Brush stroke tattoo ideas

87 photos and flash · 8% Lettering, 7% Botanical · Forearm most common

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Black and grey realistic skull tattoo with black ink splashes and red brush strokes on the side of the torso, above the hip.
Realistic skull with black ink splashes on the side
Purple brushstroke dragonfly tattoo design with a loose trailing line below it, drawn on a plain off-white background.
Purple brushstroke dragonfly design
Abstract brush-stroke tattoo on a forearm in black, grey-green and red ink, with splatter dots and loose vertical strokes.
Abstract brush strokes on a forearm
Blue paw print inside a black brush-stroke circle with a black crescent swoosh beneath it, tattooed on an upper arm.
Paw print in brush-stroke circle on upper arm
Watercolour-style city skyline tattoo across the upper back in red, orange and blue, with loose black linework and ink splashes.
Watercolour city skyline across upper back
Black brush-stroke Om symbol tattoo on the left side of a person's ribs, with fine ink splatter around the curls.
Om symbol in brush strokes on ribs
Bold black Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and vertical line, over soft rainbow watercolour-style washes on a forearm.
Deathly Hallows symbol with rainbow wash on a forearm
Black Chinese character tattoo in a bold brush style, placed on the side of the body.
Chinese character tattoo on the side of the body
Colour tattoo of a flying songbird with a red breast and grey wings on the upper chest, finished with orange brush-stroke splashes.
Flying bird with red watercolour splashes
Colourful abstract tattoo of pink, magenta and purple brush-like strokes with small dots, running up the inner forearm towards the wrist.
Pink and purple abstract strokes on a wrist
Tattoo on a woman's shoulder with soft purple, blue and pink washes, black brush-style linework and a black circle.
Abstract watercolour swoosh on shoulder
Forearm tattoo of a Zia sun symbol in black linework with red, orange, blue and green watercolour washes, shown from three angles.
Watercolour Zia sun on a forearm
Black brush-stroke ensō circle with a small dot and ink splatters on the left ribs, in a Japanese style.
Black ensō circle tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a lotus flower inside a brushed crescent arc, with small stars and dots above, on pale skin.
Lotus in a crescent with stars
Realistic tattoo of a black paintbrush with a red paint stroke on an upper arm, shown in a close photograph.
Paintbrush with red paint stroke on an arm
Realistic purple roses and a Roman numeral clock face with black brush strokes and drips, tattooed across a person's upper back.
Clock and roses on the upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a raven with thistle stems and a Latin banner across a man's chest, with a smaller bird on the shoulder.
Raven and thistles across chest and shoulder
A red brush-stroke drawing of a seven-pointed star inside a circle, with a spiral at its centre, shown with no body part visible.
Red brush circle with interlocking star and spiral
Black and grey blackwork tattoo design of an eye within a triangle above an animal skull with antlers, flowers and feathers, framed by circles and geometric shapes.
Eye in triangle with skull and antlers
Two black ink brush-style tattoo flash designs on beige paper, a mountain peak on the left and a wolf head on the right.
Mountain and wolf brush ink designs
Black ink brush-stroke anchor design with dripping edges on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Brush-stroke anchor design
Black and red ink design of a Roman numeral clock with ink splatters, brush strokes and birds flying away from it, drawn on a white background.
Clock with birds and red brush strokes
Watercolour-style tattoo of a bird in flight with bright red, green and blue wings, set among black and blue vertical brush strokes on the outer thigh.
Watercolour bird and brush strokes on a thigh
Black ink fish-like shapes with small red accents arranged in a circle on the side of an ankle, in a brush-stroke style.
Two fish in a circle on an ankle
Forearm tattoo with black carpe diem script above an abstract watercolour design in pink, orange and teal, with a helix-like shape and black strokes.
Carpe diem script and watercolour forearm tattoo
Black and grey ink wash tattoo of a sitting cat curled inside a brush-stroke circle on the inner forearm.
Black cat within an ink circle on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a blue hummingbird with black brush strokes and pink dots on the upper arm, with the arm raised in a bedroom.
Watercolour hummingbird on an upper arm
Black brush-painted Scorpio zodiac symbol on a plain white background, a standalone design with no body part visible.
Brush-stroke Scorpio zodiac symbol
Photograph of a sailing ship tattoo on the inner forearm, drawn with loose black brush strokes and ochre wash, with black ink splashes around the hull and sails.
Sailing ship with ink splashes on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a rabbit with loose red and blue brush strokes swirling around it, on the upper arm.
Rabbit with red brush strokes on an upper arm
Abstract elephant head tattoo with a compass, dots and red and teal brush strokes on the inner forearm, shown against a white sink.
Abstract elephant head on a forearm
Black brush-stroke design of a looping symbol with a tapered stroke, with the handwritten words I can do this beneath it, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Brush stroke symbol with I can do this text
Two forearms side by side: a watercolour-style rainbow arc in red, orange, yellow, green and purple on the upper arm, and a bold black brush-stroke circle on the arm below.
Watercolour rainbow arc and black brush circle on forearms
Watercolour style tattoo on the ribs showing two black silhouetted figures in front of a red-orange sun, with red paint drips running down.
Red sun and silhouetted figures on the ribs
Black and grey brush-stroke dragon with red accents running up a forearm, in a loose ink wash style.
Brush-stroke dragon on a forearm
Small colour tattoo of a watercolour-style paint splash in red, yellow, green and blue on the inside of a wrist, with the hand visible above.
Watercolour splash on the wrist
Close-up of a black brush-stroke heart pierced by a vertical arrow, surrounded by teal, purple, orange and pink watercolour splashes on skin.
Brush heart with arrow and watercolour splashes
Watercolour-style tattoo on the inner wrist showing a black semicolon, pink and purple strokes and blue ink splashes.
Watercolour semicolon and splashes on a wrist
Vertical black brush calligraphy of stacked Japanese-style characters on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body visible.
Vertical brush calligraphy design