Tiger tattoo ideas

223 photos and flash · 35% Realism, 17% Japanese · Upper arm most common

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator
Black ink traditional flash sheet of butterflies and moths, including a central moth with a woman's face, skulls, tigers and a lantern, on cream paper.
Butterfly and moth flash sheet
Coloured Japanese-style flash design of a roaring tiger among bamboo and swirling clouds, with a small frog holding a leaf in the lower right corner.
Tiger and bamboo flash with frog in rain
Pencil sketch design of a tiger head with ink swirls and splatter dots, drawn as a possible tattoo flash without placement on the body.
Sketched tiger head with ornamental swirls
Black ink flash drawing of a tiger head with hanging feathers, crystals, beads and a heart beneath, a tattoo design on paper.
Tiger head with dreamcatcher design
Black ink drawing of a tiger curled into a circle, with bold stripes and a skull-like shape formed in the negative space, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Curled tiger design in black ink
Black and white line drawing of a tiger and a dragon around a yin yang circle, above a pavilion roof and stacked bars, shown as a design with no body placement.
Tiger and dragon with yin yang design
Realistic blue-grey design of an elephant, tiger, panda and rhinoceros heads stacked beneath a full moon, with black ink drips down the lower edge.
Stacked animal heads with a full moon
Traditional-style illustration of a cartoon princess in a cameo frame, with a tiger tattoo on her upper arm and Arabic script on a banner below.
Cartoon princess with tiger tattoo on banner
Watercolour-style drawing of a tiger head with black linework and pink, blue and orange washes, shown as a design on white paper.
Watercolour tiger head design
Eight pencil and ink drawings of chest piece tattoo designs, including mandalas, lace, a tiger, scrollwork and swallows with roses.
Chest piece design sketches collage
Full-colour Japanese style flash drawing of a snarling tiger among bamboo leaves and clouds, with a small frog below, shown without a body placement.
Tiger, bamboo and frog flash design
Black and grey realistic drawing of a tiger's face with a direct gaze and detailed whiskers, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Realistic tiger face drawing
Black ink Japanese-style tiger design climbing downward with a curled tail, beside the kanji 虎, printed on orange textured paper.
Tiger with kanji on orange paper
Black line drawing sheet of many Thai sak yant designs, including yantra grids, tigers, a rooster, pagodas and Thai-style script, with no placement on the body shown.
Sheet of Thai sak yant tattoo designs
Black and grey realism drawing of a snarling tiger face with bared fangs and detailed whiskers, pinned to a white wall.
Snarling tiger face drawing
Black ink drawing of a snarling tiger with bold striped shading, crouched on rocks, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Snarling tiger on rocks design
Pencil and blue pen drawing of a tiger above a woman's face with feathers, arrows and scrollwork, a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Tiger and woman portrait tattoo design with feathers
Black ink pen drawing of a tiger walking towards the viewer, built from faceted geometric hatching and framed by a thin circle.
Geometric tiger pen drawing
Hand-drawn tiger design looking back over its shoulder, with black ink on the head and shoulders shading to purple, blue and green on the body, legs and tail.
Tiger design with black, purple, blue and green stripes
Three-panel drawing of a black ink design of a cat curled up with a tiger's head, shown being brushed in progressively in a Japanese-influenced style.
Sleeping cat and tiger design in ink
Realistic coloured pencil drawing of a woman's face blended with a tiger's head and stripes, shown on paper as a tattoo design.
Woman and tiger portrait design
Neo-trad style tattoo design drawn on paper, showing a roaring tiger above a coiled snake with leaves and a lotus-like flower in red and grey shading.
Roaring tiger and snake design sketch
Black ink line drawing design of a striped tiger seen from behind, sitting and looking up at small stars, on a white background.
Tiger seen from behind under stars
Black line drawing of a tiger's face, front on, with bold stripes and tapering fur strokes on a white background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Tiger head stencil design
Black line drawing flash sheet of seventeen small animal face designs, each numbered and labelled, including bear, fox, owl and hippo.
