Star tattoo ideas

3,037 photos and flash · 21% Fine line, 18% Geometric · Forearm most common

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A colourful galaxy-style tattoo of a ringed planet with purple, pink and blue shading on the inner forearm of a person seated in a tattoo chair.
Galaxy ringed planet on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of Van Gogh's Starry Night, with swirling blue and green sky, yellow stars and a dark cypress tree, on a shoulder and upper back.
Starry Night reproduction across shoulder and back
Colour tattoo of a fox filled with a crescent moon, sun, clouds, daisies and stars, placed on a person's upper back.
Fox with sun, moon and flowers on back
Black line drawing sheet of many Thai sak yant designs, including yantra grids, tigers, a rooster, pagodas and Thai-style script, with no placement on the body shown.
Sheet of Thai sak yant tattoo designs
Colour tattoo of purple, pink and blue stars with black outlines and black swirling flourishes on the inner wrist.
Star cluster and swirls on a wrist
Black script tattoo reading When You Wish Upon a Star with swirling flourishes across the upper chest, above a black strapless top.
"When You Wish Upon a Star" script on chest
Black ink drawing of a compass rose tattoo design with N, E, S and W points, a dotwork mandala centre and fine line petals, shown as a stencil-style sketch with no body placement visible.
Compass rose design with mandala centre
Realistic colour tattoo of a striped shield with a white star and a shaded portrait in the centre, on a calf.
Striped shield with star and portrait on calf
Black and grey tattoo of a rocket launching through smoke inside a circle with planets and stars, on a forearm.
Rocket launch in a circle on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a mouse in a red circus uniform and star-topped hat, holding a cane and balancing on a red ball, on the upper arm.
Circus mouse balancing on a ball
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a TARDIS police box with a bold black outline and a purple, pink and blue galaxy pattern filled with stars, shown on skin.
Galaxy-filled TARDIS tattoo
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a compass rose with scrollwork above a skull on a forearm, with dotwork shading.
Compass rose and skull on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a castle held in two hands, with a crescent moon, stars and a hand above.
Castle, crescent moon and hands on upper arm
Colourful tattoo on an upper arm showing a deer head with bare branching antlers, its blue body filled with stars, set against pink clouds and black grass.
Galaxy deer with antlers on upper arm
A colour tattoo of Van Gogh's The Starry Night inside a circle, placed in the centre of a person's upper back.
Starry Night circle tattoo on upper back
Black ink handwritten lettering design on a light background reading a short line of lyrics, with the words sleepwalking, night, lost, broken and right emphasised in larger script.
Handwritten lyric lettering design
Black and grey flash design of a lighthouse, crescent moons, flowers and a ribbon banner reading We found love in the dark, in a traditional style.
Lighthouse and ribbon banner flash design
Black and grey dotwork crescent moon with a mandala pattern and small star on a woman's upper back, photographed from behind.
Crescent moon and mandala on upper back
Mixed colour and black linework tattoo on a person's upper back showing a girl seen from behind beneath a black swirling tree, with a Van Gogh style Starry Night sky.
Girl beneath a swirling tree in a Starry Night sky
Two photographs of script lettering tattooed along the soles of a pair of feet, reading When it rains, look for Rainbows and When it's dark, look for Stars.
Script quotes about rain and stars on feet
Black ink drawing of a UFO beaming up a brain from a cracked skull, with the words LOSING MY MIND beneath, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
UFO lifting a brain from a skull design
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo with a dangling fine line chain of stars, moons and diamonds on the inner forearm.
Lotus mandala with dangling stars on a forearm
Black fine line tree with small stars tattooed on the top of an ankle, with bare toes and painted toenails visible.
Tree and stars on an ankle
Realistic tattoo of a star torn open through skin on the upper arm and shoulder, filled with words including FRIENDSHIP, FAMILY, FREEDOM and a red LOVE.
