Line drawing tattoo ideas

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

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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
Close photo of a small fine line black tattoo of a tall, slender spire with a round detail, placed along the side of a raised finger against a dark blue background.
Thin spire tattoo on a finger
Black fine line tattoo of a cat drawn in one continuous line, sitting on a forearm against white bedding.
Single line cat on a forearm
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 tattoo of a profile face with a curved wing shape on the upper thigh of a person wearing denim shorts, with sunglasses resting on the lap.
Line drawn face and wing on a thigh
Black line drawing of a symmetrical Celtic knotwork design with a trinity-style knot above and below a central interlaced panel, shown as a flash design on white.
Symmetrical Celtic knotwork design
Black line drawing of a circular geometric design made of arcs, circles and small dots, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Circular geometric line 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 and grey fine line tattoo of the words You are not alone above a sketched girl holding a book, on a lower leg.
Quote and sketched girl with a book
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
Black line drawing of a woman with a red rose and small olive accents, a fine line style tattoo on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Line drawn woman holding a rose on upper back
Black and white photo of a fine line tattoo of two simple abstract figures on the outer ankle, with flip flops on the foot and a railway track behind.
Small line figures tattoo on an ankle
Black line drawing of a fish with interlaced Celtic knotwork across its body and scale-like circles along its side, shown as a tattoo design.
Celtic knotwork fish design
Close-up of a small fine line tattoo of a stretching figure in a yoga-like pose on the side of a person's torso, above a striped waistband.
Stretching figure tattoo on the side
Four horizontal black line-drawn bands of interlocking spiral and scroll motifs on a white background, shown as a tattoo design sheet.
Four spiral border band designs
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 fine line tattoo of a face inside a cube on the inner forearm, with a pink satin sleeve beside it.
Face drawn inside a cube on forearm
Black line drawing of two overlapping circular discs filled with Gallifreyan-style circles, arcs and lines, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Gallifreyan-style circular design in two linked discs
Black line drawing of a stylised leaf sprig with decorative patterned fills, offered as a botanical tattoo design.
Stylised leaf sprig line drawing
Black line drawing of the Cancer zodiac symbol inside a thin square border, set on a pale cream marbled background.
Cancer zodiac symbol line drawing
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small simple cat sitting upright, placed on the forearm.
Small minimalist cat on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of a sketchy, abstract face on the forearm of a person in a white top.
Abstract face tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of the serotonin molecular structure, with HO and NH2 labels, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Serotonin molecule on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of an elephant with a raised trunk and a small curved shape beside it, on the upper chest.
Fine line elephant on the upper chest
Black line drawing of two Unalom scroll tattoo designs labelled Female and Male on a cream background, each with a zigzag shaft ending in a spiral.
Unalom scrolls, female and male designs
Black and white line drawing of four hands, two views each, showing geometric and spiral tattoo designs across the back of the hand and the wrist.
Marquesan hand and wrist tattoo designs
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 and white line drawing of octopus tentacles with suckers, framed by solid vertical bands and triangular tribal patterns, shown as a design for an armband.
Octopus tentacles with tribal armband bands
Black line drawing of a heart formed from interlaced ribbon-like Celtic knotwork, with no placement shown on skin.
Interlaced heart knot design
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 line drawing of a pocket watch surrounded by roses and a beaded chain, in a traditional style, shown as a tattoo design on a sepia textured background.
Pocket watch with roses and beads
Fine line tattoo of a minimalist face in profile with one closed eye, in black ink on the inner upper arm.
Single-line face on an upper arm
Black line drawing of a sitting cat with whiskers and a curled tail on a plain white background.
Sitting cat line drawing
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 sketch-style flower with a snowflake below it, tattooed on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Flower and snowflake on upper back
A flash sheet of nine black line drawings of cacti and succulents in pots, arranged in a three by three grid on a white background.
Nine potted cacti and succulents sheet
Fine line black tattoo of an elephant outline lying along a long, thin line, on the inner upper arm.
Single-line elephant on inner upper arm
Close crop of a person in denim dungarees and a beige top, showing black line-drawn tattoos of a face and figure on the upper arm.
Black line drawing tattoo on upper arm
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
Thin black line drawing of three geometric, origami-style elephants walking in a row, in a Geometric style, on a plain white background.
Three geometric elephants in a row
Black outline tattoo of three stylised abstract shapes running across the inner upper arm, on plain skin.
Black outline abstract shapes on upper arm
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
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design made of a double spiral with dot trails on white paper, with no body part shown.
Spiral with dotted trails design
Four black line drawings of cats on a white background, showing two sitting cats, one curled up asleep and one sitting cat seen from the side.
Four cats in line drawing
Black ink line drawing of a woman with long dark hair, eyes closed, leaning in to kiss a skull held in her hand, on a white background.
Woman kissing a skull, line drawing
Fine-line black tattoo of a small abstract mark on the inner forearm, beside a silver bracelet, with a white knit jumper sleeve visible.
Small fine-line mark on a wrist
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