Woman tattoo ideas

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

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Tall black and white design drawing for a full sleeve, showing cats, bats, waves and a geisha-style figure in a Japanese-influenced style.
Black ink sleeve design with cats, bats and geisha
Realism tattoo of a woman's face on the forearm, with a tear of blood running from the eye, bloodied lips and small black butterflies near the nose.
Realistic face with bloodied eye on forearm
Pencil sketch of a woman with curled hair and closed eyes holding an ornate hand mirror, with a pearl necklace and leaves in the background.
Woman with hand mirror and pearls sketch
Traditional colour tattoo of a pin-up woman with a rose in her hair, a blue anchor on her neck and a red compass star, on the upper arm.
Pin-up woman with rose and compass star
Black and grey tattoo of a profile woman in Art Nouveau style, holding a flower sprig, with a circular halo behind her head.
Art Nouveau woman holding flowers
Pencil sketch design of a woman with long flowing hair, a lion's head and two lotus flowers, drawn in teal ink on tan paper.
Woman and lion with lotus flowers sketch
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo covering the back of a neck and upper back, with a long pendant-like line running down the spine.
Mandala tattoo across neck and upper back
Black and grey sugar skull woman tattoo with teal hair accents and ornate swirling linework across the outer thigh.
Sugar skull woman with flowing hair on thigh
Two photographs of a black and grey realism full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, with a winged armoured angel, a skeleton with wings and a skull.
Full sleeve of angels, skeleton and skull in grey
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in profile with blue skin, purple hair and a yellow fan detail, on a leg in a purple-tinted bath.
Blue-faced woman portrait on a calf
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo of a sugar skull woman with roses and a skull, running from the shoulder down the forearm.
Sugar skull woman and roses full sleeve
Pencil sketch of a woman's face and shoulders with peony flowers and beaded strands in her hair, drawn as a possible tattoo design in a sketchbook.
Pencil sketch of a woman with peony flowers
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's profile with dark hair strung with pearls and a sailing ship on her head, on the upper arm.
Woman profile and sailing ship on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a horned woman with glowing red eyes and a red and black backdrop, on the inner forearm.
Horned woman with red eyes on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint, a rose in her hood and a hand touching her chin, on a calf.
Sugar skull woman portrait on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint and a rose, shown on a limb of unclear placement.
Sugar skull woman and rose
Black line tattoo of a tree with roots on the upper back of a woman in a forward fold, in fine line botanical style.
Tree with roots tattoo on upper back
Three-panel image of a woman's back: a large colour tattoo of a woman's face, red poppies and a pocket watch, and a black-and-grey spine design with a bird-like shape below.
Back tattoos with portrait, poppies and clock
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a snarling wolf above a woman's face with painted markings, on the upper arm.
Wolf and woman portrait on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint and a finger to her lips, with a green feather at the edge, shown on a forearm.
Sugar skull woman with finger to lips on forearm
Traditional style pin-up boxer tattoo on the outer thigh, with boxing gloves, a red bow and the script 'Came out swinging'.
Pin-up boxer with 'Came out swinging' on thigh
Small script tattoo on the upper back of a woman in a burgundy backless dress and wide-brimmed hat.
Small script word on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint and a hood, with a rose above her head, on an upper arm.
Sugar skull portrait with rose on arm
Realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with purple eye makeup and lips, seen through torn skin on the upper arm.
Sugar skull woman tearing through skin on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's profile in a beaded headpiece within an art deco fan and checkerboard design, on the forearm.
Art deco woman profile on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face make-up and flowing red hair, shown on a limb.
Sugar skull woman portrait on a limb
Realism tattoo of a screaming woman with blood on her face, gripping a bloody blade, on a lower leg.
Screaming woman with bloody blade on a calf
Realism tattoo of a woman's face with black ink tears and red drips across the lips, on the forearm.
Realistic woman's face on a forearm
Black ink pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a woman with closed eyes and flowing hair, with a moon, moths, a bird and skulls, on a cream background.
Woman with moon, moths and skulls design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with a tear-streaked eye, with German lettering, on a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Realistic woman's face with tear on upper arm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman's face in a mask above a closed-eyed mask, framed by roses and leaves.
Mask faces and roses on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with an updo, earrings and a necklace, holding a cigarette holder to her lips, on the upper arm.
Black and grey portrait of a woman on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a woman in profile inside an ornate silver cameo frame, surrounded by pink, peach, orange and purple roses, on a limb.
Cameo portrait with roses
Traditional colour tattoo of Medusa with teal and yellow snakes wrapped around her head, on an upper arm.
Medusa portrait with snakes on upper arm
Small black fine line script tattoo on the upper arm of a woman in a yellow backless dress, photographed from behind.
Fine line script on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a warrior woman holding a sword, with dragons on her abdomen, on the outer thigh.
Warrior woman with sword and dragons on thigh
Black and grey neo-traditional flash sketch of a woman's face beneath a skull headdress, with a snake and feather ornament above.
Skull-crowned woman with snake design
Colour flash design of a stylised woman with white hair, pale eyes and dripping ink, drawn in watercolour-like washes with black linework.
Dripping portrait of a woman with white hair
Black and grey traditional-style pin-up illustration of a woman in a checked shirt and high-waisted shorts, with skull, praying hands and dagger tattoos on her legs.
Pin-up woman with tattooed legs illustration
Colour Japanese-style tattoo on a side thigh and hip, with a pink crystal, black scrollwork vines, and demon masks and creatures below.
Japanese thigh piece with crystal and masks
Traditional colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a grey cat head with a cross on its forehead, above a woman with long dark hair smoking a cigarette, surrounded by clouds and green sparkles.
Cat-headed woman with cigarette on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a pin-up woman with bangs, a blue feather fan and teal clouds across an upper arm and shoulder.
Pin-up woman with feather fan on upper arm
Woman seen from behind with five small brown maple leaf tattoos scattered across her upper back near the shoulder blade, in a botanical style.
Falling maple leaves across a shoulder blade
Woman seen from behind in a white lace dress with an open back, showing a black fishbone-style tattoo running down her spine, walking on sand dunes.
Fishbone spine tattoo on a woman's back
Black and grey realism sugar skull tattoo with a woman's face and roses on an upper arm.
Sugar skull and roses on an upper arm
Black ink flash design of a braided woman holding a goat, with a sunburst eye above her head and flowers at her shoulders, suited to a dotwork and botanical style.
Braided woman with an eye, flowers and a goat
Black line drawing of an art nouveau woman with flowers in her hair, long flowing tresses and a beaded oval frame, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Art nouveau woman with flowing hair in oval frame
Half sleeve on an upper arm showing a sketchy black and grey portrait of a woman in profile, with a red streak, a red umbrella and stairs below, in a realism style.
Woman portrait sleeve with red umbrella