Staff tattoo ideas

48 photos and flash · 15% Realism, 13% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged caduceus with two snakes wrapped around a staff, placed on the back.
Winged caduceus with snakes on the back
Traditional colour tattoo of a winged staff with a coiled red hose, a crossed axe and hook, and a black helmet with a red band, on the upper arm.
Winged staff with axe and helmet on upper arm
Black traditional-style tattoo of a winged caduceus with two snakes, with the words IMPLANTED above and DEFIBRILLATOR below, on a patch of skin.
Winged caduceus with implanted defibrillator lettering
Black and grey tattoo of a scallop shell with a solid black pilgrim silhouette holding a staff, with Camino de Santiago lettering and the year 2013, on a calf.
Camino de Santiago scallop shell on calf
Black and grey caduceus tattoo with the word DIABETIC above and TYPE 1 below, in a traditional lettering style, on the forearm.
Caduceus with Diabetic and Type 1 lettering on a forearm
Close-up photo of a pink outlined caduceus tattoo with wings and two entwined snakes on a forearm.
Caduceus tattoo on a forearm
Small black fine line caduceus tattoo with two snakes and wings on the top of a foot near the toes, with red toenail polish.
Caduceus tattoo on the top of a foot
Black and blue tattoo of a winged staff with entwined snakes inside a blue ring, with the words Type 1 Diabetic written below, on the inner forearm.
Winged staff and Type 1 Diabetic on a wrist
Tattoo of a dark hooded cloak with blue-grey shading on the outer thigh, with a long twisted staff running down towards the knee.
Hooded figure and staff on a thigh
Two matching tarot-style tattoos in black and grey dotwork on the inner forearms, each showing a figure inside a patterned border.
Tarot card style forearm pair
Blue caduceus tattoo with outspread wings and a twining serpent on the inner wrist, in a fine line style.
Blue caduceus on the inner wrist
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing an angel with wings, a robed bearded saint, a raven and a clock face with Roman numerals.
Angel, saint and clock full sleeve
Vivid colour tattoo of Maleficent with a green dragon and a staff on a forearm, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Maleficent and green dragon on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skeleton holding a long staff inside a framed tarot card, placed on the upper arm.
Skeleton tarot card on upper arm
Large black and grey traditional back tattoo of a pin-up style woman in a feathered headdress holding a staff and shield, surrounded by roses and flowers.
Feathered pin-up and roses across a back
Large black and grey realism tattoo across a person's back showing a bearded winged figure with a staff above a crouching horned figure, with lettering across the top.
Winged figure and kneeling demon on a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a laurel-wreathed Roman figure in a draped toga across a man's ribs and chest, with a cherub on the upper arm.
Roman laurel-wreathed figure on ribs and chest
Black silhouette design of a horned serpent coiled around a staff, with a crown above, a crossbar with arrow tips, wings and three triangles.
Serpent dragon and crowned staff design
Four black ink circular designs on a grey background, showing a snake on a staff, a hare, a toad and a raven on a branch, each surrounded by symbols.
Four circular designs with snake, hare, toad and raven
Black pencil drawing of a snake coiled around a staff, with fine hatching and stippled scales, on white paper beside a mechanical pencil.
Snake coiled around a staff
Black and grey tattoo of the character Yoda standing on a cloud with a staff, shaded with brown tones on the robe, on the outer thigh.
Yoda on a cloud on a thigh
Black tattoo of a snake coiled around a straight staff, centred on the upper back.
Snake coiled around a staff on upper back
Black line drawing of a caduceus, with a winged staff entwined by two snakes, on a white background.
Caduceus line drawing
Black silhouette of walking figures and an animal in a line along a fine outlined mountain range, tattooed on the forearm in black ink.
Silhouette procession across mountains on arm
Colour tattoo of a seated cartoon monkey with blue face and green robe inside fine geometric lines, with orange watercolour splashes, on the upper arm.
Cartoon monkey in geometric lines on upper arm
Colour tattoo of an Ewok holding a staff beside a horned creature with an open mouth, on the calf.
Ewok and alien creature on a calf
Colour flash design of a monkey king in gold and green armour holding a staff, with red dragons, leaves and waves, in Japanese style.
Monkey king with red dragons and golden staff
Three-panel photo of a colourful neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing the horned sorceress Maleficent holding a staff, with a dragon behind her and green flames.
Maleficent with dragon on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a butterfly with wings formed from musical notes and scrolling swirls, sketched on lined paper and held up by a hand with dark nail polish.
Butterfly made of music notes design
Black and grey pencil drawing of an acoustic guitar with a ribbon of musical staff and notes wrapping around its neck, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Acoustic guitar with flowing music staff
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged caduceus with two snakes coiled around a staff, placed on the torso.
Winged caduceus with two snakes
Black and grey caduceus tattoo with wings, a snake-wrapped staff and a heartbeat line on the top of a foot, with small lettering around the emblem.
Caduceus with wings on a foot
Black pen drawing of a triangle symbol formed by a lightsaber hilt, an arrow and a lightsaber, with a ringed circle at its centre, drawn on plain paper.
Hallows-style triangle with lightsabers and arrow
Black and grey tattoo on the inner wrist showing a grey caduceus with wings beside the words type one and the symbols I, greater than, caret and v in a simple lettering style.
Caduceus and type one lettering on a wrist
Black dotwork tattoo of a skeleton holding a staff on a house boat over rolling waves, with five stars above, on a forearm.
Skeleton with staff on a house boat
Black ink tattoo of musical notes and small stars across the top of a foot, with pink toenail polish, on a wooden deck.
Musical notes and stars across a foot
Black and grey full back tattoo of a robed wizard with a pointed hat beside a cloaked warrior with a sword, with framed scenes above and below, covering the whole back.
Full back piece with robed wizard and figures
Colour tattoo of a Star of Life with a serpent entwined around a staff, outlined in black with a quote curved around it, on a leg.
Star of Life with serpent and lettering
Black and grey fine line tattoo of three staves of sheet music with the word Unlimited between them, placed on the upper back.
Sheet music tattoo across the upper back
Coloured flash design of a sword, pipe, staff and cloak among leaves, with a yellow banner reading Home is behind the world ahead, in a neo-traditional lettering style.
Banner lettering with sword and pipe design
Black and red medical alert tattoo on the inner wrist reading Meniere's Disease and Vertigo, with a red snake-and-staff symbol and MEDIC ALERT lettering around it.
Medical alert wrist tattoo for Meniere's disease
Black linework tattoo of a walking pilgrim with a staff and a dog, set among clouds and waves, on the upper arm of a person in a blue tank top.
Pilgrim with staff and dog on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo across a full back showing a bearded winged figure holding a staff above a muscular horned figure, with lettering along the top.
Winged figure and horned figure across a back
Pencil sketch of a bearded wizard holding a staff, with a dragon curling over his head and wisps of smoke around the figure, drawn as a tattoo design with no body part shown.
Bearded wizard and dragon design sketch
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded wizard holding a staff and glowing orb, with a castle tower and light rays, on a calf.
Wizard with staff and castle on a calf
Colour tattoo on a forearm showing a teal watercolour Star of Life with an orange snake around a black staff, and the script words Diabetic and Type 1 Insulin.
Star of Life and diabetic script on forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a forearm showing Anubis seated between hanging scales, with a winged Eye of Horus above and a pyramid and sun below.
Anubis and Eye of Horus on a forearm
Black line drawing of a geometric tattoo design: a vertical staff with a pennant-like top, crossed arrows, a ring, bars, a curved arrow and wave lines, shown on a white background.
Geometric staff with arrows and waves