Line tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up photo of a lightning bolt tattoo on the back, with a solid blue left half and a right half filled with fine red wavy lines.
Lightning bolt with red wave linework
Two black geometric tattoos on the tops of bare feet, a looped concentric knot on the left and an angular star design on the right.
Geometric tattoos on both feet
Fine line black tattoo of a city skyline with a tall central spire, flowing into a heartbeat trace that ends in a small heart, on the inner wrist.
City skyline with heartbeat line on wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line geometric star with a botanical flower inside, tattooed on a person's ribs under a raised arm.
Geometric star and flower on ribs
Fine line tattoo of multicoloured angular lines resembling a transit map, shown on the top of a foot.
Multicoloured transit map lines on a foot
Close view of a fine line tattoo of two thin black parallel bands wrapped around a forearm, worn with a black V-neck top.
Two thin parallel bands on a forearm
A flash sheet of sixteen black line drawings of circular geometric designs, with concentric rings, dots and intersecting straight lines, in a Geometric style.
Sixteen circular geometric designs
Fine line geometric tattoo of stacked triangles, circles and dots running vertically down the nape of a woman's neck.
Geometric triangles and circles down the nape
Black and white photo of a fine line geometric tattoo on the upper arm, made of a vertical stroke with angled crossing lines, while a hand with a ring pulls up a sleeve.
Fine line geometric mark on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of two hands holding a criss-crossed string between them, placed on the thigh.
Hands holding a string on the thigh
Black dotwork and fine line tattoo of an ornate mandala star inside a dotted circle, with a long line ending in a diamond, on the inner forearm.
Mandala star and line on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a vertical chain of loops, circles and crosses running down the centre of a person's back.
Vertical loop motif running down the spine
Fine line black tattoo of a mountain ridge running across the upper arm of a person wearing a grey t-shirt sleeve.
Mountain line tattoo on upper arm
Close photo of a forearm with two pairs of solid black bands tattooed around it in blackwork style, one pair above the elbow and one near the wrist.
Black band armband tattoo on forearm
Colour tattoo on the inner forearm of a whale in black and grey dotwork shading, overlaid with a red globe grid, teal and orange circles and a thin black circle.
Whale and geometric circles on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of abstract curling strokes, sweeping lines and dashed lines on the side of the ribs.
Abstract line tattoo of curls and strokes on ribs
Fine line tattoo of a thin black outlined circle with a short black stroke and a red diagonal stroke inside, on the inner wrist.
Small circle tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small outlined heart on a wrist, with a thin line running across the wrist on either side of it.
Fine line heart on a wrist
Fine line black script reading l'amour fou, joined to a thin continuous line running along the forearm.
L'amour fou script on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo on the ribs of a person in a black lace bra, showing silhouette birds flying above a small figure hung from thin lines.
Birds and a hanging figure on the ribs
Shirtless man with black geometric bands and parallel lines tattooed on his forearm and upper arm, with a solid band around the wrist of the other arm.
Black banded linework on forearm and upper arm
Black ink tattoo of a vertical line with stacked loops, a spiral and dots, centred on the back of a neck in a black and grey photo.
Unalome-style line tattoo on the back of the neck
Fine line geometric tattoo of interlocking red and blue triangles on the inner forearm, set against a dark background.
Red and blue triangular linework on a forearm
Two hands with matching thin black wave tattoos around fingers, shown in a fine line style on the hand.
Matching wave bands on two fingers
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo on the outer thigh showing a fierce mythical creature head with ornate detailing, a compass-like motif and fine trailing lines.
Large mythical creature tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded moon with fine geometric circles, lines and dots on the outer forearm.
Shaded moon with geometric linework on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of arrows, circles and dotted lines running down the inner forearm, in a geometric style.
Arrows and circles on a forearm
Two matching fine line tattoos on forearms, each showing a solid black bird beside a thin red or blue line that loops into a heart shape.
Matching bird and heart line tattoos on forearms
Black and white photo of a thin black fine line zigzag tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm.
Fine line zigzag on a wrist
Forearm tattoo of five bird silhouettes perched on a black wire between three horizontal black bands, with one bird filled in blue.
Five birds on a wire forearm band
Black geometric linework tattoo of a diamond shape with interlocking triangles on the upper back, below the neck, on a person wearing a cream open-back top.
Geometric diamond tattoo on upper back
Fine line tattoo of a deer with a soft purple wash on the upper arm, with a thin connected line running down to a second small deer on the ribs.
Two deer tattoos on upper arm and ribs
Black fine-line tattoo of a map-like network of crossing lines and hatched areas across a hand and forearm.
Fine black linework map across a hand and forearm
Watercolour style tattoo in teal, green and pale pink washes running down the spine of a woman's bare back, with a thin black line along the spine.
Watercolour wash down the spine
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading Believe on a finger held to the lips, with a thin line leading to a small black bird near the knuckle.
Believe script and bird on finger
Black geometric arrow tattoo with diamond shapes running down the centre of a person's upper back, placed along the spine.
Geometric arrow tattoo on upper back
Close-up of a hand near a mouth showing small fine line tattoos on the fingers, including a crescent moon, an outlined star and dotted bands, in black ink.
Small finger tattoos of a moon, star and dotted bands
Black linework tattoo of stacked wavy lines forming a band across the inner forearm, in a fine line and blackwork style.
Wavy line band on a forearm
Back view of a person with a fine black single-line geometric tattoo of triangles, arcs and dotted endpoints across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Single-line geometric tattoo across upper back
Black line drawing of a rose above a circle, two triangles and an arrow, arranged in a vertical fine line design on a white background.
Rose, circle and arrow line design
Close-up of a red geometric triangle spiral tattoo with converging lines on the upper chest, shown as a fresh tattoo on pale skin.
Red triangle spiral on the chest
Fine line black script tattoo running vertically down a bare calf, with a hand resting on the knee and a thin line tattoo around the wrist.
Fine line script on a calf
Blue line tribal design with spirals, wave shapes and bands of triangles and fine parallel lines, shown as a drawing with no body part visible.
Blue tribal design with spirals and waves
Two fine line constellation tattoos in black ink on the upper arms of two people whose arms are pressed together.
Matching constellation tattoos on upper arms
Close view of dark geometric henna-style patterns covering a forearm, wrist and the back of a hand, with rings on the fingers.
Henna-style pattern on hand and forearm
Fine line tattoo of a few short dark strokes on the upper back of a woman with her hair up, seen from behind.
Small line tattoo on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a walking wolf built from overlapping circles and straight lines, on the inner upper arm.
Geometric wolf made of circles on upper arm
Small black fine line tattoo of crossed lines on the middle finger of a hand resting against a dark knitted fabric.
Crossed lines tattoo on a middle finger