Line tattoo ideas

1,067 photos and flash · 68% Fine line, 45% Geometric · Forearm most common

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Black fine-line dotwork constellation tattoo of stars and connected dots on a woman's upper back, below the shoulder blade.
Constellation tattoo on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a spiral, small loops and a short dot running along a finger, in a black and white photograph.
Fine line spiral tattoo on a finger
Black fine line tattoo of the word Always in cursive script beside a triangle, circle and line symbol, on the inside of a wrist.
Always script with triangle symbol on a wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line geometric tattoo of a horizontal bar with inverted triangles and a small crown motif on the upper back, near the neck.
Fine line triangles on upper back
Black and white photo pair of a hand with small fine line symbol tattoos on several fingers, including chevrons and short linear marks.
Small symbol tattoos on fingers
Small fine line black script tattoo with a trailing line on the back of a person's neck, partly hidden by dark hair pinned up.
Fine line script on the back of the neck
Black geometric blackwork bands and triangles across the back of a hand and onto the wrist, against a patterned grey background.
Geometric blackwork on the back of a hand
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded skull with angular frame lines and a dagger below, on the outer forearm.
Skull and dagger on a forearm
Photo of a thin black single-line tattoo running diagonally from the upper arm down the forearm, with a dark cord at the wrist.
Single black line down an arm
Black and grey fine line dotwork tattoo of a constellation-like design with arrows, circles and starbursts across the upper back.
Fine line constellation across the upper back
Black geometric tattoos of diamonds, triangles and lines across the fingers of a hand, with a gold chain bracelet and rings, in a geometric style on the hand.
Geometric finger tattoos on a hand
Two forearms in black and grey with fine line tattoos, including a shaded palm tree and the word WILDERNESS on the inner forearm.
Palm tree and fine line forearm tattoos
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a horse head inside a circle with construction lines, on the forearm.
Sketched horse head in a circle
Black linework tattoo of three parallel bands wrapping around a forearm, with a broken gap in the middle line, in a geometric blackwork style.
Three-line band tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black constellation tattoo of dots and connecting lines spread across a person's upper back.
Constellation tattoo across upper back
Fine black linework tattoo of nested geometric polygons with dashed guide lines, placed centrally on a person's chest.
Geometric polygon design on the chest
Fine line black tattoo of a lotus flower with a dotted top and a swirled unalome line, centred on a person's upper back below the neck.
Lotus and unalome on upper back
Black and grey fine line fleur-de-lis tattoo with a dotted circle above, on the upper back between the shoulder blades, in front of a patterned textile.
Fine line fleur-de-lis on upper back
Fine line geometric butterfly tattoo in black ink across the upper back, with faceted wings built from straight lines.
Geometric butterfly on the upper back
Fine line black and purple tattoos of a straight razor, a comb and a thin looped line on three fingers of a hand with purple nail varnish.
Razor, comb and line tattoos on fingers
Two black and grey photographs of a forearm with a fine line tattoo of four parallel bands around the wrist, and on the left a triangle with a horizontal bar and small marks below it.
Four-line band and triangle on a forearm
Black fine line script letters b and k joined by a thin connecting line and a solid heart, shown as a tattoo design on a light grey background.
Script letters b and k with a heart
Black and grey skull tattoo made of wavy parallel lines that create an optical illusion, shown on a limb.
Striped optical skull tattoo on a limb
Black and white photo of a forearm with five thin black horizontal lines tattooed in parallel bands around it, in a fine line style on the forearm.
Five parallel lines around a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a looping vertical line running down the centre of a bare back, beside a small square of gold leaf.
Looping line tattoo down the spine
Black and grey tattoo on the side ribs of a torso, showing a profile made of connected dots and lines filled with a mosque skyline, clouds and birds.
Profile of minarets and clouds on the ribs
Black ink tattoo down the upper back with an infinity symbol near the neck, circle motifs and a vertical line of marks, beside four film stills linked by coloured arrows.
Black linework tattoo down the upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of stacked horizontal and vertical bars on the inner forearm, shown against a plain white background.
Parallel line motif on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a heartbeat trace that rises into jagged peaks, placed on a shoulder and upper back.
Heartbeat line tattoo on a shoulder
Black fine-line tattoo of stacked, undulating wave lines wrapping around the inside of a forearm.
Stacked wave lines on a forearm
A small black vertical line tattoo on the inner forearm of a person wearing a denim jacket and a turquoise ring.
Small vertical line tattoo on a forearm
Two fine line black tattoos on the chest: the upper one shows a heartbeat line running into a heart with a cross, and the lower one shows a treble clef joined to a heartbeat line.
Heartbeat line with heart, cross and treble clef
Fine line black chevron tattoo of three stacked V shapes on the side of a finger, with a silver ring on the adjacent finger.
Three stacked chevrons on a finger
Black geometric blackwork tattoo of nested diamonds, crosses and dashed lines running down an upper arm.
Geometric diamond blackwork on upper arm
Fine line tattoo of a wavy stroke ending in an arrowhead, in dark blue ink on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Wave and arrow line tattoo on a wrist
Two fine line black tattoos on the sides of pressed palms, one a knot-like loop with crossing lines and one a bar and circle symbol, on the hand.
Minimal black symbols on the hands
Dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a pineapple split down a vertical line, half in black and grey stipple and half behind a solid pink dotted circle.
Split pineapple and pink circle on a forearm
Black line drawing of an infinity symbol with the placeholder words Your Name in script lettering, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Infinity symbol with script name
Black blackwork tattoo of three ornate arrows with beaded shafts on the inner forearm, with two black zigzag bands circling the arm above them.
Three arrows and zigzag bands on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a city skyline with a tall spire that turns into a heartbeat line ending in a small heart, on the inner wrist.
City skyline flowing into a heartbeat on wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a crouched figure in front of blurred stadium-style lights.
Crouched figure in a realism piece on the shoulder
Close photo of a tiny black fine line geometric symbol on the side of a foot near the ankle, shown in warm light.
Small geometric symbol on the heel
Close photograph of a small black fine line tattoo of angular letter-like marks joined by a horizontal line, sitting on the inside of a wrist.
Angular letter marks on a wrist
Fine line black and grey arrow with dotwork dots and thin circles on the side of the torso.
Arrow and circles on the side
Black and grey photograph of a small fine line geometric tattoo of a vertical line above a nested diamond, on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun.
Small geometric diamond on upper back
Black geometric diamond tattoo with dotwork shading and a sunburst arc on a forearm, close to the wrist.
Geometric diamond and dotwork band on forearm
Black and white photo from behind of a fine line tattoo, a single straight vertical line running down the centre of the back.
Single straight line down the spine
Close photo of a black swirling line tattoo with blue paw prints along its curve, on a limb.
Black swirl with blue paw prints