Design tattoo ideas

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

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Woman lying on dark bedding showing a dark branch-like tattoo on her thigh and a tattooed forearm, with a navel piercing and a black top with a white skeleton hand print.
Branch tattoo on thigh with forearm design
Black and grey dotwork design drawings of peonies, leaves and olive sprigs on tracing paper, with two marker pens beside them.
Peony and olive branch tattoo design sketches
Black line drawing of a lotus flower with an ornamental base on white paper, with a thumb visible at the left edge.
Lotus flower line drawing on paper
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical dotwork mandala tattoo design with leaves, acorns and geometric borders, shown on paper beside two fineliner pens.
Dotwork mandala design with leaves and acorns
Black ink drawing of a dense mandala with leaves and feathers on white paper, shown as a tattoo design sketch beside a fine liner pen.
Mandala with leaves and feathers design
Fine line pencil drawing of a lotus flower running along a decorative arrow, with dotwork accents, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Lotus and arrow tattoo design
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
Hand-drawn design of a red and yellow hibiscus flower with black Polynesian tribal bands and a small plumeria, shown on plain paper with no body placement.
Hibiscus with Polynesian tribal bands design
Black ink drawing of four stacked flowers joined by a thin vertical line and dots, shown as a tattoo design on grey paper.
Four stacked flowers on a vertical line
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical floral paisley design with leaves and dotted details, drawn on white paper beside two black fine liner pens.
Ink drawing of a floral paisley tattoo design
Pen drawing of an ornate lotus flower design with swirls, dots and circles on white paper, beside a black mechanical pencil, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Ornate lotus flower design drawing
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 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
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
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
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
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
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 linework tattoo design on tracing paper showing an hourglass with scrollwork, a butterfly and blossoms, with no body placement shown.
Hourglass with butterfly and flowers design
Pencil drawing of a swallow in flight above a shaded rose, shown as a black and grey tattoo design on a grey background.
Swallow and rose design in graphite
Black ink line drawing of windblown leaves, curling swirls and flowing lines, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Windblown leaves and swirls design