Torn skin tattoo ideas

149 photos and flash · 74% Realism, 9% Lettering · Upper arm most common

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Black and grey realism tattoo of a star with torn skin edges revealing words such as freedom and love, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Torn skin star with words on upper arm
Full arm sleeve tattoo in a realistic style, showing torn skin revealing a red and blue superhero suit pattern on the upper arm and forearm, with a city skyline behind.
Torn skin sleeve revealing a red and blue suit
Black and grey realism tattoo of Batman, the Joker and a masked villain across an upper back, with the bat logo revealed through torn skin.
Batman, Joker and villain torn-skin back tattoo
Black and grey realism tattoo of a dog with its tongue out, emerging through torn skin on a person's upper back.
Realistic dog portrait tearing through skin on back
Realistic colour tattoo of an American flag revealed through torn skin on the upper arm, with DON'T TREAD lettering across the top.
American flag under torn skin on upper arm
Photograph of a realistic tattoo of torn, bleeding wounds running down a person's calf, shown in a Realism style against a dark background.
Realistic gash wound on a calf
Realistic black and grey bear paw print tattoo on a calf, with claw marks appearing to tear through the skin.
Bear paw tattoo on a calf
Colour tattoo on a flank of skin, styled as torn skin revealing a blue sky with two swallows, grey clouds and a rainbow, in a realistic style.
Torn skin revealing sky and rainbow
Colour tattoo of the Superman shield on the side ribs, shown as if torn open through the skin in a realistic style.
Superman logo under torn skin on ribs
Realistic colour tattoo of a striped-sleeved, bladed glove with long claws ripping through torn, bloodied skin on a person's upper back.
Bladed glove tearing through skin on upper back
Photograph of a realistic tattoo of a star torn open through skin on a man's upper arm and shoulder, revealing words such as freedom and love in black, grey and red ink.
Torn skin star with words on upper arm
Close-up of a realistic wound tattoo with torn, bitten-looking edges and red veining on the upper arm, in a realism style.
Realistic wound tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of claws tearing through skin on the upper chest, with small stars visible inside the tear.
Claws tearing through skin on chest
Black and grey realistic biomechanical tattoo on a man's chest, showing gears, pipes and a ribbed mechanical form beneath torn skin.
Biomechanical torn skin chest piece
Realism tattoo of a star with torn-skin edges filled with words such as friendship, family and love in red, across a shoulder and upper arm.
Torn-skin star with words on shoulder
Realism style biomechanical tattoo on a forearm, showing grey metal pistons and mechanical parts beneath torn, flesh-coloured skin.
Biomechanical torn skin forearm tattoo
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a bat emblem on a forearm, appearing to tear through the skin around it.
Bat emblem torn through skin on a forearm
Colour tattoo of torn skin revealing rainbow stripes in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, on the side of a ribcage.
Torn skin revealing rainbow stripes on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull breaking through dark torn skin on a forearm, with glossy highlights on the cranium.
Realistic skull emerging from torn skin on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a tachometer dial breaking through torn, bloody skin on the upper arm, with numbers 0 to 8 and x1000 r/min visible.
Tachometer bursting through torn skin
Black and grey realism tattoo on the inner forearm showing a guitar neck and strings appearing through torn skin, with a script logo on the headstock.
Guitar emerging from torn forearm skin
Black and grey realism biomechanical tattoo of gears, pistons and metal plates torn open through the skin of a forearm.
Biomechanical gears on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of cracked armour plates, a winged Celtic cross and chainmail across the upper arm and shoulder, shown in four photos.
Armour and winged Celtic cross on upper arm
Realism tattoo of a grinning grey cat with green eyes tearing through skin on the side of the ribs.
Grinning cat tearing through skin on ribs
Colour tattoo of an American flag showing through torn, shaded skin, in realism style, on a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Torn skin American flag on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a man's upper arm and elbow, showing torn skin peeled back to reveal printed Latin-style text beneath.
Torn skin revealing text on an arm
Colour tattoo of the Wonder Woman logo beneath torn-open skin on a forearm, shown in three photographs.
Wonder Woman logo under torn skin
Colour realism tattoo of the Texas state outline filled with the Texas flag, showing through torn skin on the upper arm near the elbow.
Texas flag through torn skin on upper arm
Realistic tattoo of a grey skull with red tissue visible through a star-shaped tear in skin, on an area of upper leg or arm.
Skull inside a torn star
Black and grey realism tattoo on a shoulder and upper back, showing torn skin that reveals metal armour plates with rivets and a buckle, with a Celtic knot on the shoulder cap.
Torn skin revealing armour with Celtic knot
Realistic colour tattoo on a side torso made to look like torn skin, revealing a blue sky with clouds and black swallows in flight across the ribs.
Torn skin revealing sky and swallows on ribs
Realistic biomechanical tattoo on a forearm, showing torn skin peeling back to reveal grey metal mechanical parts with rivets and pistons.
Biomechanical forearm tattoo with torn skin
Realistic green eye tattoo with peeling skin edges and handwritten black script below it, on the inside of a forearm, in a realism style.
Realistic green eye with script on forearm
Colour biomechanical skull with a coiled spine tattoo on a lower leg, set against red and grey shading in a realistic style.
Biomechanical skull and spine on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo across a shoulder and upper back, showing torn skin revealing armour straps, buckles and a Celtic knot on the pauldron.
Torn skin armour pauldron with Celtic knot
Black and grey realism tattoo on a shoulder and upper back showing torn skin revealing buckled armour straps and a Celtic knot disc.
Torn skin with Celtic knot armour on shoulder
Realistic star tattoo on an upper arm that looks like peeling skin, filled with words such as freedom, family and friendship, with the word love in red.
Torn-skin star with words on upper arm
Realistic tattoo across a shoulder and upper back showing torn skin that reveals an old sepia map, a blue ship's wheel compass rose and a blue fleur-de-lis.
Torn skin revealing a compass and old map
Realistic tattoo of torn armour revealing chainmail, with a winged Celtic cross on the pauldron, covering a man's shoulder and upper arm.
Torn armour and Celtic cross on shoulder
Realistic colour tattoo of a starry galaxy showing through torn skin on the upper back.
Galaxy revealed through torn skin on a back
Realistic biomechanical tattoo on the inner forearm, showing torn skin revealing grey metal pipes and mechanical parts.
Biomechanical forearm with torn skin
Full-colour realistic tattoo on a person's upper back showing an underwater reef with fish, coral and a starfish within a torn-skin effect.
Underwater reef torn through skin on a back
Realism tattoo on an upper arm and elbow showing torn skin that reveals Latin text and a parchment-like layer beneath.
Torn skin revealing Latin text on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on the shoulder showing torn skin with armour plates, buckles and a Celtic knot.
Torn skin revealing armour and a Celtic knot
Realistic black and grey forearm tattoo of a turbocharger and mechanical parts, with a red torn-skin effect behind the engine.
Turbocharger in torn skin on a forearm
Realistic black and grey biomechanical tattoo of gears and metal machinery through torn red skin on a calf, shown from three angles.
Biomechanical gears on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of torn skin peeling back to reveal printed text pages across the upper arm and elbow.
Torn skin revealing text pages on arm
Realistic chest tattoo of a five-point star with torn skin edges revealing the verse Daniel 12:3 inside, with red accents at the tears.
Torn-skin star with Daniel 12:3 on the chest