Bead tattoo ideas

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Black and grey neo-trad tattoo of a faceted heart gem with ornate scrollwork and beaded drops across the neck and upper chest.
Faceted heart gem with scrollwork on neck and chest
Colour tattoo on a thigh of an artist's palette, two paintbrushes, a yellow rose, leaves, a beaded chain and an open pocket watch, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Palette, brushes, rose and pocket watch on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the thigh showing a cartoon couple kissing inside an ornate scrolled frame, with a red and blue poisoned apple skull and purple beads.
Snow White kiss in ornate frame on thigh
Black linework drawing of an ornate stag head with antlers, beads and dotwork patterns on cream paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Ornamental stag head design
Two pencil-and-ink tattoo designs on pale paper, one showing a small bird with a crescent moon and leaves, the other a bird among large flowers, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Birds and flowers tattoo designs on paper
Neo-trad style chest tattoo of a heart-shaped planchette with teal gems and a crescent moon, flanked by hands and beaded chains on the sternum.
Planchette and hands across the chest
Blue pencil sketch of a faceted teardrop gem with swirling ribbon and leaf flourishes and a row of beads, drawn as a tattoo design.
Sketch of a faceted gem with ribbon swirls
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a feather headdress and peony flower, placed on an upper arm.
Neo-trad woman and peony on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a dreamcatcher with red roses, black feathers and turquoise beads on the side of the ribs.
Dreamcatcher and red roses on the ribs
Black and grey neo-traditional design of a raccoon with feathered wings, a Roman numeral clock face, a heart padlock and hanging keys, drawn on paper.
Raccoon with clock and feathered wings
Colour tattoo of a gold and pink heart-shaped crescent emblem with pink roses and a jewelled arch, shown on a limb.
Heart brooch and roses tattoo
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a faceted purple heart gem framed by lace and beaded chains, placed on the chest below the breasts.
Purple gem heart with lace chain on the chest
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
Pink and grey pencil drawing of a pocket watch framed by two lotus flowers, beaded chains and scrolling foliage, shown as a tattoo design.
Lotus flowers and pocket watch design
Colour tattoo of a profile cameo in an ornate frame, with roses and foliage above and blue gems below, on the side of the body in Neo-trad and botanical style.
Cameo portrait with roses on skin
Coloured drawing of an ornate elephant head with a jewelled headdress, hanging chains and curved tusks, in neo-traditional style flash.
Ornate elephant head design
Flash design of a woman in profile with a skull-shaped lower face, a green headscarf and a red poppy in her black hair, in a neo-traditional style.
Skull-faced woman with poppy flash
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with a sleeping face, a black cat and blue beaded chains on the forearm.
Crescent moon, black cat and beaded chains on a forearm
Two calf tattoos in black ink with blue accents, a hanging birdcage on the left and two swallows perched on a branch on the right.
Birdcage and swallows on calves
Two matching calf tattoos in colour: a rope-wrapped anchor with a red heart on the left leg and a fishing rod on the right, both set in blue watercolour splashes.
Anchor and fishing rod on calves
Colour tattoo of a pink-frosted cupcake with a yellow flower, beaded trim and blue lace wrapper, with bold black outlines on skin.
Cupcake with flower tattoo
Black and grey realistic pocket watch tattoo with exposed gears, a beaded chain and scrollwork, sitting on the forearm.
Pocket watch with beaded chain on a forearm
Black line drawing flash of two deer heads above an ornate heart padlock with a keyhole, surrounded by flowers and beaded chains.
Two deer and a heart padlock design
Colour tattoo of the snowman Olaf from Frozen, framed by a beaded border with crystals and snowflakes, on a forearm.
Olaf from Frozen on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a dreamcatcher with a blue crescent moon, a yellow sunflower and bright feathers on an upper arm.
Dreamcatcher, moon and sunflower on upper arm
Full back tattoo of a multi-armed goddess wearing a skull garland, set against a red sun disc, with a lotus on the shoulder and a blue sleeve on the arm, in Japanese and neo-traditional style.
Goddess with skulls full back tattoo
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
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an elephant head wearing a jewelled headdress with teal leaves, placed on the outer thigh.
Elephant head with jewelled headdress on thigh
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on a forearm and upper arm showing a woman in profile wearing a feathered headdress, with stars, leaves and a dagger around her.
Profile portrait and stars on a full sleeve
Pencil drawing of a stylised owl head with heavily shaded scales and large staring eyes, set within a decorative leafy and beaded border, with two pencils resting on the paper.
Pencil sketch of an owl in an ornamental frame
Full back tattoo of an ornate colourful skull surrounded by clouds, beads and red peony flowers, in a neo-traditional style on a bare back.
Ornate colourful skull full back piece
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a skull with red butterflies, lace and beaded chains on the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull with butterflies and beads on upper arm
Realism and neo-traditional style tattoo of a grey and cream cat with green eyes, set in a gold beaded frame, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cat portrait in ornate frame on upper back
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a woman in a feathered headdress with a wolf above her head, drawn in neo-traditional style with red accents.
Woman with wolf headdress design sketch
Red pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing a dreamcatcher, two roses and a feather, drawn on white paper.
Dreamcatcher, roses and feather design sketch
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of an owl with a dreamcatcher belly, roses behind its head and feathers hanging below, on the outer thigh.
Owl with dreamcatcher and roses on thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a blue octopus with orange tentacles, a golden key, a green and a red gem and grey beads, placed on the side of the torso.
Blue octopus with key and gems on the side
Black line drawing of a tattoo design with two hearts edged in rope, swirls, two roses, leaves and beaded chains, in a neo-traditional style.
Hearts, roses and beads line drawing
Black ink linework drawing of a neo-traditional tattoo design with a rose, pansy, top hat, pocket watch, teapot and ace of spades on white paper.
Mad hatter rose and ace of spades design
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a red cardinal perched on a branch with pink blossoms and a beaded chain, placed on the upper arm and shoulder.
Cardinal and blossom on upper arm