Elephant tattoo ideas

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

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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
Black and grey realism style elephant head with a jewelled headdress and lotus flower on a thigh, set on a dotted mandala.
Elephant and lotus on a thigh
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
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 ornamental elephant tattoo with dotwork and mandala-style patterns across the upper back of a woman with blonde hair.
Ornate elephant on upper back
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 and grey dotwork tattoo of a long-legged elephant carrying a stack of cubes on its back, on the outer calf.
Elephant with stacked cubes on a calf
Black and grey fine line elephant head in profile inside a circle, with geometric lines and dotted circles, on the upper arm.
Elephant head in a geometric circle on upper arm
Small black and grey dotwork elephant head tattoo on the inner wrist, with stippled shading on the ears and head.
Elephant head on the inner wrist
Black and grey dotwork elephant head with a mandala-style ornament above and hanging beaded drops below, tattooed on a forearm.
Ornate elephant head on a forearm
Black and grey realism and dotwork elephant tattoo with a lotus mandala above and sunflowers on the upper arm.
Elephant with lotus mandala on upper arm
Black ink mandala-style elephant tattoo on the upper back, near the shoulder blade, with a person's long wavy hair falling across the shoulder.
Mandala elephant on a shoulder blade
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 and grey ornamental elephant tattoo with dense dotwork patterns on the outer thigh, worn by a person in denim shorts.
Ornate elephant tattoo on thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an ornate mandala-patterned elephant with hanging dot chains on the outer thigh.
Mandala elephant on the thigh
Blue ink tattoo of an ornamental elephant with swirling patterns and dotted accents on skin, in a dotwork-influenced style.
Blue ornate elephant with swirls
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 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 blackwork elephant with a lotus mandala above it, tattooed on the upper arm, with dotwork shading beneath.
Elephant and lotus on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork elephant tattoo with paisley and mandala ornament covering the calf.
Ornamental elephant on a calf
Black and grey geometric elephant head tattoo with dotwork shading, centred across the upper back.
Geometric elephant head on upper back
Black and grey dotwork elephant head tattoo with mandala-style patterns across a person's upper back.
Ornamental elephant head across upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two adult elephants and three calves walking in a line across the upper back.
Elephant family walking across upper back
Three side-by-side photos of a forearm covered in black dotwork and geometric tattoos, with mandala patterns and an elephant head in the third panel.
Mandala and elephant forearm tattoos in three views
Black and grey ornamental elephant head tattoo with lotus flowers and a dotted arc, placed on the upper thigh.
Ornamental elephant head with lotus on thigh
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 and grey dotwork tattoo of an elephant head with raised trunk over a geometric mandala, on the upper arm.
Dotwork elephant with geometric mandala on upper arm
Black linework drawing of an elephant covered in mandala and paisley-style patterns, shown as a flash design.
Mandala-patterned elephant design
Black and grey Traditional style elephant tattoo with patterned paisley and swirl details on a person's lower back.
Ornate elephant on the lower back
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 grey ornamental elephant tattoo with a lotus above its head, in mandala-style linework, on the outer thigh.
Ornate elephant and lotus on a thigh
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
Black and grey tattoo of the Hindu deity Ganesha merged with the Om symbol, with ornamental patterned shading, on the upper back or nape of the neck.
Ganesha and Om symbol on the upper back
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an ornamental elephant head with dotwork patterns on the inner forearm, set against a red wash.
Ornamental elephant head on inner forearm
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 tattoo of an ornamental elephant with its trunk raised and a swirl of spray above it, placed on a person's upper back and shown from behind.
Ornamental elephant on upper back
Black ink tattoo of an adult elephant and a calf holding trunks, both filled with mandala and floral patterns, on the side of a person's ribs.
Mandala elephants walking on the ribs
Black and grey Ganesha elephant tattoo with ornate mandala detailing on a forearm, with a second dotwork mandala tattoo on the arm below.
Ganesha elephant and mandala forearm tattoo
Small black and grey dotwork elephant head tattoo on the side of a finger, with red painted nails visible.
Small elephant head on a finger
Black dotwork tattoo of an ornate elephant shaped like a hot air balloon across a woman's shoulder blade and upper back.
Elephant hot air balloon on shoulder blade
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a front-facing elephant head with a cube, triangles and dotwork halo, on a forearm.
Elephant head with geometric linework
Black and grey flash design of an elephant-headed Ganesha within an ornate mandala, with a vertical line of Hindi script below.
Ganesha head in mandala with Hindi text
Black and grey elephant head tattoo with a lotus mandala above it, on the inner forearm.
Elephant and mandala on a forearm
Black and grey full arm sleeve tattoo of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha wearing an ornate crown, surrounded by paisley and mandala patterns, on the upper arm and forearm.
Ganesha and ornamental full arm sleeve
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an elephant head within a geometric mandala frame on the ankle.
Elephant head in geometric frame on an ankle