Elephant tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey geometric elephant head tattoo with patterned ears, tusks and trunk, shown on bare skin.
Geometric elephant head tattoo
Black ink tattoo of a cute cartoon baby elephant decorated with mandala-style patterns, shown in close-up on a limb.
Mandala-patterned baby elephant tattoo
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an elephant with a raised trunk on the side of the ribs.
Minimal elephant line tattoo on ribs
Black linework tattoo of an ornamental elephant with coral flowers on the side of the ribs.
Ornate elephant with coral flowers on ribs
Fine line black outline tattoo of a small elephant on the inner wrist, photographed with the hand raised against a pale sky.
Small elephant outline on a wrist
Fine line elephant outline tattoo in pale ink on a woman's upper back, with a small script tattoo on her hand.
Small elephant outline on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an elephant-headed figure with an ornate crown on a finger of a hand.
Elephant-headed figure on a finger
Realistic colour tattoo of an animal eye with a vertical pupil, showing a savanna scene with an elephant and trees reflected inside, on a forearm.
Animal eye with savanna scene on forearm
A small sketch-style cartoon elephant tattoo with purple and blue watercolour splashes on the inner forearm.
Cartoon elephant on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of three small elephants in pink, green and blue on the forearm, with a gloved hand holding the arm.
Three small elephants on a forearm
Small black outline tattoo of a cartoon elephant with its trunk curled and one front leg raised, on the ankle.
Small outline elephant on an ankle
Colourful tattoo of an elephant covered in swirl patterns, with a pink and orange flower and the script words Forever With No Exchanges, shown on skin.
Swirl-patterned elephant with script
Fine line black outline tattoo of a mother elephant and calf with trunks linked, on the inner wrist.
Mother and calf elephants on a wrist
Fine line black outline tattoo of an elephant with its trunk raised and three small hearts above it, on the side of a ribcage.
Small elephant and hearts on ribs
Small black-outlined elephant with grey shading reaching up to a pink heart balloon, tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Elephant holding a pink heart balloon
Large black linework back tattoo of an elephant in an ornate headdress, with feathers, lotus flowers and a filigree panel, in a botanical style across the back.
Elephant and lotus back piece
Black and grey tattoo of a decorated elephant with its trunk raised, in a traditional style, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Ornate elephant on upper back
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
Black and white photo of a fine line outline elephant tattoo on the inner wrist, with the hand raised above it.
Small elephant outline on the inner wrist
Black and grey mandala-style elephant tattoo on the outer thigh, with dotted and geometric patterns filling the head, ears and body.
Mandala elephant on a thigh
Sketch-style black and grey elephant head with pale blue triangles and water droplets, tattooed on a person's ribs.
Geometric elephant head on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of an elephant with an obelisk on its back and long spindly legs, sitting on the front of a thigh.
Elephant with obelisk on thigh
Back view of a person with long wavy hair, showing a small black fine line outline of an elephant tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder.
Small elephant outline on upper back
Black ink ornamental elephant tattoo with mandala patterns and a curled trunk on the inside of a forearm, photographed against gravel.
Ornate elephant mandala on a forearm
Black ornamental elephant tattoo with a lotus flower and mandala-style patterns across the side of the ribs.
Ornate elephant with lotus on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant with its trunk raised, shown on a limb.
Elephant with raised trunk
Black and grey realism back tattoo of an owl, gorilla, frog, leopard, elephant and giraffe covering the full back.
Animal collage across a back in black and grey
Black linework tattoo of an elephant with its trunk raised and a patterned blanket on its back, sitting on the lower abdomen beside a navel piercing.
Patterned elephant with raised trunk on the abdomen
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 and grey realism tattoo of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha with an ornate headdress on the back of a hand, holding two black pencils.
Ganesha tattoo on the back of a hand
Realism colour tattoo of an adult elephant and calf walking through green grass across a man's upper arm.
Elephant family on an upper arm
Small black and grey fine line tattoo of an elephant with its trunk raised, on the calf.
Small elephant tattoo on a calf
Black ink tattoo of two elephants walking in single file across the thigh, with intricate patterned linework filling their bodies.
Two ornate elephants walking on a thigh
Grey ornamental elephant tattoo with a pink lotus at the raised trunk, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Ornate elephant with lotus on upper back
Back view of a woman with her hair in a half-up ponytail, showing a small black fine line elephant tattoo on her upper back.
Small elephant outline on upper back
Black and grey blackwork elephant tattoo with intricate patterned panels on the side of the ribs, with a navel piercing visible nearby.
Ornate elephant on the ribs
Fine line tattoo of two small outlined elephants with trunks touching to form a heart, on the side of the ribs.
Two small elephants on the ribs
Black fine line tattoo of an elephant with a raised trunk and a small curved shape beside it, on the upper chest.
Fine line elephant on the upper chest
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate elephant head inside a circular mandala on the forearm, in a fine line and dotwork style.
Ornate elephant head with mandala on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant with a raised trunk and mandala patterns on its body, on an upper arm.
Ornate elephant on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two adult elephants leading three calves in a line across the upper back.
Elephant family walking across the upper back
Colour tattoo of a cartoon baby elephant reading a red book with musical notes above its trunk, on the top of a foot.
Baby elephant reading a book on a foot
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
Small solid black elephant silhouette tattoo on the lower abdomen beside the waistband of open jeans, worn under a pink top.
Small elephant silhouette on the hip
Black outline tattoo of two elephants touching trunks with a small red heart, above Roman numerals, on the lower leg.
Two elephants with red heart on a limb
Upper arm tattoo of a solid red faceted elephant and outlined geometric elephant shapes, with red and blue watercolour splashes.
Geometric elephant and watercolour splashes on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha wearing an ornate crown, across the back of a hand holding two pencils.
Ganesha portrait on the back of a hand