Spider tattoo ideas

82 photos and flash · 30% Traditional, 17% Realism · Upper arm most common

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Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing a planchette with a moon, a yellow rose and a spider, above a hand with a jewelled ring and spiders crawling near a red cuff with a web.
Planchette, hand and spiders on a forearm
Small black spider tattoo on the upper chest, just above the neckline of a white t-shirt.
Black spider tattoo on upper chest
Two hands with black and grey tattoos, including triangles on the fingers and a spider design on the back of one hand, with a wide-brimmed black hat covering the face.
Geometric finger tattoos and floral forearm
Collage of six traditional style tattoos on skin, including a rocket, a mouse head with a bow, a skull, a shotgun shell, a spider and a key with a heart, several marked with the number 13.
Six traditional flash tattoos with the number 13
Black line drawing of a tattoo design with three male symbols and arrows, silhouetted figures inside the circles and a dark spider-like shape behind them.
Three male symbols with silhouetted figures
Traditional style colour tattoo of a spider with a blue and black diamond-shaped abdomen and yellow-dotted legs, on an arm.
Spider with diamond abdomen on an arm
Solid black tribal-style spider tattoo design with bold swirling linework, shown on a plain white background.
Tribal spider tattoo design
Blue cartoon ghost with a smiling face and dark outline on an arm, with a small spider design at the upper left.
Blue cartoon ghost tattoo on an arm
Photograph of a forearm tattoo with a white ink mandala pattern and a small black spider near the wrist, set against a lace background.
White mandala and black spider on a forearm
Traditional-style tattoos cover both hands, with a skull on one palm, a blue and red mandala on the back of the other hand, and small finger designs including a spider and an anchor.
Skull and mandala hand tattoos with finger designs
Blackwork hand tattoos showing a spider, scales, a crescent moon and a chain across the backs and fingers of both hands, with white painted nails.
Hand tattoos with spider and crescent moon
Realistic blue and black tarantula tattoo with shaded legs and a pale body, placed on a person's lower leg.
Blue tarantula on a leg
Traditional colour tattoo of a pin-up woman with a red rose in her hair and a spider on its web, on the ribs, shown beside a close-up of the face.
Pin-up woman with rose and spider on ribs
Black and grey line drawing of a skull-faced queen in a crown on a playing card, with a broken heart balloon, a spider and swords, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Queen of hearts skull playing card design
Watercolour-style design of a black spider on a fine-line web, with a small tan mouse hanging from a thread below it, shown on a plain white background.
Spider on a web with a mouse on a thread
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
Neo-traditional tattoo of a red rose with a rosebud and green leaves, with a grey and black spider and web on a forearm, shown in two close-up photos.
Red rose and spider on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design in neo-traditional style showing a woman with tear-streaked cheeks, surrounded by roses, a cameo, a bat wing and a spider.
Woman portrait with roses and bat wings sketch
Black and grey photograph of a man's back and raised arms covered in skeletal anatomy tattoos, including a skull, ribcage, spine and spiders.
Skeletal back and arms tattoo, black and grey
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a Superman shield, a spider emblem and bats flying against clouds.
Superhero emblems and bats on upper arm
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
Small black spider tattoo with fine legs and a shaded body, placed on the side of the neck behind the ear.
Small spider on the neck behind the ear
Black and grey realistic spider tattoo on skin, shaded to look three-dimensional, with its legs spread across the frame.
Realistic black and grey spider tattoo
Black and grey flash sheet of Addams Family themed designs, including a kissing couple in a heart, a young woman's face, a candelabra, a vintage car and a spider web.
Addams Family flash sheet in black and grey
Traditional-style Halloween flash sheet in bold black outlines and bright flat colour, showing a pin-up witch, ghost, bats, skull, pumpkin and coffin designs.
Halloween flash sheet with witch and bats
Colour realism tattoo of a screaming man with a third eye on his forehead and a tarantula on his mouth, on the outer thigh.
Screaming face with tarantula on thigh
Black ink flash design reading HAPPY HALLOWEEN with a bat above, ornate swirls, a spiderweb and two spiders below.
Happy Halloween lettering with bat and spiderweb
Realistic black widow spider tattoo with red hourglass markings and shaded legs, placed on a shoulder.
Black widow spider on a shoulder
Traditional style tattoo of a black spider with a skull head, yellow legs and three stars above, on the forearm.
Skull spider on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a spider on a web with a large flower on the upper arm, shown with a white sleeve pushed up.
Spider and web with a flower on upper arm
Black and grey realism upper arm sleeve showing a bat signal over a moon, a city skyline, a Superman shield and a spider on a web.
Batman, Superman and Spider-Man upper arm sleeve
Black line drawing of a tattoo design showing a lily bloom, a spiderweb and a spider hanging from a thread, set inside a curved crescent outline.
Lily, spiderweb and hanging spider design
Traditional flash sheet on a cream background showing a hammer, a shield with banner, an Iron Man helmet with a rose, a spider with eye, an eagle with a cube, and a skull.
Traditional flash sheet of superhero designs
Small black fine line spider web tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder blade, shown in a black and white photo.
Spider web on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a crescent moon with spider webs and two spiders hanging on threads down the forearm, in a traditional style.
Crescent moon and spiders on a forearm
A realistic black widow spider tattoo with red markings on the top of a person's shoulder, with a black strap visible at the top of the frame.
Black widow spider on a shoulder
Black ink traditional flash sheet on cream paper showing a raven, bat, black cat, pumpkin, coffin, broomstick, spiders and spider webs, with a £31 price marked in the centre.
Halloween flash sheet with bats, cats and spiders
Coloured pencil sketch of a neo-traditional style woman's face with curly hair, pearl necklace, drop earring and a spider, drawn as a tattoo design with script lettering below.
Woman portrait with spider and pearls sketch
Traditional style tattoo of a Ouija board with dripping candles, red flowers and a black widow spider on the forearm.
Ouija board, candles and flowers on a forearm
Black and grey flash sheet of insects including a stag beetle, a scarab beetle, a death's head hawkmoth, a spider, a dragonfly and two wasps, drawn in ink linework.
Insect flash sheet with beetles, moth and wasps
Black line drawing of a symmetrical spider with a geometric patterned abdomen, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Spider line drawing with geometric abdomen
Colour traditional-style tattoos on an upper arm: a patchwork stitched ice cream cone in mint and pink, and a dark swirl with a purple base and a small black spider.
Two ice cream designs on an upper arm
Black dotwork tattoo of a sitting dog looking up at a spider hanging on a thread, on the inner forearm of a person wearing dark clothing.
Dotwork dog and spider on forearm
Drawing of a butterfly-style design with spiderweb wings, curled tendrils and a dark central body, shaded in lilac and purple on a white background.
Web-winged butterfly design in lilac
Black line drawing of a spider web with curled swirls through its strands and a small spider in the lower right corner, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Spider web with swirls and a small spider
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a flowering stem with buds and leaves, with a small spider beside it, on the inside of a forearm.
Botanical flower stem on a forearm
Black and grey flash drawing of a black widow spider with a small red hourglass marking, sitting in a corner spider web.
Black widow spider in a web
Traditional style tattoo of red and orange hearts with a NOT YOU banner, spider web, spider and leaves on the upper arm.
Traditional hearts and spider web on upper arm