Bead tattoo ideas

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Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an open pocket watch with a beaded chain above a red rose with green leaves on a forearm, with a black and grey version and a rose close-up beside it.
Pocket watch and red rose on forearm
Realistic red roses framed by black lace and dangling pearl chains, tattooed on the thigh.
Red roses with black lace on a thigh
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing an owl perched above a pocket watch, with cherry blossom branches and a crescent moon, drawn in neo-traditional style.
Owl, pocket watch and blossom design
Black and grey realistic anchor tattoo with a dreamcatcher and hanging feathers on the side of a ribcage.
Anchor and dreamcatcher on the ribs
Colourful neo-traditional chest and shoulder tattoo showing a woman's face, an iris, scrollwork, a butterfly and roses, shown in three photo panels.
Floral chest and shoulder tattoo with a woman's face
Black and grey fine line dreamcatcher tattoo with feathers and beads running down the centre of a bare back.
Dreamcatchers and feathers down the spine
Traditional colour tattoo of a hand holding a glass vial, with purple roses and an orange banner reading I know my value, on a forearm.
Hand holding a vial with roses and banner
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an arm showing a red-haired cartoon mermaid in profile with grey beads, beside a large teal rose with green leaves.
Red-haired mermaid and teal rose on an arm
Realism colour tattoo of a red rose with black rosary beads and a small cross wrapped around its stem, on the side of a torso.
Red rose and rosary on the side of the torso
Pencil drawing of a shaded tattoo design with two roses, a beaded dreamcatcher, feathers and petals, in a neo-traditional style.
Roses and dreamcatcher tattoo design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a dreamcatcher with beaded strands and feathers on the side of a person's ribs.
Dreamcatcher and feathers on the ribs
Black and grey realism leg sleeve on the thigh and calf showing a lion head, daisies, a pocket watch and a scroll banner with lettering.
Lion, pocket watch and banner leg sleeve
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with hanging feathers on the side of the ribs, shaded in a realistic style.
Dreamcatcher and feathers on the ribs
Close view of a fine line gold dreamcatcher design on the upper back near the shoulder blade, with thin black straps crossing the skin.
Gold dreamcatcher on upper back
Several temporary tattoo designs on a wooden table, including a dreamcatcher with feathers, crossed arrows, an anchor and script lettering.
Temporary tattoo sheets with dreamcatcher and script
Fine gold line drawing of an eye with radiating rays, a sunburst centre and hanging geometric totem tassels on a black background.
Eye and totem design in gold line
Black ink line drawing of three orchids with buds, hanging chains, teardrop pendants and diamond-shaped gems, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Orchid sprigs with hanging chains and gems
Realistic black and grey upper arm sleeve showing two skulls, a pocket watch with Roman numerals and a red rose.
Skulls, pocket watch and rose on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a lotus flower inside a mandala-style design with dotwork shading and leaf motifs, on white paper, with no body placement shown.
Lotus mandala design with dotwork detail
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of a roaring lion with a floral mandala mane and an eye motif on its forehead, on a thigh.
Roaring lion with mandala mane on a thigh
Black and grey geometric tattoo on a calf showing a shaded circle with harlequin diamonds, scrolls, a spiral and a hanging beaded chandelier.
Harlequin moon and chandelier on a calf
Neo-traditional tattoo of an hourglass with a bare tree inside, held by two hands on the upper arm.
Hourglass with dead tree held in hands
Pencil sketch flash design of a dreamcatcher with feathers, flowers and the words Hope, Love, Family, Dream and Believe, shown as a black and grey drawing.
Dreamcatcher sketch with words and flowers
Black and grey Botanical and Realism tattoo of a dreamcatcher with sunflowers and hanging feathers on a forearm.
Dreamcatcher and sunflowers on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an arm of a butterfly above an ornate filigree heart locket, with a bead chain running down the left side.
Butterfly and filigree heart locket on arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a seated Egyptian-style cat with a sunburst and crescent moon behind its head, on a forearm.
Egyptian cat with sunburst on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a dreamcatcher with two feathers beside the word Dreamer in blackletter-style script on the inner wrist.
Dreamer lettering with dreamcatcher on wrist
Pen drawing of a neo-traditional design with two skulls, layered roses, leaves and ornate scrollwork inside a curved frame, shown on paper beside a black fineliner.
Skull and roses neo-traditional design sketch
Black and grey crescent moon and sun tattoos with faces, placed on the thighs, with dotted line rays.
Crescent moon and sun on thighs
Black and grey outline tattoo of stacked teacups, a pocket watch and roses on the thigh, with shaded leaves.
Stacked teacups, pocket watch and roses on thigh
Black linework tattoo of a bandaged hand with a crescent moon hanging from a ribbon, in blackwork style on the inner forearm.
Wrapped hand and crescent moon on a forearm
Red pencil sketch of a pocket watch with two roses, beads and leaves, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Pocket watch and roses design sketch
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a cat's face framed by two peony flowers and dotwork beads, placed across the upper chest.
Cat and peonies across the upper chest
Fine line botanical design of a pocket watch framed by leaves, open flowers and a beaded chain, drawn in black ink on paper.
Pocket watch with flowers and beaded chain
Gold and teal metallic temporary tattoos of ornate patterns, star chains and beaded bracelets on a woman's wrist and forearm.
Metallic gold and teal temporary tattoos on forearm
Black linework dreamcatcher with feathers and beads over pink, teal and yellow watercolour washes, shown as a design drawing.
Dreamcatcher with watercolour wash
Black linework drawing of a woman with long wavy hair, wearing a lion head headdress, earrings and beaded necklaces, as a fine line tattoo design.
Woman with lion headdress line drawing
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an ornate masked face with peacock feathers and paisley motifs across an upper arm and shoulder.
Ornate masked face on upper arm
Back tattoo in black and grey shading, showing a large skull surrounded by outlined roses and swirling clouds, in a Japanese-influenced style, across the upper and mid back.
Back piece with skull and roses in black and grey
Dreamcatcher tattoo with shaded brown and grey feathers and teal beads running down the outer thigh.
Dreamcatcher and feathers on a thigh
Black and grey pencil drawing of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, flanked by two roses and strands of pearls, in a neo-traditional style.
Pocket watch with roses and pearl chains
Small fine line tattoo of a curved wave on the inner wrist, partly covered by stacked beaded bracelets and a cowrie shell cuff.
Fine line wave tattoo on a wrist
Black ink drawing of a mandala dreamcatcher with dotted strands, beads, feathers and teardrop pendants, drawn in fine line style with no placement shown.
Mandala dreamcatcher line drawing
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a zigzag band with two hanging feathers and beads on the outer thigh.
Feathers and zigzag band on a thigh
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a Roman numeral clock face with a monarch butterfly, orchids and ornamental swirls, with no body placement shown.
Clock, orchids and butterfly design sketch
Colour tattoo of a dreamcatcher with three teal feathers and red and yellow beads on a forearm, with grey shaded rim and black linework.
Dreamcatcher with teal feathers on a forearm
Wrist stacked with gold and silver bracelets above a gold metallic shell temporary tattoo on the forearm.
Metallic shell temporary tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of three feathers hanging from a beaded cord anklet on the ankle.
Feathers hanging from an anklet band