Line art tattoo ideas

179 photos and flash · 74% Fine line, 19% Geometric · Forearm most common

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Black fine line tattoo of a cat sitting in the curve of a treble clef, with a thin trailing tail, on a shoulder.
Cat and treble clef on a shoulder
Close-up of a small fine line tattoo of a woman's face in profile with a bird, in black ink on the side of a hand.
Fine line face and bird on the hand
Black fine line tattoo of two faces in profile, drawn in one continuous line, on the side of a person's ribs.
One-line profiles on the ribs
Black line drawing of a cat's head in profile with three whiskers and a long sweeping tail on a white background.
Cat in profile line design
Black line-art chemical structure tattoo with fused rings on the inner wrist and forearm, in a fine line style.
Chemical structure tattoo on a wrist
Three close photographs of a black fine line mermaid tattoo with dark hair and a fish tail, with a small green and red accent, on a forearm or upper arm.
Line drawn mermaid tattoo in three views
Black fine line tattoo of a mother and child in profile on the lower back, above a white top.
Fine line mother and child on the back
Black fine line geometric feather tattoo made of overlapping polygons, running along the forearm below the elbow.
Geometric feather on forearm
Black geometric wolf head tattoo with hatched linework and solid black areas, placed on the thigh in a blackwork style.
Geometric wolf head on a leg
Two people with arms pressed together, each showing a matching fine line tattoo of two hooked little fingers linked in a pinky promise on the upper arm.
Matching pinky promise hands on upper arms
Black fine-line tattoo on an inner forearm in black and white, showing a city skyline with a tall spire that runs into a heartbeat line ending in a small heart.
City skyline and heartbeat line on forearm
Black linework geometric fox tattoo on the forearm, built from angular triangular facets in a Geometric style.
Geometric fox on a forearm
Black line drawing of a stylised creature head in profile with a spiked crest and a spiral curl at the back, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Stylised creature head in profile with spiral
Fine line black tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other with scattered star shapes between them, on the lower leg.
Two reaching hands with stars on a calf
Black fine line tattoo of two profiles nearly touching in a kiss, on a person's torso, in a minimal line style.
Fine line profile kiss tattoo on skin
Small black fine line tattoo of the script word fé joined to a line drawn bird, on the inner arm.
Fine line script and bird on forearm
Fine line black tattoo of two cats curled together beside a heart and a looping line, placed on the calf.
Two cats and a heart on a calf
Fine line black tattoo of a sitting cat with a curled tail on the inner ankle, above a pink sock and navy trainer.
Sitting cat line tattoo on ankle
Black fine line tattoo of a woman's face in a flower crown and leaves, drawn in a minimal continuous-line style on the forearm.
Line art woman with flower crown on forearm
Close crop of a person's side showing a small black fine line mountain range tattoo on the ribs, with a single dot below it.
Fine line mountain tattoo on the ribs
Fine line tattoo of a stylised animal head outline in black ink on the side of the ribs.
Single line animal head on side ribs
Black fine line tattoo of an anchor with a cross and a spiral motif on the inner forearm of a person wearing a grey shirt with rolled sleeves.
Fine line anchor and spiral on a forearm
Black ink forearm tattoo with a fine line geometric design above a solid band, a serif letter A and two bold bands below, in a Geometric style on the forearm.
Line-art sleeve band with serif A on a forearm
Two facing elephant line drawings, one blue and one brown, with raised trunks, shown as a fine line tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Two elephants with raised trunks
Black line drawing of a circular seal made of arcs, overlapping circles and dotted accents, shown as a standalone design with no skin visible.
Circular line-art seal design
Fine line black tattoo of two kissing profiles with closed eyes inside a triangle, placed on the lower leg.
Kissing profiles in a triangle on a calf
Black line drawing of a cat sitting upright with its head turned up and to the left and its tail curled around its body, shown as a flash design.
Sitting cat line drawing
Close-up of a small black fine line palm tree and birds tattoo on a person's ankle, with a grey suede knotted shoe beside it.
Fine line palm tree on an ankle
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a charging bull in one continuous line, placed on the inner upper arm.
Single-line bull on upper arm
A grid of fifteen continuous single-line drawings of sea creatures, including a dolphin, sea turtle, seahorse, shark and orca, in black on white.
Fifteen single-line sea creature designs
Black linework tattoo of a walking cat built from circles and straight lines, on the inner forearm.
Geometric walking cat on a forearm
Black monoline drawing of the words New York in angular geometric letters on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
New York geometric line lettering design
Black line drawing of a horse head in profile with a windswept mane, shown as a flash design on a white background.
Horse head with flowing mane
Fine line black tattoo of two faces in profile, almost touching, on a woman's upper back between the shoulder blades.
Two profiles almost touching on upper back
Black continuous-line drawing of a standing deer with antlers on a white background, a fine line design with no body placement shown.
One line deer drawing
Black fine-line tattoo of two faces in profile inside a rectangular frame, placed on the thigh of a person in denim shorts.
Two profiles in a line-art frame on a thigh
Six black line-art cats on a cream background, shown sitting, walking and stretching, drawn as a fine line tattoo flash sheet with no body placement shown.
Six line-drawn cats in varied poses
Close-up of a small, delicate black fine line wave tattoo on the side of a tanned torso, near the ribs.
Fine line wave on the side ribs
Black fine line tattoo of a stylised star and leaf motif on the inner forearm, set against a cream textured fabric.
Star and leaf motif on an inner forearm
Black line drawing of a rearing horse built from triangular geometric facets on a plain white background.
Geometric rearing horse line design
Fine line single-line tattoo of two facing cats with flowing wave-like strokes on the outer thigh, in reddish-brown ink.
Two facing cats in single line on thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of clouds and an animal on a thigh, with a small line tattoo above the waistband of black underwear.
Black and grey clouds tattoo on a thigh
Fine line black lotus flower inside an outlined triangle with two small dots beneath it, tattooed on the front of a lower leg near the ankle.
Lotus in a triangle on the ankle
Black line drawing of a vinyl record half-turned into a sound wave, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Vinyl record and sound wave design
Fine line black ink tattoo of a unicorn head in profile, with a waffle cone horn and drips, on the forearm.
Unicorn with an ice cream cone horn
Fine line black mountain peak tattoo on a finger, held up against a snowy mountain range.
Mountain peak tattoo on a finger
Black calligraphic line drawing of a butterfly with curved antennae and sweeping wings on a white background, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Stylised butterfly line drawing
Grid of twenty elephant tattoo designs in tribal, mandala, line and colour styles, each shown with a price and a View tattoo button.
Grid of elephant tattoo designs