Torn-skin star with words on an upper arm
Black line drawing of a pentacle wrapped in vines, leaves and daisies, with swirling roots beneath, in a botanical style.
Pentacle with vines and daisies
Black ink script reading Second star to the right, and straight on 'til morning, inside a stippled dotwork circle with two small stars, drawn as a lettering design.
Peter Pan quote in a dotted circle with stars
Colour tattoo of the Little Prince standing on a galaxy-filled planet with stars, in fine line and watercolour-style shading, on a person's upper back.
Little Prince on a galaxy planet
Realism colour tattoo on a person's upper back showing a girl blowing bubbles beside ringed and cratered planets in a purple nebula.
Girl blowing bubbles in space on a back
Colour realism tattoo on a person's left ribs showing Earth above a nebula, with a red and orange sunset over a rocky sea below.
Earth, nebula and sunset seascape on ribs
Colour tattoo of a galaxy-filled unicorn silhouette inside a black triangle outline on the thigh, with a teal watercolour wash behind it.
Galaxy unicorn in a triangle on a thigh
Forearm tattoo of black outlined circular motifs with blue and purple watercolour galaxy shading and small stars, on the inner forearm.
Circular motifs over a galaxy wash on a forearm
Black and grey flash sheet of ten ornate heart designs with scrollwork and dotted borders, including a rose, an eye and a moth.
Ornate heart flash sheet
Sheet of metallic flash designs including a pair of angel wings, a cross, a gold feather, a heart of stars, a short script word and teardrop bands, in gold, silver and black.
Wings, cross and star designs on a temporary tattoo sheet
A flash sheet of temporary tattoo designs showing pentagrams, sun shapes, circles and symbols in black ink with one pink motif, shown on a wooden surface.
Sheet of pentagram and sigil temporary tattoo designs
Two small black fine line tattoos of a swirling ornamental motif with stars, one on each outer ankle, with a flip-flop worn on one foot.
Swirl and star ankle tattoos
Two black dotwork tattoos side by side: a log cabin with smoke curling into a flying saucer on the left, and a saucer above pine trees on the right, both with stars.
Log cabin and UFO tattoos in dotwork
Small black star tattoos scattered across the inner wrist and forearm, shown against a dark textured towel.
Scattered stars on a wrist
Black Leo zodiac symbol with three red star designs and the word Leo in script on the top of a foot.
Leo zodiac symbol and stars on a foot
Grid of black silhouette ornaments including swirls, flowers, leaves, butterflies and snowflakes on a white background, shown as a flash sheet.
Black silhouette ornament flash sheet
Colourful galaxy-style wolf head tattoo on the upper arm, with blue, purple and pink watercolour washes and small white star sparkles.
Galaxy wolf head on upper arm
Traditional flash drawing of a dagger with a red rose at its base, with green leaves, small pink flowers and a red star on the hilt.
Dagger and rose flash design
Black and grey tattoo of the state of Wisconsin filled with pine tree silhouettes and a star, framed by two scroll banners with script, on the upper body.
Wisconsin state outline with scroll banners
Black and grey flash sheet of Harry Potter themed designs, including the Deathly Hallows symbol, round glasses, a lightning bolt and several script phrases, with no body placement shown.
Harry Potter themed tattoo flash sheet
Black line drawing of a traditional-style flash design showing a crown above a heart with a dagger, a banner reading CRAFTY, stars and swirls, with no body placement shown.
Crown and heart banner flash design
Black and white compass rose tattoo design with N, E, S and W labels and distressed linework, shown on a plain white background.
Compass rose design
Black linework tattoo of an arrow above a compass star inside a circle, on the upper arm, in a geometric fine line style.
Arrow and compass star on upper arm
Black lettering tattoo on the inner forearm reading "What don't kill you'll make you more strong", with a geometric four-pointed star at the wrist.
Quote and star on a forearm
Black line drawing of five outlined stars of decreasing size arranged in a diagonal cascade down a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Five outlined stars in a cascading line