Crescent tattoo ideas

334 photos and flash · 38% Fine line, 22% Geometric · Forearm most common

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Seven black and grey moon phases, from crescent to full and back, arranged in a vertical line on a white card over pale wood.
Moon phases in a vertical row
White dotwork crescent moon filled with mandala-like patterns, drawn on a plain black background as a tattoo design.
Dotwork crescent moon with mandala pattern
Fine line botanical drawing in dark ink on tracing paper, showing a crescent moon formed from roses, peony-style blooms, small blossoms, leaves and berries.
Crescent moon of roses and blossoms line drawing
Black line drawing flash sheet of sun and crescent moon designs with faces, ornamental rays and dangling drop details, shown without any body placement.
Sun and crescent moon flash sheet
Black and white photograph of a dotwork drawing on paper showing a cat's head in profile beside a stippled crescent moon, with no body placement visible.
Cat head with crescent moon design
Black and white pen drawing of a stippled cat-like creature with large ears, circular eyes and a crescent-shaped dotted tail, shown on paper.
Stippled cat creature drawing
Flash sheet of red and blue filigree ornaments, swirls, rosettes and crescent moon phases, with the word Marked in blue script across the centre.
Red and blue ornament and moon phase flash sheet
Black line drawing of a lotus bloom with leaves above a crescent moon mandala, in a botanical and geometric style, shown without a body placement.
Lotus and crescent mandala design
Black outline flash design of three moons in a row, a waxing crescent, a full circle and a waning crescent, with no body placement shown.
Triple moon line design
Black line drawing sheet of moon glyphs labelled with words such as Hope, Earth and Fire, plus eight moon phase symbols, on a cream background.
Moon glyphs and lunar phase symbols
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with mandala patterns and a central butterfly motif, with stippled dotwork edges, as a tattoo design.
Crescent moon mandala with butterfly
Fine silver line drawing of a geometric eye with stacked moon phases, chevrons and diamonds on a black background, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Geometric eye with moon phases design
Black and grey pen drawing on paper of a sun with wavy rays, a crescent moon and four-pointed stars in its centre, shown as a tattoo design.
Sun with crescent moon and stars
White line drawing of a flame and spiral emblem on a black background, with no body part visible.
Spiral flame emblem in white line art
Pen drawing of a shaded skull wrapped in roses and leaves, with a snake coiled at its base, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Skull, roses and snake design drawing
Black dotwork drawing of a compass rose enclosing a globe, with a crescent arc curving beside it on a stand, shown as a tattoo design.
Compass rose and globe dotwork design
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with mandala patterns, a lotus flower and a vertical ornamental line, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Crescent moon with mandala and lotus design
Pencil drawing of a five-pointed star with a circle, a crescent and a sharp diagonal line cut into its outline, shown in grey shading on white paper.
Pencil sketch of a star with inset shapes
Pencil sketch on paper of a sun with a face and radiating rays beside a crescent moon, both with hanging dangles, shown as tattoo design drawings.
Sun and crescent moon tattoo sketches
Black dotwork flash sheet of ten pairs of crescent arc designs with dot clusters and hanging drops, shown without any body part.
Dotwork arc and drop ornament flash sheet
Black fine line tattoo design on a cream background, showing outlined flowers, a dotted arc, swirling stems and small dots, with no body placement visible.
Fine line botanical design with dots and swirls
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a curved claw or horn shape with small hatched marks, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Stippled curved claw design
Black solid design of a crescent moon with small five-pointed stars trailing downwards from its lower edge, on a white background.
Crescent moon with falling stars
Black linework flash design of a horned crescent above an arch with radiating V shapes and a horizontal base line, with a handwritten quote beneath it.
Horned arch symbol with quote
Traditional style flash drawing of a red rose inside a black crescent emblem with brown leaves, on textured white paper, with no body placement shown.
Rose inside a rebel emblem flash design
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon with a sleeping face, filled with mandala patterns and framed by a scalloped mandala border, shown as a tattoo design.
Mandala moon line drawing
Black ink line drawing of a small sun with rays and a crescent moon with three dots, sketched on white paper as a tattoo design.
Sun and crescent moon sketch
Black line drawing of a crescent moon filled with botanical roses and leaves, drawn on pale paper as a tattoo design.
Crescent moon filled with roses
Black and white tattoo design of a sitting black cat on a crescent moon wrapped in botanical vines and flowers, shown without a body placement.
Black cat on a flowered crescent moon
Stippled pen drawing of a crescent moon with a city of domed towers and minarets on its surface, surrounded by small stars, in grey ink on a light grey background.
Crescent moon with a domed city
Black line drawing flash design of a lotus flower above a crescent moon filled with a mandala-style lotus pattern, shown on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Lotus above a crescent mandala design
Black line drawing of a tattoo design showing a lily bloom, a spiderweb and a spider hanging from a thread, set inside a curved crescent outline.
Lily, spiderweb and hanging spider design
Black ink flash design of a smiling sun with a face and a crescent moon decorated with mandala patterns, with dangling ornaments below, in fine line and dotwork style.
Sun and crescent moon with mandala detail
Black line-art sheet titled Moon Glyphs, showing labelled symbols such as Hope, Fire and Water above a row of moon phase designs from new moon to waning crescent.
Moon glyphs and phase symbols design sheet
Pencil sketch of a flaming sun behind a crescent moon, with script lettering across the moon and stars scattered below, drawn as a tattoo design.
Sun and crescent moon with script lyric
Black line drawing of a triple moon design with two crescents flanking a full circle, shown on a plain white background.
Triple moon line design
Black ink drawing of an ornate crescent moon filled with lattice patterns and scroll filigree on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate crescent moon design
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a crescent moon with mandala-style patterns along its edge and a cluster of blossoms and leaves on its left side.
Crescent moon with blossoms in dotwork
Grid of twelve black line drawings of geometric tattoo designs, built from triangles, hexagons and circles, shown as flash on a white background.
Sacred geometry flash sheet
Black ink flash design of a patterned lotus flower with leaf sprigs above a hatched crescent, drawn in a botanical and geometric style.
Lotus and crescent flash design
Black linework design of a crescent moon with mandala-style ornament, a lotus flower and hanging drops, in a fine line and dotwork style.
Crescent moon with lotus and drops
Black linework drawing of a crescent moon filled with mandala patterns, a feather, roses and blossoms, with hanging beads and lanterns, drawn as a tattoo design.
Crescent moon with flowers and lanterns
Black ink line drawing of a crescent moon with a profiled face, dotted lace-like patterns and a dangling pendant, drawn as tattoo flash on plain paper.
Crescent moon face with ornamental linework
A traditional flash sheet printed in cream on navy blue, showing a sheet of tattoo designs including a skull eagle crest, pistols, roses, a shark, a snake and a woman's bust.
Traditional flash sheet in cream on navy
Black ink drawing of a tribal-style crescent band with a shaded flower on a grey background, shown as a tattoo design.
Tribal crescent band with flower
Black line-and-solid design of a cluster of triangles above a crescent moon filled with a mandala pattern, shown on a white background with no body placement visible.
Triangle cluster above a mandala crescent
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with flowers and paisley patterns, with small star sparkles beside it.
Floral crescent moon design
Black and white hamsa hand design with a central eye, stars and crescent motifs, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Hamsa hand with eye design