Tear tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey line drawing of an eye pierced by an arrow, with a rose and leaves and a dripping tear beneath, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.

Arrow through an eye with a rose, Sagittarius design

Colour traditional tattoo of an hourglass with a skull, red roses, leaves and an eye with falling tears, on a lower leg.

Traditional hourglass with skull and eye on a calf

Black and grey realism tattoos of a large skull across the back and two female portrait faces on the thighs.

Skull and portrait back and leg tattoos

Black and grey realism tattoo of an eye with a reflected pier and a tear running down the cheek, on an upper arm.

Realistic eye with a tear on the upper arm

Two views of a forearm tattoo showing red scales beneath black, torn-open skin edges, placed on the forearm.

Torn skin with red scales on forearm

Traditional-style flash design of a grey weeping angel with its face in its hands beneath a peach banner reading DON'T BLINK, with blue tears.

Weeping angel with Don't Blink banner

Close-up of a realistic colour tattoo of a blue-green eye with long lashes and a tear running down the skin beneath it.

Realistic eye with tear tattoo

Woman in a peaked cap with roses on a forearm

White line drawings on a black background of traditional tattoo flash, including a skull with a dagger, a horseshoe, an anvil, roses, an envelope reading I HATE YOU and a spider web.

Traditional flash sheet with skull, dagger and horseshoe

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a crowned woman with red hair, red roses and two skulls on the side of the ribs.

Crowned woman with roses and skulls on the side

Traditional style forearm tattoo of an eye inside a grey cloud above an umbrella and red raindrops, with the words IS THAT TEARS OR IS IT RAIN.

Eye in a cloud with umbrella and raindrops

Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded man wearing a crown of thorns, with a single tear, on a forearm.

Realistic portrait with crown of thorns on a forearm

Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with sugar skull style markings and tears, with a shaded rose below, on an upper arm.

Portrait of a woman with sugar skull makeup and rose

Black and grey realism tattoo on a lower leg showing a blindfolded woman with long hair, a tear and angel wings, with a small kneeling figure below.

Blindfolded winged woman on a calf

Black and grey dotwork and geometric tattoo on an upper arm showing a classical bust with flames, a galaxy band across the eyes and a single tear.

Classical bust with flames on upper arm

Realistic tattoo of torn skin revealing blue-grey fish-like scales on a forearm near the elbow.

Torn skin revealing blue scales on an arm

Realism tattoo of a woman's face on the forearm, with a tear of blood running from the eye, bloodied lips and small black butterflies near the nose.

Realistic face with bloodied eye on forearm

Realism tattoo of a woman's face with black ink tears and red drips across the lips, on the forearm.

Realistic woman's face on a forearm

Black ink pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a woman with closed eyes and flowing hair, with a moon, moths, a bird and skulls, on a cream background.

Woman with moon, moths and skulls design

Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with a tear-streaked eye, with German lettering, on a man's upper arm and shoulder.

Realistic woman's face with tear on upper arm

Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman's face in a mask above a closed-eyed mask, framed by roses and leaves.

Mask faces and roses on upper arm