Hatching tattoo ideas

59 photos and flash · 36% Geometric, 27% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black and grey crossed fingers tattoo in an engraved, hatched style on the upper arm, with a floral tattoo visible on the forearm below.
Crossed fingers on the upper arm
Black and grey tree with exposed roots and hand-lettered quote tattooed on the side of the ribs, above hatched ground lines.
Bare tree with lettered quote on ribs
Black linework tattoo of a stylised horned figure with a web-like pattern of swirls and hatching on the inner upper arm.
Horned figure outline on upper arm
Black fine line tattoo of a chick hatching from a cracked egg, overlapped by a triangle and circle, on the inner forearm.
Hatching chick with geometric outline on forearm
Blackwork tribal-style tattoo with spirals and hatched fills covering a leg from the upper calf down towards the ankle.
Black tribal pattern down a leg
Black line drawing of a lotus bloom with leaves above a crescent moon mandala, in a botanical and geometric style, shown without a body placement.
Lotus and crescent mandala design
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of stripes wrapping around a forearm in an optical illusion, with a dotwork spiral pattern on the arm above.
Striped optical wrap on forearm
Black ink drawing of a vintage diving helmet built from geometric hatched facets, being shaded by a hand with a marker on white paper.
Geometric diving helmet sketch
Pen drawing of a lion head built from angular geometric facets and hatched lines, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Geometric lion head line drawing
Black and grey traditional rose tattoo inside a hatched diamond shape on an upper arm.
Traditional rose within a hatched diamond
Black and grey hatched drawing of an eye inside a cloud-shaped diamond, a flash design on paper with no body placement shown.
Eye within clouds in a diamond shape
Black and grey ink flash design of a skull resting in a curved shell-like form, framed by wheat sprigs, with the word Virgo and a quotation beneath it.
Skull and wheat sprigs in a shell, Virgo design
Black ink drawing of an ornate capital letter R with hatched shading and curling flourishes on white paper, with fineliner pens beside it.
Ornamental letter R pen drawing
Black and grey photo of a bold blackwork tribal tattoo covering a shoulder and upper arm, with a swirl and chevron bands.
Bold tribal band on a shoulder
Black ink drawing of a sun with a face and a crescent moon with a face, a tattoo design in engraved-style linework with dotwork and hatching.
Sun and crescent moon design
Black and grey geometric mountain range tattoo wrapping around the outer thigh, with hatched peaks and light grey shading.
Mountain range band on a thigh
Black and grey geometric armband tattoo with chevrons and triangles wrapping the forearm near the elbow.
Geometric armband tattoo on forearm
Fine line black tattoo of mountains, a crescent moon, stars and leafy sprigs inside an oval on the inner forearm.
Mountains, moon and leaves on a forearm
Black and grey peony and rose tattoos on a forearm, with a shaded circular motif between them, viewed with a person wearing a white printed top and black trousers.
Peony and rose on a forearm
Fine line engraved-style drawing in gold on black showing mountains, a sun and scattered stars inside a circular frame, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Mountain landscape in a circle with sun and stars
Black and grey tattoo on the upper arm of a stylised face built from dense woven hatching, framed by heavy black brushstroke shading.
Stylised face portrait in black hatching on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a curled, striped animal inside a circle on a thigh, with a fine line rose partly visible below.
Striped animal curled in a circle on a thigh
Pencil drawing of a tribal-style design with a blank central circle, flanked by swirling bands filled with hatched and chevron patterns, shown on a plain background.
Tribal-style circle design in pencil
Black tribal band design on a white background, with a stylised face and spiral patterns on the left, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement visible.
Tribal band design with face motif
Black fine line tattoo of a white rabbit running through hatched clouds and grass on the upper arm, with a dark sign in the background.
Running rabbit and clouds on upper arm
Two forearms joined by an abstract cubist tattoo of two faces, a wine glass and red script reading happiness is only real when shared, in black, grey and red ink with ochre accents.
Cubist faces across two forearms
Small black fine line semicolon tattoo with a veined, hatched fill on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Small semicolon tattoo on the wrist
Black and grey geometric honeycomb tattoo of hexagons covering the backs of both calves, shading from solid black at the centre to open outlines at the edges.
Hexagon honeycomb pattern on both calves
Black ink drawing of a geometric mountain filled with hatched triangles and a row of pine trees along the base, in the Geometric style.
Geometric mountain with pine trees
Hand-drawn design of an oval gemstone shaded pink and violet with white highlights, set within a grey and black hatched scalloped border.
Pink and blue gemstone in a hatched scalloped frame
Black ink drawing of a geometric feather design with hatched and stippled panels, shown on plain cream paper with no body placement.
Geometric feather design in black ink
Black and white flash design of a tribal sun face surrounded by spirals, chevrons and bold curved blackwork shapes, with no body part shown.
Polynesian-style sun face and spiral design
Black ink drawing of a compass rose inside a pocket watch case with a calligraphic quote beside it, shown as a tattoo design.
Compass in a pocket watch case with quote
Small black fine line tattoo of mountain peaks with hatched shading on the outer ankle, shown on a bare foot raised against a pale wall.
Small mountain peaks on an ankle
Black and grey line drawing of a Polynesian-style spiral ornament design with hatched fill on a white background.
Polynesian-style spiral ornament design
Black Polynesian-style tribal tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder, with bold triangles, bands and fine hatched fills.
Polynesian tribal upper arm and shoulder
Black ink sketch of a stylised three-dimensional block letter with diagonal hatched shading and small bubbles, drawn as a tattoo design in a lettering style.
3D block letter with hatched shading and bubbles
Black ink drawing of a cat's head with pointed ears and a white muzzle, filled with geometric hatching and suited to a design for a tattoo.
Geometric cat head drawing
Blackwork tribal bands of triangles and hatched lines on a forearm, with the hand resting under the chin beside it.
Geometric blackwork bands on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a cheerful baby dragon hatching from a cracked egg, with its wings forming a heart shape and a small butterfly nearby.
Baby dragon hatching with heart-shaped wings
Red and cream woodcut-style drawing of a top hat with the words WE ARE ALL MAD HERE lettered across its crown, with radiating lines either side.
We are all mad here top hat
Black fine-line tattoo of a map-like network of crossing lines and hatched areas across a hand and forearm.
Fine black linework map across a hand and forearm
Black and grey sketch of a Batman-style cowl with cross-hatched shading, fading into loose ink splatters on a white background.
Batman mask in ink splatter sketch
Black and grey geometric rhino tattoo made of hatched triangular facets, sitting on the ribs of a bare torso.
Geometric rhino on the ribs
Black ink flash drawing of a tall tree beside hatched mountains inside a diamond frame, in a fine line botanical style with no body placement shown.
Tree and mountain landscape in a diamond frame
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a mountain range in fine outline with solid black pine trees along the lower edge, on an upper arm.
Mountain range and pine forest on the upper arm
Black line drawing of a five-petalled flower filled with swirls, dots and hatching, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Five-petal flower tattoo design
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a pine forest, birds and a swallow across the upper arm and shoulder, shown in three photographs.
Pine forest, birds and swallow on upper arm