Sword tattoo ideas

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

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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
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
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
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
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
Japanese-style flash drawing of a black and white cat holding a sword, with a woman's head and pink flowers on its body, set beneath a gold halo.
Cat with sword and woman's head design
Black ink pen drawing of a fox-masked figure surrounded by peonies, a woman's face and an oni face, designed as a Japanese-style tattoo sketch with no body part shown.
Fox mask figure with peonies and oni face sketch
Five Japanese-style full back tattoo designs drawn on paper sheets, showing dragons, an oni mask, a warrior with a sword, a woman and waves in colour.
Japanese back piece designs on painted sheets