Braid tattoo ideas

115 photos and flash · 17% Fine line, 16% Neo-trad · Back most common

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Black and grey braided band tattoo with a crescent motif across the inside of a wrist.
Braided band with crescent on wrist
Black silhouette tattoo of a flock of birds rising from the lower neck and across the shoulder blade of a woman with a braided updo, against a pale sky.
Flock of birds across a back
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a figure with a television for a head and a braided plait, on the thigh and leg, shown in two photographs.
Figure with a television head on a leg
Black linework tattoo on a forearm showing a striped-shirt figure with a long braid, a monkey face and a wolf head, in fine line style.
Wolf, monkey and braided figure on a forearm
Woman seen from behind with a long grey braid, showing a pale grey snowflake tattoo on her shoulder blade.
Snowflakes on a shoulder
Back of a woman's head showing a fine line botanical flower tattoo on the neck below a blonde braided updo.
Fine line flower tattoo on the neck
Colour neo-trad tattoo on a thigh showing two stylised figures facing each other inside a heart frame, with a green dragon below.
Two figures and a dragon in a heart on a thigh
Neo-trad colour tattoo on a forearm showing a woman's face with a braided updo, orange and pink flowers, green leaves and a red anatomical heart.
Woman portrait and anatomical heart on a forearm
Gold and silver metallic geometric temporary tattoos on a woman's forearms and hand, including a small pineapple on the hand.
Metallic geometric temporary tattoos on forearms
Line drawing of a profile skull wearing a feathered headdress with beaded bands, braids and ribbons, in pale blue and pink ink on cream paper.
Skull in feathered headdress in profile
Small black silhouette tattoo of three birds in flight on a woman's upper back near the shoulder, with a long braid falling over the other shoulder.
Three birds in flight on a shoulder
Black and grey feather tattoo with shaded detail on the lower back of a woman with a long fishtail braid, seen from behind.
Feather tattoo on a lower back
Black and grey braided armband tattoo wrapped around an upper arm, with a curling line rising from its upper edge.
Braided armband tattoo on upper arm
Back view of a woman with a long blonde braid and a white crochet top, showing a small black script tattoo between her shoulder blades.
Small script tattoo on upper back
Back of a person's neck showing a small multicoloured lettering tattoo, with a white mesh jersey printed with pink lettering below.
Small coloured lettering on the back of a neck
Black fine line script lettering running down the middle of a woman's back, shown from behind with a long blonde braid over one shoulder.
Script lettering down the spine
Black and grey dreamcatcher tattoo with hanging feathers on a woman's upper back, shown in a monochrome photograph.
Dreamcatcher tattoo on upper back
Black and grey handwritten script tattoo reading 'You are the page, the ink, the poem' across a woman's upper back, with a long braid and white ribbon.
Handwritten quote on the upper back
Back view of a woman with a long teal braid and a small fine line tattoo at the nape of her neck.
Small neck tattoo with teal braid
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman with a braided hair, blue flowers, a feather and a patterned headband, on the outer thigh.
Woman portrait with feather and blue flowers on a thigh
Close view of a black ink geometric mandala tattoo on a woman's shoulder, with a long braid falling over her other shoulder.
Black mandala tattoo on the shoulder
Black and grey photo of a woman's upper back showing a small fine line outline world map tattoo between the shoulder blades, below her braided hair.
Outline world map on upper back
Watercolour-style celtic tree of life design in teal, blue, purple and green, with interlaced knotwork trunk, spiral branches and a trinity knot base.
Celtic tree of life knotwork design
Sepia photo of a shaded black and grey tattoo of a seated winged figure with a long braid, placed centrally on a person's mid back.
Seated winged figure with braid on mid back
Black ink line drawing of a side-facing skull wearing a feathered headdress with a heart-shaped pendant, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Skull in feathered headdress line drawing
Woman seen from behind on a beach with a braided ponytail, holding a slice of watermelon, with a small fine line tattoo on her upper back in black ink.
Small fine line mark on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face framed by a wolf's head headdress, with a feathered braid and small red face marks, across the upper arm and shoulder.
Wolf headdress woman portrait on upper arm
Back of a woman's head with a braided updo, showing a small black blackletter-style letter tattoo on the nape of the neck.
Blackletter letter on the nape of the neck
Two colour tattoos of the Frozen characters Elsa and Anna drawn as matryoshka nesting dolls, placed on the forearms in a bold neo-traditional style.
Elsa and Anna nesting dolls on forearms
Back of a person with teal braided hair decorated with leaves and twigs, showing a colourful sun and sea tattoo on the upper back.
Sun and ship tattoo on upper back
Small black script tattoo on the upper back of a woman with a fishtail braid, holding a watermelon slice on a beach.
Small script tattoo on a woman's upper back
Close view of a black dotwork mandala tattoo on a woman's shoulder, with a long braid falling over her other shoulder.
Black mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Black line dreamcatcher with hanging feathers tattooed on the upper back, seen from behind beneath long wavy hair with a braided crown.
Dreamcatcher tattoo on upper back
Gold, silver and black geometric temporary tattoos, including pineapples and a braid pattern, on a forearm and the back of a hand.
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos on arm
Woman seen from behind with a long braid and blue bikini, showing a yellow-orange sunflower design on her upper back near the shoulder blade.
Sunflower tattoo on upper back
Black ink pen drawing of a bearded man in profile with tree-like branches growing from his head, shown as a tattoo design sketch on white paper.
Bearded man with branching antlers
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
Fine line black ankle tattoo of a braided anklet with hanging feathers, a hamsa hand, a flower of life and an ankh, on a bare foot by the sea.
Charm anklet tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of interlocking chain links wrapped with braided rope bands around a forearm, shown in two close-up panels.
Chain links and rope band on a forearm
Pencil line drawing of a unicorn head with a flowing swirled mane inside a braided rope oval, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Unicorn head in a rope oval
Woman seen from behind with a black script lettering tattoo running vertically down her back, beside a long braid.
Script tattoo down the spine
Black and grey pencil flash sheet of gothic designs including a girl with braids, a black cat in a bat-winged frame, a cat on a crescent moon, and a heart-framed pair of monster-style profiles.
Gothic flash sheet with cats, moon and portraits
Close-up of gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos on a forearm and hand, with geometric bands, scales and a small pineapple design.
Metallic geometric temporary tattoos on forearm and hand
Small black silhouettes of birds in flight across a woman's upper back and shoulder, with a tree of life pendant on a chain around her neck.
Flock of birds on upper back
Monochrome drawing of a woman whose face is half skull, with a long side braid, a bow at the collar and a lace-trimmed blouse, shown as a tattoo design.
Skull-faced woman with braid and bow
Sketch-style colour tattoo of a woman's face in a harlequin diamond hat, with red cheek blush, on the outer thigh.
Woman portrait with harlequin hat on thigh
Small fine line black crescent moon tattoo with a simple face on the upper arm of a woman with a long braid, seen from behind.
Crescent moon tattoo on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in a feather headdress with an owl above her head, shown on the forearm in red, orange and black.
Owl and feather headdress portrait on forearm