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 and grey realism tattoo of roses over the shoulder and a skull-faced woman on the back, shown from behind.
Roses and skull portrait across back
Black and white photo of tattooed forearms and hands gripping a skateboard, with a traditional rose and a woman's portrait on the left forearm and a heart design on the back of the right hand.
Tattooed hands and forearms gripping a skateboard
Sheet of twelve black tribal-style zodiac designs on white, including a ram, bull, crab, lion, scales and goat, in flowing swirled linework.
Twelve tribal zodiac designs in black
Flash sheet of Mexican-style tattoo designs in colour, including sugar skulls, roses, a praying woman, a sun with an eye and a central cross.
Mexican tattoo flash sheet with skulls and roses
Woman seen from behind with a full-back Japanese style tattoo of a dragon and waves, extending over the upper arms and thighs.
Full back and leg Japanese dragon tattoo
Traditional colour tattoo on a calf showing a lion's head behind a woman's profile, with two pink roses and green leaves below.
Lion and woman with roses on a calf
A woman in a white bralette and grey underwear shows a black and grey realism-style spread eagle tattoo across her lower abdomen and portrait-style tattoos on both arms.
Spread eagle wings on abdomen with arm sleeves
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman's face framed by flowing hair and feathers above a wolf or lion head, with a butterfly below, drawn on translucent paper.
Woman, wolf and butterfly design sketch
Colour traditional style tattoo of two facing profiles inside a heart outline, framed by purple pansies and a bud, on the forearm.
Profile faces in a heart with pansies
Black and grey portrait of a woman with a red circle behind her head, tattooed on the back of a hand, in a traditional style.
Female portrait tattoo on the back of a hand
Blue brush-stroke enso circle tattoo on the upper back of a woman with dark hair, seen from behind against a turquoise wall.
Blue enso circle on upper back
Sketch-style tattoo of a woman's head and shoulders with swept-up hair on the inner forearm, shaded in grey and black with touches of red.
Vintage woman portrait sketch on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of ornamental script running vertically down the centre of a woman's back, photographed in black and white.
Vertical script tattoo down the spine
Traditional style tattoo of a woman's profile in a teal circular frame with a yellow scalloped edge, flames and green leaves, on a forearm.
Profile woman in teal frame on a forearm
Colour flash design of a zombie pin-up woman with red hair and glowing green eyes, above a scroll banner reading MAN EATER, in a neo-traditional style with no body placement shown.
Zombie pin-up with MAN EATER banner
Black linework tattoo of a woman's face with an elaborate bun hairstyle, beside a small skull and crossbones, on the upper arm.
Woman portrait and skull on upper arm
Pencil sketch of a mermaid woman with octopus tentacles, starfish and a shell bodice, drawn as a tattoo design rather than shown on skin.
Mermaid with octopus tentacles sketch
Black linework outline of a tattoo in progress on a limb, showing a crowned woman, a castle, roses and a heart padlock across three side-by-side panels.
Crowned woman, castle and roses outline
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull merged with a woman's face, surrounded by swirling shading, on the lower leg.
Skull and woman's face on a calf
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a pirate woman in a skull-and-crossbones tricorn hat with an eye patch, with a flower below, on a forearm.
Pirate woman with eye patch on forearm
Fine line tattoo of a outlined female figure with one arm raised to her head, with a solid red heart over her torso, on the inner forearm.
Single-line woman with red heart on forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a reclining pin-up woman with dark hair, with swallow and anchor details, shown on a section of skin.
Reclining pin-up with swallows in traditional style
Traditional style tattoo of a grey tabby cat head overlapping a woman's face with a bob haircut, placed on the upper arm.
Cat and woman portrait on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a geisha with ornate hair pieces and lace trim on a forearm.
Geisha portrait with lace on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoos of roses and a woman's portrait on a thigh, with a bird on the upper arm, in a greyscale photo.
Roses and portrait on a thigh and arm
Black and grey typewriter-style lyric tattoo across the upper back of a woman with sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Typewriter lyric text across a woman's back
Two matching tarot-style tattoos in black and grey dotwork on the inner forearms, each showing a figure inside a patterned border.
Tarot card style forearm pair
Colour realism tattoo on the back of a woman's profile inside an outline map of Africa, with a beaded necklace and white and red headdress.
Woman in profile within a map of Africa
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing the jackal-headed Anubis, an ankh pendant and two Egyptian faces, one with a headdress.
Anubis and pharaoh portraits on a forearm
Black and grey fine line drawing of a woman's face framed by snakes, a rose, a bird and a butterfly, shown as a tattoo design.
Woman's face with snakes and flowers
Traditional flash drawing of a pin-up woman resting her arms on the rim of a foaming beer mug, with a green and red fish tail below, in bold colour.
Pin-up leaning over a beer mug
Small black Chinese characters tattooed in a vertical column between the shoulder blades on a woman's upper back, in a lettering style.
Vertical Chinese characters across upper back
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a pin-up boxer in gloves between two banners reading Nobody's and Girl, on the outer thigh.
Pin-up boxer tattoo on a thigh
Traditional flash design of a woman's profile facing a crescent moon with a man's face, with a black and grey rose and leaves beside her.
Woman and crescent moon with rose
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design in neo-traditional style showing a woman with tear-streaked cheeks, surrounded by roses, a cameo, a bat wing and a spider.
Woman portrait with roses and bat wings sketch
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman holding a crystal ball, with roses and a jewelled butterfly headpiece, on an upper arm.
Crystal ball woman and roses on upper arm
Line drawing of a woman's face with a feather headpiece, peony-style roses, curled hair and a cameo, in a neo-traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Neo-trad woman with roses and feather
Two colour tattoos in a neo-trad style: a sugar skull portrait with blue hair on the calf and a sugar skull portrait with flaming red hair on the forearm, with script lettering below.
Sugar skull portraits on calf and forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a pink and purple peony with teal centres and green leaves on the forearm, with a woman's head above it.
Pink and purple peony on a forearm
Colour tattoo on a forearm in neo-traditional style, showing a stylised woman's face above a pink lotus flower with swirling orange and green shapes.
Woman and lotus colour tattoo on a forearm
Coloured flash drawing of a woman in profile with blue hair, a red bandana, a sailing ship and a wave, with neck and chest tattoos of a cat, cross, diamond and heart in a neo-traditional style.
Blue-haired woman with ship and wave
Pencil and red-accented sketch of a woman with an updo and an ornate lace-style collar, drawn in a neo-traditional portrait style as a tattoo design.
Portrait of a woman with an ornate collar sketch
Pencil sketch of a woman wearing a wolf head headdress entwined with flowers and leaves, drawn as a tattoo design with no body part shown.
Woman with wolf headdress sketch
Back view of a woman with a large winged bird tattoo across her upper back and red roses with scrollwork on her lower back, in a Japanese style.
Winged bird and roses across a back
Black and white line drawing of a woman with a flower in her hair holding a dagger, with the word PSYCHO across her brow, in a neo-traditional flash style.
Woman with dagger and PSYCHO lettering
Black and grey realism chest tattoo showing two portraits beside a steamship and a framed oval scene.
Black and grey portrait chest piece
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the upper arm showing a woman's face merged with a skull, with a butterfly wing over one eye and a Roman numeral clock behind.
Half skull and half woman face with clock on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a woman in profile with a sailing ship in her hair, red cheek circles and blue accents, on the outer thigh, shown in two photos.
Sailor woman with ship in hair on thigh