Woman tattoo ideas

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Woman seen from behind with a large black and grey back tattoo of a flame-haired figure and a bird, plus an eye of Horus on her upper arm.
Large back piece and eye on upper arm
Pencil drawing of a woman with closed eyes and long flowing hair holding a skull, surrounded by ribs, a spine and bones, with a soft yellow glow behind her.
Woman with skull and bones design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a woman with sugar skull face paint, pin-up and skull motifs, and a corset, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Sugar skull pin-up figure drawing
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a feathered headdress and a skull, shown in two close-up photographs on a limb.
Woman in feather headdress with skull
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a woman's face framed by roses, with a skull and thorned stems below, in a realistic style.
Woman, roses and skull pencil design
Black and grey Art Nouveau style tattoo of a woman with flowing hair and drapery along the side of the ribs.
Art Nouveau woman with flowing drapery on ribs
Pencil sketch of a woman's face framed by a fan, with a rose at the bottom and a flower in her hair, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Woman portrait with rose and fan design
Colour realism tattoo of a blonde doll-like woman in a pink leopard print outfit, holding scissors, with a pink car below, on the forearm.
Blonde doll with scissors and pink car
Black and grey tattoo of a woman in profile with flowers in her hair, inside a circular frame across the upper back.
Art Nouveau woman in a circle on the upper back
Man in a grey V-neck tee with a forest print shows black and grey tattoos on both forearms and upper arms, including a portrait, a cross with rosary and script.
Black and grey arm tattoos with forest print tee
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint and a rose-patterned veil, shown on an outer limb.
Sugar skull portrait with rose veil
Blue pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a stag with blossoming branches for antlers above a woman's face framed in a circle, in a neo-trad style.
Stag and woman in a circle with blossom branches
Black ink tattoo of a woman silhouette in a dress, leaning back in an oval frame with scrolled corners, on the inner upper arm.
Silhouetted dancer in an oval frame on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a woman embracing a child, with golden hair patterned with flowers, in a fine line style on the upper arm.
Embrace with gold hair and flowers on upper arm
Traditional style tattoos on a forearm, thigh and calf, including a black cat sitting on a coloured crescent moon and a black panther on the lower leg.
Cat on a crescent moon and black panther tattoos
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a woman in a green dotted dress holding a pink parasol on a tightrope, with an alligator rising from water below.
Parasol tightrope walker and alligator on a calf
Neo-trad colour tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a peaked cap, with a tear and peach roses, on a forearm.
Woman in a peaked cap with roses on a forearm
Black linework flash design of a woman with flowers in her hair, a hand at her face, paintbrushes and a skull with an all-seeing eye, in botanical style.
Woman with brushes, skull and eye design
Black and white photo of a small bold black scorpion tattoo on the back of a woman's neck, with her hair up in a bun.
Scorpion tattoo on the back of the neck
Five Japanese-style full back tattoo designs drawn on paper sheets, showing dragons, an oni mask, a warrior with a sword, a woman and waves in colour.
Japanese back piece designs on painted sheets
Fine line black cross tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun, photographed from behind.
Small cross tattoo on upper back
Colour traditional pin-up tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman in a pink apron holding a tray of cupcakes, with red script reading I should be in the kitchen.
Pin-up with cupcakes and kitchen script
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a lion head merged with a woman's face, with a mane above and dotted shading, on the thigh.
Lion and woman face on a thigh
Realism tattoo of a woman's face merged with a tiger's head in orange and black, on the outer thigh.
Woman and tiger portrait on a thigh
Illustrated tattoo design of a face split into a woman's side and a skull, with a Roman numeral clock behind the head and a colourful butterfly wing over one eye.
Half skull, half woman with clock face
Colour tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a turquoise feathered headdress above pink and purple flowers, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Feathered headdress profile on upper back
Fine line sketch of a woman with flowers in her hair and a teal watercolour wash on the ribs, with a second dark tattoo and a navel piercing on the left side.
Sketched woman with flowers on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an Art Nouveau woman in profile, wreathed in ivy and peonies, on the outer thigh.
Art Nouveau woman with ivy and peonies on a thigh
Colour tattoo on an upper arm in a neo-trad and realism style, showing a woman's portrait in an ornate frame with a wolf, a bird and red roses.
Woman portrait with wolf and bird on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a woman resting her head on a pillow, with red lips and curled blonde hair, on the upper arm.
Realistic colour portrait of a woman on a pillow
Black and grey realism portrait of Frankenstein's monster in an ornate oval frame on a calf, beside a traditional pin-up tattoo with a banner.
Frankenstein portrait and pin-up on a calf
Black ink flash sheet in a traditional style showing two female heads with daggers, barbed wire, clasped hands, a sailing ship and birds.
Traditional flash sheet with ship, daggers and barbed wire
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman with waved hair and orange earrings, holding a fan with a hand and eye design, on an upper arm.
Portrait of a woman with a fan on the upper arm
Full back Japanese-style tattoo in bright colour showing a woman in a kimono, a tiger, butterflies, a leopard, koi fish and cherry blossom across the back.
Full back Japanese tattoo with tiger and koi
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with long hair and a direct gaze, on the upper arm.
Black and grey portrait of a woman on an arm
Fine line black tattoo of a woman's face wearing a leaf crown, on the forearm.
Line drawing of a woman with a leaf crown
Full back tattoo of geisha portraits and pink cherry blossom branches in a Japanese style, shaded in grey across the back.
Geisha and cherry blossom back piece
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a man and a woman facing each other in profile inside a heart outline, with a purple flower in the corner.
Profile couple in a heart with a flower
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman wearing a feather headdress and pearls inside a red crescent moon, placed on the outer thigh.
Woman portrait with feather headdress on thigh
Black and grey tree tattoo with spreading roots and branches over a woman's back, with a geometric lattice design on the lower back.
Tree and geometric design across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face framed by a lion's head on the upper arm.
Woman's face with lion headdress on upper arm
Traditional black and grey tattoo of a woman holding a parasol on a tightrope above an alligator, inked on an upper arm.
Tightrope walker and alligator on upper arm
Traditional black and grey tattoo of a woman's profile wearing a flower crown, placed on a forearm.
Profile woman with flower crown on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a man and woman embracing, covering the outer thigh, with a hand with red nails resting on the hip.
Embracing couple portrait on a thigh
Realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with red roses in her hair and teal eyes, placed on the thigh.
Sugar skull woman with roses on a thigh
Traditional style colour tattoo of a palm tree, setting sun, sea and a pink flower with green leaves, on the inside of a forearm, with another tattoo of a woman's face above it.
Palm tree and sunset on a forearm
Neo-trad style flash sketch of a woman in a beaded headwrap with an Ouija board alphabet across her eyes, with long black nails and beaded bracelets.
Ouija board headwrap woman sketch
Black and grey pencil drawing of a hooded woman with sugar skull face paint, with ornamental tattoo designs on her forearm and hand.
Hooded woman with sugar skull face