Star tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink drawing of a compass rose with N, E, S and W letters, a rope border and dotwork shading, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Compass rose with rope border in dotwork
Four photographs of a traditional-style log cabin tattoo set inside a diamond shape on the forearm, with mountains, pine trees and a moon in some versions.
Log cabin in diamond frames on forearms
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a heart holding a human hand and a paw, with a crescent moon, stars, a flower and the words Boys Whatever and Cats Forever, on a limb.
Heart with hand and paw, cats forever lettering
Traditional colour tattoo of a lantern enclosing a lighthouse, waves and birds, on the outer thigh.
Lighthouse lantern on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an acoustic guitar on the upper arm, with a crescent moon, stars, a cabin and pine trees inside the body.
Acoustic guitar with cabin scene on upper arm
Colour drawing of a cracked red, white and blue round shield with a white star, green leaves and two grey banners reading OUTLIVE THE TEST OF TIME, designed as a traditional style tattoo.
Cracked shield with leaves and banners
Traditional style compass tattoo with a red rose and rope detail on a forearm, shown in three close-up photos.
Traditional compass with rose and rope
Pair of white gloves painted with traditional style tattoo designs, including a swallow, a skull, an anchor, a horseshoe and a cross.
Traditional tattoo designs painted on white gloves
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skull with a long beard and wide-brimmed hat, beside a rose, on the thigh.
Skull figure with hat and rose on thigh
Black compass rose tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder of a person with auburn hair pulled up.
Compass rose on upper back
A grid of cross stitch chart designs in traditional tattoo flash style, including swallows, hearts, roses, a pin-up, a cherry pair and lettering, on a grey background.
Sheet of cross stitch tattoo-style flash designs
Traditional flash drawing of a pin-up woman raising red boxing gloves, with leaves, a flower and SELF MADE banners.
Pin-up boxer with SELF MADE banners
Traditional flash sheet of tattoo designs in bold colour, including a skull with crossbones, a hand with flowers, a snake and heart, mushrooms and a frog.
Traditional flash sheet with skull, hand and snakes
Black and grey traditional style flash sheet showing a shield with three horses and an eagle at the top, with a swallow, key, dagger, rose, skull, bicycle and other small designs below.
Traditional flash sheet with horses, eagle and dagger
Flash-style drawing of a flaming skull wearing a vest top above a banner reading LOOKS LIKE SHIT, in red and navy line work with a small star below.
Flaming skull in a tank top with banner
Traditional-style tattoo of a red heart pierced by an arrow, with a yellow banner reading BACON and blue stars, on an upper arm.
Heart with arrow and BACON banner on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing a compass rose, a blue swallow, a purple rose and a banner reading Not all who wander are lost.
Compass, swallow and rose on a thigh
Colour traditional tattoo of a winged golden ball with a lightning bolt mark, a green cloud and four-point stars, on an upper arm.
Winged golden ball with stars on arm
A bold nautical star design filled with the stripes and canton of the American flag, with black shaded points, shown as a flash drawing rather than on skin.
American flag nautical star design
Traditional tattoo on a calf showing an aeroplane over a globe, a WANDERLUST banner and a red rose with a dagger.
Aeroplane, globe and rose calf tattoo
Traditional style tattoo of a black bull head with an orange eye, above a dagger, a candle and a star, on the calf.
Bull head with dagger and candle on a calf
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a bat with moon phases and small star dots across its wings, placed on a forearm.
Bat with moon phases on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a castle inside a snow globe with a pink anemone-style flower on the forearm.
Castle in a snow globe with pink flower
Traditional colour tattoo of a sleepy owl with closed eyes, framed by pink flowers, green leaves and orange stars, on skin.
Sleepy owl with flowers and stars
Black and grey anchor with chain and a compass rose with a red star centre, tattooed on a limb in a traditional style.
Anchor and compass rose on a leg
Black and grey circular tattoo of mountains under a night sky with a moon, pine trees and a winding path, on the inner forearm.
Mountain night scene in a circle on a forearm
Traditional style flash design of Captain America holding a star shield, with an eagle, a rose, lightning bolts and banners reading Death Before Dishonor.
Captain America flash with eagle and banners
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a red heart pierced by an arrow, a banner reading MY AIM IS TRUE, and two swallows with stars.
Swallows and heart banner on a forearm
Red anchor drawing with a ring at the top, five small stars above and the word HOPE in sage green letters below, on a pale background.
Anchor with stars and HOPE
Black and grey traditional tattoo covering a stomach, with a panther head, roses, a skull, a spider web and a pin-up head.
Traditional stomach piece with panther, roses and skull
Traditional style flash of a jumping sailor pin-up in red shorts and red heels, with blue tattoo designs on her upper arm, thigh and calf.
Sailor pin-up with tattooed arm and legs
Black and grey flash drawing of a mermaid sitting on rocks beneath a full moon, with a sailing ship, stars and roses, designed as a traditional style tattoo.
Mermaid on rocks with moon and ship
Black and white line drawing of a compass rose with two scroll banners reading a quote, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Compass star with quote banners
Traditional style colour tattoo of a flying saucer beaming rainbow light, with the words STAY WEIRD above it, on a limb.
Stay weird UFO tattoo
Traditional flash design of a one pint bottle holding two sailing ships, with a banner reading A Sailor's Grave over a skull and crossbones, flanked by red stars and green leaves.
Bottle with ships and a sailor's grave banner
Collage of six butterfly and moth tattoos on the back, thigh and upper arm, in watercolour, neo-traditional and bold outline styles.
Butterfly and moth tattoos on skin
Black ink compass rose with an anchor below it, Traditional style, on the upper arm of a person wearing a denim jacket.
Compass rose and anchor on upper arm
White line drawings on a black background of traditional tattoo flash, including a skull with a dagger, a horseshoe, an anvil, roses, an envelope reading I HATE YOU and a spider web.
Traditional flash sheet with skull, dagger and horseshoe
Colour traditional-style tattoos on an upper arm and forearm, showing a rocket, snowflakes, stars, a mandala and a dark grey animal.
Rocket, snowflakes and mandala on an arm
Flash design of a pin-up woman in a red polka-dot bikini with cherries, stars and CHERRY BOMB banners, in traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Cherry Bomb pin-up with cherries and banners
Colour tattoo of a blue owl with black wings perched on a dark oval with stars, on the forearm, in a traditional style.
Blue owl perched on a starry oval
Traditional style tattoo on a calf showing a sailing ship and lighthouse in a rope frame, with an anchor, stars and a red heart.
Lighthouse and sailing ship with heart on a calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a dog in a blue hooded robe with clasped hands, framed by yellow and red roses and a winged skull.
Dog in hooded robe with roses and skull
Traditional tattoo of a swallow above a compass with chain links and orange and purple flowers on a forearm.
Swallow, compass and flowers on a forearm
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with a fleur-de-lis at the top, sitting centrally on the upper back of a person wearing a patterned top.
Compass rose on upper back
Traditional colour tattoo of a bottle with orange smoke rising from it and a black banner reading FELIX, on a limb of the body.
Felix banner and bottle tattoo
Two traditional-style snow globe tattoos on upper arms, one showing a desert with a cactus and moon, the other a palm tree, sea and flowers.
Snow globe tattoos on upper arms
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with a blue centre and script compass letters, sitting on the upper back of a person wearing a grey top.
Compass rose on upper back