Tiger tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realistic tiger face tattoo with blue eyes, covering the calf of a leg.
Realistic tiger face on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger's face with whiskers and striped fur on the inner forearm.
Tiger face tattoo on a forearm
Small black and grey tiger head tattoo on the side of a finger, shaded in a realistic style, with a dotted line under the chin.
Tiger head on a finger
Black and grey Japanese full back tattoo of a lion dog, tiger, clouds and lotus flowers, with a cicada on the upper arm.
Full back Japanese lion dog and tiger piece
Black and grey dotwork big cat head tattooed on the back of a hand, set against a solid black geometric triangle with script lettering beside it.
Roaring big cat on the back of a hand
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 and grey realism back tattoo of a giraffe, antelope, zebra, lion and tiger spanning the upper and lower back.
African wildlife back piece in black and grey
Colour tattoo of Tigger from Winnie the Pooh bouncing among autumn leaves on the lower leg.
Tigger bouncing among autumn leaves on a calf
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
Colour tattoo of a boy and a striped tiger on a branch in soft watercolour washes, placed across a man's upper back and shoulder blade.
Boy and tiger on a branch across a shoulder blade
Colour traditional-style tiger head tattoo with an open snarling mouth, green snake-like detail and black stripes, on the upper arm.
Traditional tiger head on upper arm
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
Colour realism tattoo of a snarling tiger head with bared teeth and green eyes, sitting on the calf.
Snarling tiger head on a calf
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a snarling tiger head with bared teeth and whiskers on an upper arm.
Snarling tiger head on an upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a woman in a white headdress with closed eyes beside a tiger, on a calf, being worked on by a tattooist in blue gloves.
Realism portrait with tiger on a calf
Large tiger tattoo with black ink stripes and teal splashes across a woman's back and ribs, shown in two side-by-side photographs.
Tiger with teal ink splashes on back and ribs
Black tattoo of two mirrored tigers around a central geometric emblem, with curved script above and below, across a man's upper back.
Two tigers and script across a back
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 realism tattoo of a tiger's face with roses on an upper arm, with a small butterfly above near the shoulder.
Realistic tiger and roses on upper arm
Nine photographs of small realistic animal head tattoos on fingers, showing a fox, lynx, leopard, tiger, lion, wolf, panda, deer and unicorn.
Animal head tattoos on fingers
Tattoos on both forearms and an upper arm, including a red rose near the wrist, on a person in a sleeveless kittens print top in front of a red brick wall.
Tattooed arms in front of a brick wall
Black and grey tattoo on the upper arm showing Calvin and Hobbes beneath a tree, with the quote I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up.
Calvin and Hobbes quote on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger's face inside a feather, on the side of the ribs.
Tiger face in a feather on the ribs
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing a seated Buddha within a radiating halo, lotus flowers and a tiger head.
Buddha, lotus and tiger arm sleeve
Large black and grey realism tiger tattoo covering a man's back, with bamboo leaves framing the big cat as it steps forward.
Tiger and bamboo back piece
Two black line tattoos of cartoon characters on the backs of a person's lower legs, one standing and one seated, in a fine line style.
Two cartoon characters on the backs of the calves
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snarling tiger with bared fangs and long whiskers across the upper arm and shoulder.
Snarling tiger on upper arm
Black blackwork tattoo of a striped tiger with a curling tail on the calf, shown in a close photo against a dark background.
Striped tiger tattoo on a lower leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger on the forearm running down to a shaded rose on the back of the hand.
Tiger sleeve and rose on the hand
Colour tattoo of a tiger face within butterfly wings, with blue eyes and grey flowers, on the outer thigh.
Tiger face in butterfly wings on thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger's head in profile on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Tiger head in profile on the upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tiger's eyes and striped face within a feather, on the inner forearm.
Tiger eyes within a feather on a forearm
Traditional tiger head tattoo in black, orange and red on a torso, beside a colourful arm sleeve with an eagle and a leopard head.
Traditional tiger head on ribs with arm sleeve
Black and white photo of a shirtless man kneeling on a bed, showing a large black and grey Japanese-style tiger tattoo across his back and tattooed upper arm.
Tiger back tattoo on a kneeling man, black and grey
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
Realism sleeve tattoo on a forearm showing a wolf head at the top, a tiger face in the middle and a rose near the wrist, in black and grey shading.
Wolf, tiger and rose forearm sleeve
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
Close crop of a woman in a sheer black dress with her hands clasped, showing a neo-traditional woman's face with flowers on the upper arm and a lotus and tiger on the forearm.
Tattooed arms with hands clasped
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with arms crossed resting on a snarling tiger head, on the inner forearm.
Woman resting on a tiger head on a forearm
Black linework tattoo of a grinning cartoon tiger with a striped tail and a spiky-haired boy making a V sign, placed on the side of the ribs.
Cartoon tiger and boy on ribs
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
Traditional style tattoo of a grim reaper holding a scythe under a wreath of orange and pink flowers, with other tattoos visible around it on a limb.
Grim reaper with scythe and flower wreath
Black and grey realism tiger head tattoo on a finger of a hand with black nail polish, photographed in greyscale.
Tiger head tattoo on a finger
Legs covered in colour traditional tattoos including a tiger head and a rose on the thigh and calf, shown in denim shorts outdoors.
Traditional tattoos covering legs
Traditional tiger tattoo on the back of a raised hand, with the words Diamonds are forever along the side, while a blue flame plays around one raised finger.
Tiger tattoo on a raised hand