Design tattoo ideas

119 photos and flash · 21% Botanical, 11% Blackwork · Forearm most common

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Bold black tribal-style fox design on a white background, drawn in solid black shapes with a stylised head and flowing body, suitable as a blackwork tattoo flash.
Tribal fox design in solid black
Black line drawing of a heart intertwined with an infinity symbol on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Heart and infinity symbol design
Two identical navy circles with cream spiral swirl linework, shown side by side on a textured linen background.
Navy circle with cream swirl design
Three drawn skeleton key designs with heart-shaped bows and scrolled shafts, one in black and grey and two smaller ones in black and pink, shown without any body placement.
Three ornate skeleton key designs
Black ink drawing of an ornate tiger head with dotwork shading, stars and a central flower, shown as a tattoo design on paper rather than on skin.
Ornate tiger head design in dotwork
Pen drawing of a skull surrounded by ornate scrolls and leaves, drawn as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Skull with ornate scrollwork design
Three pencil sketches of owl heads on pale paper, the largest in the foreground with detailed feather and eye linework, shown as tattoo flash designs.
Pencil sketches of owl heads
Painted Japanese-style design of a tabby cat with a white dragon wrapped around its body and red flames along its tail, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Tabby cat and dragon design
Two black ink line drawings of a moth with detailed patterned wings, sketched on cream paper and shown as a design rather than on skin.
Patterned moth line drawing
Watercolour style design of three howling wolves with rainbow smoke swirling above them, drawn on a white background with no body placement shown.
Three howling wolves with rainbow swirls
Realistic graphite drawing of an octopus with tentacles wrapped around a human skull, shown as a tattoo design sketch on paper.
Octopus wrapped around a skull
Six black and white butterfly illustrations in varied wing patterns, arranged on a white background, suitable as tattoo flash designs.
Six black and white butterfly designs
A single blue ink drawing of a long arrow with a feathered tail on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Blue ink arrow design
Four solid black bat silhouette designs stacked vertically on a white background, each with distressed, cracked white speckling across the wings.
Four bat silhouette designs
Black and grey line drawing of a Celtic knotwork design shaped like an S, with interlaced bands and pointed tips at each end, drawn as a tattoo stencil.
Interlaced knotwork S-shaped design
Hand-drawn tattoo design of a fox with an orange body, white-tipped tail, green leaves and blue swirls on white paper, with no placement shown.
Fox with leaves and swirls design
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a lily with shaded petals and black tribal-style swirls, with no body placement shown.
Lily with tribal swirls design drawing
Black and grey pencil drawing of three roses with leaves, drawn as a botanical tattoo design sheet with no body placement shown.
Three roses in a black and grey cluster
Black tribal-style lion face design on a white background, with tapering lines forming the mane, eyes and nose.
Tribal lion face line design
Pencil drawing of a lion head with a flowing, swirling mane, shaded in soft greys as a tattoo design.
Lion head pencil sketch
Solid black tribal-style butterfly wings design on a plain white background, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement visible.
Tribal butterfly wings design
Black ink line drawing of a row of arrows pointing in different directions with a curved arch in the centre, a simple flash-style tattoo design on a white background with no body placement shown.
Row of arrows and arch design
Black marker silhouette of a figure with a chain across the shoulder, reaching out to a small outlined star beside an outlined starburst, drawn as a tattoo design on plain white paper.
Silhouette figure with chain and star
Three black ink dragonflies drawn one above another on a white background, each with ornamental swirled patterns inside the wings.
Three dragonflies with ornate wings
Pencil drawing of a shaded skull framed by a mandala ornament above and a lace-like geometric ornament below, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Skull with mandala ornaments design
Black ink line drawing of a botanical tattoo design with a central lily, blossoms, raspberries, leaves and hanging chains with dotted beads, shown in two panels.
Lily, berry and chain design drawing
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing two large roses, smaller buds and leaves wrapped around a compass star, shown on paper with no body placement.
Rose cluster and compass star sketch
Bold solid black stylised symbol with two white spiral cutouts on a plain white background, shown as a design drawing rather than on skin.
Black symbol with two white spirals
Six small heart designs in a grid of two rows and three columns, with outline and solid hearts in gold foil and black ink on a white background.
Six gold and black heart designs
Pencil and red ink sketch of an ornate lion head wearing a crown, drawn as a tattoo design on paper, with no body placement shown.
Lion head with crown, pencil design sketch
Four black dandelion seedhead designs on a white background, arranged in a grid, with varying line weights and stems.
Four dandelion seedhead designs in black
Black ink drawing on white paper of a stylised calligraphic lettering design with curling flourishes running diagonally across the sheet.
Calligraphic swirl design on paper
Black fine line drawing of a stylised bird with sweeping curved wings and a tapering tail on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Fine line flowing bird design
Pencil tattoo design of a Roman numeral clock framed by two shaded roses and leaves, drawn over faint grid lines.
Clock and roses pencil design
Line drawing of a pocket watch wrapped in lilies and ribbons on white paper, with one petal coloured purple, a botanical tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Pocket watch and lilies tattoo design
Six numbered pencil sketches of skulls in varying shapes and shading, shown as possible tattoo design options.
Six numbered pencil skull sketches
Pen drawing on paper of a sun, a crescent moon and an ornate chained mandala-style design, held up in a room with people in the blurred background.
Sun, moon and ornate chain design on paper
Black fine line drawing of two peonies, a lotus and small leaves and dots, drawn on tracing paper with a black pen beside it, intended as a tattoo design.
Peony and lotus line drawing design
Three black and grey butterfly drawings stacked vertically on a white background, shown as tattoo flash designs with no body placement.
Three black and grey butterfly designs
Black ink linework drawing of a jellyfish with dotted detail and flowing tentacles, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Jellyfish tattoo design on paper
Pencil line drawing of crossed ornate scissors and two combs with two roses, a flash design in a traditional style.
Crossed scissors and combs with roses
A hand outlines a grey shaded feather design in black marker on translucent tracing paper laid over a wooden table.
Shaded feather design drawn on tracing paper
Red flame-like linework arcs around the kanji 愛 (love) in a tattoo design drawing on a plain white background, with no body part shown.
Red flame lines framing the kanji for love
Coloured drawing of a crescent moon formed from sunflowers in yellow, orange and brown on a white card, a botanical tattoo design.
Crescent moon made of sunflowers
Tattoo design of three blue anemone flowers combined with black concentric circles in a geometric botanical style, shown as a drawing with no body part visible.
Blue anemone flowers with concentric circles
Black and white line drawing of a bow with five arrows fanning out from a central point, with feathery plumes at the tips of the arrows.
Bow and arrows with feathered plumes
Red tribal-style cat face design on a white background, drawn with bold, flowing linework and no body placement shown.
Tribal cat face design
Flash sheet of greyscale fairy wing tattoo designs, with varied vein patterns, feathered edges and butterfly-style wings, shown on a white background.
Fairy wing designs flash sheet