Line drawing tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey Japanese-style tattoo of cats among peony and leaf linework across a thigh, shown beside a line drawing of the same design.
Cats and peonies on a thigh
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
Three people in white underwear lie on a bed under pink light, with a black and grey botanical rose tattoo on one thigh and a fine line tattoo on a hip.
Black and grey rose tattoo on a thigh
Black line drawing of an open hand with dotted and floral henna-style patterns across the palm, wrist and fingers, suited to a hand tattoo.
Dotted floral henna-style hand design
Fine line black tattoo of an outlined hand holding a small flower sprig on the side of the ribs.
Outlined hand holding a flower sprig on ribs
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 stylised leaf sprig with decorative patterned fills, offered as a botanical tattoo design.
Stylised leaf sprig 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
Black line drawing of a hand gripping a tattoo machine, with roses and lotus leaves wrapped around the wrist and forearm in a traditional botanical style.
Hand holding a tattoo machine with roses
Black line drawing of a geometric rose in angular, layered petals, sketched on a white spiral notebook page with the flower in the lower right.
Geometric rose line drawing on a notebook page
Six-step line drawing tutorial building a rose from a bud to a full bloom with leaves, in black linework with red guide strokes in the early steps.
Step by step rose drawing
Black fine line tattoo of a bird and a rose on the forearm of a person lying on white bedsheets, with the arm raised.
Bird and rose on a forearm
Black line drawing of a peony with leaves above a vertical unalome design, shown as a flash sheet on tracing paper.
Peony and leaves with unalome line drawing
Black ink line drawing of a flower with broad pointed petals and a dotted centre, sketched on white paper in a spiral notebook.
Black ink line drawing of a flower
Black line drawing of a lotus flower with layered petals, mandala-style detailing and a vertical line of dots and circles beneath it, on a pale background.
Lotus flower line drawing design
Black line drawing of a stylised iris with leaves and buds, shown as a botanical tattoo design over a misty grey sea with a small boat.
Iris line design over foggy sea
Black and grey fine line tattoo of two outlined hands cradling a flowering sprig on the upper arm.
Hands holding a flower sprig on upper arm
Black line drawing of three lotus flowers with curling Japanese-style waves, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Three lotus flowers with swirling waves
Black line drawing of a bouquet of roses and buds with soft pink shading, drawn on tracing paper beside a mug of tea, shown as a botanical tattoo design.
Rose bouquet line drawing with pink shading
Black line drawing of four roses stacked vertically with serrated leaves, shown as a botanical tattoo design on white paper with no body part visible.
Four stacked roses with leaves
A hand draws a fine line botanical sketch of flowers and leaves on white paper, with a second hand resting flat beside it.
Botanical flower sketch being drawn by hand
Black ink flash design of a swirling tree with spiral branches and roots, with a small central figure, shown on a white background.
Swirling tree and figure design