Droplet tattoo ideas

85 photos and flash · 31% Dotwork, 24% Botanical · Forearm most common

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Black cat silhouette with a green eye and pink watercolour splashes fading downward, tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Black cat with pink watercolour splashes on a shoulder blade
Blue pen sketch of an ornamental design with paisley leaves, a fish with scale detail, an open eye and flowers, shown without any body part.
Paisley, fish and eye design sketch
Neo-traditional tattoo of a white cartoon cat with a pink bow, set in a gold scrolled heart frame with pearls, on the upper thigh.
White cartoon cat in a gold and lilac heart frame
Black and grey line drawing of a suited figure dissolving into a spiralling splash, with stippled shading and no visible placement on skin.
Melting suited figure in a splash spiral
Realistic red rose tattoo with black lace and chain detailing across the underbust on a chest.
Red rose with lace underbust tattoo
Traditional black and grey tattoo of a snarling panther head with bared teeth and droplets, placed on a calf.
Snarling panther head on a calf
Colourful watercolour-style cross tattoo on a lower leg, with green, red, orange, yellow and purple brushstrokes and black ink at the centre.
Watercolour-style cross on a calf
Black and grey Traditional-style pineapple design with an eye in the cut base, shown as an embroidered patch with a black border.
Pineapple and eye design on an embroidered patch
Small black fine line tattoo of teardrops and a tiny star on a person's upper back near the shoulder, with a pale green tank top in view.
Small teardrops and star on shoulder
Black ink line drawing of a rose framed by mandala and paisley filigree, with dotwork shading and hanging dot chains, shown as a tattoo design.
Rose and mandala filigree design
Colour traditional tattoo on a calf showing a turbocharger, a red rose, a spark plug with a DAD banner, flowers and a partly visible skull.
Traditional turbo, rose and spark plug on a calf
Colour tattoo of two cherries with a green leaf and dotted trail on the upper arm, drawn with bold black outlines in a neo-traditional style.
Cherries with a leaf on the upper arm
Black ornamental floral tattoo with paisley and dotwork detail and hanging drops on the outer thigh, with a hand resting beside it on purple fabric.
Ornamental floral thigh tattoo with dotted drops
Colour tattoo of eight emblem-style icons in two rows on the inner forearm, each with bold black outlines and soft colour washes.
Eight coloured emblem icons on a forearm
Black line drawing of flowing decorative lettering surrounded by clouds, a crescent moon and a small star, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Decorative lettering with moon and star doodles
Solid black swan silhouette with purple watercolour-style splashes beneath it, tattooed on the upper arm near the elbow.
Black swan with purple splashes on upper arm
Two colourful neo-traditional tattoos side by side on forearms, a sun with a face on the left and a crescent moon with a face on the right, both with dotted chains and a gemstone.
Sun and moon tattoos on two forearms
Close-up of a pink, red, orange and navy watercolour splatter tattoo on the upper chest near the collarbone, worn with an off-shoulder white lace top.
Watercolour splatter tattoo on the upper chest
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate oval gemstone pendant with scrollwork and droplet trim on the inner forearm, shown from three angles.
Ornate gem pendant on a forearm
Black and grey photograph of a botanical rose tattoo with dotted line detail and small droplet shapes on the ankle and top of the foot.
Black rose and dotted lines on an ankle
Traditional-style flash design of a yin yang symbol, with the black side filled with red and yellow flames and the white side with blue water splashes, shown without any body placement.
Yin yang with fire and water
Grid of black silhouette ornaments including swirls, flowers, leaves, butterflies and snowflakes on a white background, shown as a flash sheet.
Black silhouette ornament flash sheet
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of beaded chains with droplet pendants draping from the inner wrist onto the palm of a hand.
Fine line beaded chain drape on the wrist
Two traditional colour tattoos side by side on a leg, a smiling sun with a face on the left and a teal crescent moon with a face on the right, both with a dotted chain and gemstone pendant below.
Paired sun and moon tattoos on legs
Black and grey sun tattoo with wavy rays and a shaded disc, edged by a dotted arc with hanging dots, on a person's abdomen.
Sun with dotted arc on the abdomen
Black ink flash drawing of an axe whose handle grows into leafy branches, with two crossed arrows and small drops above the leaves.
Axe with branching leaves and crossed arrows
Black and grey dotwork peony tattoo with blue and teal wash accents and a dangling bead chain, on the upper back of a person with reddish hair.
Peony bouquet with blue wash on upper back
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a broken ink circle with splattered droplets trailing down, on a person's shoulder and upper arm.
Black ink circle with splash on shoulder
Coloured ink drawing of a leaping trout curved into a circle, with black linework, green, peach and teal washes, and splashes of water around it.
Leaping trout within a circle of splashes
Tattoo design drawing of two awareness ribbons, one blue and grey and one lime green, interlaced in a heart shape with a red droplet on the blue ribbon.
Intertwined blue, grey and green ribbons with a drop
Black and grey lace-pattern tattoo with dotted chains and droplet accents across the upper back, beside a pale shaded rose.
Lace pattern with dotted chains on upper back
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a female figure with flowing dress and outstretched arms on the inner upper arm.
Watercolour splash figure on upper arm
Black fine line lotus mandala tattoo with dotted chains and drop accents on the inner upper arm.
Lotus mandala on the inner upper arm
Black and grey realism rose with lace and beaded drop chains tattooed across the lower abdomen, above a navel piercing.
Rose and lace tattoo on the lower abdomen
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo above a row of moon phases and dotted chains on the calf.
Mandala and moon phases on a calf
Fine line black lotus flower tattoo with dotted accents on the inner forearm of a person wearing a white top and dark jeans.
Lotus flower on an inner forearm
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical mandala design with leaf sprigs, dotted chains and droplet shapes, drawn on white paper with fine liner pens beside it.
Mandala design with leaves and dotted chains
A watercolour-style feather tattoo with blue, green and yellow washes on the inside of a forearm.
Watercolour feather on a forearm
Two forearms with matching watercolour tattoos in rainbow colours, a painted heart shape with droplets on the left and an open heart with rainbow splashes on the right, on the forearm.
Watercolour rainbow hearts on two forearms
Pencil drawing of a cloud with dotted raindrops and dripping droplets on white paper, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Cloud with falling raindrops design
Close photo of a blue watercolour-style wave tattoo with splashes on the side of a person's ribs, below a black top.
Blue wave on the ribs
Small coloured dragonfly tattoo with green body and teal wings, perched above a teal water splash on bare skin.
Dragonfly over water splash
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with mandala-style patterns and hanging droplets on the back of the neck.
Crescent moon with mandala pattern on the neck
Realistic tattoo of a red rose under a glass dome with fallen petals, shaded in grey with red highlights, on a person's upper arm.
Rose under glass dome on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two roses framing a skull on a forearm, shaded against a dark background.
Stacked roses and skull on a forearm
Photograph of a hand and wrist with a teal diamond, a small ghost, a star and the words YOUR THROAT HERE tattooed in black lettering on the back of the hand.
Diamond, ghost and lettering tattoos on a hand
Dotwork lotus flower with a teal and black mandala above and dotted chains with teal drops below, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Lotus and mandala on the thigh
Black and grey lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork shading and hanging petal edging, placed on the chest beneath the breast.
Lotus mandala under the breast