Hourglass tattoo ideas

117 photos and flash · 31% Traditional, 26% Realism · Forearm most common

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Hourglass tattoo on the forearm with an ornate grey frame and purple and blue galaxy sand dotted with white stars.
Galaxy hourglass on a forearm
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing large angel wings, a woman's face with a cross on the forehead and an hourglass below.
Winged angel and woman sleeve tattoo
Black and grey realism tattoo of a grim reaper with a scythe, an hourglass filled with coins and cherubs, covering the upper arm.
Grim reaper and hourglass on an upper arm
Black and grey realism sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a sugar skull woman with a rose, an hourglass and a skull.
Sugar skull woman and rose sleeve
Black and grey fine line hourglass tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, photographed against a dark patterned fabric.
Small hourglass tattoo on a wrist
Traditional style flash sheet of many small coloured tattoo designs, including hearts, roses, daggers, pin-ups and animals, all lettered with True Love and framed by TATTOO at the top and bottom.
True Love traditional flash sheet
Black and grey traditional flash design of an hourglass reading TEMPUS FUGIT, with a sailing ship in the top bulb and a skull in the bottom bulb.
Hourglass with skull and ship
Realistic colour tattoo of an hourglass with a glowing amber top bulb and a bare tree in the lower bulb, shown on the upper arm.
Realistic hourglass with bare tree on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of an hourglass with a lit candle in the top bulb and a bare tree in the bottom bulb, on the upper arm.
Realistic hourglass with candle and tree
Neo-traditional style colour tattoo of a winged hourglass with vines and flowers on the upper arm and shoulder, shown in three views.
Hourglass with wings on an upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a winged hourglass beneath an eye in a triangle, surrounded by numbers, on an upper arm and shoulder.
Winged hourglass and eye in triangle on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of seven circular emblems in a vertical column on the inner forearm, including a hammer, a shield with a star and an eagle.
Seven superhero emblems down a forearm
Black linework tattoo flash design of an hourglass, two roses, a pocket watch and scrolling banners reading I wish time was on our side, in a traditional style.
Hourglass, roses and pocket watch flash
Neo-traditional tattoo of an hourglass with a bare tree inside, held by two hands on the upper arm.
Hourglass with dead tree held in hands
Traditional flash design of a winged woman's face above an hourglass, framed by red roses and gold wings, on an aged parchment background.
Winged woman with hourglass and roses
Pencil sketch of an hourglass wrapped in leafy vines and two scroll banners with script, in a botanical tattoo design style.
Hourglass with vines and scroll banners
Black and grey line drawing of an hourglass wrapped in leafy vines, a botanical flash design with no body placement shown.
Hourglass entwined with vines
Black and grey traditional flash sheet of skulls, an eagle, a reaper, a pigeon, a deer head, a sun, and two feathered headdresses, with no placement shown.
Traditional flash sheet in black and grey
Colourful geometric hourglass tattoo with pink, red and green fills and black outlines on the inside of a forearm.
Geometric hourglass on a forearm
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a hooded grim reaper, a winged woman, hourglasses and a skeletal hand, with clouds and a ship on the upper arm.
Grim reaper and winged woman across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of an hourglass with a tree and roots on the upper arm of a person wearing a striped top.
Hourglass and tree on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork hourglass held by a skeletal hand, tattooed on the calf with a bold outline.
Hourglass held by a skeletal hand on a calf
Pencil sketch of a barn owl with spread wings, laurel sprig, arrows and an ornate hourglass, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Owl with wings and hourglass design sketch
Traditional hourglass tattoo with a red flower and black leaves above it and red flames at the sides, on a forearm.
Hourglass and red flower on a forearm
Two small fine line tattoos in black ink on a pair of forearms, an hourglass on the left arm and a computer cursor arrow on the right.
Hourglass and cursor arrow on forearms
Colour traditional tattoo of an hourglass with blue gems, red tulips and teal leaves on the inner forearm.
Hourglass with tulips on a forearm
Pencil sketch of an hourglass with bold black outlines and blue and purple watercolour-style splashes around it, drawn as a tattoo design.
Hourglass with blue and purple splashes
Black and grey realism tattoo of an hourglass with a skull inside and a rose behind it, on the inner forearm.
Hourglass, skull and rose on a forearm
Black ink drawing of an ornate hourglass with mandala patterns, a lotus flower and dotwork shading, drawn on paper beside a black pen.
Ornamental hourglass with lotus design
Black line drawing of a tattoo design with an hourglass, three roses, a pocket watch and banners reading I wish time was on our side, in a traditional style.
Hourglass, roses and pocket watch tattoo design
Fine line hourglass design with mountains, a crescent moon and the words He has made everything beautiful in its time, drawn on white paper beside pens and a phone.
Hourglass and mountains with verse lettering
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a compass rose with scrollwork above a skull on a forearm, with dotwork shading.
Compass rose and skull on a forearm
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, shown from three angles, with roses, a pocket watch, a crown, playing cards and a skull on the upper arm and forearm.
Black and grey full sleeve with roses and pocket watch
Black and grey realism tattoo of an hourglass wrapped in thorned vines and leaves on a forearm, held up towards a camera.
Hourglass and thorned vines on a forearm
Pencil and ink drawing of a neo-traditional hourglass flanked by two roses, a small diamond and scrollwork, drawn on paper beside a pen.
Hourglass and roses tattoo design
Traditional style tattoo on a thigh showing an instant camera, a red rose, pink flowers and an hourglass in a photo frame, with the words Everything and Changes.
Instant camera, rose and hourglass on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo of an hourglass with a red blood drip, the words TO GET YOU OFF MY MIND and a blue flower below, on the forearm.
Hourglass with blood drip and blue flower
Calf tattoo of seven stacked circular emblems in black linework, each with watercolour splashes in red, orange, green, blue and purple.
Stacked emblems with watercolour splashes on a calf
Fine line black hourglass tattoo on the side of a woman's finger, with her hand raised near her lips.
Hourglass tattoo on a finger
Traditional flash sheet of four designs in colour: chess pieces with a rose, a sunset over waves, an hourglass with a skull, and a fox with pine trees, above a BRAND NEW banner.
Traditional flash sheet with rose, fox and hourglass
Sheet of gold, silver and black metallic temporary tattoo designs showing triangles, chevron bands, scale patterns, bubbles and chain lines on a plain background.
Metallic temporary tattoo sheet in gold and silver
Black and grey peony, butterfly and hourglass tattoo across a forearm, shown in four side-by-side photographs.
Peony, butterfly and hourglass forearm sleeve
Black ink drawing of an hourglass with TIME on the top band and KILLS on the bottom band, showing bare and pine trees in the upper bulb and a skull on a mound below.
Hourglass with skull and pine trees
Colour traditional tattoo of an hourglass wrapped in banners reading MORE FUN and LESS FEAR, surrounded by hibiscus flowers and buds on a limb.
Hourglass with banners and flowers
Small fine line tattoo of a bucket and an hourglass on the ankle and top of a foot, with grey shading on the bucket.
Bucket and hourglass on an ankle
Realistic colour tattoo of an hourglass on a forearm, with a lighthouse at sunset in the top bulb and a sailing ship in the bottom bulb.
Hourglass with lighthouse and ship on a forearm
Realistic black widow spider tattoo with red hourglass markings and shaded legs, placed on a shoulder.
Black widow spider on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a compass rose and an hourglass on the outer upper thigh.
Compass rose and hourglass on a thigh