Elephant tattoo ideas

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

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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
Cartoon baby elephant holding a daisy, a fine line tattoo with soft grey shading and small lilac accents on the upper back.
Baby elephant holding a daisy
Colour tattoo of a cartoon elephant holding a bunch of balloons inscribed with first names, on the outer thigh.
Cartoon elephant with name balloons on a thigh
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a family of elephants walking across the inner upper arm, with shaded trunks and bodies.
Elephant family walking across an upper arm
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
Black and grey line tattoo of a geometric elephant head with broad ears and tusks on the outer thigh, above a black garment.
Geometric elephant head on a thigh
Small cartoon baby elephant tattoo with its trunk raised, sketched in black linework with blue and purple watercolour splashes, on the inner forearm.
Baby elephant on a forearm
Fine line black outline of a small elephant tattoo on a person's lower abdomen, just above the waistband of their jeans.
Small elephant outline on the lower abdomen
Fine line black tattoo of a small cartoon elephant on the side of an ankle, with a blue sandal strap across the foot.
Small elephant outline on an ankle
Close-up of an ornate elephant head tattoo with floral and mandala-like patterns, a small star and a lotus flower, on the side of a person's ribs.
Ornate elephant head tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey shaded Ganesha tattoo wearing an ornate crown, placed across the lower back.
Ganesha portrait on the lower back
Black line drawing of an elephant filled with floral and mandala-style patterns, styled as a tattoo flash design.
Patterned elephant line drawing
Black and grey mandala-style elephant tattoo across the upper back, with a lotus pattern on its head and ornate patterned ears.
Mandala elephant on upper back
Grey shaded realism tattoo of a young elephant raising its trunk towards a sprig of leaves, on the lower back.
Elephant raising a branch on the lower back
Fine line black tattoo of an infinity symbol with a solid elephant in one loop, the word love in script and small birds, on the forearm.
Infinity symbol with elephant and love script
Black silhouette tattoo of three elephants in descending size, with trunks linked, on pale skin.
Three elephants in silhouette
Black ink tattoo of an elephant covered in mandala, paisley and floral patterns on the upper arm.
Ornate elephant on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a jewelled elephant with a peacock feather and eye on a limb, set against orange and yellow shading.
Elephant and peacock feather tattoo
Black and grey shaded elephant tattoo on the side of a bare foot, with a beaded cord bracelet on the other ankle.
Elephant tattoo on a foot
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
Fine line outline of an elephant in pale ink on the inner wrist, shown above a hand held in a loose fist with painted nails.
Small elephant outline on the inner wrist
Black outline tattoo of three elephants walking in a row, each smaller than the last, on the forearm.
Three elephants walking in a line
Black and grey elephant tattoo with dense ornamental patterning and realistic shading on the outer thigh.
Ornate elephant on a thigh
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
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
Colour tattoo of an adult elephant and calf decorated with floral patterns and leaves on the forearm.
Elephant and calf with floral patterns
Black and grey tattoo of three ornately patterned elephants walking in a line, with trunks linked, across the upper back.
Three patterned elephants walking across a back
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
Fine line black tattoo of a small elephant raising its trunk towards three solid hearts, placed on the lower leg above the ankle.
Elephant and hearts near the ankle
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an elephant head with an ornate headdress on the middle finger of a hand.
Ornate elephant head on a finger
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 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
Small fine line elephant tattoo with floral patterns and a soft rainbow watercolour wash, on the inner forearm.
Outlined elephant with rainbow wash on forearm
Black linework elephant tattoo with floral and mandala patterns filling its body, placed on the thigh.
Ornate elephant on a thigh
Black ink tattoo of an ornate elephant covered in mandala-style patterns, on the inner upper arm.
Ornate mandala elephant on an upper arm
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
Colour tattoo of an ornately patterned elephant with its trunk raised, placed on the forearm in a traditional style.
Ornate elephant on a forearm
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
Fine line outline of a small elephant tattoo in black ink on the side of a person's ribs, below a black bandeau top.
Small elephant outline on the ribs
Fine line outline tattoo of two elephants with trunks touching, on the side of a bare torso near the ribs.
Two elephants tattoo on the side ribs
Triptych of a black and grey elephant tattoo with red roses, a dahlia and a lotus on the lower leg, in a neo-traditional style with shading.
Elephant with roses and dahlia on a calf
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 grey photograph of a small shaded elephant tattoo with a tiny bird above its trunk, on the side of the ribs.
Small elephant tattoo on the ribs
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
Small fine line outline tattoo of an elephant with its trunk raised to a red filled heart, on the top of a foot near the toes.
Elephant holding a heart on the top of a foot
Black fine line tattoo of an elephant with a raised trunk on a pale area of skin.
Minimal elephant line tattoo on skin
Colour tattoo of a pink Ganesha elephant head with a gold ornate crown and a raised hand marked with an Om symbol, placed on the shoulder.
Pink Ganesha with raised hand
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an ornate mandala-patterned elephant with hanging dot chains on the outer thigh.
Mandala elephant on the thigh