Animal face flash sheet with numbered labels
Bold black and white tribal-style tiger head drawing facing forward, with heavy solid linework on the stripes, brow and muzzle.
Tribal tiger head design
Black ink drawing of an ornate tiger head with dotwork shading, stars and a central flower, shown as a tattoo design on paper rather than on skin.
Ornate tiger head design in dotwork
Black line drawing of a stylised tiger walking forward, with ornamental swirls and patterned panels across its body and a curling tail, shown on a white background.
Ornamental tiger line drawing
Black and white stencil-style drawing of a tiger in profile, with bold curved stripes covering its body and tail.
Striped tiger design in black ink
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a tiger and a wolf in tribal linework with swirls, a star and the kanji for love above, shown without any body placement.
Tiger and wolf tribal design with kanji
Black and grey drawing of a snarling tiger head framed by two lotus flowers, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Tiger head with lotus flowers
Neo-traditional illustration of an animated princess with a red tiger tattoo on her upper arm and shoulder, lotus flowers, and Arabic script on a banner.
Tattooed animated princess with tiger in cameo frame
Black and grey traditional flash sheet showing a swallow with roses, a butterfly, a tiger head, a snake, a skull in a beanie, a woman with a rose in her hair and an eye.
Traditional flash sheet with swallow and tiger
Pencil sketch of a striped tiger descending head first with its tail curled at the top, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Descending tiger pencil sketch
Black ink pen sketch of a snarling tiger head in profile with a skull over its face, drawn in cross-hatching with no tattoo styling or body placement shown.
Tiger skull pen sketch
Flash sheet of twelve black brush-style Chinese zodiac characters in a grid, each labelled in English with its animal name.
Chinese zodiac characters flash sheet
Black ink drawing of a snarling tiger with bold stripes climbing over rocks, shown as a tattoo design in black and grey.
Tiger on rocks ink design drawing
Traditional style flash sheet of ten designs, including a green bird, a spider web, a red and black Spider-Man head, snakes, praying hands and a jack-o-lantern, with banner lettering.
Traditional flash sheet of mixed designs
Flash design of a tiger head with orange and yellow shading, framed by bold black tribal flame shapes on a white background.
Tiger head within tribal flames
Coloured pencil drawing of a tiger's green-gold eyes and striped brow with rainbow drips, a design that could work as tattoo flash.
Tiger eyes with rainbow drips
Black and grey realism drawing of a snarling tiger merged with a woman's face, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Tiger and woman portrait design
Black and grey neo-traditional drawing of a snarling tiger head surrounded by blossoms and fruit, shown as a tattoo design on paper rather than on skin.
Tiger head with blossoms design
Flash design of a silver dragon coiling around an orange tiger that is mid-roar, with Chinese characters at the lower right, in Japanese-style tattoo artwork.
Silver dragon and tiger design
Traditional flash collage showing a purple skull with a LOVE KILLS SLOWLY banner, pin-up women, a koi fish, a mermaid, a dragon head and roses.
Traditional flash collage with skull and pin-ups
Flash sheet of 30 small tattoo designs in Japanese style, pairing kanji characters with animals, flowers and symbols such as a rose, tiger, koi carp and dragon, each with an English label.
Kanji and animal tattoo flash sheet
Watercolour-style drawing of a cartoon white tiger cub with blue eyes holding a pink blossom branch, a flash design suitable for a tattoo, with no placement shown.
Cartoon white tiger cub with blossom branch
A gold and orange design of a tiger's face and striped markings forming butterfly wings, with antennae, on a black background.
Tiger and butterfly hybrid design in gold
Black and grey drawing of a woman with long wavy hair wearing a tiger head as a headdress, in neo-traditional style, shown with coloured pencils.
Woman with tiger headdress drawing