Drip tattoo ideas

238 photos and flash · 14% Realism, 13% Neo-trad · Forearm most common

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Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a cat's head with black linework and ink splatter, placed across the upper back.
Watercolour cat head on a back
Colour tattoo on a lower leg showing the words My Hope in black script lettering over green and blue splashes and drips, on the calf below the knee.
My Hope script with green splashes on calf
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
Black Hylian crest tattoo with blue and purple watercolour splashes on a forearm.
Hylian crest with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Colourful watercolour-style yin yang tattoo with a crescent moon and paint drips on the forearm.
Yin yang with watercolour drips on a forearm
Watercolour style Hogwarts crest tattoo in red, yellow, green and blue on the thigh, outlined in fine black linework with paint-like drips.
Watercolour Hogwarts crest tattoo on thigh
Colour tattoo of a pink-iced doughnut with white sprinkles, a bite taken out and a red drip, in bold black outline on the outer thigh.
Pink iced doughnut tattoo on a leg
Back view of two legs with a watercolour-style tree on the left calf and a splashed bird on the right thigh, in pink, blue, green and teal.
Watercolour tree and bird on both legs
Flash design of a snarling wolf wearing a red cap with stylised lettering, beside a black circle with crossbones and paint drips, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Snarling wolf in a red cap
Two matching forearm tattoos in a watercolour style, a blue and purple crescent moon with a face on the left arm and an orange and red sun with a face on the right arm.
Blue moon and orange sun on forearms
Four pastel flash designs on a pink background: a unicorn with a Wonderland banner, a scallop shell, lips with a glittery drip, and mushrooms in a circle.
Unicorn, shell, lips and mushroom flash designs
Black linework drawing of a neo-traditional anchor wrapped in rope, with flowers, leaves and cloud shapes, shown as a tattoo design on a warm background.
Anchor with rope and flowers design
Three views of a full arm sleeve with black linework lilies, a sun-like circle and pink watercolour washes, on the upper arm and forearm.
Watercolour flower sleeve on arm
Black and white ink drawing of two hands clasped in a handshake, with a snake with dripping fangs coiled over the joined hands, in a flash style.
Snake biting a handshake
Realism-style pencil drawing of a woman's back and shoulder with a rose-grey pencil portrait and colourful butterflies across the shoulder blade, designed as a back tattoo.
Woman's back with butterflies and colour drips
Black ink drawing of a yin yang symbol with melting, dripping ink running down from the dark half, shown on a white background.
Dripping yin yang symbol
Black and grey realistic drawing of a howling wolf with dark ink drips falling from its neck, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Howling wolf with ink drips
Pencil-shaded rose design with red ink dripping down the petals, shown as a tattoo flash drawing on a plain white background.
Bleeding rose design
Tattoo flash design of three dark red roses with black linework and a central script quote in an ornate frame, drawn on a cream textured background.
Three roses with script lettering flash
Watercolour style semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist, with red, orange, green and blue splashes and small drips.
Watercolour semicolon on a wrist
Black and grey pencil-style drawing of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals, framed by leaves and flowers and ink drips, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Pocket watch with leaves and flowers design
Watercolour-style tattoo of a fox in orange and black with a small yellow star above it, on the side of the body.
Watercolour fox on the side of the body
Pen and wash drawing of an anatomical heart with red drips on a cupcake, with a banner reading Sweet Heart beneath, designed as a tattoo flash.
Anatomical heart on a cupcake with banner
Realistic eye tattoo with a dark brow, red watercolour splashes and dripping blood-red streaks, on the upper arm.
Realistic eye with red watercolour splash
Watercolour style tattoo on the upper back with black linework circles, two hearts in red and black, and blue and purple washes.
Watercolour circles and hearts on upper back
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 and grey dotwork tattoo of a stylised face with spiky hair and a lightning bolt across one eye, on the upper arm near the elbow.
Lightning bolt face portrait on upper arm
Black blackwork tattoo of a white anchor knocked out of a dark ink splash with drips, on the forearm of a person in jeans.
Anchor in black ink splatter on forearm
Colourful R2-D2 droid tattoo with blue, pink and yellow paint splashes, shown on the inner forearm.
R2-D2 with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Traditional style flash drawing of a pale hand with pink fingertips, wrapped in three yellow banners reading COLD HANDS, COLDER and HEART, with dripping red and white details at the wrist.
Hand with COLD HANDS, COLDER, HEART banners
Colour tattoo on a forearm reading Diabetes Type 1 in typewriter-style lettering, set over a blue ring with blue, purple and pink watercolour splashes and drips.
Diabetes Type 1 watercolour tattoo on forearm
Black traditional tattoo of a skeleton hand gripping a cassette tape with three arrows above it, placed on the front of a thigh.
Skeleton hand holding a cassette on a thigh
Two hands held together, each showing a colour traditional dagger tattoo with an eye on the handle, placed on the back of the hand near the wrist.
Traditional dagger tattoos on both hands
Colour tattoo of a cat's face in a soft watercolour style with blue, pink and purple washes and drips, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour cat on upper back
Black linework lotus with dotwork petals and blue and pink watercolour splashes, tattooed on the upper back.
Lotus with watercolour splashes on upper back
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a silhouetted woman with long flowing pink hair, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour figure with flowing pink hair on a shoulder
Realistic tattoo of parted red lips above a red and grey rose on the inside of a forearm, against a red backdrop.
Lips and rose on a forearm
Two colour tattoos of ice cream cones with Mickey and Minnie Mouse ears on a wrist and forearm, each beside a black star, in a neo-traditional style.
Mickey and Minnie ice cream cones on wrists
Black line drawing of two daggers on paper, one with a crescent moon and star and the other with a sun and a falling drop, each inside a dotted circle.
Two daggers with moon and sun designs
Two colour tattoos in a neo-traditional style: a forearm portrait of a moustached man with lightning bolts and lettering, and an upper arm portrait of a bearded man in a paper boat hat with an eye and
Two colourful portrait tattoos on forearm and upper arm
Colour realism portrait tattoo of a man in yellow aviator glasses with a cigarette in his mouth, on the inner forearm, with ink drips above and below the face.
Colour portrait of a man in yellow aviator glasses
Blackwork tattoo on a forearm showing a solid black ink splash with dripping lines and a heart-shaped area of bare skin at its centre.
Heart in a black ink blot on a forearm
Close view of a hand resting palm down on white fabric, with a red dripping band tattoo wrapped around the middle joint of the ring finger.
Dripping red band on a ring finger
Black and grey flash design of a palm tree above a dripping night sky with stars and a crescent moon, drawn on a cream background.
Palm tree over a dripping night sky
Solid black geometric diamond tattoo with dripping ink on a forearm, set against white rosette fabric.
Dripping diamond on a forearm
Close-up photo of an awareness ribbon tattoo with a black outline and watercolour-style fills in pink, blue, teal, purple and orange, with splashes around it.
Watercolour awareness ribbon on skin
Close-up photo of a tattoo on the upper back made to look like a bloody wound, with red and brown splatter, dripping lines and a dark ring in the centre.
Bloody wound effect tattoo on upper back
Black continuous-line cloud with green, red, orange and blue rainbow drips running down the upper arm.
Scribbled cloud with rainbow drips on upper arm