Engraving tattoo ideas

27 photos and flash · 22% Realism, 11% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black and red anatomical heart tattoo in a vintage engraving style, with diagram labels and Fig 37 lettering, on a area of torso skin.
Anatomical heart tattoo in engraving style
Back view of both legs with a black and grey woodcut-style tattoo of a sailing ship on the sea beneath clouds and sunrays, running from the thighs to the calves, in a Blackwork style.
Woodcut-style ship scene on both legs
Black and grey engraving-style anatomical heart tattoo with numbered labels and fig. 4 caption on the inner forearm, shown in three black and white photographs.
Anatomical heart tattoo on the inner forearm
Black and white engraved design of an elephant-headed deity with an ornate crown, rendered in fine parallel hatching on a white background.
Ganesha elephant head engraving design
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of a coffee mug with curling steam, reading Death Before Decaf, on an arm.
Coffee mug reading Death Before Decaf
Black and grey wolf head tattoo with scrolling leaf foliage on the thigh, drawn in fine engraved-style hatching.
Wolf head with foliage on thigh
Black and grey vintage engraved octopus tattoo on the upper arm of a woman with blonde hair and a white lace top.
Vintage octopus on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals on a forearm, set over faded cursive script and a heartbeat line.
Pocket watch and heartbeat line on a forearm
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a grey pistol with a pink bow, shaded in greys and placed on the side of the hip.
Pistol with pink bow on hip
Black and grey anatomical heart tattoo in an engraved style on the centre of a person's upper chest, with small labelled text beside it.
Anatomical heart tattoo on the chest
Black ink tattoo of a stag-headed man in a long coat holding a cane, in an engraved hatched style, on the inner forearm.
Stag-headed gentleman on a forearm
Black and grey drawing of a skull built from US dollar bill engraving, with a pyramid eye, ornate scrollwork and the word HATE across the teeth.
Dollar bill skull design
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on a forearm and upper arm, showing a storybook scene with a rabbit-like figure and a top-hatted character among other engraved details.
Storybook sleeve with rabbit and top-hatted figure
Two matching black and grey dotwork tattoos of curled animals with flowers, one on each calf.
Matching curled animals with flowers on calves
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of a smiling crescent moon, clouds and stars in a circle on the forearm.
Crescent moon and clouds on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hand holding a reflective sphere that shows a seated man in a room, on the back of a bald head.
Reflecting sphere tattoo on the back of the head
Black and white engraved design of a face split down the middle inside a rope-twist circle, with Valar Morghulis and Valar Dohaeris lettering around the edge.
Split face emblem with Valar Morghulis lettering
Black ink engraving of an anatomical heart with vessels, wrapped in several snakes with detailed scales, shown as a standalone design on a cream background.
Anatomical heart entwined with snakes
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of an open palm diagram surrounded by French text on the forearm.
Palmistry hand and French text on an arm
Black and grey photograph of a back and arms covered in an antique world map tattoo, with globe-like hemispheres over the shoulders and engraved continents across the back.
Antique world map tattoo across back and arms
Black and grey fine line forearm tattoo of a compass rose, a sailing ship and an ornate cartouche with lettering, with a small globe near the wrist.
Compass rose, ship and cartouche on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoos of four male portrait heads on the fingers of a hand, with a small outlined triangle on the middle finger.
Four portrait heads and a triangle on fingers
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a tree in a circle, an engraved hand and printed French text in a vintage style.
Vintage engraving sleeve with tree and hand
Black and grey engraved skull tattoo on a woman's upper arm near the shoulder, with a white vest top and layered necklace visible.
Engraved skull tattoo on upper arm
Realistic black and grey tattoo of an open pocket watch with Roman numerals and engraved scrollwork on the forearm.
Pocket watch with Roman numerals on a forearm
Black and green flash design of an engraved brain merging into circuit board traces with root-like lines, drawn on a white background.
Brain and circuit board design
Back view of a person with a densely tattooed back and arms, featuring a large grey hexagon, a crested eagle and engraved-style vintage motifs in realism style.
Full back tattoo with hexagon and eagle crest