Sword tattoo ideas

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

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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
Black linework anchor with a sword running through it and pink and magenta floral splashes, tattooed on the outer upper thigh.
Anchor and sword with pink flowers on thigh
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a hooded figure, crows, hexagon honeycomb outlines and a sword.
Hooded figure, crows and honeycomb full sleeve
Red and black marker drawing on lined notebook paper of a masked figure with crossed swords behind its head, with splatter and drips, shown as a possible tattoo design.
Masked figure with crossed swords in red and black
Full-colour tattoo of the comic character Deadpool in a bold neo-traditional style on a lower leg, shown with swords and guns.
Deadpool character tattoo on a calf
Black and grey flash design of a bearded figure in a crown of thorns, with cherubs, a skull, an armoured angel with a sword, an apple and praying hands with a rosary.
Religious allegory flash with skull and angel
Large blackwork tattoo of a horned demon silhouette with a red tongue and green-tinged face on the side of the ribs, with a small sword figure and grey shading to the left.
Horned demon silhouette on the side ribs
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
Colour tattoo of a stylised cartoon woman with a hair flower, holding a sword over her shoulder, on the outer calf.
Cartoon woman with sword on calf
Tall red and yellow banner design of a sun with a face, a sword, a coiled red snake and hibiscus flowers, with the words Unbowed Unbent Unbroken on a ribbon.
Sun, sword and snake banner design
Black sword and eye tattoo with spiky rays above a black angular rune on the inner forearm, set against a red tribal-style background.
Sword, eye and rune on a forearm
Black blackwork flash design of a stylised dagger with an elongated figure-shaped hilt and a long pointed blade on a white background.
Stylised dagger flash design
Black and grey tattoo of a winged crest with a sword and a triangle, sitting on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Hylian crest on upper back
Black ink tattoo of a sword with a branching tree, crown-like top and small stars above it, on the outer lower leg.
Sword and tree on a lower leg
Colour Japanese style tattoo on a forearm of a black and white cat with a sword wrapped in red and orange flames.
Black cat and sword in red flames
Black and grey drawing of a tall Norse-style design with interlaced knotwork, a central round knot, a sword-like form and stylised animal heads, shown on plain paper.
Norse knotwork and beast design
Back view of a man with a large colour Japanese style tattoo of an armoured warrior in green and red across his back, with clouds and flames on both thighs.
Full back armoured warrior tattoo with thigh pieces
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
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a dagger wrapped in Celtic knotwork with a bird-head pommel and crossguard, shaded in black and grey.
Celtic knotwork dagger with bird pommel design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a warrior woman holding a sword, with dragons on her abdomen, on the outer thigh.
Warrior woman with sword and dragons on thigh
Colour realism tattoo of a crouching warrior with a blade among jungle leaves, covering the upper arm of a person in a white vest.
Warrior in jungle foliage on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an armoured samurai with a raised sword and skulls with smoke swirls, covering a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Samurai warrior full sleeve
Black and grey engraving-style tattoo on an upper arm showing two skeletal figures fighting with swords, with a banner reading triumph of being alive.
Skeletal combat scene with banner on upper arm