Drip tattoo ideas

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

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Watercolour-style lotus flower tattoo on the thigh, outlined in black with dotwork detail and blue, pink and yellow ink.
Watercolour lotus on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an animal head with blue scrolls, pink tones and a rainbow wash, on the side of the torso.
Colourful animal head with paint drips
Colour tattoo of a red apple shaped as a skull with blue dripping ink and a purple watercolour splash, neo-traditional style, on the side of the ribs.
Apple skull with blue drips on the side
Red line drawing of a skull with an eyepatch and crossed blades, dripping blood, above the words If you dare hurt my friends, I won't forgive you.
Skull with eyepatch and crossed blades
Pencil drawing of a geometric mountain peak drawn in thin lines, with stippled black shading dripping from its base, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Geometric mountain peak with dripping base
Greyscale illustration of a skull with a cracked clock face on its crown, Roman numerals and red accents in the eye sockets, shown as a tattoo design.
Skull and clock face design
Two watercolour-style compass tattoos with paint-like drips in pink, blue and orange, one on the thigh and one on the calf.
Watercolour compass on thigh and calf
Colour tattoo of a snarling creature with a glowing teal eye, blue and purple shading and ink splatter drips, placed on the upper back.
Blue and purple creature on upper back
Large realism tattoo across a bare back showing a woman in profile with a hand near her mouth, surrounded by handwritten script and red-tinged drips.
Woman portrait with script on back
Upper arm tattoo of an open mouth and a blue hand in a loose watercolour style with red and blue splashes.
Watercolour mouth and hand on upper arm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a woman's eye, eyebrow and lips on a forearm, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Watercolour eye and lips on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cat face with big blue eyes and a waffle cone body, topped with teal soft serve, on the forearm.
Cat in an ice cream cone on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a realistic skull, a red rose with dripping red lines and green leaves, with blue watercolour splashes, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Skull and rose on a shoulder blade
Realistic black and grey tattoo of two roses with leaves and a bud across the upper back, with fine drips running down from the lower leaves.
Black and grey roses on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a mechanical walker beneath a dripping dark sphere, running down the side of the ribs.
Mechanical walker beneath a dripping sphere on ribs
Colourful skull tattoo with blue, pink and orange paint-like splashes and drips across the upper arm and shoulder.
Watercolour skull with feather splashes on upper arm
Close-up of a geometric tattoo of three black-outlined diamonds filled with red and black watercolour-style splatter, placed on the upper back.
Outlined diamonds with red and black splatter
Large tiger tattoo with black ink stripes and teal splashes across a woman's back and ribs, shown in two side-by-side photographs.
Tiger with teal ink splashes on back and ribs
Black geometric rose tattoo with dotwork stippling and a single drip below it, placed on the upper back.
Geometric rose on upper back
Traditional style tattoo of a black swallow pierced by an arrow with red, yellow and teal accents, on the upper arm.
Swallow and arrow on an upper arm
Black and grey traditional flash drawing of a skeleton hand holding a Tough Luck banner, with drips below and a spiked cuff at the wrist.
Skeleton hand with Tough Luck banner
Three views of a full arm sleeve in abstract black ink splatter and drips across the shoulder, upper arm and forearm, with a faint red wash near the shoulder.
Abstract black full sleeve on arm
Flash-style design of a white masked spirit face with red streaks, set in black ink splatter with dripping lines, shown on a plain white background.
Masked spirit in ink splatter
Side-by-side before and after of a loose, painterly seahorse tattoo on a forearm, shown as a red outline on the left and a coloured version on the right.
Seahorse tattoo before and after on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eye with branch-like lashes, small birds and a curled hook shape, placed on the upper back.
Eye with birds and drips on upper back
Shaded black and grey skull drawing with purple, blue and green watercolour splashes and drips, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Watercolour skull design
Black ink line drawing of a pizza slice with dripping cheese, a striped handled tool and two banners reading Love dies and Pizza is forever, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Pizza slice with banners reading Love dies and Pizza is
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on the ribs showing an anatomical heart dripping above a pocket watch, two red roses, green leaves and grey pearl chains.
Anatomical heart, pocket watch and roses on ribs
Watercolour style tattoo of a woman in profile with blue wash and pink flowers on the upper arm and shoulder.
Watercolour woman and flowers on upper arm
Cartoon-style cow tattoo on a man's stomach, with the navel forming a dark spot on the cow's side and a yellow flower on its head.
Cow tattoo on a stomach
Red jigsaw puzzle piece tattoo with dripping blood and 3D shading on the upper back.
Bleeding puzzle piece on upper back
Close photograph of a red dripping splash tattoo forming a heart shape with a dark keyhole-like centre, placed on the ribs.
Dripping red splash heart on the ribs
Black flash design of two skulls with cross and heart eyes above a red dripping heart crossed by a red line, with the words RAGE and LOVE, shown without a body placement.
Twin skulls and dripping heart with RAGE LOVE text
Black and grey botanical tattoo of magnolia flowers with ink splatter and drips across a person's upper back.
Black and grey magnolia flowers on a back
Two watercolour-style tattoos on a pair of forearms: a blue and purple moon with a face on the left arm and an orange and red sun with a face on the right, both with black linework.
Sun and moon watercolour forearm pair
Watercolour-style flower tattoo with pink and purple petals, red splashes and soft blue washes on the outer thigh.
Watercolour flower on thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an anatomical heart pierced by nails, with green leaves, a yellow glow and blood drips, on a lower leg.
Anatomical heart with nails on a calf
Pencil sketch of a shaded winged heart with a banner reading Love and a treble clef, a flash design with no body placement shown.
Winged heart with Love banner
Abstract geometric tattoo on the inner forearm, made of grey triangles and lines with blue wash accents and thin dripping black lines.
Abstract geometric triangles on a forearm
Pink and black lotus flower tattoo with concentric ripple rings and pink paint-like drips across the middle of the back.
Pink lotus with ripples on the back
Pencil drawing of a dripping heart pierced by a dagger, with a rose and a looping ribbon wrapped around it, a design suited to a blackwork or neo-traditional tattoo.
Heart, dagger, rose and ribbon drawing
Traditional style tattoo of a grey snake coiled around two daggers with green drips, on the outer arm.
Snake wrapped around two daggers on an arm
Two side-by-side photographs of a realistic tattoo of a jigsaw puzzle piece with a torn, bloodied edge and red drips on the inner forearm.
Puzzle piece with dripping wound on forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two hands clasping, one plain and one covered in scales with an eye, with a dotted arc and three drips below, on the outer arm.
Clasped hands with a scaled arm in dotwork
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a realistic blue-green eye inside a red heart framed by gold scrollwork, with black dotted drips below, on a limb.
Eye in ornate heart frame
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a fox with orange, blue and purple splashes and running drips on the outer thigh.
Watercolour fox on a thigh
Watercolour-style compass with blue, purple and pink ink drips and black cursive script running down a forearm tattoo.
Watercolour compass and script on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a grey skull on a dripping, blood-red cupcake, placed on the side of a thigh.
Skull and blood-dripping cupcake on a thigh