Elephant tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realism elephant tattoo with a dotwork mandala and sunflowers on an upper arm.
Elephant with mandala and sunflowers on upper arm
Sketch-style elephant tattoo wearing a feather headdress, with teal and red accents, on the upper arm and shoulder of a woman.
Elephant in a feather headdress on the upper arm
Realism tattoo of an elephant facing forward with two red roses, placed on the front of a thigh.
Elephant and roses on a thigh
Colour realism portrait tattoo on an upper arm, set in an ornate red and orange circus-style frame with a monkey, an elephant and a peacock, and lettering reading Michael Jackson.
Circus-framed portrait tattoo on upper arm
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
Upper arm tattoo with a grey shaded elephant head framed by a red rose, a yellow rose and dark roses, in a neo-traditional style.
Elephant and roses on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on an upper arm, with a linework elephant, repeating tessellated shapes and a circle within flowing outlines.
Dotwork elephant and tessellation sleeve
Black and grey elephant head tattoo with a mandala and daisies across the upper arm and shoulder.
Elephant head with mandala and daisies on upper arm
Sketch-style grey elephant tattoo with red and orange balloons, spanning the shoulder and upper arm.
Elephant with balloons on upper arm
Black line-work tattoo of an elephant on the upper arm, with a small red heart on its body.
Line-work elephant on upper arm
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
Colour tattoo of the cartoon elephant Dumbo with large pink ears and blue eyes, outlined in black, on an upper arm.
Dumbo the elephant on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant head with a lotus mandala above and sunflowers at the sides, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Elephant and lotus mandala on upper arm
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 ink elephant tattoo with patterned fill on an upper arm, beside a small outline elephant tattoo on a wrist, in blackwork and fine line styles.
Two matching elephant tattoos on arms
Two people seen from behind on a beach, each with a metallic elephant tattoo on the shoulder blade, and the woman also wearing a silver patterned armband tattoo.
Metallic elephant tattoos on two backs
Colour tattoo of a blue Ganesha with a jewelled headdress and an om symbol on its trunk, placed on an upper arm.
Blue Ganesha on upper arm
Black ink tattoo on the upper arm showing a savanna scene with elephants, a giraffe and trees above an inverted city skyline.
Savanna and city skyline on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an elephant facing the viewer, with tusks, wrinkled trunk and grass at the base, covering the upper arm.
Realistic elephant portrait on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an ornamental elephant head with circles and fine lines, on an upper arm.
Ornamental elephant head with geometric lines
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
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
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 linework tattoo of a sitting cartoon elephant raising its trunk toward three outlined hearts, with pink and teal watercolour washes, on an upper arm.
Sketchy elephant with hearts on an upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of an elephant outline lying along a long, thin line, on the inner upper arm.
Single-line elephant on inner upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha wearing an ornate jewelled crown, with red accents on the trunk and forehead, on an upper arm.
Ganesha portrait on upper arm
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 ink tattoo of an elephant covered in mandala, paisley and floral patterns on the upper arm.
Ornate elephant on upper arm
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 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 fine line tattoo of an elephant inside a long snake-like outline on the upper arm, with a grey t-shirt sleeve above.
Fine line elephant in a snake outline on upper arm
Black tribal-style elephant tattoo with its trunk raised, placed on the upper arm of a person in a white top.
Tribal elephant on an upper arm
Two geometric tattoos on skin: a blue and purple panda with faceted outlines on the shoulder, and a black line-work origami-style elephant on the upper arm.
Geometric panda and elephant tattoos on the upper arm
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing butterflies, a daisy, a woman's face, elephants on a savanna and leopard spots.
Black and grey realism sleeve with savanna and leopard
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 sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, featuring a sunflower, a rose, a lotus and an ornate elephant head with mandala detailing.
Sunflower, rose and elephant arm sleeve
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of an elephant head with splashes of blue, yellow, orange and green on the upper arm.
Watercolour elephant head on upper arm
Colourful elephant tattoo with watercolour splashes and dark linework covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Elephant with watercolour splashes on upper arm
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 and grey realistic tattoo of three elephants walking in a line across the upper arm, trunks raised.
Three elephants on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of two elephants among blue foliage with pink lilies near the shoulder, on an upper arm, in a loose watercolour-like style.
Elephants and lilies on an upper arm sleeve
Greyscale realism tattoo of the Hindu deity Ganesha with red accents, wearing an ornate jewelled crown, on an upper arm.
Ganesha portrait on upper arm
Solid black tattoo of an Om symbol combined with an elephant head shape, shown in bold brush-like linework on the upper arm.
Om symbol with elephant head on upper arm
Black fine line geometric elephant tattoo made of angular facets, on the upper arm of a person wearing a floral patterned sleeve.
Geometric elephant on an upper arm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a front-facing African elephant with tusks and trunk, covering the upper arm.
Realistic elephant on upper arm
Single-colour blue linework tattoo of a geometric elephant with patterned fills and small flowers, on the upper arm.
Outlined elephant with flowers on an arm