Drip tattoo ideas

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

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Red and pink dripping FRESH lettering tattooed across the stomach, shown below a white bra.
FRESH lettering across the stomach
Realistic purple roses and a Roman numeral clock face with black brush strokes and drips, tattooed across a person's upper back.
Clock and roses on the upper back
Neo-trad style flash design of a coffin framing a cracked red heart, green lightning bolts and a white banner reading ALL WE LOVE WE LEAVE BEHIND, with red drips along the base.
All we love, we leave behind coffin flash
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a fox with splashes and drips in orange, red, purple and blue on the upper thigh.
Watercolour fox on a thigh
Watercolour-style clock face with a black strap and paint splashes in red, blue and purple, on the inner forearm and wrist.
Watercolour clock splash on a wrist
Forearm tattoo of a woman's face with realistic eyes and lips, a hand near her mouth, black brushstroke streaks and red and ochre drips, shown in three side-by-side views.
Realistic face portrait with brushstrokes on forearm
Colour tattoo of a Darth Vader helmet with a starry background and blue and purple watercolour splashes, on the upper arm.
Darth Vader helmet in watercolour on upper arm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a cat's face with green eyes on the calf, with splashes of red, blue, yellow and green.
Watercolour cat face on a calf
Pink flash sheet of black and pink gothic designs including a skull, werewolf head, skeleton, coffin, raven and eyes.
Gothic flash sheet with skulls, skeleton and creature
Colourful tattoo of a realistic cat face with green eyes, mixed with geometric triangles, a crescent moon and watercolour drips on a thigh.
Cat face and crescent moon on a thigh
Fine line black tattoo of an open mouth with dripping lower lip and the words What's love got to do with it? inside, on the upper arm.
Open mouth with text on upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skull with two daggers above it and dripping blood below, on a calf.
Skull and daggers on a calf
Close-up of a colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a watch face with splashes, numbers and stars on the inside of a forearm near the wrist.
Watch face and colour splashes on a wrist
Red realistic blood splatter tattoo with dripping streaks and scattered droplets on the lower leg just above a blue sock.
Realistic blood splatter tattoo on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of a thistle in a watercolour style, with purple flower head, green stem and leaves and dripping paint effects, on the lower leg above the ankle.
Watercolour thistle on a lower leg
Coloured pencil drawing of a tiger's green-gold eyes and striped brow with rainbow drips, a design that could work as tattoo flash.
Tiger eyes with rainbow drips
Painterly colour tattoo of a feathered headdress with dripping black ink, placed on the upper arm.
Feathered headdress on upper arm
Colourful flash design of a grinning cartoon duck in a cyan sailor hat with a heart and MOM motif, shown with sharp teeth and dripping edges on a grey textured background.
Grinning cartoon duck in sailor hat
Watercolour-style tattoo of a deer skull with antlers and red poppies on the outer thigh.
Deer skull and poppies on a thigh
Black ink brush-stroke anchor design with dripping edges on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Brush-stroke anchor design
Greyscale pencil drawing of a pocket watch overlaid with red, orange and purple watercolour splashes, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Pocket watch with watercolour splashes
Black and grey illustration of a white rabbit head with playing cards, a monocle, a pocket watch and a red rose on a black background.
White rabbit with playing cards and pocket watch
Two forearms pressed together showing black and grey realism rose tattoos on the forearm, one with a skeleton key and ink splatter.
Black and grey rose forearms with a key
Colourful rainbow paint splash tattoo with black Born This Way lettering and an equals sign on an upper arm, in a painterly style.
Rainbow paint splash with Born This Way on upper arm
Close photograph of a watercolour-style tattoo of orange, pink, purple and teal splashes with black ink spatter, running from the thigh over the knee onto the calf.
Watercolour-style splashes across a leg
Black outlined Hogwarts house crest tattoo with red, green, gold and blue watercolour splashes and drips on a calf.
Hogwarts crest watercolour tattoo on a calf
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a wolf's head with blue, purple, green and red splashes and drips, on the upper arm of a person in a grey vest.
Watercolour wolf head on upper arm
Black and grey line drawing of an eye pierced by an arrow, with a rose and leaves and a dripping tear beneath, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Arrow through an eye with a rose, Sagittarius design
Drawn tattoo design of a shaded grey skull with two red roses and green leaves, with red drips running down the left side, on a tan background.
Skull with red roses and dripping blood
Black ink drawing of two cupped hands holding a crescent moon, with water drips and a star constellation above, labelled aquarius.
Aquarius hands holding a crescent moon
Close photo of black script lettering reading Bulletproof Heart on the upper chest, with a small black bullet hole and red drip beneath, in a fine line lettering style.
Bulletproof Heart script on upper chest
Coloured flash drawing of two stylised pink and yellow mushrooms with dripping lines and two banners reading feed your head, shown on a tan background with no body placement.
Two mushrooms with feed your head banners
Black line drawing of a cluster of stars with ink splatter and dripping lines on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Stars with ink drips flash design
Neo-traditional tattoo of a blue and yellow moth with a crescent moon on a red geometric circle, across a person's upper back.
Moth and crescent moon on a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a nail cross wrapped in wire, with the script words Only The Strong Survive, on the upper back.
Nail cross with Only The Strong Survive script
Photograph of a back tattoo showing a red spine down the centre with black drips, coloured paint-like splatter and printed text across the skin, placed on the back.
Red spine and printed pages across a back
Colour tattoo of a stag beetle in a watercolour style on a lower leg, inside dashed circles with green, yellow and purple washes.
Watercolour beetle on a calf
Colour tattoo of a large outlined number 12 above a dripping blue Seattle skyline with the Space Needle, on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Seattle skyline and number 12 on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a checkerboard pattern melting into drips down a forearm, with soft shaded edges.
Melting checkerboard pattern on a forearm
Traditional coloured tattoo of a red heart inside a wooden coffin, surrounded by green leaves, on an upper arm.
Heart in a coffin with leaves on upper arm
Watercolour-style tattoo of a blue bird perched on a branch, with orange and red washes and paint drips, on a lower leg.
Watercolour-style bird on a branch on a calf
Solid black flash design of a roller skate with spiky lines above and dripping streaks below, in a bold blackwork style.
Roller skate with dripping spikes
Colourful painterly tattoo of a Rubik's cube forming the head of a faceless figure, with paint drips, across an upper arm and shoulder.
Rubik's cube head figure on an upper arm
Watercolour-style butterfly tattoo in pink, red and blue with black outlines and splatter, on the ankle.
Watercolour butterfly on an ankle
Pencil drawing of a melting pocket watch with Roman numerals, cogs and bird shapes trailing down, shown as a tattoo design sketch with no body placement.
Melting pocket watch with gears
Red-ink skull tattoo with a blood splatter effect across a woman's shoulder and upper chest, photographed in a tattoo studio.
Red skull with blood splatter on shoulder
Black linework mandala and paisley tattoo on the side of the torso, with blue, purple and pink watercolour-style washes and drips.
Mandala and paisley linework with watercolour splashes
Ornate key tattoo with black linework and blue, pink and green watercolour washes on the forearm.
Ornate key with watercolour splashes on a forearm