Compass tattoo ideas

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Blue ink drawing of a geometric compass rose mandala on paper, held up by a hand against a plain wall.
Compass rose mandala drawing
Black line drawing of a compass rose with arrowheads pointing north-east and south-west, labelled N, E, S and W, on a cream background.
Compass rose with arrows
Traditional-style flash design of a grey owl with yellow eyes perched on a compass, framed by dark red roses and leaves.
Owl perched on a compass with roses
Black and grey pen sketch flash design of a mountain inside a diamond frame, with pine trees, ringed planets, stars and a compass star below.
Mountain and planets in a diamond frame
Flash design of a compass rose wrapped in vines and flowers, with a hanging anchor, rope, a bird and a fish, in teal and peach tones.
Compass rose with vines, anchor and bird
Black linework flash design of a compass rose with two roses in a botanical and geometric style, shown without a body placement.
Compass rose with two roses
Flash design of a compass rose on a teal world map, framed by branches, flowers, leaves, rope, a fish, a bird and an anchor, in a botanical style.
Compass rose with anchor, bird and botanical wreath
Black ink drawing of a compass rose tattoo design with N, E, S and W points, a dotwork mandala centre and fine line petals, shown as a stencil-style sketch with no body placement visible.
Compass rose design with mandala centre
Brown line drawing of a compass rose with N, E, S and W points, a fleur-de-lis at the top and a small black bird at upper left, shown as a flash design with no body part visible.
Compass rose with fleur-de-lis and bird
Pen drawing of an atom with orbiting planets set over a compass rose marked N, E, S and W, shown on paper rather than skin.
Atom and compass rose design
Black and white compass rose tattoo design with N, E, S and W labels and distressed linework, shown on a plain white background.
Compass rose design
Black and white line drawing of a compass star inside a circle, with roses and thorny vines, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Compass star with roses and thorny vines
Black and grey pencil drawing of a lighthouse and ornate compass tattoo design on paper, with a hand holding a pencil at the top left.
Lighthouse and compass tattoo design
Black ink drawing of a mandala-style compass rose with lotus motifs, shown as a flash design for a tattoo.
Mandala compass rose tattoo design
Black ink drawing of a compass rose with an arrowed star and a clockwork mechanism of gears at its centre, drawn on aged parchment.
Compass rose with clockwork gears
Watercolour-style drawing of a tattoo design showing an anchor wrapped in rope, with a death's-head hawkmoth, two compasses, lightning flags and two revolvers.
Anchor with moth, compasses and revolvers
Pencil sketch of a compass rose with N, E, S and W labels and the words A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor set in a circle around the centre.
Compass rose with sailor quote
Black and white Norse sleeve design with runes, a Vegvisir and valknut symbols, shown beside a mock-up of the design on an upper arm.
Norse rune sleeve design with Vegvisir
Pen sketch on lined paper of a compass with Roman numerals, scrollwork and the words follow your own path, drawn as a tattoo design.
Compass with Roman numerals and "follow your own path"
Black line drawing of a compass with a rose at its centre and a scroll banner reading Wanderlust, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Compass and rose with Wanderlust banner
Black ink drawing of a lighthouse inside a circular compass rose, with dotwork and patterned panels, sketched as a tattoo design.
Lighthouse inside a compass rose design
Black ink mandala flower drawings on sketchbook paper, with the foreground design in dotwork and fine line, shown without a body placement.
Mandala flower design drawings on paper
Black and grey drawing of two crossed arrows with compass letters N, E, S and W on a cream background.
Crossed arrows with compass points
Black and grey pencil and ink drawing of a compass rose with a fleur-de-lis on top and scrolls and dots around it, a tattoo design sheet.
Compass rose design with fleur-de-lis
Pencil sketch of a compass rose inside a rope-edged circle decorated with dots, with a feather hanging from a chain below, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Compass rose and feather design sketch
Pencil sketch of a compass rose design on paper, with an anchor forming the south point, suited to a black and grey tattoo.
Hand-drawn compass rose with anchor
Pencil sketch of a compass rose with a leafy tree and twisting roots at its centre, with a heart-tipped loop line running to the east point.
Compass rose with tree and roots sketch
Pencil sketch of a compass rose design with shaded points, a ringed centre and map outlines with stars in two quadrants.
Compass rose with map quadrants
Black ink drawing of a compass rose with an arrow and ribbon, shaded in stippled dotwork on a white background.
Compass rose and arrow design
A black and white flash sheet of nautical designs including anchors, a lighthouse, a whale, a compass star, a ship's wheel, a sailing boat and a sailing ship.
Nautical flash sheet of anchors, waves and ships
Black and grey drawing of a compass rose with two shaded roses at its centre, shown on paper as a tattoo design.
Compass rose with roses design
Black and grey tattoo flash design covering a phone case, with swallows, a moth, a compass, a rose, a microphone and chevrons in a traditional style.
Black and grey flash sheet of swallows and a moth
Brown ink drawing of a compass rose with a ship's wheel and anchor at its centre, shown on a cream notebook page, styled as a traditional nautical tattoo design.
Compass rose with ship's wheel and anchor
Black linework compass rose tattoo design with a central ornate monogram, dotwork flourishes and a long pointed arrow-style needle, drawn on a pale paper background.
Ornate compass rose design with central monogram
Traditional flash drawing of two compass roses with blackletter N, E, S and W labels, one in orange and red and one in teal and blue, on a tan background.
Two compass rose flash designs
Black and white flash sheet of tattoo designs on a phone case, including a fox head, compass, bird, spider webs, playing card suits and a rope knot.
Black ink flash sheet with spider webs, compass and fox
Black and grey compass rose tattoo design with shaded points and N, E, S and W labels, drawn on a tan sheet with 3 inch dimension lines.
Compass rose design on a 3 inch stencil sheet
Black line drawing of a distressed compass rose with N, E, S and W letters, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Compass rose design in black ink
Pencil drawing of a compass rose tattoo design with N, E, S and W points and a shaded rose at the centre, in a black and grey gothic style.
Compass rose design with central rose
Pencil drawing of a compass rose inside a pocket watch case with ornamental scrollwork, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Compass rose in a pocket watch design
Black linework flash design of a compass, a flintlock pistol and two roses with leaves, drawn on a white background with no body placement shown.
Compass, flintlock pistol and roses
Red line drawing on tracing paper of a compass, swallow, rose and feather with banners reading Never Forget and Where you're from, in a traditional style.
Compass, swallow and rose stencil
Black line drawing of a circular tattoo design with runic-style symbols around a central knot, framed by a Celtic knotwork border, with no body placement shown.
Runic compass in a Celtic knot circle
Black and grey line drawing of a compass rose with an arrow and ribbon along a horizontal axis, shown as a tattoo design on a white background with no body placement.
Compass rose and arrow design
Black flash design of a compass rose with N, E, S and W lettering and three birds in flight, with no body placement shown.
Compass rose with flying birds
Pen sketch of a vertical arrow design with a compass, heart and cross on white paper, held beside a pencil in a hand.
Vertical arrow, compass and heart sketch
Black ink compass rose mandala design with geometric petals, pointed tips and scattered dots, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Compass mandala design
Neo-traditional flash design of a winged fairy with a small compass tattoo on her arm, framed by rope and banners reading Those who wander are not always lost.
Winged fairy with wanderer quote flash