Sword tattoo ideas

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

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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 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
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
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 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
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 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 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
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
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
Neo-traditional style flash design of a hand gripping a dagger with a ribbon wrapped around the blade, flanked by red roses and set in an ornate frame labelled Ace and Swords.
Ace of Swords tarot design with dagger and roses
Traditional style flash design of a tarot card with three swords, a watchful eye, a heart and roses, with no body placement shown.
Three of Swords tarot flash design