Drip tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey hand with a blade through it and red drips of blood, tattooed on the upper arm and shoulder in a traditional style.
Hand and blade on upper arm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a wristwatch with red, blue and pink splashes and drips, sitting on the inner wrist and forearm.
Watercolour watch tattoo on a wrist
Black blackwork tattoo of a winged creature with dripping ink and splatter marks across the forearm.
Dripping winged creature on a forearm
Traditional style flash drawing of a black coiled snake with an open mouth, showing fangs and red and yellow accents, with no body placement shown.
Coiled snake with open jaws
Close-up of a watercolour-style fox tattoo in orange and red with blue and purple splashes on the outer thigh, with a hand holding up blue fabric.
Watercolour fox on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a skull with soft shading and dripping splatter effects on the upper arm of a person in a white vest top.
Shaded skull with drips on upper arm
Colour tattoo of two figure silhouettes in orange, red and green watercolour washes with dripping edges, on the outer upper arm.
Watercolour figures on an upper arm
Black, red and blue sketch-style tattoo of a car with paint splashes and a checkered flag on a person's upper back.
Car sketch with paint splashes on upper back
Fine line tattoo of an open hand pierced by an arrow, in dark ink on the upper back of a woman seen from behind.
Hand pierced by an arrow on upper back
Black tattoo of a film strip with a dark silhouette and ink drips on a leg, surrounded by other black linework tattoos of a ship, birds and high heeled legs.
Film strip with ink splash on a calf
Drawing of tattoo designs on paper showing the words Love and Faith in script with infinity symbols, a star-filled heart and a small dandelion, beside coloured pencils.
Love and faith script designs with a heart
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a skull with a spider's body and fangs, with black legs and yellow drips, on the outer thigh.
Skull and spider hybrid on a thigh
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a melting skull with red eyes and nasal cavity on the forearm, set against a grey and red smoky wash.
Melting skull with red eyes on a forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a skull with a piston bursting through its crown and dripping ink-like lines, on a limb.
Skull and piston on a limb
Black and grey realistic design of a skull with a black music note across the forehead and dark liquid dripping from the eye sockets, nose and jaw.
Dripping skull with music note
Black and grey pencil-style drawing of two swans with spread wings flanking three roses above a knuckleduster with dripping ink, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Swans, roses and knuckleduster design
Two traditional-style portrait tattoos of women on a calf, the upper one in black and grey and the lower one in colour with green hair and a pink shell.
Two traditional portraits of women on a calf
Upper arm tattoo of a city skyline with a tram and a moon, in black and grey with teal and yellow accents and ink splatter.
Cityscape with tram and ink splatter on upper arm
Colourful galaxy tattoo on the inner forearm, with magenta and purple nebula clouds, blue wash and small white stars.
Magenta and blue galaxy on a forearm
Realistic black cat tattoo on the upper arm, set against blue watercolour splashes with red crosshair lines and red streaks.
Black cat with blue splash on upper arm
Ink and grey wash drawing of a skull melting into drips with wisps of smoke above, shown as a tattoo design without any body placement.
Dripping skull with smoke design
Colourful watercolour-style paint splash tattoo with red, orange, yellow, green and blue drips on the inside of a wrist.
Rainbow paint splash on the inner wrist
Colour tattoo of a geometric hourglass in pink, green and red with bold black outlines, placed on the inner forearm.
Geometric hourglass on a forearm
Solid graphic design of a stylised eye above a red dripping drop, shading from black at the top to deep red at the bottom, with no body part shown.
Eye with a dripping drop
Colour realism tattoo of a blue eye with long lashes and red watercolour splashes with dripping red lines, on the outer thigh.
Realistic eye with watercolour splash on thigh
Watercolour-style botanical tattoo of blue flowers with orange centres and black ink splatter running down a calf.
Blue flowers and ink splatter down a calf
Abstract watercolour-style tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with black brushstrokes, concentric circles and purple and teal splashes.
Abstract brushstroke tattoo on upper arm
Colour tattoo on the inner forearm of a rainbow watercolour splash with the words LOVE IS LOVE in black script across the centre.
Rainbow watercolour splash with Love is Love script
Colour tattoo of a cartoon turtle head in orange and green biting into a slice of pizza, on the forearm.
Cartoon turtle biting pizza on forearm
Colour realism tattoo of peonies and leaves with watercolour splashes and drips, placed on the back.
Peony cluster with watercolour drips on back
Upper arm tattoo of a city skyline with tall buildings, a tram and a full moon, shaded in black ink with pale teal watercolour washes and drips.
City skyline and tram on an upper arm
Watercolour-style botanical tattoo of blue flowers with orange centres, green buds and black ink splatter running down a lower leg, placed on the calf.
Watercolour blue flowers down a lower leg
Watercolour style tattoo on the ribs showing two black silhouetted figures in front of a red-orange sun, with red paint drips running down.
Red sun and silhouetted figures on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a horned animal head on a figure in a grey suit and striped tie holding a cup, with watercolour splashes, on a calf.
Horned suited figure with watercolour splashes on a calf
Colour tattoo of red poppies and buds in a watercolour style with ink splatters, running up the side of the ribs.
Watercolour poppies on the ribs
Large city skyline tattoo with tall buildings, a tram and a moon on a man's upper arm and shoulder, in black, grey and teal ink with paint-splatter drips.
City skyline and tram on upper arm
Grey shaded bare tree with gnarled branches and a red heart hanging from a chain, tattooed along the side of the ribs.
Red heart hanging from a shaded bare tree
Two matching forearm tattoos of a triangle-framed circle symbol, one in blue watercolour wash and one in red, with the wrists touching.
Matching blue and red forearm symbol tattoos
Neo-traditional tattoo of a shaded grey owl inside an ornate frame with a blue and green wash, on the thigh.
Owl in an ornate frame on a thigh
Red poppy tattoo with black ink splatter and drips on the forearm, in a painterly watercolour style.
Poppy with ink splatter on a forearm
Close view of a solid red tattoo band with dripping edges around the upper arm, shown against a grey sleeveless top.
Red dripping band on upper arm
Colour photo of a black and red tattoo on the inner forearm, showing a pentagram inside a ring with black rays and red drips and splatter.
Pentagram in a black rayed ring with red splatter
Black and blue city skyline with a large moon above it, tattooed across a man's upper arm and shoulder.
City skyline and moon on upper arm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a deer skull with antlers and red poppies with paint splatters on the outer thigh.
Deer skull and poppies on a thigh
Painterly tattoo of a woman with long dark hair in a black dress, with red splashes and black ink drips, on the calf.
Woman portrait with red splashes on a calf
Colourful watercolour-style balloons lifting a black and grey house tattoo on the calf.
Balloon-lifted house on a calf