Sword tattoo ideas

167 photos and flash · 20% Realism, 19% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Neo-traditional style flash design of a red-haired archer with a Celtic knot tattoo on her shoulder, a bow, arrow, sword and white flowers, with a banner reading Fate Loves the Fearless.
Red-haired archer portrait with lettered banner
Shaded pencil drawing of a Scottish heraldic lion on a shield, flanked by thistles, a sword and banners reading Scotland and Forever, a design suited to a tattoo.
Scottish lion crest with thistles and banners
Black and grey flash design of two skulls with wings above a shield, with a sword running down the centre, and a second design of crossed swords around an empty shield.
Winged skulls, sword and shield design
Illustrated flash design of a grey skull with red roses, barbed wire and a sword across a cross shape, on a black background.
Skull, roses and barbed wire design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a dagger piercing a shaded rose with leaves, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Dagger through a rose design
Black and grey traditional flash sheet of Star Wars tattoo designs, including stormtroopers, Darth Vader, Yoda, Boba Fett and pin-up figures, with no body placement shown.
Star Wars traditional flash sheet
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style dagger with an ornate hilt and the word Rumplestiltskin on the blade, with banners reading All magic comes with a price, shown as a tattoo design.
Dagger with banner reading All magic comes with a price
Black and grey line drawing of a skull-faced queen in a crown on a playing card, with a broken heart balloon, a spider and swords, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Queen of hearts skull playing card design
Flash design of a teal handheld console character with a smiling face, impaled on a sword with two cream banners reading Who wants to play and Videogames.
Sword and handheld console banner design
Black line drawing of two daggers on paper, one with a crescent moon and star and the other with a sun and a falling drop, each inside a dotted circle.
Two daggers with moon and sun designs
Two flash designs on a white background: a black and grey sword with a skull and dragons, and a colour dragon coiled around a red-hilted sword with flames.
Skull, sword and dragon flash designs
Black and red tattoo design of a sword over a red cross shield, flanked by wings, with a banner reading Accipite Armaturam Dei.
Winged sword and shield with banner
Pencil sketch sheet of 24 circular abstract symbol designs, each labelled with a word such as peace, win, shield, sword, army or lose, on a beige background under the heading WAR AND PEACE.
War and peace symbol sketch sheet
Flash design of a scowling blue daruma-style mask with crossed swords behind it and the script lettering Read Between The Lines above, with no placement on the body shown.
Angry blue daruma mask with crossed swords
Black ink flash sheet of a sword, a bare branch, a bubbling cauldron and a star in a circle with rays, drawn in hatched linework on paper.
Sword, branch, cauldron and star flash sheet
Black line drawing of a tribal-style tattoo design across the shoulder blade and upper back of a sketched male figure seen from behind, with a katana hilt at the waist.
Tribal shoulder and back design sketch
Black and grey tattoo flash drawing of a large stylised wing with a rose window motif and a small figure, shown as a design with no body placement.
Winged design with gothic rose window
Neo-traditional tattoo flash drawing in blue linework of a smiling mask, peony flowers, leaves and a crossed dagger on cream paper.
Mask, peony and dagger design
Black dotwork flash sheet showing a rose, a snake, a dagger, a praying hand, an angel, a cross and church buildings, shown as tattoo designs with no placement on the body.
Dotwork flash sheet of churches, snakes and hands
Coloured Japanese-style design of a samurai warrior in armour holding a drawn sword, surrounded by yellow lightning bolts, clouds and black waves.
Samurai warrior with lightning and waves
A six-panel grid of small black fine line tattoo designs on pale backgrounds, including mountains with a moon, a tree with stars, a leaf, a serpent, and a ring with inscribed lettering.
Six small fine line tattoo designs in a grid
Black and grey flash design of a triangle with POWER, COURAGE and WISDOM on banners, with a sword and shield beside it.
Triangle with Power, Courage and Wisdom banners
Engraved illustration of a sword wrapped in grey ribbons in front of a gold globe and sunburst, drawn in a tattoo-flash style with no body placement shown.
Sword wrapped in ribbons over a golden globe
A grid of six small fine line black ink designs on pale backgrounds, including mountains with a crescent moon, a tree with stars, a dragon beside a sword, and a ring within a leafy wreath.
