Elephant tattoo ideas

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

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Sketch-style back tattoo of an ornate elephant framed by lotus flowers and roses, with pink watercolour splashes and black linework.
Ornate elephant with lotus and roses on back
Fine line tattoo of two cartoon elephants touching trunks beneath a small red heart, placed on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Two elephants with a red heart on a shoulder blade
Large watercolour-style tattoo across a woman's back showing an elephant with tusks and a woman's face framed by red and pink flowers.
Watercolour elephant and woman across the back
Collage of six colourful watercolour-style tattoos, including a wolf head, a splashed bird across a woman's upper back and shoulder, an elephant on an upper arm, and an orange sun on a man's arm.
Watercolour wolf, bird, elephant and sun tattoos
Two women seen from behind, each with a matching black ink elephant tattoo with ornate patterned detail on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Matching elephant tattoos on two backs
Large realistic grey elephant head tattoo across a person's upper back, with a trunk formed of vertebrae and muted brown tusks.
Elephant head with vertebrae trunk across back
Black and grey fine line elephant with mandala-style patterns on the upper back, with a script quotation tattooed below it.
Ornamental elephant and script quote on upper back
Gold and turquoise metallic temporary tattoo of feathers, elephants and a mandala across a woman's back and upper arm.
Gold and turquoise feather and elephant back design
Black and grey tattoo of an elephant head inside a hamsa hand, filled with mandala and floral ornament, on a lower back.
Elephant hamsa hand with mandala patterns
Black and grey dotwork elephant tattoo filled with mandala patterns, sitting across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Mandala-filled elephant on a upper back
Watercolour style tattoo of an elephant with its trunk raised and a blue wash behind it, placed on a person's upper back.
Watercolour elephant on upper back
Black and grey realistic tattoo of two adult elephants and three young walking in a line across the upper back, with stippled shading.
Elephant family walking across upper back
Two people seen from behind on a beach, each with a metallic silver or gold elephant design on the shoulder and a metallic band on the upper arm.
Metallic elephant tattoos on two shoulders
Black and grey ornate elephant tattoo with intricate patterned detailing on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Ornate elephant on a shoulder blade
Blue and black mandala-patterned elephant tattoo across the upper back of a woman seen from behind.
Mandala elephant on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of an elephant on long, spindly legs across the upper back of a woman seen from behind.
Surreal elephant on upper back
Black line tattoo of an ornamental elephant head with mandala-style patterns and dangling tassels across the upper back.
Ornamental elephant head on upper back
Black linework tattoo of an elephant head framed by mandala-style ornaments and dotted chains, placed in the centre of the upper back.
Elephant head with mandala ornament on upper back
Small solid black elephant tattoo with raised trunk on the upper back near the shoulder blade, in a blackwork style.
Small elephant tattoo on upper back
A cartoon baby elephant with pink cheeks and a blue daisy in its trunk, tattooed in black outline and colour on the upper back near the neck.
Baby elephant holding a daisy on upper back
Two people with matching multicoloured watercolour-style elephant and calf tattoos on their upper backs near the shoulder blades.
Matching watercolour elephants on two backs
Black and grey photo of an ornate elephant tattoo with its trunk raised, placed on the upper back of a woman seen from behind with her hair tied up.
Ornate elephant on upper back
Black ink elephant with an ornate patterned fill and small birds flying above it, tattooed across a person's upper back.
Patterned elephant with birds on the back
Colour tattoo of the deity Ganesha seated on a pink lotus across the upper back, in a neo-traditional style with bold outlines.
Ganesha on a lotus across a woman's back
Small black outline elephant tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder blade, photographed from behind with hair tied in a ponytail.
Small elephant tattoo on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant herd walking across a savanna on a person's upper back.
Elephant herd on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of an elephant with its trunk raised and a swirling ornament, with patterned detailing on its body, placed on the middle of a person's back.
Ornate elephant with raised trunk on the back
Black ink tattoo of an ornately patterned elephant with a yin yang on its head, across the upper back of a person wearing a pink open-back top.
Ornate elephant with yin yang on upper back
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
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
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 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
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 dotwork tattoo of two adult elephants leading three calves in a line across the upper back.
Elephant family walking across the upper back
Black outline elephant tattoo with a patterned headdress and orange flowers across the shoulder and upper back.
Elephant and orange flowers on a shoulder
Small black blackwork elephant tattoo with ornate patterned fill on the upper back, near the neck, in a black and white photo.
Patterned elephant on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of an adult elephant and calf above the script name Sophia, on the upper back near the neck.
Elephant and calf with script name on upper back
Small fine line elephant tattoo with a raised trunk and three birds flying from it, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Small elephant and birds on upper back
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 ornamental elephant head tattoo with paisley and mandala patterns on the upper back of a woman with wavy blonde hair.
Ornate elephant head on upper back
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
Black and grey shaded Ganesha tattoo wearing an ornate crown, placed across the lower back.
Ganesha portrait on the lower back
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
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