Drip tattoo ideas

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

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Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat's head in profile with yellow eyes, set within a yellow and orange circle and scrollwork on the calf.
Black cat head with scrollwork on calf
Colour tattoo of a red rose with angular geometric shapes, teal accents and black drips on a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Red rose with geometric shapes on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a vintage film camera with teal and purple washes and pink and green paint drips below it, on the forearm.
Watercolour-style camera on forearm
Colourful watercolour-style daisy tattoo with paint splashes and drips on an upper arm, below a rolled plaid sleeve.
Watercolour daisy on upper arm
Dotwork crescent moon filled with black mandala patterns, with a red mandala inside and dotted drips hanging below, tattooed on the back.
Mandala crescent moon with dotted drips
Colourful tattoo on a calf showing a figure in a grey suit and striped tie, with a ram skull head, a coffee cup and paint splashes above.
Suited figure with ram skull head on calf
Black ink treble clef with a splattered ink background on a forearm, in a blackwork style.
Treble clef with ink splatter on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a superhero with glasses and a red cape raising a fist, with bold black outlines and dripping lines, on a lower leg.
Superhero with raised fist on a calf
Colourful owl tattoo on the inner forearm, drawn in soft blue, purple, pink and green with dripping paint-like edges.
Watercolour-style owl on a forearm
Realistic neo-traditional tattoo of a grey skull shaped like a cupcake with red blood dripping down, placed on the upper arm, shown in a two-panel photo.
Skull cupcake with blood drip on upper arm
Colourful tattoo on the outer thigh showing a pastel cloud with a masked face, soot sprites, stars, rainbow drips and a small mouse-like creature.
Soot sprites and masked cloud on a thigh
Colour tattoo of rainbow paint dripping from a torn edge across the forearm, with red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple drips.
Rainbow paint drips on a forearm
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a green zombie cat in a pink bow and dress, with red drips, a spider web and flies, on an upper arm.
Zombie Hello Kitty style cat on an arm
Small colour tattoo of a red and blue shield with a white star and paint-like drips, placed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Star shield with drips on forearm
Solid red dripping band tattoo wrapped around the upper arm of a woman in a grey t-shirt, with her face out of frame.
Red dripping band on upper arm
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing an ornate pocket watch with visible gears, a rose and leaves, with no body placement shown.
Pocket watch, gears and rose design
Black ink flash design of a stiletto heel with three banners reading boys only, want love if and it's torture, drawn in a traditional style on white paper.
Stiletto heel with banner quote
Colourful butterfly tattoo on a forearm, with blue wings, black lace-like detail and loose yellow, orange and red splashes in a painterly style.
Blue butterfly with paint splashes on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a dripping pizza slice with pepperoni and two banners reading Drink Pizza and Eat Beer, on the forearm.
Pizza slice with Drink Pizza and Eat Beer banners
Solid black Volkswagen logo with dripping ink lines on the calf, in a blackwork style, with a red car blurred in the background.
Volkswagen logo with dripping ink on calf
Black and grey tattoo of two figures in gas masks kissing, with red-washed and grey hearts, on a person's upper back.
Masked couple kissing with hearts on back
Colour tattoo of a skull in a loose watercolour style with blue, pink, orange and green washes, on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Watercolour skull on upper arm
Photograph of a black and grey skull tattoo with soft pink flowers and ink splashes on the outer thigh.
Skull and pink flowers on a thigh
Red pencil drawing of a skull shaped as a dripping ice cream cone, with a fishnet leg in a heel and the script words I'm so above it.
Skull ice cream cone with dripping melt
Traditional tattoo of a red-rimmed eyeball with black wings, orange and red flames and small stars on a limb, in bold colour.
Eyeball with wings and flames traditional tattoo
Colour tattoo of dandelion seeds and a blue, pink and purple splash across the upper back, with a few drips below.
Dandelion seeds in a watercolour burst on the back
Colour traditional tattoo of a red heart with a dagger, an AS IF banner, red flowers and green leaves on a leg.
Traditional heart with dagger and AS IF banner
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a sailing ship at sea inside a moon shape, with birds and stars above, on a lower leg.
Sailing ship in a moon on a lower leg
Drawing of a dark red heart wrapped in brown and grey smoke or cloud shapes with a thin dripping line below, with ace of hearts corner markings on a cream background.
Smoky heart design with ace of hearts
Colour tattoo of two owls with large eyes on the outer thigh, set against loose watercolour-style splashes of teal, orange and pink.
Two owls with watercolour splashes on a thigh
Flash design drawing of ornate black script reading And Though She Be But Little She Is Fierce, framed by dark red roses with drips, with no body placement shown.
Script quote with red roses flash design
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a woman's profile with swirling hair and words such as keep living on the calf.
Profile and words on a calf
Traditional style flash design of a woman with curled hair, two blue roses, an eyeball and a banner reading I only have eyes for you.
Pin-up woman with roses and eyeball banner
Colour watercolour-style tattoo of a world map with blue, purple, green and pink splashes and drips across the upper back.
Watercolour world map on upper back
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a spray paint can with an eye and a dripping pink shape, beside orange and red roses with green leaves, on a lower leg.
Spray can and roses on a leg
Black and grey butterfly with filigree wings beside a grey awareness ribbon reading Diabetes, with a small red drip, on a forearm.
Butterfly and diabetes awareness ribbon
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eye with long lashes and a large letter N on a person's upper back and shoulder, with lettering beside it.
Realistic eye with large N on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a pint of stout with a face in the foam and a beer tap dripping at the top, placed on the calf in a neo-traditional style.
Stout pint with a foam face on a calf
Four views of a black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a raven, a realistic eye, bare branches and the words Go with the flow.
Raven, eye and tree full sleeve
Abstract black ink splatter tattoo across a man's shoulder blade and upper arm, with a red flower shape on his upper back.
Abstract ink splatter across shoulder and back
Traditional style tattoo of a black spider with a skull head, yellow legs and three stars above, on the forearm.
Skull spider on a forearm
Realism colour tattoo of a pink gerbera daisy with a green stem and dripping red-pink paint effect on the side of a torso, above jeans.
Pink gerbera with dripping petals on ribs
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of an orange sun with black linework and blue, green and purple splashes on a person's upper back.
Orange sunburst with watercolour splashes on upper back
Realistic drawing of a skull with a peach rose across its left side and dark drips running down from the jaw, shown as a tattoo design on tan paper.
Skull and rose drip design
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey-green fish with a dagger through it, set inside a red rope ring on the lower leg.
Fish and dagger within a rope ring on a calf
Black leopard print spots and a pink nail polish bottle spilling pink polish, tattooed on a forearm, with a hand holding a thin tool at the left edge.
Leopard print and nail polish on forearm
Three small flash designs on white cards in dotwork style: a dripping cheese slice in orange and yellow, and two avocado halves, one with a pink stone and one with a dark stone.
Three fruit and cheese designs on cards
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a hand gripping a straight razor with eye motifs on the blade, on the calf.
Hand holding a straight razor with eyes