Elephant tattoo ideas

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

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Five temporary tattoo designs on white squares: a black lotus, a magenta elephant above Námáste script, a black Om symbol, a black circle with a white Om, and magenta Námáste lettering.
Lotus, elephant and Om temporary tattoo designs
Black line drawing of an elephant head wearing a feathered headdress, with a medallion, flowers and dotted chains, shown as a tattoo design on a cream background.
Elephant head with feathers and dotted chains
Sheet of gold, silver and pink metallic temporary tattoo designs, including an elephant, a dreamcatcher, a heart, a rose and mandalas.
Gold and pink temporary tattoo sheet
Brown ink drawing of an elephant filled with intricate floral, dotted and lattice patterns, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornamental elephant design in brown ink
Collage of stylised animal designs on a white background, including red ornamental birds, owls, black swans, elephants, pink cranes and multicoloured giraffes.
Collage of stylised animal line art designs
Black ink drawing of an elephant head filled with geometric patterns, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Geometric elephant head design
Line drawing of an elephant head filled with mandala and paisley patterns in blue and purple gradient ink, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Ornate mandala elephant head design
Pencil and dotwork drawing of a hamsa hand with the face of Ganesha and ornate mandala patterns, a design suitable as a tattoo.
Hamsa hand with Ganesha design
Thin black line drawing of three geometric, origami-style elephants walking in a row, in a Geometric style, on a plain white background.
Three geometric elephants in a row
Black and grey pen drawing of a raised-trunk elephant sitting on a lotus flower, surrounded by zentangle-style floral patterns, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Elephant on a lotus flower design
Black and white line drawing of an elephant head with butterfly wings for ears, framed by daisies and roses, shown as a tattoo design.
Elephant with butterfly wings and flowers
Pencil and ink drawing of an elephant head framed by black dotwork mandalas with red accents, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Elephant and mandala tattoo design
Black ink drawing of a mandala-patterned elephant head above a lotus, with hanging chain and drop details, in a dotwork and geometric style.
Mandala elephant with lotus and hanging chains
Black line drawing of an elephant filled with floral and mandala-style patterns, styled as a tattoo flash design.
Patterned elephant line drawing
Ink line drawing of a baby elephant raising its trunk to hold a balloon on a string, a tattoo design sketch with no body placement shown.
Baby elephant holding a balloon
Line drawing of an elephant with its trunk raised, built from purple, lavender and grey triangular facets, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Geometric elephant design in purple
Black ink pen drawing of an ornate elephant head filled with dotwork and mandala-style patterns, drawn on a sketchbook page; it is a tattoo design, not shown on skin.
Ornate mandala elephant head in pen
Black line flash design of two faceted, origami-style elephants on white paper, suited to a geometric tattoo.
Two geometric origami-style elephants
Black and white line drawing of an elephant head built from dense, decorative swirls, scrolls and fine hatched patterns, shown as a tattoo design on a plain grey background.
Ornate elephant head line art
Black line drawing of an octopus with an elephant-like head and curling tentacles surrounded by wave swirls, shown as tattoo flash on white paper.
Octopus and elephant hybrid line drawing
Collage of black line-art elephant designs, including mandala and origami styles, with a photo of similar elephant tattoos on a lower leg above navy suede loafers.
Elephant tattoo flash collage
Black ink dotwork drawing of an ornate elephant head with lotus flowers and a mandala motif, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Ornate elephant mandala design
Black and white linework tattoo design of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha with multiple arms, set within a mandala and resting on a lotus flower.
Ganesha with mandala and lotus design
Black ink line drawing of a small elephant filled with mandala and zentani-style patterns, surrounded by flowers and leaves, shown as a tattoo design.
Patterned elephant with mandala motifs
Black ink dotwork design of an elephant head wearing a crown, with a radiating dotted mandala and a drop shape below, drawn on pale paper.
Elephant head with dotwork mandala design
Black and grey line drawing of the Hindu deity Ganesha with an ornate crown, earrings and a curled trunk, shown as a tattoo design.
Ganesha head design in black and grey
Black and white line drawing of an elephant head built from a rose, daisies, leaves and blossoms, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Elephant head made of flowers and leaves
Black and grey line drawing of a front-facing elephant covered in ornate geometric patterns, mandalas and tribal motifs, on a white background.
Ornamental elephant design in black ink
Pencil drawing of a Ganesha head within an ornate mandala with dotted chains and teardrop pendants, shown as a tattoo design on paper and not on skin.
Ganesha mandala design in pencil
Black linework drawing of an elephant covered in mandala and paisley-style patterns, shown as a flash design.
Mandala-patterned elephant design
Black ink drawing of a seated elephant with its trunk raised, its body filled with dotwork and blackwork patterns, presented as a tattoo design.
Seated elephant with patterned body
Black and red line drawing of an ornate elephant head filled with floral and mandala patterns, shown on a white background.
Ornate elephant head with floral mandala pattern
Black line flash sheet of ornate paisley motifs, mandala roundels, a lantern, an elephant and a floral border, shown on a white background.
Paisley, mandala and elephant flash sheet
Black ink design of a hamsa hand filled with an elephant, an eye and dotwork patterns, drawn on cream paper.
Hamsa hand with elephant and eye
Pencil sketch of a hamsa-style hand design with an elephant and leaves, drawn on paper on a wooden table.
Hamsa hand with elephant and leaves sketch
Sheet of metallic gold and silver henna-style tattoo designs showing lace bands, an elephant and a mandala flower.
Metallic henna-style temporary tattoo flash sheet
Black line drawing of a tattoo design showing an elephant with feathers, a pocket watch, an anchor and clouds, with a neo-traditional style.
Elephant, pocket watch and anchor design
Black and white drawing of an elephant filled with intricate mandala and floral patterns, in a blackwork style with no placement on the body.
Ornate patterned elephant design
Black and white ink drawing of a front-facing elephant covered in dense geometric tribal patterns, in a design style suited to a tattoo.
Ornamental elephant line drawing
Realistic pencil drawing of an elephant head facing forward, with shaded wrinkles, a small eye, large ears and curved tusks, on a white background.
Elephant head pencil drawing
A grid of twelve flat, outlined flash designs in blue, red, green and light blue, including a snake and dagger, a MOM heart, a skull, a ship and a diamond.
Grid of twelve flat flash designs
Black ink line drawing of a front-facing elephant filled with dense paisley and mandala patterns, a design suited to a fine line tattoo.
Ornate elephant line drawing
Black ink drawing of an ornate elephant head in dotwork and mandala patterns, with a shaded rose in place of the ear, on white paper.
Ornate elephant with rose design
Black line flash design of an ornate elephant filled with mandala and paisley patterns, with three flowers and a small lotus motif on a white background.
Ornate elephant and flowers flash sheet
Fine line ink drawing of a seated elephant whose trunk releases a cluster of butterflies, with the word Always written beside its hind leg.
Elephant blowing butterflies with the word Always
Black ink design of an elephant head formed into a heart shape, filled with dense ornamental patterns on a plain off-white background.
Ornate elephant head in a heart shape
A numbered poster of twenty coloured sugar skull illustrations, with decorative patterns, flowers and a few non-skull motifs, headed 20 Free and Awesome Sugar Skull Graphics.
Twenty sugar skull graphic designs
Black and grey pencil-style drawing of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha standing with an axe and a bowl of sweets, a small mouse at his feet and Sanskrit text below.
Standing Ganesha with mouse and Sanskrit text