Sword tattoo ideas

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

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Black lettering tattoo on an upper arm reading 'she wasn't looking for a knight, she was looking for a sword' in a serif script.
Quote tattoo: she wasn't looking for a knight
Watercolour-style tattoo of a dragon's head and wing above a sword on the calf, with a black silhouette and pink and purple wash.
Dragon and sword on a calf
Colour tattoo of a lightsaber on a finger, with a grey and orange hilt and a long blue blade running along the finger.
Lightsaber tattoo on a finger
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a bird-headed figure in a suit holding a sword, inside an oval frame with scrollwork, on an upper arm.
Bird-headed figure with sword in oval frame
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
Full body Japanese style tattoo across a torso, arms and thighs, showing a scowling figure with a blade among red flames and a tiger on the arm.
Full body Japanese tattoo with a fierce figure
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 and grey realism tattoo covering a full back, showing a mounted knight with a raised sword, a shield, a horse, a cross and a city skyline, with the subject's back to the camera.
Mounted knight with raised sword across a full back
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
Black and grey tattoo of two ornate swords with tassel hilts on the side of the ribcage.
Two ornate swords with tassels on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a white cat with black markings curled on a crescent, beneath a katana, with teal flames and pink petals, on the forearm.
White cat with katana on a forearm
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
Watercolour-style tattoo of a dagger with bat wings across the upper back, finished with blue and purple splashes.
Winged dagger with watercolour splashes on upper back
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a horned helmeted Viking, a woman warrior, a longship and knotwork bands, with a few red and orange oak leaves, across the upper arm and
Viking warrior full sleeve
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 and grey realism tattoo of blindfolded Lady Justice with wings, holding scales and a sword, covering a person's full back.
Blindfolded Lady Justice across a full back
Back and arm tattoo in Japanese style showing a fierce warrior with a sword, a koi on the upper arm and peonies, in colour against a black background.
Japanese back and arm sleeve tattoo
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bald eagle with spread wings gripping a sword, on the upper arm.
Eagle gripping a sword on an upper arm
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
Colour tattoo of the comic character Deadpool with arms crossed and crossed swords behind him, on the inner forearm.
Deadpool character on forearm
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty dressed as Link from Zelda, standing beside the Master Sword on a pedestal, in a bold neo-trad style on skin.
Hello Kitty as Link beside the Master Sword
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 and grey tattoo on the inner forearm showing two swordsmen silhouetted against a red moon, with a large raven perched on dark rocks beside them.
Two swordsmen and a raven on a forearm
Colour tattoo on an upper back in a traditional style, showing a sword through a red and orange ribbon knot with a green leaf, above and below lettering reading Duty is heavier than a mountain and
Quote, sword and ribbon on upper back
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo on the upper arm of a kneeling figure with a sword through its head, beside a crescent moon and small stars.
Kneeling figure with sword and crescent moon
Black and grey full back tattoo of a blindfolded Lady Justice holding a sword, with hanging scales, clouds and cherubs.
Lady Justice back piece
Colour tattoo of an armoured winged female warrior with a sword and red cape, covering the upper arm in a neo-traditional style.
Armoured winged warrior on an upper arm sleeve
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 tattoo of a dagger piercing a red rose with green leaves, placed on a forearm.
Dagger and rose on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a crowned skull holding a sword across a full sleeve on the upper arm and shoulder, shown from three angles.
Crowned skull with sword on a full upper arm sleeve
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
Realistic knight tattoo in grey shading with a red sash and raised sword, on the back of a lower leg.
Crusader knight with raised sword on a calf
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
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of three stylised female figures in patterned robes on the outer thigh, one holding a sword and one holding a tablet marked LEX.
Three stylised figures on a thigh
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hooded video game hero with a shield and sword on the forearm.
Zelda-style hero with shield on forearm
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
Colour realism tattoo of the king of hearts playing card and a bearded king in a red robe and gold crown, sitting on the outer thigh.
King of hearts playing card on thigh
Close-up of a dark snake tattoo on a person's chest, partly covered by layered silver necklaces with sword pendants, with tattoos visible on the forearm.
Snake tattoo on chest beneath layered necklaces
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 grey tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a chess piece with chains, tentacle-like linework and mechanical gears.
Chess piece and chains on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a Spartan helmet with a plume above crossed swords, centred on a person's upper back.
Spartan helmet and crossed swords on upper back
Traditional style tattoo of a grey snake coiled around two daggers with green drips, on the outer arm.
Snake wrapped around two daggers on an arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a armoured woman with a laurel wreath and a sword, with red roses below, on the upper arm.
Armoured woman with laurel and roses on upper arm