Star tattoo ideas

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

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Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a compass star, mandala, leaves, a jewelled flower and trailing vines, shaded in grey with green tints.
Compass star and vine design with mandala
A colour nebula over a black and grey mountain range, tattooed across the shoulder and upper arm, shown beside a digital version of the same design.
Nebula and mountain range on an upper arm
Colour neo-trad tattoo on the thigh showing a Mickey Mouse head outline with a dark castle silhouette against an orange and purple sky, with red mandala patterns in the ears and base.
Mickey silhouette castle on thigh
Three outline stars in pink, teal and purple on the inner forearm, drawn in a simple fine line style.
Three outline stars on a forearm
Black and grey Polynesian-style tribal tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm, centred on a sea turtle with a star compass motif.
Polynesian turtle tattoo on shoulder and upper arm
Small fine line black constellation tattoo of four star shapes joined by dotted lines, on the upper chest below the collarbone.
Star constellation tattoo on the upper chest
Black and white line drawing of an hourglass with a beach scene inside the lower bulb and the words TIME OF YOUR LIFE on banners, shown on a starry black background.
Hourglass beach scene flash design
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
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a snow globe showing a cabin and mountain scene within a wreath of leaves, on the thigh.
Snow globe with cabin and mountain
Fine line black constellation tattoo of dotted stars with a small lowercase m on the upper chest, next to a red plaid shirt.
Star constellation with small letter on upper chest
Black blackletter capital D design with a castle silhouette and four-point stars inside the letter, shown as a drawn tattoo design without a body placement.
Blackletter D with a castle
Small black compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W markings on a forearm, near woven bracelets and a mustard knit sleeve.
Small compass rose on the forearm
Black and grey linework sleeve on an upper arm showing a sun with a face, a crescent moon, clouds, mountains, a volcano inside a circle and a river.
Sun, moon and landscape sleeve on upper arm
Circular colour tattoo of Van Gogh's The Starry Night on the middle of a person's back, showing swirling blue sky, yellow stars and a dark cypress tree.
Starry Night circle tattoo on upper back
Black ink drawing of a four-point compass star over an ornate mandala of swirling petals on cream paper, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Compass star mandala design
Sheet of metallic gold and silver temporary tattoo designs, including feathers, peacock eyes, stars, dotted arcs and script, shown on a white background with no body part visible.
Metallic feather and peacock eye temporary tattoo sheet
Flash sheet of traditional-style nautical stars in blue and red with small scattered stars and a pair of black-outlined wings with blue detail, shown with no body placement.
Nautical stars and wings flash sheet
Small colour tattoo of a crescent moon filled with a blue, teal and pink galaxy pattern with white specks, on the lower leg.
Galaxy-filled crescent moon on a lower leg
Coloured neo-traditional flash design of the Bride of Frankenstein with two ravens, roses and a Never Say Die banner, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Bride of Frankenstein with ravens and roses
Realistic cherry blossom tree tattoo with pink flowers, a full moon and a night sky covering the upper arm.
Cherry blossom tree and moon on upper arm
Fine line black constellation tattoo of small dots and star shapes on a shoulder blade, with a plaid shirt and red hair visible.
Star constellation tattoo on a shoulder
Flash sheet of black crescent moon tattoo designs, some with stars, swirls, sparkles, a face and the words Blue Moon, in black and grey ink.
Crescent moon tattoo flash sheet
Realistic colour tattoo of a smiling man's portrait on an eagle wrapped in the American flag, perched on a branch, on the skin of the upper body.
Portrait and eagle in flag tattoo
Traditional tiger head tattoo in black, orange and red on a torso, beside a colourful arm sleeve with an eagle and a leopard head.
Traditional tiger head on ribs with arm sleeve
Neo-traditional flash design of a pale blue fictional character with red hair, surrounded by roses, vines, a skull and a banner reading I Sense There's Something in the Wind, shown without a body
Sally with roses, skull and banner design
Watercolour-style tattoo of black outlined and solid stars with pink and blue washes and ink splatter on the ankle.
Watercolour stars on an ankle
Black ink blackletter letter M on the top of a foot, with a scatter of small stars and dots trailing to the right.
Blackletter M with stars on the foot
Pencil sketch of a compass rose with an eight-point star, a fleur-de-lis at the north point and the letters N, E, S and W on white paper.
Compass rose design in pencil
Two clasped hands show matching geometric triangle tattoos, the larger one on the inner forearm with a purple galaxy fill and a smaller outlined pair on the hand.
Matching galaxy triangle tattoos on wrists
Colour tattoo of a black and watercolour-style castle with a dotted fairy dust trail and a small fairy, on the side of the ribs.
Castle and fairy with dotted trail
Colourful Neo-trad style tattoo of planets and swirling cosmic shapes across a woman's back and shoulder, seen from behind as she stands in the sea.
Cosmic planet tattoo on a back
Small black and grey crescent moon with two stars tattooed on the inner wrist, with soft shaded edges.
Crescent moon and stars on a wrist
Colour tattoo of Confederate battle flags showing through torn skin on the upper arm, with red, blue and grey shading.
Torn skin revealing battle flags on upper arm
Two forearms pressed together showing a red geometric circular web tattoo with black and grey brushstroke and dotwork shading on the forearm, with small red star marks.
Red geometric circle across both forearms
Traditional style black and grey leg sleeve on a thigh and calf, with a sugar skull, a moth, a kite, stars and a script line.
Leg sleeve with sugar skull and stars
Colourful neo-trad style full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing 1980s cartoon characters, bears, stars and a rainbow.
Full sleeve of 1980s cartoon characters and stars
Black and white photo of a hand covered in small fine line doodle tattoos, including a diamond, a daisy, a pizza slice and words such as HOMEWRECKER, with a cigarette held between the fingers.
Small doodle tattoos across the back of a hand
Traditional style black and grey flash design of a crescent moon with a crying face beside a woman with a rose in her hair, with the words I hope you're miserable, shown on a grey background.
Crescent moon and woman with rose flash
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading Always, with three small blue stars beside the final letter, on the forearm.
Always script with blue stars on a forearm
Close-up of a fine dotted line tattoo ending in a small star on a forearm, in black ink, placed near the wrist.
Small dotted line and star on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a ringed planet with a crescent moon and small stars on the inner wrist.
Ringed planet and crescent moon on wrist
Full sleeve tattoo in realism style on the upper arm and forearm showing Darth Vader, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker and the Death Star against a space background.
Star Wars characters and Death Star full sleeve
Black capital lettering tattoo on a forearm, set in several lines of a quote about the universe, trees and stars, in a plain lettering style.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Fine line constellation outline with a blurred watercolour-style nebula in blue, purple and orange on the side of a ribcage.
Constellation and nebula on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo on an ankle showing a script monogram, swirling figure-eight lines, shaded flowers and small stars.
Script monogram with flowers and stars on an ankle
Black and grey engraving-style tattoo of a skeleton holding a scythe, with clouds, stars and a DEATH banner, wrapping the forearm.
Skeleton with scythe and DEATH banner on forearm
Back of a woman's neck and upper back with a fine line trail of small outlined stars in black ink, tapering down towards the shoulders.
Star trail tattoo down the back of the neck
Black ink drawing of a dotwork moth with feathered antennae and a crescent moon with stars hanging below, shown as a tattoo design on plain cream paper.
Moth and crescent moon design