Hourglass tattoo ideas

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

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Black line drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design with a pocket watch, an hourglass, three roses, a bird wing and a strand of beads on a cream background.
Pocket watch, hourglass and roses line design
Black and grey pencil drawing of an hourglass made from tree trunks and roots, with a small tree in the lower bulb, shown as a botanical tattoo design.
Hourglass formed from tree trunks
Black line drawing of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing an hourglass, roses, a pocket watch and a banner with lettering, with no body placement shown.
Hourglass, roses and pocket watch flash
Small fine line and dotwork hourglass tattoo with swirls and dots on the inner wrist and forearm, in black ink.
Small hourglass on the inner wrist
Black and grey realistic hourglass tattoo with a skeletal figure and skull, shown across the back.
Hourglass with skull across the back
Small black and grey hourglass tattoo on the inner wrist, shown against a dark patterned fabric in a black and white photo.
Hourglass tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull in an hourglass with a chain and lightning background, on a forearm.
Skull hourglass on a forearm
Red ink sketch of an hourglass, pocket watch and roses above a banner reading MAKE EVERY MOMENT COUNT, in a traditional tattoo flash style.
Hourglass and pocket watch flash design
Traditional-style tattoo on an arm of a hand holding an hourglass, with a yellow rose, green leaves, seed pods and a red background.
Hand holding hourglass with yellow rose
Realism style black and grey tattoo of a winged hourglass with rays, roses and diamonds across the upper back.
Winged hourglass with roses on upper back
Neo-traditional hourglass tattoo on the outer thigh, showing a sunset above and a moon and stars over dotwork sand, inside a black diamond frame.
Hourglass with sunset and night sky on thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hooded grim reaper holding a scythe and hourglass on the upper arm.
Grim reaper with scythe and hourglass on upper arm
Black and grey skull hourglass tattoo with stippled shading and hatched linework on the inner forearm.
Skull hourglass on a forearm
Traditional style flash drawing of an hourglass with a red heart in its sand, a red rose and green leaves, framed by gold scrollwork.
Hourglass, heart and rose design
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an hourglass, rose and leaves with banners reading Time does not heal, on an upper arm.
Hourglass and rose with 'Time does not heal'
Black linework drawing on paper of a tattoo design with a swallow, an hourglass, flower blooms, leaves and dotted beads, with no body part shown.
Swallow, hourglass and flowers design
Colour traditional tattoo of an hourglass filled with skeletons and skulls, beside a red rose and a coffin, on the upper arm, with a swallow tattoo at the edge of the frame.
Hourglass with skeletons and coffin on upper arm
Black and white photograph of a lower leg, foot and hands covered in dark geometric tattoos, with the body resting on grass.
Geometric tattoos on a lower leg and hands
Black and grey hourglass design with dotwork shading, shown as a small temporary tattoo on a finger and on a sheet of temporary tattoos.
Hourglass design with dotwork shading
Colour realism tattoo of an hourglass with a lit candle in the upper bulb and a bare tree in the lower bulb, on the upper arm.
Realistic hourglass with candle and dead tree
Black linework flash sheet on tan paper with designs including a winged key, open book, wand, winged snitch, owl with envelope, sorting hat and hourglass.
Wizarding themed flash sheet
Photograph of a watercolour-style hourglass tattoo with blue, orange and red splashes on a woman's upper back, placed between the shoulder blades.
Watercolour hourglass on upper back
Black and grey two-panel tattoo on an upper arm in an engraved style, showing scales and a solid polyhedron on the left and a skeleton holding an hourglass above a skull on the right.
Two-panel engraving tattoo on an upper arm
Close-up of a hand with a small black geometric tattoo on the side of a finger, wearing gold and silver rings, beside black swimwear with a heart cut-out.
Small finger tattoo beside heart rings
White line drawings of traditional tattoo flash motifs, including an eagle, skulls, a hand, a bear and a skeleton, on a black fabric tapestry hung against a white wall.