Six fine line motif designs in a grid
Black tribal-style design of a winged sword with flowing spiked wings on a white background, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Winged sword tribal design
Realistic tattoo design of a geisha holding a katana, surrounded by pink cherry blossoms and butterflies, with grey shading in a Japanese theme.
Geisha with katana and cherry blossoms
Pencil sketch of a smiling shiba inu wearing a conical straw hat, with a sword, a moon, drifting petals and grass, designed as a Japanese-style tattoo.
Smiling shiba samurai in a straw hat
Neo-traditional flash design of a pair of spread wings framing a unicorn head, two roses, a key and crossed swords, in teal and cream.
Winged unicorn, rose and sword design
Black line-art sheet titled Moon Glyphs, showing labelled symbols such as Hope, Fire and Water above a row of moon phase designs from new moon to waning crescent.
Moon glyphs and phase symbols design sheet
Light grey flame-rayed sun emblem with a central circle and a blade running through it, drawn on a black background as a tattoo design.
Flame sun emblem with a central blade
Traditional style flash design of a purple Hylian shield with a gold triangle emblem, a blue hilted sword, two red roses and a banner reading It's dangerous to go alone, coloured on paper.
Hylian shield, sword and roses flash
Black and grey ink drawing of a samurai with a topknot holding a katana over one shoulder, surrounded by ink splatters, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Samurai with katana ink splash design
Black linework flash sheet on tan paper with designs including a winged key, open book, wand, winged snitch, owl with envelope, sorting hat and hourglass.
Wizarding themed flash sheet
Black and white drawing of a circular tattoo design split into four quadrants, showing a sword in a ring, a dragon, a snowflake and a sun, framed by rope and swirl borders.
Four-part design with sword, dragon, snowflake and sun
Black design of two dragons with their necks curving into a heart shape around a central sword, drawn in solid black on a white background, as a blackwork-style flash design.
Two dragons framing a sword in a heart shape
Flash design of crossed swords, axes, a game controller and a Pokeball around a banner reading Gamer Forever, shown on a dark textured background.
Gamer Forever weapons emblem
Traditional-style flash design of a horned forest spirit deer with teal antlers above a banner reading Forest Spirit, a red mask and crossed swords below.
Forest spirit deer with banner and mask
Black and white design of two crossed swords framed by four Celtic triquetra knots and ornate shield-like motifs, suitable as tattoo flash.
Crossed swords with Celtic triquetra knots
Black and white flash design of a sword running through the words Be Brave Not Safe in decorative lettering with swirling flourishes.
Be Brave Not Safe lettering with sword
Traditional style flash sheet of video game themed designs including a chainsaw gun, Xbox 360 console, Kinect sensor, controller with a PLAY HARD banner, burger and fries, and a drink cup.
Video game flash sheet with gun, console and burger
Black and white design of two crossed swords with ornate handles, framed by four patterned fan-shaped segments, shown as a flash design.
Crossed swords with fan segments design
Black and grey traditional dagger design with an ornate hilt and shaded blade, drawn on a white strip of paper over a dark wooden surface.
Ornate dagger flash design
Sepia pencil drawing of a winged angel with a sword standing over a crouched demon, a design suited to a large back or chest piece.
Winged angel standing over a fallen demon
Black line drawing of a multi-armed figure holding weapons, set inside a circle of script and small symbols, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Multi-armed figure in a circular yantra design
Flash sheet with two tattoo designs: a coloured dagger wrapped in a green snake, vines and red roses on the left, and a black and grey dagger with a snake on the right.
Dagger and snake flash designs
Coloured flash design of a sword, pipe, staff and cloak among leaves, with a yellow banner reading Home is behind the world ahead, in a neo-traditional lettering style.
Banner lettering with sword and pipe design
White line drawing on a black background of a blindfolded woman reaching towards a snarling wolf, with a sword and the Roman numeral X above, as a tattoo design.
Woman and wolf with sword and numeral X
Red and graphite sketch of a geisha holding a sword, with a dragon tattoo design drawn across her shoulder and chest in Japanese style.
Geisha with dragon shoulder tattoo sketch