Elephant tattoo ideas

638 photos and flash · 29% Fine line, 15% Dotwork · Forearm most common

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Black and grey dotwork drawing of an ornate elephant head with mandala patterns, a lotus above and below, and teardrop motifs, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornate elephant head mandala with lotus
Fine line pen sketch of a small seated elephant raising its trunk towards three musical notes, drawn on plain paper as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Elephant with musical notes fine line sketch
Pencil flash sketch of an elephant framed by lotus petals and mandala detailing, with a mechanical pencil resting across the drawing on tracing paper.
Elephant and lotus tattoo sketch
Black fine line flash drawing of an elephant head with a feather plume, flowers and dotted chains, shown without a body placement.
Elephant head with feathers and flowers
Black and grey traditional flash of an elephant with its trunk raised, shown with a flower and leaves below, drawn on white card against a dark background.
Traditional elephant flash with flower
Black line drawing of a front-facing elephant head filled with dense mandala-style patterns, suitable as a flash design for a tattoo.
Ornate elephant head line drawing
Black ink sketch of an elephant head in profile with curled trunk and tusks, drawn on a sketchbook page beside pens and brushes.
Ink sketch of an elephant head
Black and white flash sheet of an ornate elephant surrounded by paisley, mandala, floral, feather, tribal triangle and om designs, all in black linework.
Ornamental elephant and motif flash sheet
Black ink line drawing of a sitting elephant spraying a cluster of butterflies from its trunk, with the word Always in script, drawn on plain paper.
Elephant spraying butterflies design
Realistic blue-grey design of an elephant, tiger, panda and rhinoceros heads stacked beneath a full moon, with black ink drips down the lower edge.
Stacked animal heads with a full moon
Black and white ornamental drawing of an elephant head filled with swirls, dots and paisley-like patterns, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Ornamental elephant head line drawing
Black line drawing of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha framed by an ornate mandala and resting on a lotus, a flash design suited to a larger back or chest piece.
Ganesha with mandala and lotus design
Black and white engraved design of an elephant-headed deity with an ornate crown, rendered in fine parallel hatching on a white background.
Ganesha elephant head engraving design
Black line flash sheet of six geometric low-poly animals, including a horse, elephant, giraffe, rhinoceros and camel, in Geometric style with no body placement shown.
Geometric animal flash sheet
Two facing elephant line drawings, one blue and one brown, with raised trunks, shown as a fine line tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Two elephants with raised trunks
Coloured drawing of an ornate elephant head with a jewelled headdress, hanging chains and curved tusks, in neo-traditional style flash.
Ornate elephant head design
Black ink flash drawing of an ornate elephant with a paisley and dotwork patterned body, standing on a dotted ground, on a cream background.
Ornate elephant design with paisley body
Line drawing of an elephant with its trunk raised, its body filled with mandala patterns in dusty mauve on a white background.
Mandala-patterned elephant design
Black and white ornate elephant design with swirling scrollwork, florals and geometric detail across its head, ears, trunk and legs, shown as a drawing.
Ornate elephant design in black and white
Black and grey blackwork design of an elephant head with ornate mandala panels, radiating lines and a skull below the trunk, shown as a flash drawing with no placement on the body.
Elephant head with skull and mandala
Drawn flash design of an elephant head with pastel lotus petals above and below, framed by black ink swirls and dot ornaments.
Elephant and lotus flash design
Black ink drawing of the word elephant in hand-drawn lettering, with the letters shaped to form an elephant's body, trunk and legs on a grey background.
Elephant lettering design in black ink
Black and grey drawing of an elephant in profile, filled with intricate mandala and floral patterns, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Ornamental mandala elephant design
Black line drawing of an elephant built from roses, daisies, a peony, lilies and leaves, with leaf-shaped ears and a flower-covered trunk, in a botanical style.
Floral elephant line drawing
Pencil and ink tattoo design sheet showing an elephant head with mandala ornaments, flowers and the words truth, beauty, freedom and love in script.
Elephant head with mandalas and script
Black line drawing of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha wearing an ornate crown, with an om symbol on the forehead and a lotus flower beneath the trunk.
Ganesha with crown and lotus line drawing
Black line drawing of an elephant filled with mandala, paisley and dot patterns, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Mandala-patterned elephant design
Black line drawing of an elephant head covered in ornamental swirls, two roses and a heart with a diamond, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Ornamental elephant head design
Overhead view of many small temporary tattoo designs, including animals, flowers, lettering and simple line motifs, scattered around a silver tin marked SUPER.
Temporary tattoo designs around a metal tin
Pen drawing of an elephant head with dotwork shading and red-accented mandalas on cream paper, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Elephant and mandalas tattoo design
Black ink flash sheet of ornate elephant designs, with a large patterned elephant head, several smaller elephants and a pale blue sheet beside it.
Ornate elephant temporary tattoo sheets
Grid of twenty elephant tattoo designs in tribal, mandala, line and colour styles, each shown with a price and a View tattoo button.
Grid of elephant tattoo designs
Black ink drawing of the deity Ganesha holding a lotus, with dense hatching and ornate detail on white paper, shown as a tattoo-style design.
Ganesha seated pen and ink drawing
Black line drawing of an elephant with mandala patterns across its body and a raised trunk, shown on a mint green background.
Mandala elephant design
Line drawing flash design of an elephant head within a mandala frame, with flowers and dotwork petals, drawn on tracing paper.
Elephant and mandala flash design on tracing paper
Sheet of gold metallic temporary tattoo designs on white, showing an elephant with a mandala, a hamsa hand, a mandala flower and chain-style borders.
Gold metallic temporary tattoo sheet
Teal line drawing of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha wearing an ornate crown, with a raised hand bearing an om symbol, shown as a flash design.
Ganesha head in teal line and wash
Pen sketch of a tattoo design showing an elephant wearing beaded jewellery, framed by lotus flowers and leaves, with no body placement visible.
Elephant and lotus flowers design sketch
Fine line drawing of an ornate elephant head with feathers, a circular medallion, flowers and dotted chains, shown as a tattoo design without a body part visible.
Ornate elephant head with feathers line design
Pencil drawing of an ornately patterned elephant raising its trunk to spray a decorative swirling design, shown as a tattoo flash on grey paper.
Ornate elephant spraying a swirl
Black ink drawing of a hamsa hand with an intricate elephant and lotus pattern filling its outline, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Hamsa hand with elephant in black ink
Pen and watercolour drawing of a small cartoon baby elephant whose trunk sprays a bright blue, pink and purple galaxy with white stars, shown on white paper.
Baby elephant spraying a galaxy
Black ink dotwork drawing of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha within a geometric mandala, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Ganesha mandala dotwork design
Black outline drawing of a standing elephant in profile on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Simple line drawing of an elephant
Traditional style flash sheet showing six colourful cartoon characters, several decorated with red flowers, drawn with bold outlines on a cream background.
Traditional flash sheet of cartoon characters
Black ink line drawing of the deity Ganesha seated on a lotus flower within a patterned mandala halo, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Ganesha and lotus tattoo design
Black line drawing of a mother and baby elephant made from angular geometric lines, with their trunks meeting, on a white background.
Geometric elephant mother and calf line design
Black and grey dotwork drawing of an elephant head inside a hamsa hand frame, with an om symbol, flowers and leaves.
Elephant within a hamsa hand design