Border tattoo ideas

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

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Two pen drawings of lotus and mandala-style band designs with dotted and triangular borders, drawn on cream paper beside two pens.
Lotus and geometric band designs on paper
Two matching tarot-style tattoos in black and grey dotwork on the inner forearms, each showing a figure inside a patterned border.
Tarot card style forearm pair
Dark brown henna floral design with dotted borders, swirls and leaf motifs across the back of a hand and fingers, styled as a botanical design.
Henna floral design across the back of a hand
Black ink mandala tattoo with dotwork border on a tanned shoulder, with a beach and sea behind.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder at the beach
Black linework flash design of an ornate hourglass with a candle inside and a peony, drawn on grey paper.
Hourglass and peony design sketch
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