Border tattoo ideas

64 photos and flash · 27% Botanical, 27% Geometric · Forearm most common

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Four photo collage of traditional style tattoo bands with swallows, rose medallions and elephants on a forearm, upper arm and knee area, in colour ink.
Traditional swallow and elephant bands on arms and legs
Black line drawing of five vertical vine designs with swirls, dots, circles, daisy-like flowers and spirals, shown as flash for a fine line tattoo.
Five vertical vine and swirl line designs
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical four-lobed mandala design with floral scrolls, dotted lines and a central circle, in a Geometric and Dotwork style.
Symmetrical mandala ornament design in black ink
A botanical rose and flower stencil with a mandala-style border, drawn in black on the upper back of a person with dark hair, with a gloved hand holding a second stencil sheet.
Rose and floral stencil on upper back
Black line drawing of Celtic knotwork shamrocks on curling vines, with a single shamrock and a vertical shamrock border, shown as tattoo flash design.
Celtic knot shamrocks on vines
Pencil drawing of an ornate compass rose with a lace-edged border and mandala-style petals, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Ornate compass rose design
Four white filigree skull designs with floral and scroll patterns on a black background, with a spade motif at the centre and an ornate border.
Four ornate skull designs with a spade
A tall, narrow geometric border design in black and grey, with a column of small diamonds beside a column of pointed leaf shapes, shown on a white background.
Geometric diamond and leaf border strip
Pencil drawing of a hamsa hand design with an open eye at its centre, surrounded by leaf sprigs and scalloped dotted outlines, with soft pink shading on the fingertips.
Hamsa hand with eye and botanical filigree
Red stamp-style lettering reading SAVEMONEY inside a rectangular border, tattooed on the inside of a forearm against a green and yellow background.
SAVEMONEY stamp lettering on a forearm
Four stacked photographs of a world map tattoo across a man's upper back, moving from black outline to a partly coloured map with countries filled in.
World map tattoo across a back
Colour tattoo of a fox standing on its hind legs within an Art Nouveau style frame, with a bird, grape vine and pink flowers, on the forearm.
Fox in an Art Nouveau frame on a forearm
Black and white Art Nouveau flash sheet with roses, women's faces, peacocks, trees, scrolling borders and leaf motifs, shown as separate designs.
Art Nouveau flash sheet in black
Neo-traditional style flash design of a robed skeleton figure in a red gown and teal cloak, with a golden halo, starry background and marigolds, with no body placement shown.
Robed skeleton figure with marigolds
Flash sheet of black botanical wreaths, laurel sprigs and leafy border designs on a textured white background, drawn in a botanical style with no body placement shown.
Botanical wreath and garland flash sheet
Sheet of gold, silver and black metallic temporary tattoo designs including crosses, hearts, peace signs, leaves, flowers, diamonds and chain borders.
Metallic temporary tattoo sheet with crosses and hearts