Line art tattoo ideas

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

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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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Black line drawing of a rearing horse built from triangular geometric facets on a plain white background.
Geometric rearing horse line design
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
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
Black line drawing of two facing profiles, one a horned figure and one a woman with her hair up, leaning towards a red rose, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Two profiles leaning towards a red rose
Symmetrical geometric line design in rust ink on kraft paper, showing a diamond with an inner eye shape, radiating rays and small sparkle marks.
Geometric diamond with radiating rays
Black continuous line drawing of a seated cat in profile with a curled tail beside a dog's head in profile, drawn as a tattoo design on a white background.
Cat and dog in a single line drawing
Six white line-art geometric designs on a black textured background, including a pentagon, nested diamonds, triangles and circular mandala motifs.
Six geometric line designs on black
Black line drawing of a geometric circular design with decorative lettering above and below, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Circular symbol design with quotation
Black ink brush-stroke drawing of an abstract curved design on a white background, suitable as a tattoo stencil or flash.
Abstract black brush-stroke design
Fine line tattoo design of a vertical geometric arrow with chevrons, diamonds and dots in gold on a dark background.
Vertical geometric arrow motif in gold line
Black ink line drawing of an abstract winged bird with a swirled tail and a column of decreasing dots, on textured white paper.
Abstract winged bird line drawing
Seven black line drawings of ornamental lotus flowers with paisley-style petals on a white background, shown as tattoo flash designs.
Seven lotus flower designs in black line work
Black line-art flash of a geometric mountain design, with a row of variants showing more overlapping peaks, shown without a body placement.
Geometric mountain peaks design with family variants
Bold black line drawing of a cat in profile with a small pink heart at its nose, on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Black line cat with a pink heart
Black line drawing of a mother and baby elephant made from angular geometric lines, with their trunks meeting, on a white background.
Geometric elephant mother and calf line design
Fine line drawing of three overlapping roses in black ink with light hatched shading, shown as a botanical tattoo design.
Three roses in fine line
Black line drawing of a stylised bird with swirling curled wings on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Swirl-winged bird tattoo design
Black geometric line drawing of a feather made of angular facets, shown on a plain white background with no body part visible.
Geometric feather line drawing
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol with a spiral on the left and a small bird with a swept wing on the right, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Infinity symbol with a hummingbird
Red line drawing of a heart with a butterfly perched on its top edge, with flowing, tapered strokes on a white background.
Butterfly and heart line design
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 line drawing of two koi fish swimming in a circle among sakura blossoms and water ripples, a Japanese-style tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Two koi fish with sakura flowers
Collage of black line-art elephant designs, including mandala and origami styles, with a photo of similar elephant tattoos on a lower leg above navy suede loafers.
Elephant tattoo flash collage
Black line drawing of a sitting cat seen from the side, with its head turned left and its tail curled at the base, shown on a white background.
Sitting cat line drawing
Black line drawing of a lion's face in a minimalist fine line style, with a flowing mane outline, a small nose and a simple muzzle, shown on a white background.
Minimal line drawing of a lion face
A sheet of six black single-stroke line drawings of doves in flight on a white background, suitable as tattoo flash.
Six flying dove line designs
Black line drawing of a geometric design: a circle crossed by four pointed petal shapes, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Circle with four overlapping petals
White line drawing of a symmetrical eight-armed radial symbol with a central ring on a black background, with no body placement shown.
Eight-armed radial line symbol
Fine line drawing of a stylised fox with flowing hair-like strokes, curls and leaf shapes in orange-brown ink on a peach background, shown as a design with no body placement.
Stylised fox line drawing
Black ink line drawing of a stylised dragon head with flowing tail-like lines and a small circle below, on white paper, shown as a fine line tattoo design.
Stylised dragon line drawing design
Continuous black single-line drawing of a dragonfly with a lotus flower at its head, on a plain white background, shown as a fine line tattoo design.
Single line dragonfly with lotus flower
Six continuous fine-line drawings of seated and stretching cats in pale gold on a dark brown background, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Six line-drawn cats on a flash sheet
Black line drawing of a hummingbird in flight with a long beak and stylised wings, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Hummingbird line drawing
Black line drawing of two faceted, origami-style cats sitting face to face, a geometric tattoo design with no body part visible.
Two geometric origami-style cats facing each other
Single-line drawing of a horse head and flowing mane in grey on a white background, in a fine line style.
Running horse line drawing
Line drawing of a stylised butterfly with blue and black wings and curved antennae on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Blue and black butterfly line design
Black single-line drawing of a cat's head in profile with ears, whiskers and a flowing neck line, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Minimal cat head line drawing