Dashed line tattoo ideas

63 photos and flash · 54% Fine line, 29% Geometric · Forearm most common

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Pencil sketch design of a map of Canada with a dotted grid, a compass rose, a maple leaf and dripping outline, over dashed geometric guide lines.
Canada map with compass rose and maple leaf sketch
Fine line black tattoo of scissors on a dashed cutting line across the top of a foot toe, with blue glitter nail polish.
Scissors and dashed cut line on a toe
Black line drawing of hand-drawn lettering reading Look for Beauty, Listen with Love, Live to Inspire, with a swirled butterfly, hearts and flourish dividers, shown as a tattoo design.
Look for Beauty lettering with butterfly
Flash sheet of three black line geometric arrow designs with triangles, diamonds, circles and dotted rings on a white background.
Three geometric arrow designs on a flash sheet
Black and grey flash drawing of an ornate moth with a crescent moon on its head, framed by dashed geometric lines on white paper.
Moth with crescent moon and geometric lines
Black ink tattoo on a thigh showing a ringed skull, an eye and a hand with an arm, drawn in bold outlines and solid black fills.
Ringed skull, eye and hand on a thigh
Black dotwork drawing of a moth with a crescent moon above it, set within dashed geometric construction lines, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Dotwork moth with crescent moon and geometric lines
Fine line tattoo on the top of a foot, with a dashed line looping past the word allons-y to a blue TARDIS.
Dashed line, allons-y and TARDIS on a foot
Forearm tattoo of an engraved-style bird perched on a wireframe icosahedron, with teal and red accents.
Bird perched on a geometric icosahedron on a forearm
Black geometric cat face tattoo on a forearm, built from triangles and circles with dotwork shading.
Geometric cat face on a forearm
Black dashed-line heart with a red sewing needle and looping black thread, a tattoo on the inner wrist.
Stitched heart on a wrist
Small black fine line infinity symbol tattoo on an ankle, with a paper plane filling the left loop and a dashed line forming the right loop.
Infinity symbol with paper plane on ankle
Black ink tattoo of three rearing horses in a vertical line with a dashed trail ending in a small curl, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Three rearing horses in a dashed trail on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of two arrows with dashed trails running in opposite directions across the inner forearm.
Two arrows in opposite directions on a forearm
Two forearms with fine dashed-line tattoos encircling the wrists, in a minimal fine line style on the inner forearm.
Thin dashed line tattoos on two forearms
Black fine line tattoo of a paper aeroplane with a dashed trail looping behind it, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Paper aeroplane with dashed trail on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a small airplane with a dashed flight path looping down to a heart on the ankle of a bare foot, with a globe and atlas behind.
Airplane and dashed flight path on an ankle
Black and grey geometric tattoo on a man's upper back and shoulder, showing a tree with a checked trunk, a sun, faces and a hand, with a small green bird and dashed line running onto the upper arm.
Surreal tree and hand on upper back
Two matching geometric forearm tattoos of a circle and a hexagon with intersecting lines, shown in purple linework on top and in blue and red linework below.
Geometric circle and hexagon forearm tattoos
Fine line black tattoo of a paper plane trailing a dashed flight path across pale skin.
Paper plane with dashed flight path
Small fine line tattoo of scissors with a dashed cutting line, in black ink on the top of a foot between the toes.
Scissors and dashed cut line on a foot
Colour tattoo of a watercolour globe with a white paper plane on a dashed flight path, on the forearm.
Paper plane orbiting a globe
Illustrated flash design of three decorated arrows, one with leaves, one with yellow feathers and one in black and white with leaves, suitable as a tattoo design.
Three decorated arrows with leaves and feathers
Two matching black fine line tattoos of a dashed infinity symbol with a small solid heart, shown on the inner wrists of two people holding hands.
Matching dashed infinity wrist tattoos
Fine line black tattoo of an origami paper boat, origami bird and paper plane with a dashed flight path, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Origami boat, bird and paper plane on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo on the inner wrist reading miles to go, with a dashed route and a small paper plane.
Miles to go wrist tattoo with dashed plane
Fine line tattoo of three paper planes with blue watercolour wash and dashed flight paths, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Paper planes with blue wash on a back
Two forearms joined by an abstract cubist tattoo of two faces, a wine glass and red script reading happiness is only real when shared, in black, grey and red ink with ochre accents.
Cubist faces across two forearms
Fine black linework tattoo of nested geometric polygons with dashed guide lines, placed centrally on a person's chest.
Geometric polygon design on the chest
Fine line black ink tattoo of origami birds, a paper plane with a dashed trail and the words be free on the inner forearm.
Origami birds and paper plane with be free
Small black outline tattoo of a pair of scissors on a dashed cut line, across the top of a foot between the second and third toes.
Scissors and dashed cut line on toes
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the solar system with a sun face and planets on dashed orbits, running down a forearm.
Solar system with a sun face on the forearm
Colour fine line tattoo on an upper arm showing a dragonfly, a bee, a dark bird and grass stems with red flowers, beside a framed print of the same design.
Insects, bird and grasses on an upper arm
Black fine line cursive lettering between dashed lines on a forearm, with a black chain bracelet tattoo below it near the wrist.
Cursive word between dashed lines on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of the words miles to go with a dashed flight path and paper plane outline on the inner wrist, with a metal paper plane pendant hanging over the hand.
Miles to go and paper plane on wrist
Two matching fine line tattoos of paper aeroplanes with dashed flight paths, one on each inner forearm.
Matching paper aeroplanes on forearms
Fine line black tattoo of a paper aeroplane with a dashed flight path looping behind it, on the back of a shoulder.
Paper aeroplane with dashed flight path on shoulder
Black fine line outline tattoo of sewing tools including scissors, a dress form, thread spools and a pincushion across a person's ribs.
Sewing notions outline on the ribs
Fine line geometric tattoo of an arrow with overlapping circles, dotted lines and triangles, in black ink on the side of the ribs.
Geometric arrow and circles on the ribs
Fine line black tattoo of a dashed coat hanger with a small cursive mark on the side of a person's neck.
Dashed coat hanger on the neck
Black and grey flash design of a wolf head inside an inverted triangle, with three moon phases above the eyes.
Wolf head in inverted triangle
Fine line black tattoo of overlapping atomic orbital diagrams, with solid and dashed circles and ellipses, across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Atomic orbital diagram on upper back
Fine line tattoo of a paper plane with a dashed trail on the side of a bare foot, with daisies in the grass behind.
Paper plane tattoo on a foot
Colour tattoo of three red ladybirds with black spots and outlines, linked by a dashed line with loops, on pale skin.
Three ladybirds on a dashed trail
Fine line black tattoo of abstract curling strokes, sweeping lines and dashed lines on the side of the ribs.
Abstract line tattoo of curls and strokes on ribs
Small black fine line tattoo on a hand showing a paper plane, a simple stick figure and the words LET GO.
Paper plane and LET GO on a hand
Black compass rose tattoo with red accents, dots and a circle of lettering on a person's upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Compass rose with circular lettering on back
Black and grey pen drawing of a detailed moth with a crescent moon above and vertical dashed lines behind it, shown as a flash-style tattoo design.
Moth beneath a crescent moon