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
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
Full colour tattoo of a woman in traditional dress holding a sword before mountains and flowers, across an upper arm and shoulder.
Warrior woman with sword on upper arm
Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing the cartoon characters Link with a shield and sword and Zelda, with a triforce and ivy in a stained-glass style circle.
Link and Zelda forearm piece with triforce
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
Colour tattoo of Finn riding Jake from Adventure Time, with Finn raising a sword above a red banner reading MATHEMATICAL, on the thigh.
Finn and Jake riding with a banner on thigh
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
Colour tattoo of a blue-hilted sword and a grey shield with a red crest and gold triangle on a forearm, in a neo-traditional style.
Sword and shield tattoo on a forearm
Flash sheet of six cartoon tattoo designs in a bold neo-traditional style, each with a slogan banner, including a lemon, a game console and a flame figure.
Six cartoon character tattoo designs on banners
Colour tattoo of a sword over a triangle symbol with green ivy and a golden winged orb, on the upper back near the shoulder blade, in a neo-traditional style.
Sword, triangle and ivy on a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo of Wonder Woman holding a raised sword in a comic book style, placed on the forearm.
Wonder Woman with sword on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a Japanese katana with a black and grey patterned handle, gold guard and red scabbard wrap, surrounded by swirling clouds, on the forearm.
Katana tattoo with clouds on a forearm
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
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
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