Line drawing tattoo ideas

280 photos and flash · 64% Fine line, 12% Geometric · Forearm most common

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Black ink line drawing of a geometric lotus with an infinity knot centre and hanging triangles, shown as a fine line tattoo design on white paper beside a black pen.
Lotus and infinity knot tattoo design on paper
Fine line drawing of two hands interlocking, with black filled nails, on a plain cream background.
Interlocking hands line drawing
Minimalist black line drawing of a koala clinging to a thin branch, shown as a tattoo design on plain white.
Koala clinging to a branch line drawing
Black line drawing of a cartoon rabbit with crossed ears, closed eyes and arms folded over its chest, shown as a fine line tattoo design.
Crossed-eared rabbit line drawing
Black line drawing of a geometric tattoo design showing an arrow passing through an outlined diamond, with a single red droplet at the tip, on a grey textured background.
Arrow through a diamond with a red drop
Fine line drawing of a hand with black painted nails, with the words SNAP OUT OF IT wrapped across the fingers as a hand tattoo design.
Hand with SNAP OUT OF IT lettering
Fine line drawing of two hands hooked together by their little fingers on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Two hands linking little fingers
Black ink fine line drawing of ginkgo leaves on a curving branch, shown as a tattoo design on plain off-white paper.
Ginkgo leaves on a branch, line drawing
Single continuous fine line drawing of a dancer in an arched pose on a cream background, with two lines of script beneath the figure.
Single-line dancer with quote text
Teal fine line drawing of a mermaid with flowing wavy hair and a scaled fish tail curling below, on a white background.
Teal line drawing of a mermaid
Black line drawing on paper of a fine-line tattoo design, a scalloped drape of shells and beads with dangling shell charms, intended for the chest.
Shell and bead drape design, line drawing
Fine line black outline drawing of two hands linking little fingers on a cream background, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Two hands linking little fingers
Black single-line drawing of a sitting cat in profile, looking left, with a curled tail, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Minimalist sitting cat line drawing
White single-line drawing of a small circle above a stylised wave on a dark background, a fine line design with no body placement shown.
Circle above a wave line drawing
Single-line black ink drawing of a fish with long, flowing fins on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Flowing fish line drawing
Fine line drawing of two hands in black outline on a white background, one resting in the cupped palm of the other.
Line drawing of two cupped hands
Fine gold line drawing of a bow and arrow with diamond ornaments on a dark background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Fine line bow and arrow design
Black fine line drawing of a lotus flower with a long curling stem on a white background, suited to a botanical tattoo design.
Fine line lotus flower design
Black line drawing of a fine-line geometric design with three feathers, two arrows, diamond shapes, a circle and dangling beads, with no body part shown.
Feathers, arrows and beads line design
Pen sketch on graph paper of a single-line looped design with the word love in script beneath it, a possible fine line tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Looped line design with love script
Single-line drawing of a mother's profile leaning over a sleeping baby, with two butterflies, in dark ink on a tan background.
Mother and sleeping baby line drawing with butterflies
Black line drawing of a circular geometric diagram with arcs, dots and a small filled circle, above the words hello, sweetie in a thin script, shown as a tattoo design.
Circular line diagram with "hello, sweetie."
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol with the word glee in cursive script at the right loop, shown on a white background as a tattoo design.
Infinity symbol with script 'glee'
Black fine line drawing of two olive branches with leaves and olives meeting at their stems on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Fine line olive branch design
Black line drawing of four triangle symbols in a row, each with a handwritten label, showing an upward triangle, a downward triangle, an upward triangle with one bar and a downward triangle with two
Four element triangles with handwritten labels
Black line drawing of a woman with her hair in an updo and a hoop earring, shown as a single-weight fine line design on a white background.
Line drawing of a woman with an updo
Black line drawing of a fairy with a bun, flowing hair and large wings on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Fairy with wings line drawing
Fine line drawing of a feather whose long stem trails into a cursive script line, sketched in dark ink on squared paper.
Feather with trailing script line design
Black line drawing of a stylised goat with a curled horn and a fin-like tail, shown as a standalone tattoo design on a white background.
Stylised goat line drawing
Black linework drawing of nested circular arcs inside a large circle, on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design sheet.
Nested arcs inside a circle
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
Line drawing of a solid black cat and an outlined white cat walking side by side, tails curled together above them, in a fine line style.
Two cats walking with tails entwined
Black fine line drawing of a stylised bird with sweeping curved wings and a tapering tail on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Fine line flowing bird design
Black line drawing of an arrow passing through an infinity symbol, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Arrow through an infinity symbol
Black ink linework drawing of a unicorn head with a flowing, wavy mane, shown as a tattoo design sketched on paper.
Unicorn head line drawing
Single-line fine line drawing of a wolf head in profile facing left, with pointed ears and a flowing ruff of fur, in dark blue ink on white.
Wolf head in profile line drawing
Fine line drawing of two hands clasped together on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Clasped hands line drawing
Fine line drawing of a sleeping cat with a curled tail, resting on a horizontal line, in black ink on a white background.
Sleeping cat line drawing
Black line drawing of four stylised waves above the handwritten words go with the flow, shown as a fine line tattoo design on a plain light background.
Line waves with go with the flow script
Single-line black drawing of two hands with their little fingers hooked together on a plain pink background, in a fine line style.
Linked little fingers line drawing
Three black ink line drawings of feathers with beaded dotted details and drop ornaments on a plain grey background, shown as fine line tattoo flash designs.
Three feather and bead line designs
A single thin black line drawn on a plain white background, forming a simple curling wave, shown as a fine line tattoo design with no body part visible.
Minimal wave line design
Black line drawing of a vertical arrow topped with overlapping geometric triangles, a geometric design shown on a plain white background.
Arrow with geometric triangles
Black single-line drawing of a curled figure with two small outline hearts, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Continuous line curled figure with small hearts
Black ink fine line drawing of an ornate treble clef with decorative scrolls and a lattice detail at the top, shown on cream paper.
Ornate treble clef with scrollwork
Four line drawings of sitting cats on yellowish tracing paper and white paper, with stippled dot shading on the tails and legs, laid out on a wooden table.
Sitting cat line drawings on paper
Black line drawing of a feather built from angular geometric facets, a design suited to a fine line geometric tattoo, shown with no body placement.
Geometric feather line drawing
Three white chalk-style line drawings of anchors on a black chalkboard background, one with a cross on top and one with the letters G and V, shown as tattoo flash designs.
Three line-drawn anchor designs