Bead tattoo ideas

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Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo design with two roses, a pocket watch, a butterfly and a strand of beads, drawn on paper with no body placement shown.
Rose, pocket watch and butterfly design
Pencil line drawing of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing two figures kissing inside a beaded heart, with roses and leaves.
Kissing couple in beaded heart with roses
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a thigh of a scroll banner reading I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, with purple flowers, green leaves, footprints and a triangle and circle symbol.
Quote banner with flowers on a thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cat face with yellow eyes, a golden crown and a fleur-de-lis on the forearm.
Cat face with crown and fleur-de-lis on forearm
Black and grey Neo-trad back tattoo of a woman holding a set of scales, with roses, a skull and feathered wings across the back.
Woman with scales and skull on full back
Pencil line drawing of a woman with wavy hair, a flower mandala above her temple and a crescent moon on her cheek, a neo-trad style tattoo design being traced by a hand with a fine pen.
Pencil sketch of a woman with flowers in her hair
Two colour neo-traditional tattoos on a pair of forearms, one showing a teal hand holding a gold keyhole ornament with beads, the other a peach hand holding an ornate key with a teal ribbon.
Matching hand and key tattoos on forearms
Neo-trad style tattoo of a beaded chain wrapping around the ankle and ending in a purple and grey fleur-style cross on the top of the foot.
Beaded chain and fleur cross on an ankle
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a jewelled elephant with a peacock feather and eye on a limb, set against orange and yellow shading.
Elephant and peacock feather tattoo
Two photographs of a colour tattoo on a woman's upper arm and shoulder, with black lace-style linework, pink and purple flowers, hanging chains and feathers.
Lace, flower and feather tattoo on shoulder
Pencil and ink drawing of a unicorn head framed by a rose and leafy foliage, in a neo-traditional style, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Unicorn and rose design drawing
Black and grey neo-traditional owl tattoo surrounded by roses and a lotus on an upper arm and shoulder.
Owl and roses on upper arm and shoulder
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a skull wearing a red, blue and purple feathered headdress on the outer thigh.
Skull in feathered headdress on a thigh
Neo-trad style tattoo of a compass rose and pocket watch surrounded by leaves and beads on a thigh, in red, orange, green and pink.
Compass and pocket watch on thighs
Colour tattoo of a macrame hanging planter with succulents, a snake plant and trailing string of hearts, in bold black outlines, on the outer thigh.
Hanging succulent planter on a thigh
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a realistic blue-green eye inside a red heart framed by gold scrollwork, with black dotted drips below, on a limb.
Eye in ornate heart frame
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing two roses, an ornate birdcage with hanging chains, and a small bird perched on a branch, shown in three side-by-side panels.
Roses, birdcage and bird on an arm
Colour tattoo of a pocket watch, daisy and leaves on a thigh, beside a black linework version of a similar design under plastic wrap.
Pocket watch and daisy on a thigh
Neo-trad tattoo of an ornate hand mirror and a red rose on the upper thigh, with a dotted pearl chain hanging below.
Ornate hand mirror and rose on a thigh
Pencil and red ink sketch of an ornate lion head wearing a crown, drawn as a tattoo design on paper, with no body placement shown.
Lion head with crown, pencil design sketch
Colour tattoo of a shaded compass rose in a gold dotted frame, with pink roses, leaves and a beaded chain, on the top of a foot.
Compass rose and roses on a foot
Colourful neo-traditional cat head tattoo with blue crystals and beaded chains on the thigh.
Colourful cat head with crystals on thigh
Neo-trad tattoo on a thigh showing a shaded grey hourglass with pink roses, green leaves and dangling bead chains.
Hourglass and roses on a thigh
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an elephant head in a jewelled headdress inside a dreamcatcher, on the side of the ribs.
Elephant in a dreamcatcher on the ribs
Neo-traditional design drawing of a woman wearing a black bear head as a headdress, framed by a ring of gold and red feathers on a black background.
Woman with bear headdress and feather crown
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in profile with a large rose, pearl beads and flowers on a forearm.
Woman profile and rose on a forearm
Neo-trad style tattoo of a grey cameo portrait in a black ornate frame, set on a pink oval with dangling bead chains, on the inner forearm.
Cameo in ornate frame on a forearm
Black linework design with pink and blue pencil shading of a sugar skull woman wearing an owl headdress, with feathers and beaded chains, drawn on paper.
Owl and sugar skull portrait design
Neo-traditional tattoo of an ornate hand mirror with a beaded edge and pink and red flowers with green leaves, on the outer thigh.
Ornate hand mirror and flowers on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a black stag beetle with yellow wings and a faceted green gem on the back of a hand, in a neo-traditional style.
Stag beetle with green gem on the hand
Colour tattoo of Van Gogh's Starry Night inside a heart framed with white beads, shown on the forearm in a neo-trad style.
Starry Night heart on forearm
Coloured drawing of a woman in profile wearing a grey wolf head as a headdress, with red and yellow feathers and a long braid, in a neo-traditional style.
Wolf headdress and woman in profile design
Red pencil drawing of a woman with snakes in her hair and a rose, in a neo-traditional tattoo design style, with no body placement shown.
Woman with snakes and rose in red pencil
Black line drawing of a revolver with ornate scrollwork and a rose with leaves behind it, drawn on paper in a neo-traditional flash style.
Revolver and rose flash design
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's face framed by feathers and a teal gem headpiece, with a black cat beside her, on the outer thigh.
Woman with feathers and black cat on thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a deer head with a dreamcatcher mandala between its antlers and feathers below, on the upper arm.
Deer head with dreamcatcher antlers on upper arm
Coloured flash design of a green skull-faced woman with purple hair, roses, foliage and crossed bones, drawn on paper.
Skull-faced woman with roses and crossed bones
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a shaded skull with red butterflies, black lace and beaded chains on the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull with butterflies and lace on upper arm
Black and grey drawing of a rose with hatched leaves and a faceted heart ringed with beads, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design on paper.
Rose and jewelled heart tattoo design
Sheet of colourful feather and floral tattoo flash designs on a white background, in a neo-traditional style with bold outlines.
Feather and floral flash sheet
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of an eye with sunburst rays and mandala petals on the upper arm.
Eye with sunburst and mandala on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a lion wearing a feathered headdress with red berries, placed on an upper arm, with a close-up and a pen sketch of the design beside it.
Lion with feathered headdress on an upper arm
Black and grey drawing of a woman with long wavy hair wearing a tiger head as a headdress, in neo-traditional style, shown with coloured pencils.
Woman with tiger headdress drawing
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of an elephant head with a third eye in a pink mandala, set within an ornate hamsa-style frame with dotted chains on the thigh.
Elephant in ornate hamsa frame on thigh
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a green and cream VW camper van in an ornate grey frame with red hibiscus flowers on the upper arm.
VW camper van and hibiscus on upper arm
Black line drawing of a tattoo design showing a woman with a crescent moon, peony flowers and a snarling wolf, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman and snarling wolf design line drawing
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of two bluebirds, a pink peony and a red gem pendant on the shoulder.
Two bluebirds and a peony on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a red rose bud with a pink ribbon wrapped around its stem, green leaves and black beads, on the forearm, with a teal wash behind.
Pink ribbon and rose bud on a forearm