Tear tattoo ideas

69 photos and flash · 36% Realism, 22% Neo-trad · Forearm most common

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Traditional style tattoo of a winking woman in a patterned headscarf with a banner reading NEVER AGAIN, on an upper arm.
Winking pin-up with Never Again banner on upper arm
Black line drawing flash of a skeleton leaning on a 3D gravestone reading ACAB, with pink tears, a pink rose and a black coffin, shaded in pink and black.
Skeleton leaning on an ACAB gravestone with rose
Pencil drawing of an eye with long lashes and two tear drops, with the words I'M FINE above and a silhouette of two people embracing in the iris.
Eye with tears and I'M FINE lettering
Back view of a person with a large greyscale skull tattoo across the back, portrait tattoos down the thighs and a sleeve on the arm, wearing a purple thong.
Skull and portrait back and leg tattoos in greyscale
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of comedy and tragedy theatre masks facing each other with ribbon scrolls, on the side of a torso.
Comedy and tragedy masks with ribbons
Black line drawing of two eyes framed by long-nailed hands, one eye with a single tear running down the cheek, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Hands framing eyes with a tear
Black and grey flash design of a woman wearing a wolf over her head, with a rose in her hair, skull choker, crossed arrows and a heart.
Wolf-headed woman with rose and arrows
Black and grey realism tattoo of a large eye with dripping tears and skulls across a shoulder and upper back.
Realistic eye and skulls across back and shoulder
Black line drawing of two pairs of long-nailed hands framing a pair of eyes, one with a teardrop, in a fine line style on a pale background.
Hands framing two eyes with a single tear
Pencil drawing of a woman with birds in her flowing hair, stitched lips and shaded eyes, offered as a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Woman with birds in flowing hair
Pencil drawing of a neo-traditional tattoo design with a skull, crown, flower, feathers, roses, death's head moths and an eye with a tear, shown on paper with no body part visible.
Skull, crown and moth flash design
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design in neo-traditional style showing a woman with tear-streaked cheeks, surrounded by roses, a cameo, a bat wing and a spider.
Woman portrait with roses and bat wings sketch
Line drawing of a woman's face with a feather headpiece, peony-style roses, curled hair and a cameo, in a neo-traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Neo-trad woman with roses and feather
Colour tattoo of a pale, wide-eyed girl with black hair, a red rose in her hair and red tears, framed in an oval on a forearm.
Pale-faced girl portrait with red rose
Black and grey realism tattoos on two forearms show a smiling and a tearful face in clown-style makeup beside comedy and tragedy masks held by a hand.
Smiling and weeping faces with theatre masks
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a faceless woman with curled hair, painted tears and a dark lipstick mouth, on the forearm.
Faceless woman with curled hair on a forearm
Black line drawing flash design of two eyes behind outstretched hands with solid black nails and one tear, showing no placement on the body.
Hands covering eyes with a single tear
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with wavy hair, two roses and tear drops on a thigh.
Woman with roses and tears on a thigh
Colour tattoo of rainbow paint dripping from a torn edge across the forearm, with red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple drips.
Rainbow paint drips on a forearm
Black dotwork tattoo of an anatomical heart above a face with a third eye and a tear, on the forearm.
Anatomical heart above a face on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with tears and a headscarf, with chains below, on a forearm.
Realistic woman's face with chains on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman with a peony in her hair and a moth below, in black, grey and mauve on the outer thigh.
Neo-trad woman and peony on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a jagged tear in the skin revealing a pink, purple and blue galaxy, on the forearm.
Galaxy tear on a forearm
Two cream cushions printed with black and grey traditional-style illustrations, one of a bearded man in profile with a tear and one of a woman with roses and a polka dot headscarf.
Bearded man and woman cushion designs
Painted flash-style design of a tearful woman with red octopus tentacles wrapping around her head and an octopus body above, drawn on cream paper with a pale blue wash.
Woman with octopus tentacles design
Black and grey realistic tattoo of an open eye with a falling tear, shown on an upper arm.
Realistic eye with a tear on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with an updo and tear marks, holding an old telephone receiver, on a lower leg.
Black and grey portrait of a woman with a telephone
Realism tattoo of a blue eye with a single tear running down the cheek, on a limb with grey shaded skin.
Realistic blue eye with a single tear
Black and grey pencil drawing of a woman in a cap with script lettering, a hand raised to her mouth and a rosary, a tattoo flash design with no placement on the body.
Pencil portrait of a woman in a script-embroidered cap
Black and grey realism tattoo of a long-haired woman with a clown nose and tear, with comedy and tragedy masks and a pointe shoe, on the upper arm with script lettering below.
Woman with theatre masks and script on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm of a woman's face with gothic cathedral spires rising from her head and tracery below.
Gothic cathedral and woman's face on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a grey cat holding a pale fish, with blue tears, on the upper thigh.
Grey cat holding a pale fish on a thigh
Pencil sketch of a woman in profile with a wolf over her head, a skull and rose at her temple, and crows at the right, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman with wolf, skull, rose and crows
A realistic grey eye with a single teardrop running from its lower lid, tattooed on the upper chest below the collarbones in a realism style.
Realistic eye with a tear on the chest
Black and grey realism tattoo of a clown face with a tear and $100 bills on the lower leg.
Clown face with tear and hundred dollar bills
Black and grey Medusa head tattoo with a weeping face and coiled snakes in fine line and dotwork shading, on the outer thigh.
Medusa head with snakes on a thigh
Realistic colour tattoo of a blue-green eye with long lashes, red petal shapes and a tear drop on the arm, with black swirl linework above.
Realistic eye with red petals and a tear
Colour traditional tattoo of a red-rimmed eye with blue tears on a leg, with a butterfly above it and a green creature below.
Eye with tears and butterfly on a leg
Full back tattoo in a realist portrait style, showing a woman's face with gears, butterflies, a compass and a red fingerprint across the back.
Full back portrait with gears and compass
Black and white flash design of two eyes with diamond-cut irises, dripping tears and the words Cover Your Crystal Eyes, with no body placement shown.
Crystal eyes with tears and lettering
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a crying woman's profile inside a circle, with the words LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES below.
Crying woman profile in a circle with text
Close-up of a traditional style tattoo of a grey eye with a tear, framed by blue and pink flowers and the words WHEN YOU'RE READY above it.
Crying eye with flowers and script
Fine line ink drawing on paper of a woman with a large flower in her hair, a tear on her cheek, and a ruffled collar with layered necklaces and a key.
Woman with flower and key necklace design
Blue ink drawing of a woman's face framed by curled hair and two large roses, in a neo-traditional style, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Woman portrait with roses in curled hair
Two photos of a traditional style tattoo of cartoon baby faces on an upper arm, one smiling with a lollipop and one crying with a pink bow and tear.
Smiling and crying cartoon baby faces on upper arm
Fine line white ink tattoo of a daisy, three falling droplets and a swallow on a forearm.
Daisy, droplets and swallow on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a cartoon character with a pompadour, round glasses and a tear, above a banner reading CRY BABY, on a calf.
Crying cartoon character with CRY BABY banner
Black ink line drawing of a weeping woman with curled hair, pearl beads and a cameo, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Weeping woman with cameo and pearls