper arm tattoo of an ornate spade with teal filigree scrolls and black lettering reading We're all mad here, in a decorative lettering style.
Ornate spade with 'We're all mad here' lettering
Pencil drawing of a revolver with a spade on the grip, surrounded by three roses and leaves with vines, shown in black and grey as a tattoo design.
Revolver with roses and ace of spades
Black script tattoo reading curiosity often leads to trouble, with swirls and playing card suits, on the outer thigh.
Script quote with playing card suits on thigh
Black and grey photo of four small wrist tattoos of playing card suits, a diamond, club, spade and heart, with the wrists pressed together in the centre.
Playing card suit wrist tattoos
Colour traditional tattoo on the back of a neck showing a top hat, teacup, pocket watch, playing card spades and a banner reading We're all mad here.
Mad Hatter top hat and teacup on a neck
Traditional style tattoo of three playing aces and two dice behind a ribbon reading Life's A Gamble, on a limb, with grey shading and small red accents.
Playing cards and dice with Life's A Gamble banner
Black stylised flash design of two bird heads on curving necks joined to a tapering tail with a spade tip, shown on a plain grey background.
Stylised bird and serpent motif
Sheet of playing card suit designs in red and black, with plain solid symbols on the top row and ornate dotwork-style symbols below.
Playing card suit tattoo flash sheet
Black linework drawing of a pair of legs in high heels, covered in traditional-style tattoo flash designs such as a heart banner, anchor, spider web and skull across the calves.
Traditional flash designs on drawn legs
Four playing card suit tattoos on wrists and forearms: a red diamond, a black spade, a black club and a red heart, in a fine line outline style.
Playing card suit tattoos on wrists
Four small black tattoos of a spade, a crown, a second crown and a club sit across the fingers of a hand with red nail polish.
Playing card suit tattoos on fingers
Black and grey photograph of a small solid black queen of spades tattoo with a letter Q on a woman's ankle, shown above a strappy high-heeled sandal.
Queen of spades tattoo on an ankle
Four pairs of hands are held out palms up, each inner wrist showing a small solid tattoo of a suit symbol: a red heart, a black club, a red diamond and a black spade.
Four playing card suit tattoos on wrists
Black and white flash design of a cat in a top hat with a spade card, bow tie and cigar, flanked by roses and leaves, with the words Lie to the Liars and Steal from Thieves arced around it.
Cat in top hat with roses and slogan
Black and grey ornate spade tattoo with filigree detail on the inner wrist of a raised fist, reflected in a dark glossy surface.
Ornate spade on the inner wrist
Four arms meet in the centre of the frame, each with a small black playing card suit tattoo on the forearm near the wrist: an outlined diamond, a solid club, a solid spade and an outlined heart.
Four playing card suit tattoos on wrists
Close-up of a clenched hand with four small finger tattoos of a black spade, a red heart, a black club and a red diamond.
Playing card suit tattoos across four fingers
Black and grey fine line infinity symbol tattoo with the script words Curiouser and Curiouser and playing card suit shapes, shown on skin.
Infinity script with playing card suits
Colour photo of a forearm with four small playing card suit tattoos in a diagonal line: a black spade, a red diamond, a black club and a red heart.
Four playing card suits on a forearm
Black and grey realism half sleeve on an upper arm showing aces, a queen of diamonds, a padlock and crowned keys, with small red accents on the diamond and heart.
Playing cards, padlock and keys on upper arm
Hand-drawn neo-traditional tattoo design of a woman's face framed by a mandala of red spades and hearts, shown on paper with no body placement visible.
Woman's face within a red and black mandala
Traditional style forearm tattoo of a skull and crossbones inside a heart-shaped panel with red wash, framed by grey scrollwork and playing card spades.
Skull and crossbones in an ornate spade frame on a forearm
Black and red top hat above a spade shape containing the lettering "We're all mad here", tattooed on the forearm in a lettering style.
Top hat and spade with lettering on forearm
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing playing card suits and dice above a scroll banner with script lettering, with flames behind and touches of red.
Playing cards and dice with flames on a forearm
Two hands held together showing fine line tattoos on the back of the hand: a red queen with crown, Q and heart on one, and a black king with crown, skull, K and spade on the other.
Matching queen and king playing card hand tattoos
Colourful spade-shaped tattoo on a calf showing a UFO beaming orange light over black pine trees against a purple and pink sky, in a neo-traditional style.
Spade with UFO and pine trees on a calf