Woman tattoo ideas

1,494 photos and flash · 25% Realism, 23% Neo-trad · Upper arm most common

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator

Black ink geometric and botanical tattoo on the upper back of a woman with short blonde hair, seen from behind.

Geometric and botanical back tattoo

Colour tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a sugar skull woman with a cigarette beside red roses and a skull, with black ink splashes.

Sugar skull woman and roses on upper arm

Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a female archer drawing a bow, with flowers in her hair, on a person's left side ribs.

Watercolour archer on the ribs

Woman sitting cross-legged on grass with a black geometric blackwork band tattooed on her upper arm and down towards her forearm.

Black geometric band on upper arm

Colour traditional tattoo of a pale-faced woman with blue hair and flowers in an orange frame, beside a red rose, on the upper thigh.

Pale-faced woman in a frame with a red rose

Realism colour tattoo of a hooded woman wearing a blood-stained respirator above a graveyard scene, placed on the calf.

Hooded woman in a bloodied mask on a calf

Black and grey tattoo of a woman in a billowing skirt with an octopus head and tentacles, on the inner forearm.

Octopus-headed woman in a skirt on a forearm

Profile portrait of a woman on an upper arm

Two views of a colourful silhouette tattoo on an upper arm, showing a figure holding an umbrella above rooftops with a pink, purple and blue sky behind.

Silhouetted umbrella figure and rooftops on upper arm

Black and grey realism tattoo sleeve on an upper arm showing a woman wearing a helmet, a rose and a revolver with smoke.

Woman portrait, rose and revolver upper arm sleeve

Black and grey portrait tattoo of a woman with a voluminous updo and bare shoulder on the upper arm.

Woman portrait with updo on upper arm

Colour tattoo of a cartoon woman with a dark bob and glasses, framed by a blue leaf wreath, on the lower leg above the ankle.

Cartoon character in a blue leaf wreath on a lower leg

Dark black and grey tattoo sleeve on the upper arm and forearm of a woman in an orange crochet bikini, standing among large green leaves.

Black and grey sleeve on an upper arm

Globe, butterfly and flowers on a thigh

Pencil-style flash design of a woman with flowing hair, two roses in her hair and a rose and script reading You're So Cool on her shoulder, in Botanical and Lettering style.

Woman with roses and script lettering

Painted traditional-style flash of a pin-up woman with red roses, a polka dot headscarf and a heart banner, shown on paper.

Pin-up woman with roses flash

Night forest silhouette with roses on a calf

Woman in profile with moon and rose

Black and grey ornate cross tattoo centred between the shoulder blades of a woman with her hair in a bun, photographed from behind.

Ornate cross on upper back

A seated woman with colour tattoos on her forearm and shoulder, outline stars on her thigh and a red and green snake on her calf, on a black leather sofa.

Star and snake tattoos on bare legs

Neo-traditional tattoo on the side of the ribs showing a woman with dark wavy hair, a small otter and autumn oak, maple and ivy leaves in red, orange and olive.

Woman with otter and autumn leaves on ribs

Fine line portrait of a woman with a floral headband and red earring on a thigh, with blue raindrops, leaves and a geometric umbrella.

Woman portrait with raindrops on a thigh

Four angled views of a full arm sleeve in black and grey realism with red roses, skulls, a clock and women's faces, covering the upper arm and forearm.

Black and grey realism sleeve with skulls and roses

Back view of a woman in a blue sports bra with a small black fine line script tattoo reading Run Free on her upper back.

Run Free script on upper back

Black fine line lettering in a French script runs vertically down the centre of a woman's upper back, above a strappy beige top.

French script down the upper back

Black and grey realism tattoo on a back showing a screaming woman whose hair breaks into flying birds, with handwritten script lyrics beside her and a tribal ornament at the top left.

Screaming woman with birds and handwritten lyrics on back

Colour traditional tattoo of an open-mouthed anglerfish with a pin-up woman in fishnet stockings and red heels, on the side of the ribs.

Anglerfish and pin-up on the side ribs

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

Small black fine line crescent moon tattoo with a simple face on the upper arm of a woman with long wavy ombre hair, photographed from behind.

Small crescent moon on upper arm

Traditional style flash design of a pin-up woman with a headband, flanked by red roses and LOVE and LIFE banners, with a large red rose below.

Pin-up with roses and LOVE LIFE banners

Black linework flash design of a woman with flowing hair, flowers and three winged horses, in a neo-traditional style, drawn on white paper.

Woman with pegasus and flowers design

Colour tattoo of a stylised woman with flowing hair, the word Virgo and flower motifs on the forearm.

Virgo zodiac figure and flowers on forearm

Colour realism tattoo of an animated female character with a long side braid and freckles, on the upper arm.

Colour portrait of a cartoon character with a braid

Woman seated with her back to the camera, showing a thin black vertical script tattoo of text running down her spine, in a lettering style on the back.

Vertical script tattoo down the back

Woman profile and Africa map on upper arm

Neo-traditional tattoo on a thigh of a hooded, blindfolded woman with a black raven, a hand holding rope and an orange crescent moon.

Blindfolded woman and raven on a thigh

Realism black and grey tattoo across a torso and ribs showing an 18th century woman in period dress beside a sailing ship.

Black and grey portrait and ship across ribs

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

Woman and cat in a heart on a calf

Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman in a full skirt whose hair turns into a flock of birds, placed on the forearm.

Woman in a dress dissolving into birds on a forearm

Black line drawing of a woman with long wavy hair, closed eyes and crossed arms, wearing a necklace, bracelets and a bra top, shown as a tattoo design on white.

Line drawing of a woman with crossed arms

Traditional style colour tattoo down a lower leg showing a spread-winged eagle, a woman's head, an eye and a clock on a purple base.

Traditional leg tattoo with eagle, woman and clock

Thigh with a coloured portrait of a woman framed by flowers, a black and grey sailing ship in a rope border, and a small teal lotus with pink characters above it.

Portrait, ship and lotus tattoos on a thigh

Black and grey traditional chest tattoo of a skull-faced woman cameo in a beaded frame, flanked by ornate scrollwork, on a chest.

Skull cameo with scrollwork on a chest

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

Small black silhouette tattoo of a figure holding an umbrella and carpet bag, placed on the neck behind the ear, in a black and grey photograph.

Umbrella and figure silhouette behind the ear

Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm of a woman with sugar skull face paint and flowing hair, with a rose below her.

Sugar skull woman and rose on a forearm

Woman seen from behind kneeling at the water's edge, with a large blackwork tribal tattoo across her back and arm and red, green and pink colour accents.

Full back tattoo with tribal sleeve at the shore