Traditional flash sheet on black fabric
Black and grey realistic black widow spider with a red hourglass on a web across a person's upper back, with script lettering reading for time and all eternity and a small rose on the shoulder.
Black widow spider and web across the back
Black linework flash design of an ornate hourglass with a candle inside and a peony, drawn on grey paper.
Hourglass and peony design sketch
Traditional style hourglass tattoo with LIVE FOR TODAY banners, flowers, a skull and a rose across the side of the ribs, in black, grey and pale pink.
Hourglass with banners and skull on ribs
Black and white line drawing of an hourglass with a beach scene inside the lower bulb and the words TIME OF YOUR LIFE on banners, shown on a starry black background.
Hourglass beach scene flash design
Black and white line drawing of a traditional-style hourglass wrapped in a banner, with roses, leaves, beads and clouds around it.
Hourglass with roses and banners
Black line drawing of an owl with spread wings holding an hourglass, with a scroll banner reading Time goes by, life goes on, in a neo-traditional style for a tattoo.
Owl with hourglass and banner design
Black and grey realism tattoos on a woman's thighs, including an ornate hourglass or lantern design on the right thigh and a shaded rose on the hip below a black waistband.
Black and grey thigh tattoos with rose and hourglass
Neo-trad style colour tattoo of a blue-topped hourglass inside gold armillary rings with small stars, on a limb.
Hourglass inside gold armillary rings
Black and grey traditional full arm sleeve in the old school style, with a skull, an hourglass, a dagger, a woman's head and a ship, on an arm worn by a person in a white t-shirt.
Traditional black and grey full sleeve
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a pocket watch on a scroll banner, an hourglass with chain, roses and a Holy Bible banner, in a realistic style.
Pocket watch, hourglass and roses sketch
Flash sheet of small black line-drawn stick and poke tattoo designs, including arrows, stars, a diamond, an eye, a cross and a sun.
Stick n poke tattoo ideas flash sheet
Black and grey traditional style hourglass tattoo on the upper arm, with a flower at the top, a sailing ship in the upper and lower bulbs, and the words savor it on a banner.
Hourglass with ship and flower on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an hourglass with a skull in its lower bulb and two roses, on the outer thigh.
Hourglass with skull and roses on a thigh
Neo-trad tattoo on a thigh showing a shaded grey hourglass with pink roses, green leaves and dangling bead chains.
Hourglass and roses on a thigh
Colour traditional tattoo of an hourglass framed by red roses and green leaves on a person's calf, with green canvas sneakers.
Hourglass and roses on a calf
Traditional hourglass tattoo with a red flower, black leaves and wings, shaded in grey and red, on the forearm.
Hourglass with red flower on a forearm
Hand-drawn black ink flash sheet of thirteen numbered traditional-style designs, including a crescent moon, pipe, hourglass, flower, moth, flying saucer, jellyfish and the word thirteen in script.
Numbered black ink flash sheet of thirteen designs
Pencil sketch of a winged hourglass topped with an eye, a winged skull and roses, drawn in a neo-traditional style for a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Winged hourglass with roses sketch
Black widow spider tattoo with a red hourglass marking on the side of a woman's neck, with blonde hair pulled back.
Black widow spider on the neck
Black and grey realism style tattoo on a man's upper back showing an hourglass, a pocket watch, a skull and two roses.
Hourglass, skull and roses on a back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an hourglass with a diamond inside, two peonies and an everlasting banner on the side of the ribs.
Hourglass and peonies on the ribs
Black and grey pen drawing of an hourglass inside an ornate oval frame, with roses and hatched leaves, shown as a tattoo design.
Hourglass in an ornate frame with roses
Black and grey dotwork hourglass tattoo on a forearm, its glass filled with a crescent moon, four-pointed stars and a ringed planet, with small script text beside it.
Hourglass with starry sky on a forearm