Woman tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink portrait of a woman with flowers in her hair, labelled FRIDA KAHLO beneath it, on the inner forearm.

Frida Kahlo portrait on a forearm

Colour traditional tattoo on a calf showing a pizza slice in place of a face, framed by thick dark wavy hair and a teal bow.

Pizza slice and wavy hair on a calf

Black and grey tattoo of a winged, helmeted armoured woman shown in three photographs of a limb, with shaded feathered wings behind her.

Winged armoured warrior woman on a leg

Line drawing design of a woman with wavy hair looking into a hand mirror that shows a skeleton, with poppy flowers below, in a neo-traditional style.

Woman with skull reflection in hand mirror

Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a full moon over clouds and pine trees, with a seated figure reflected in water below.

Moon, pine forest and seated figure on a forearm

Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with wavy hair, two roses and tear drops on a thigh.

Woman with roses and tears on a thigh

Black and grey realism style tattoo of an upside-down woman's face with dark hair and wing-like shapes, on the outer thigh of a leg.

Upside-down woman's face on a thigh

Traditional style tattoos of roses, a skull and a woman's head cover both forearms, shown in full colour.

Traditional forearm sleeves with roses and figures

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a black-haired mermaid with a blue scaled tail on the back of a lower leg, below rolled denim jeans.

Mermaid tattoo on a calf

Pin-up woman tattoo in red and grey shading on the side of the ribs, with a small star tattoo on the hip above a studded belt.

Pin-up woman in red on the ribs

Black and grey realism tattoo on the back of a screaming woman with birds breaking into flight, with handwritten lyrics running down the left side.

Screaming woman and birds on back

Colour traditional tattoo of a woman with peacock feathers and a rose in her hair, wearing beaded necklaces, on the lower leg.

Traditional woman with peacock feathers on a calf

Fine line illustrated tattoo of a woman in a cloche hat reading a book beside a red tulip, on the inner forearm.

Reading woman and tulip on forearm

Woman in profile cameo with roses

Woman in a pink t-shirt and black leather skirt showing a traditional-style pin-up tattoo of a dark-haired woman in a red dress on her forearm.

Pin-up woman tattoo on a forearm

Colour forearm tattoo of a skull beside a woman with teal hair and red bows, with the typewriter-style quote 'And I know these dreams will be the death of me' above.

Skull and woman with quote on forearm

Black and grey sleeve tattoo on a woman's arm showing a sugar skull portrait, lilies, roses and scrolling vines across the upper arm and forearm.

Black and grey sugar skull and lily sleeve

Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman holding a cigarette, set within a nested diamond frame on the forearm.

Woman smoking in a diamond frame on a forearm

Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a pin-curled woman kissing a skeleton in a suit, framed by scrolls and a heart keyhole, on a limb.

Kissing skeleton couple in a scrolled frame

Pencil drawing of a winged angel with head bowed and arms crossed, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.

Winged angel pencil design

Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman wearing a lace mask, with mechanical ribbed shapes above her head, across a person's shoulder and upper arm.

Lace-masked woman portrait on upper arm

Colour portrait tattoo of the Bride of Frankenstein with streaked green hair inside an ornate purple frame, on the outer thigh.

Bride of Frankenstein portrait on thigh

Traditional style flash design of a pin-up woman with black bob hair, a red rose tucked behind her ear and red flowers on a black collar.

Pin-up woman with rose in hair flash

Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face with eyes lowered, a bird and scattered petals above her hair, on the side of an upper arm.

Realism portrait of a woman with birds on an upper arm

Profile woman with rose and banner

Photograph of a woman in a black wide-brimmed hat and black bikini, with black and grey tattoo sleeves on her upper arms and forearms, standing on rocks by the sea.

Woman in a sun hat with arm tattoos by the sea

Two sketch-style portrait tattoos of faces on a person's thighs, one in grey and blue ink and the other with orange-brown wash, viewed from the waist down.

Sketch-style portrait tattoos on both thighs

Realism tattoo on a thigh showing a skull, a woman's face with red lips and a red rose, with red and blue ink splashes.

Skull, woman and rose on a thigh

Traditional woman portrait and roses on thigh

Traditional tattoo of a sailor pin-up girl in a white hat and red top, with an anchor and green laurel wreath, on the upper arm.

Sailor pin-up with anchor and laurel on upper arm

Woman seen from behind with her hair in a bun, showing a black outline scissors tattoo across her upper back above a white lace-up corset top.

Scissors tattoo on upper back

Realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint, blue eyes and red lips, shaded in grey with colour accents, on the upper arm.

Sugar skull portrait on upper arm

Ornate thigh tattoos in black and grey

Black and grey tattoos on an upper arm and a thigh of a kneeling woman in a red corset, black gloves and fishnet stockings, shown in a black and white photograph.

Tattooed arm and thigh in a red corset

Black line drawing of two facing profiles, one a horned figure and one a woman with her hair up, leaning towards a red rose, shown as a flash design with no body placement.

Two profiles leaning towards a red rose

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's face in an ornate headdress with feathers and teal beads, placed on the outer thigh.

Neo-traditional woman portrait with headdress on thigh

Black and grey tattoo of a woman with an updo, long gloves and a cigarette holder, on the outer upper arm, in a realistic portrait style.

Black and grey portrait of a woman on upper arm

Black and grey realism tattoo of large roses with leaves on a woman's thigh, beside a black and grey portrait tattoo on her other arm.

Black and grey roses on a thigh

Fine line black ink tattoo on a thigh showing a woman and a man standing either side of a drawn bow and arrow.

Man and woman with a bow on a thigh

Black linework botanical vine tattoo with leaves and curling tendrils across a woman's back and upper arm, seen from behind.

Botanical vine tattoo across a back and arm

Pen and watercolour tattoo design drawn on paper, showing a skull, a woman's face, roses and flowing hair, being inked by hand.

Skull, roses and woman design drawing

Woman seen from behind in tree pose on a canyon ledge, with tattoos on her upper arms and left forearm.

Woman in tree pose above a canyon

Black and grey dotwork portrait tattoo of a woman with a flower crown, drop earrings, suit jacket and tie, on the outer thigh.

Portrait of a woman in a flower crown on thigh

Neo-traditional tattoo design drawn in red and blue lines on a white surface, showing a woman with lilies in her hair against a patterned circular background.

Woman with lilies in ornate neo-trad design

Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with wavy bobbed hair and a large stippled rose below her shoulders, on a lower leg.

Woman portrait with rose on a calf

Black and grey neo-trad style flash of a woman with a towering updo, skulls, pearls and a lace collar.

Skull-adorned woman with pearls and lace

Sugar skull woman and profile man flash

Realism colour tattoo on a forearm showing a woman's face with a glowing nebula, ringed planets and stars across her eyes, shown in three panels.

Galaxy portrait with planets on a forearm