Ink splash tattoo ideas

48 photos and flash · 27% Realism, 15% Blackwork · Forearm most common

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Black and grey brushstroke tattoo of a wolf head on the forearm, with loose ink splashes fading around the design.
Brushstroke wolf head on a lower arm
Black ink blackwork tattoo of a clock face with splashing and dripping ink on the inner forearm.
Clock face with ink splash on forearm
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a police box with ink splashes and fine trailing lines on the upper back.
TARDIS with ink splashes on upper back
Realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing a cello scroll with gears, a harmonica, and sheet music with a red ink splash.
Cello scroll and sheet music sleeve
Black and red dragon tattoo with loose ink splashes wrapping around the upper arm.
Black and red dragon on upper arm
Abstract black blackwork tattoo of flowing, smoky ink shapes running down the side of a torso over the ribs.
Abstract black ink design along the ribs
Black blackwork tattoo of a white anchor knocked out of a dark ink splash with drips, on the forearm of a person in jeans.
Anchor in black ink splatter on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a geisha holding an open parasol with ink splash details, covering a person's full back, with small red accents.
Geisha with parasol across a full back
Abstract brushstroke tattoo in black, grey, blue and teal sweeping across a man's lower leg, with ink-splash marks.
Abstract brushstroke on a lower leg
Colour realism portrait tattoo of a man in yellow aviator glasses with a cigarette in his mouth, on the inner forearm, with ink drips above and below the face.
Colour portrait of a man in yellow aviator glasses
Watercolour-style mermaid tattoo with flowing red hair and a blue tail on the forearm, with loose ink splashes around her.
Watercolour mermaid on a forearm
Realism tattoo on a thigh showing a skull, a woman's face with red lips and a red rose, with red and blue ink splashes.
Skull, woman and rose on a thigh
Colour tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a sugar skull woman with a cigarette beside red roses and a skull, with black ink splashes.
Sugar skull woman and roses on upper arm
Painted design of a lotus flower in red and black with ink splashes and bold strokes on a cream background.
Lotus flower with red and black splashes
Black and grey realism tattoo on a back showing a screaming woman whose hair breaks into flying birds, with handwritten script lyrics beside her and a tribal ornament at the top left.
Screaming woman with birds and handwritten lyrics on back
Two realistic red lilies with black dotwork, ink splashes and small birds tattooed across a person's upper back.
Red lilies and dotwork across a back
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of a woman's face with handwritten script, a bird and a heart, shown on an upper arm and forearm from four angles.
Woman portrait and script full sleeve
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a treble clef in negative space on a forearm, set against a splattered ink wash.
Treble clef on forearm in ink splash
Close-up of a red rose tattoo with green stems and loose black ink splashes, in a watercolour-style design, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Red rose with ink splashes on upper back
Black and red treble clef tattoo with paint-like splatter on the back of a hand, with a music staff and notes on the wrist above.
Treble clef with red splash on hand
Colour tattoo of pink roses, rosebuds and green leaves with black brushstroke accents, botanical style on the forearm.
Pink roses and black brushstrokes on a forearm
Pencil outline of a butterfly on white paper, surrounded by green, teal and black ink splashes, as a possible tattoo design sketch.
Butterfly line drawing with green ink splashes
Four photographs of a black and grey botanical tattoo of soft, translucent flower blooms and stems with ink splashes, sitting on the upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey flowers across upper arm
Two black magpies in mid-flight with blue ink splashes, shown on the upper thigh and outer thigh in a watercolour-inspired tattoo on bare skin.
Two magpies in splash style on thighs
Back of a shoulder showing an abstract black ink brush stroke tattoo with a red splash and a small blue dot, in a mixed colour design.
Brush strokes and red splash on a shoulder blade
Two mirrored geometric animal head designs drawn in black line over yellow and orange on the left and blue and teal on the right, shown as a drawn design rather than on skin.
Mirrored geometric animal heads in watercolour
Small black and grey semicolon tattoo with soft, splashed ink edges on the inside of a forearm.
Semicolon in ink wash on a forearm
Large tiger tattoo with black ink stripes and teal splashes across a woman's back and ribs, shown in two side-by-side photographs.
Tiger with teal ink splashes on back and ribs
Close photo of a sinuous dragon tattoo on the side of a torso, drawn in loose brushstroke-style black ink with blue and pink splashes.
Brushstroke serpent dragon on the ribs
Black and grey realistic skull tattoo with black ink splashes and red brush strokes on the side of the torso, above the hip.
Realistic skull with black ink splashes on the side
Watercolour-style city skyline tattoo across the upper back in red, orange and blue, with loose black linework and ink splashes.
Watercolour city skyline across upper back
Close-up of a black and grey semicolon tattoo with soft ink-wash edges and splatter marks on the inner forearm.
Semicolon with ink splash on a forearm
Collage of three tattoos: a shaded clock face with gears on a shoulder, an outlined key with colour splashes on the ribs, and a compass with a feather on the upper arm.
Clock, key and compass tattoos in mixed styles
Compass rose tattoo in a watercolour-style wash of teal, pink and purple, with feathers, on the upper back.
Compass rose with feathers on the upper back
Black and grey drawing of a phoenix in flight with feathered wings and a long sweeping tail, surrounded by ink splashes, shown as a tattoo design on a plain background.
Phoenix with ink splash wings
Realistic colour tattoo of a man's face with a red and yellow headband and moustache, set against a black ink splash on the ribs.
Realistic portrait with headband on the ribs
Colour tattoo of two jellyfish with splashed watercolour style ink in teal, pink, green and purple, placed across the upper back.
Watercolour jellyfish across a back
Black ink flash drawings on tracing paper showing a pirate captain with a clock, a horned villainess, a raven and a figure with a skull, with no tattoo placement shown.
Pirate, horned figure and raven flash sheet
Two pink, magenta and blue watercolour-style splash tattoos on the upper arm of a woman in a dark vest top.
Watercolour splashes on upper arm
Black tattoo of a film strip with a dark silhouette and ink drips on a leg, surrounded by other black linework tattoos of a ship, birds and high heeled legs.
Film strip with ink splash on a calf
Black and grey compass rose and small anchor on an arm sleeve, with blue ink splashes over a map-style background.
Compass and anchor sleeve with blue splashes
Black abstract tattoo of solid and outlined circles, dots and thin lines running down the middle of a person's lower back, in a fine line and blackwork style.
Abstract circles and lines down the spine
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a crowned woman with red hair, red roses and two skulls on the side of the ribs.
Crowned woman with roses and skulls on the side
Upper arm and shoulder tattoo of a thin-line circular Gallifreyan seal and a grey shaded TARDIS police box within blue and purple watercolour splashes.
Gallifreyan seal and TARDIS on upper arm
Close photo of a geometric red diamond tattoo with black ink splatter and red dots on the outer upper thigh.
Red diamond motif with ink splatter on a thigh
Black and grey police box tattoo with blue ink splashes on the upper arm, shaded in a sketchy, painterly style.
Police box with blue ink splashes
Realism tattoo of a woman's face with black ink tears and red drips across the lips, on the forearm.
Realistic woman's face on a forearm
Blackwork tattoo of a treble clef left in bare skin against a black ink splash, placed on the forearm.
Treble clef splash on a forearm