This unique lion tattoo might be your calling! Referred to as guardian lions, they stood for protection and were often placed in stone lions in front of Chinese temples to protect them. This tattoo includes a ferocious Chinese lion coloured in exciting hues to grab attention. It clasps a geometrically designed ball under its paws. This is a mane with beautifully curled up patterns going all along and giving fluidity to the look. It aces the lion tattoo designs for men list for plenty out there. It can be an excellent lion tattoo on the bicep too.

• Best for: Again, the lion design is most suitable for men and especially those loving artsy decorative designs.
• Preferable ink: Vibrant hues of red and purple are used to do up the face, paws and mane.
• Where: it looks best on men with a large arm space.
• Size: This lion arm tattoo tends to be on a larger side only as the design needs quite some space to cover.
• Skin tone: Almost anyone can sport this lion forearm tattoo; fair, wheatish and brownish skin tones would work.

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6. American Flag Tattoo with Lion:

Colourful and on the less ferocious side, this one above is quite a distinct lion tattoo to a sport. The American flag has always been a symbol of the nation’s strength and unity, qualities closely associated with the lion as its rules and unites the jungle. Here you can thus see both the lion face and an American flag in the tattoo design. This illustrative tattoo features an abstract lion picture which is coloured with an array of rainbow colours that runs down in stunning rivulets of pastel and then the quintessential starry background of the flag of America.

• Best for: The lion face makes it most suitable for men.
• Preferable ink: The American flag background should be done using the original red, white and blue colours.
• Where: It tends to look best on the arms due to its shaping and size.
• Size: This lion pride tattoo tends to be on a larger side most of the times
• Skin tone: Brown skin tone really brings out the colours of this lion tattoo in hand. Wheatish and fair skin tones also work super well.

7. Roaring Lion Face Tattoo with Crown: