Hourglass tattoo ideas

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

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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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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
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
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
Colour and grey neo-traditional tattoo on the outer thigh showing an hourglass with teal and pink sand, a daisy, and a pocket watch with a heart-shaped face and beaded chain.
Hourglass, pocket watch and daisy on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a golden hourglass with black wings, olive branches and skulls on a limb.
Hourglass with wings and olive branches
Two pencil flash drawings on paper of an hourglass, roses, pearl chains and a compass, in a neo-traditional style, with one sheet partly tinted in pale blue.
Hourglass, roses and compass flash sheets
Colour tattoo of a geometric hourglass in pink, green and red with bold black outlines, placed on the inner forearm.
Geometric hourglass on a forearm