Star tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white circular design of a night sky with stars, mountains, pine trees and a lake, with the quote I HAVE LOVED THE STARS TOO FONDLY TO BE FEARFUL OF THE NIGHT.
Circular night sky with pine trees and quote
Close-up of a large geometric snowflake tattoo in teal, blue and purple with white dot accents on the forearm, with a partial bird tattoo visible at the top right.
Teal and purple snowflake on forearm
Collage of four coloured drawings of tattoo designs on paper: a bow in a pearl-edged heart, an eye in a pearl-edged triangle, a rose with leaves, and a diamond-patterned heart pierced by an arrow, all
Four tattoo flash designs on paper
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with an ornate mandala centre and dotwork shading, placed on the side of the ribs.
Compass rose tattoo on the ribs
Two black and grey forearm tattoos: a geometric cat face with bold linework on the left, and a dotwork fox head with a moon, stars and mountains on the right.
Geometric cat and dotwork fox on forearms
A flash sheet of small black tattoo designs on white, including a snake, sun, butterfly, dragonfly, flower and frog, shown in a simple bold tribal-style outline.
Black tattoo flash sheet of small motifs
Fine line black tattoo of a crescent moon and a constellation of small stars joined by dotted lines, on the side of the torso above the waistband.
Fine line constellation with crescent moon on side
Realistic colour tattoo of four planets stacked down a forearm over a teal, red and blue nebula.
Planets and nebula on a forearm
Brown line drawing of a compass rose with N, E, S and W letters and a fleur-de-lis at the north point, on a textured paper background.
Compass rose design
Colour tattoo of a wristwatch face with clock numerals fading into pink, blue and purple watercolour splashes on the inner forearm.
Watch face dissolving into watercolour on a wrist
Person in a wide-brim hat sitting by a pool with a fine line black bicycle tattoo on the calf and a fine line tower and stars tattoo on the upper arm.
Bicycle on calf and tower on upper arm
Black fine line infinity symbol tattoo with a paw print, wave swirls and small stars on the top of a foot.
Infinity symbol with paw print on a foot
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork tattoo of a full moon above a pine tree silhouette inside a solid black triangle, on a forearm.
Moon and forest inside a triangle on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a hand holding a crystal ball with teal and green stars, shaded in black on the forearm.
Hand holding a crystal ball with stars
Three forearms side by side with brown henna-style designs: a mandala flower, a crescent moon with a star, and a sun with rays.
Mandala, moon and sun designs on forearms
Fine line tattoo of a grey desk lamp beside a yellow ball with a pink star, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Desk lamp and star ball on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a winged key with small stars and the script words It's real for us, on the ankle above a sandal strap.
Winged key and script on an ankle
Colour traditional tattoo of a scalloped teal-edged heart containing a spaceship, ringed planet and yellow crescent moon on an arm.
Heart with spaceship and crescent moon on an arm
Colour tattoo of Van Gogh's Starry Night, with swirling blue and yellow sky and a dark cypress, in a circle on the outer thigh.
Starry Night painting tattoo on a thigh
Colour realism tattoo of a fairytale castle with tall spires under a starry blue night sky, framed in an ornate brown scrollwork oval on the thigh.
Castle in an ornate frame on the thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the thigh of a lion with a flowing mane inside an oval, framed by gold scrollwork with a lion cub above and a banner below.
Lion in an ornate gilded frame on the thigh
Four-panel photo of a full arm sleeve tattoo in colour showing galaxies, planets, comets and an astronaut, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Full arm sleeve of space scene with planets and comets
Black and grey witch hat tattoo with a buckle and a star at the tip, surrounded by a dotted arc of moon phases, on the upper arm.
Witch hat with moon phases on upper arm
Colour tattoo of three four-pointed diamond shapes in yellow, red and blue, with black and grey swirls, on the outer ankle.
Three coloured diamonds on an ankle
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a heart-shaped planchette with a moon, a bat and the word GOOD BYE, surrounded by purple clouds and sparkles, with a hand resting on it, on the lower leg.
Planchette with bat and clouds on a calf
Two elderly hands clasped together in sepia tones, with small black crosses, star-like marks and fine lines tattooed across the knuckles, fingers and back of the hands.
Crosses and marks on elderly hands
Flash design of a tattooed mermaid holding a skull, with an anchor, stars and a crescent moon above her head and tentacles coiled around her tail, in cream ink on a dark teal background.
Mermaid with anchor, skull and crescent moon
Colour tattoo of a mason jar holding a galaxy with a swing inside, on a limb.
Galaxy in a mason jar with a swing
Black script tattoo reading I love you to the Moon and back, with a crescent moon and three small stars, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
I love you to the Moon and back lettering
Black and grey realism tattoo of chainmail and plate armour covering the upper arm and shoulder, with a white tree emblem on a dark shield.
Armoured shoulder with white tree emblem
Fine line black dotted arc of small star shapes on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade, above a black and white patterned top.
Dotted star constellation on upper back
Colourful tattoo of a blue jay perched on a branch, filled with a galaxy of purple, pink and blue stars, on the upper arm.
Galaxy blue jay on upper arm
Coloured flash drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design with two roses, a gold star, a heart-shaped compact, a heart bell and the words Fighting Evil on banners.
Fighting Evil flash with roses, star and heart charms
Black and white compass rose design with an eight-point star inside a ruled ring, shown on a plain white background.
Compass rose design
Traditional style colour tattoo of a girl with a red bow riding a purple rocket, with a grey and yellow bird flying above her.
Girl on a rocket with a bird above
Black marker silhouette of a figure with a chain across the shoulder, reaching out to a small outlined star beside an outlined starburst, drawn as a tattoo design on plain white paper.
Silhouette figure with chain and star
Colour tattoo of pyramids, a UFO and stars inside a Polaroid-style frame on the thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Pyramids and UFO in a Polaroid-style frame
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged pocket watch with Roman numerals, a rose and rays on an upper arm.
Winged pocket watch with rose and rays
Colourful black-outlined stars in red, green, blue, purple and yellow cascade across the hip and lower abdomen, with a navel piercing visible above.
Multicoloured star cluster on the hip
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with flowers and paisley patterns, with small star sparkles beside it.
Floral crescent moon design
Colourful geometric tattoo on an upper arm showing a black triangular shape with a ringed planet, stars and a moon, above a prism beaming a rainbow.
Ringed planet and rainbow prism on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing two large nautical stars, smaller stars, clouds, a crescent moon and birds in flight.
Stars, clouds and birds on a forearm
Black and grey shaded wings and the Latin script Alis Volat Propriis tattooed across the upper back and nape, with stars and a sun motif below.
Wings and Latin script on upper back
Black line drawing of a pentagram inside a circle, shown as a geometric design with no shading and no body placement.
Pentagram inside a circle
Black fine line script reading To live would be an awfully big adventure, with small stars above it, running down the centre of a woman's back.
Script quote running down the spine
Black and white hamsa hand design with a central eye, stars and crescent motifs, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Hamsa hand with eye design
Woman seen from behind with a large black and grey dotwork mandala covering her back, with a coloured sleeve tattoo on her upper arm.
Mandala back piece in dotwork and blackwork
Black and grey tattoo of outlined stars with soft grey shading trailing up the inner ankle and calf.
Outline stars trailing up an ankle