Star tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style full arm sleeve tattoo in bold colour across the shoulder, upper arm and forearm, featuring a rosette, a grey skull in a hat, roses and an orange flower.
Traditional full sleeve with skull and roses
Traditional tattoo of a red-rimmed eyeball with black wings, orange and red flames and small stars on a limb, in bold colour.
Eyeball with wings and flames traditional tattoo
Three side-by-side views of a black and coloured tribal-style tattoo on a calf, with a sun-like motif, triangles and stars, shown in red, blue and black ink.
Tribal calf sleeve with stars
Fine line black constellation tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun, seen from behind.
Constellation tattoo on upper back
Black and grey tattoos on a hand and forearm, including the word forever in script across the back of the hand, with a star on a finger, shown through a barred hatch with handcuffs and a chain.
Forever lettering on the hand and forearm
Colour tattoo of a geisha with pink blossoms in her hair and a blue patterned kimono with a black star, in Japanese style on a forearm.
Geisha with blossoms on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo on the inner forearm of a small figure holding strings to a flock of birds, above a dotted planet and stars.
Small figure floating with birds above a planet
Colour tattoo of a galloping brown horse in front of a waving American flag, on the upper arm.
Galloping horse over American flag
Colourful galaxy-style cat head tattoo on an upper arm, with black ears, teal whiskers and pale pink and green eyes, in a soft watercolour-like finish.
Galaxy cat head on upper arm
Shirtless man with a colourful traditional-style tattoo of a galaxy, planets and a crescent moon on his chest, with roses and an eye on both arms.
Full colour galaxy chest and arm sleeves
Black ink line drawing of a dreamcatcher mandala with feathers and beads, drawn on paper as a tattoo design in a fine line and geometric style.
Dreamcatcher mandala design with feathers
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a palm tree above a shaded oval with clouds and stars, with geometric construction lines, on an upper arm.
Palm tree and starry oval on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a jagged tear in the skin revealing a pink, purple and blue galaxy, on the forearm.
Galaxy tear on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a blossoming tree with pink flowers, set within a green lotus and a yellow circle holding a green Sanskrit-style symbol, on the back.
Blossom tree within a green lotus and yellow circle
Traditional style tattoo of a yellow crescent moon framing a dark mountain landscape under stars, with black leaves and red berries, on the shoulder and upper arm.
Crescent moon landscape on a shoulder
Realistic red lips open to a grey cosmic scene with planets, framed by black geometric triangles and a circle on the inner forearm.
Open lips with planets on a forearm
A howling wolf silhouette filled with a blue and purple galaxy, with pink nebula glows and bright stars, on the lower back.
Galaxy wolf howling on the lower back
Black fine line compass rose tattoo on a forearm, with a small cursive script tattoo on the opposite wrist.
Compass rose and script on forearm and wrist
Two small outlined star tattoos in fine black linework on the neck behind the ear, with a hand holding a ponytail.
Two small stars behind the ear
Two forearm photographs showing a black linework tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a fox head headdress, with teal accents, in dotwork and geometric style on the forearm, plus a hand and
Profile woman and fox headdress on forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a small star constellation joined by dotted lines, placed on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Star constellation on upper back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two pink roses, a star and an eye in a triangle on a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Roses, star and eye on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a dark teal heart filled with a starry pink and white galaxy pattern, with a black outlined arrow passing through it, on a person's limb.
Galaxy heart pierced by an arrow
Fine black line tattoos of arrows, triangles and chevrons across the fingers of two hands resting on white fur.
Geometric finger tattoos on two hands
Colour compass rose tattoo with black outlines and N and S letters on the forearm, in a geometric star style.
Compass rose tattoo on the forearm
Back of a hand covered in a dense black geometric star lattice tattoo, with a coloured tattoo visible on the forearm above.
Geometric star pattern across the back of a hand
Pencil sketch of a compass rose inside a rope-edged circle decorated with dots, with a feather hanging from a chain below, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Compass rose and feather design sketch
Hand-drawn star design filled with orange and yellow zentangle patterns, set on a purple watercolour background with hearts and a dotted border.
Zentangle star design with hearts
Two matching forearm tattoos of pink smiling flowers, outlined stars and small coloured stars, shown on the inner forearms with the hands resting below.
Matching kawaii flower and star forearm tattoos
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of cascading star outlines running from behind the ear down the side of the neck.
Cascading star outlines behind the ear
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a sailing ship at sea inside a moon shape, with birds and stars above, on a lower leg.
Sailing ship in a moon on a lower leg
Hand-drawn yin yang design with a coloured sun on one side and a starry moon on the other, with the words live by the sun and love by the moon.
Yin yang sun and moon design with lettering
Close view of a fine line black constellation tattoo of connected dots and stars on the upper chest, below a white floral top.
Constellation tattoo on the upper chest
Black and grey flash sheet of cartoon ghosts, a skull, a moon, a heart, a mountain and stars, with the lettering Sad Ghosts Forever and Stay Nice.
Sad ghosts flash sheet
Traditional-style flash design on paper showing two oval portraits with honeycomb, bees, a flying saucer and an atom, above two scrolled banners in colour.
Two illustrated portraits with banners and bees
Fine line tattoo of pink, blue and purple stars with a swirling trail on the top of a foot, with a second panel showing the design glowing under UV light.
Star trail tattoo on the top of a foot
Colour tattoo of anime characters with stars and bubbles across the upper arm and shoulder, shown in three photographs.
Anime characters on an upper arm and shoulder
Small coloured video game icons tattooed on the fingers of a hand resting on a cola can, including a yellow star and a red mushroom.
Video game icons tattooed on fingers
Black and grey dotwork and fine line thigh tattoo of the Little Prince and a fox on a planet, with a small red rose, a spiral sun and stars.
Little Prince and fox on a planet on a thigh
Two lower legs with colourful neo-traditional tattoos: a rose with a figure's face on the left leg, and a rabbit in a waistcoat with a pocket watch on the right.
Rose and rabbits on two calves
Split image showing a purple stencil of a spiral galaxy on an upper arm beside the finished colour galaxy tattoo with blue, pink and white shading.
Spiral galaxy tattoo on upper arm, stencil and finish
Black lettering reading Love Never Fails beside a star of interlocking hearts tattooed on a shoulder.
Love Never Fails script and star on shoulder
Upper back with three Hello Kitty tattoos, the centre one wearing glasses and framed by pink flowers and stars, with one Hello Kitty on each shoulder blade.
Hello Kitty tattoos across upper back
Neo-traditional tattoo of a fox-headed figure under a crescent moon and star on the upper thigh, with bold black outlines and teal guide lines.
Fox-headed figure with crescent moon on thigh
Fine line blue star tattoo with a thin trailing line on the back of a woman's neck, her dark hair pulled up in a loose bun.
Blue star tattoo on the back of the neck
Fine line black arrow tattoo on a finger and a cluster of small black star tattoos near the upper body, with a hand resting on a light shirt.
Small arrow on a finger and star cluster
Black and grey close-up photo of the word love tattooed in small letters across the upper ear, with a small star tattoo lower down.
Love lettering on the ear
Flash design of blue, purple and pink butterflies joined by a swirling dark line decorated with stars and dots, on a white background.
Butterflies and star swirl flash design