Knot tattoo ideas

154 photos and flash · 29% Fine line, 21% Geometric · Forearm most common

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Pencil drawing of a shaded anchor wrapped in rope, with a flock of birds rising from the top of the rope, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Anchor, rope and birds design
Solid black anchor design with a rope coiled around the shank and a knot near the ring, shown as a flat stencil-style drawing on a white background.
Anchor with rope wrapped around the shank
Black line flash design of a stitched spellbook with an eye on its cover, a banner reading It's all just a bunch of, and purple Hocus Pocus lettering.
Stitched spellbook with eye and banner flash
Black pen sketch of a fine line arrow design with a feathered tail, a looped bow motif and a spiral, drawn on lined notebook paper.
Arrow with feather fletching and bow motif
Two hand-drawn interlaced heart designs on white paper, one in teal and black ink and one with teal and heavier black shading, with dot shapes at the top.
Interlaced heart design sketches in teal and black
Black ink pen drawing of a snake with its head raised, knotted into a looped four-lobed shape on cream paper, with cross-hatched shading.
Knotted snake pen drawing
A sheet of eight black line monogram designs in flourished lettering styles, with initials such as JM, CB, SB, AG, EJ and TS, shown on a plain white background.
Eight decorative monogram designs on white
Black line flash sheet of ornamental divider flourishes, scrolls and leaf motifs under the heading divider embellishments.
Divider embellishment flash sheet
Traditional-style flash drawing of a figure-eight knot in shaded rope with bold black outlines on a tan background.
Figure-eight knot rope design
Black ink drawing on white paper of the word HOME formed from wood grain lines, with a knot in the letter O, suited to a lettering design.
Word HOME drawn in wood grain with a knot
Line drawing of interlocking loops forming a heart shape, with teal and dark shading on a pale background.
Interlocking loop heart design
Black and white flash design of an interlaced double spiral emblem inside a ring, with no placement on the body shown.
Interlaced spiral emblem in a circle
Fine line drawing of a single continuous vertical stroke forming looped knots, with small dots at each end, shown on plain white paper.
Fine line vertical loop design
Pencil and colour sketch of a grey Celtic knot ringed by green and purple thistles, a tattoo design drawn on paper.
Celtic knot with thistles
Pen sketch on grid paper of a looped, abstract seated figure with the word love in handwritten script beneath it, shown as a possible tattoo design.
Looped figure sketch with love script
Black and grey drawing of a symmetrical tree with braided knotwork trunk, swirling branches and twisting roots, shown as a tattoo design.
Braided tree with swirling branches and roots
Black flash sheet of geometric tattoo designs, including a triskelion, concentric circles, a spiral, interlaced knots and angular symbols, on a grey wood-effect background.
Set of geometric symbols and knots on a flash sheet
White line drawing of an anchor with a twisted rope tied in a bow at the top of the shank, on a plain black background.
Anchor with rope bow design
Black line drawing of a heart formed from interlaced ribbon-like Celtic knotwork, with no placement shown on skin.
Interlaced heart knot design
Black dotwork drawing of a mountain, pine trees and a small cabin inside a diamond shape with geometric ornament below, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Mountain cabin landscape in a geometric diamond
Black line drawing of a symmetrical interlaced knot with four loops forming a cross shape, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Four-loop interlaced knot design
Line drawing of a teal rope knot wrapped around a wrist, with handwritten lettering beside the fingers, shown as a tattoo design sketch on the forearm.
Rope knot design around a wrist
Black line drawing of two facing profiles meeting at an interlaced heart knot above a flowing chin line, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Two facing profiles with a knotted heart
Black calligraphic tattoo design of interlocking loops and a spiral tail on a plain white background, with no body placement shown.
Looping calligraphic flourish design
Fine line pen drawing of a tattoo design with an Om symbol above a stippled, looping ornamental knot, shown on plain white paper with no body placement.
Om symbol above a looping ornament
Hand-drawn fine line tattoo design of a continuous black line forming interlocking loops, shown on plain paper with no body placement visible.
Looped continuous line design on paper
Pencil drawing of Thor's hammer with interlaced Celtic knotwork bands and a shaded moon behind it, shown as a tattoo design.
Thor's hammer with Celtic knotwork
Black tribal flash design of two facing dragons with spiked wings and an intertwined serpentine body, in a blackwork style.
Twin dragons with intertwined body design
Black and grey pencil drawing of an interlocking infinity knot tattoo design with shaded ribbon loops and pointed diamond-shaped crossings.
Interlocking infinity knot design
Black ink drawing of an ornate pocket watch with Roman numerals, a peacock butterfly and a smaller butterfly, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Pocket watch and butterflies drawing
Green shamrock tattoo design made of interlaced ribbon with heart-shaped leaves, outlined in black with yellow-green shading, shown as a drawing without a body placement.
Interlaced shamrock with heart-shaped leaves
Hand-drawn black ink sketch on lined paper of a symmetrical looped knot motif with the words The Story of The Wild Ones written around it.
The Story of The Wild Ones design sketch
Flash sheet of hand-drawn tattoo designs in a fantasy theme, including a bearded tree face, a moth, a hobbit-style door in a bottle and a witch hat over a city.
Fantasy flash sheet with tree, moth and bottle
Pencil and ink flash sheet showing fine line tattoo designs including a lotus, spirals, a heart and a diamond, with a pen and pencil lying across the page.
Flash sheet of fine line lotus and spiral designs
A flash sheet of black line-drawn knot, swirl and ornamental tattoo designs on white paper, with no body part shown.
Knot and swirl line flash sheet
Black and white line drawing of a triquetra Celtic knot, three interlaced loops with a solid black centre, shown as a tattoo design.
Triquetra Celtic knot design
Coloured pencil design of three shaded feathers hanging from a cord with turquoise and red beads, drawn on cream paper.
Three feathers with turquoise and red beads
Black ink drawing of an ornate lotus mandala with hanging beaded chains, held up beside a small swirl-knot tattoo on a finger.
Lotus mandala tattoo design drawing
Black line drawing of a tattoo design on a white background, showing stylised letterforms, three interlocking rings, a triquetra knot and a feather quill.
Four symbol emblem with rings, triquetra and feather
Coloured pencil drawing of a sailing ship on waves inside a rope-framed spade shape, with a rope knot and lotus-like shape below, in a traditional style.
Sailing ship in a rope-framed heart design
Black and grey drawing of a traditional anchor with a rope coiled around the shaft and a knot at the top, on a plain light grey background.
Anchor with rope design
Three black line designs stacked vertically on a white background: a branching tree with small stars above, an angular script-like glyph with dots, and a symmetrical star pendant motif.
Tree, script glyph and star motif flash
Black ink drawing of a gnarled tree with twisted branches and roots, shown as a tattoo design on plain white paper.
Gnarled tree with exposed roots