Line tattoo ideas

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

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Fine-line black geometric tattoo of a shaded hexagon with a long vertical line and small cross mark, on the inside of a forearm.
Geometric hexagon and line on a forearm
Fine line white ink tattoo of a Sri Yantra geometric design on a forearm, shown against reddish skin.
White ink Sri Yantra on a forearm
Small black sketchy line tattoo of a triangle, circle and vertical line, known as the Deathly Hallows symbol, on the ankle.
Deathly Hallows symbol on the ankle
Black fine line geometric tattoo of stacked circles, crescents, a diamond and dots running down an upper arm, photographed in black and white.
Fine line circles and crescents on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of an arrow running diagonally across the inner forearm, passing through a sun motif with a crescent moon at its centre.
Arrow and sun motif on a forearm
Black and grey fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping circles, dots and a long diagonal line with a small arrow on the forearm.
Fine line circles and diagonal line on a forearm
Black and grey photo of a fine line heartbeat tattoo on the back of a woman's neck, with her dark hair pulled up.
Heartbeat line tattoo on the back of the neck
Black fine line drawing of a looping, abstract ornament with dots at each end on a plain white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Looped fine line ornament design
Three-panel photo of a fine line tattoo series reading 1 of 3, 2 of 3 and 3 of 3 with arrows, shown on a forearm and the upper back.
Three-part arrow tattoo on forearm and upper back
Four hand-drawn fine line tattoo designs of spirals, loops and zigzags with dotted tails, drawn in dark ink on cream paper.
Four spiral and loop line designs
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a police box with ink splashes and fine trailing lines on the upper back.
TARDIS with ink splashes on upper back
Black line drawing of a geometric lattice design inside a tall shape with pointed top and bottom, on a white background.
Geometric lattice design with diamonds
Back view of a woman in a white top with a small fine line geometric tattoo on her upper arm near the elbow, in black ink.
Small fine line tattoo on upper arm
Inner forearm with the word WILDERNESS in serif capitals, a long thin diagonal line with a small circle, and a small fine line mark near the top.
Wilderness lettering and fine line on forearm
Back of a woman's neck showing a small black fine line Deathly Hallows symbol, a triangle with a circle and a vertical line, above a knitted grey sweater.
Deathly Hallows symbol on the neck
Black line drawing of a tattoo design with angular symbols above a horizontal rule and the italic words God is greater than the highs and lows, on a white background.
God is greater than the highs and lows lettering
Blackwork tattoo of wavy parallel black lines forming a fingerprint-like pattern across the inner forearm.
Wavy black lines on a forearm
Black swirling linework tattoo with curls and dots across the upper back, shown in a sepia-toned photograph.
Swirling tribal-style tattoo on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a small bird on a thin wavy line leading to the word Believe, on the inner wrist of a clenched hand.
Believe script and bird on wrist
Small black fine line power symbol tattoo on the inner wrist of an open palm, with a red checked sleeve at the bottom of the frame.
Power symbol on the inner wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a curling wave with small bubble dots and a shaded crescent on the inner forearm.
Wave line tattoo on inner forearm
Blackwork geometric sleeve covering an arm, with solid black rectangular panels, fine white-skin lines and a diamond pattern band around the elbow.
Black geometric sleeve on an arm
Two-panel photo of fine line black tattoos on an arm: a row of planets with a ringed Saturn at the top, and an intersecting geometric star below.
Planets and geometric star on forearm
Four vertical brown ink line designs, each with stacked coils, loops and a curled swirl at the base, drawn on a cream background.
Four vertical swirl motifs in brown ink
Small black fine line arrow tattoo on the side of a finger on a hand resting on a white paper towel.
Small arrow tattoo on a finger
Black and white photo of a small fine line tattoo of a vertical line with loops and a curl, placed centrally on the chest.
Fine line vertical tattoo on the sternum
Fine line tattoo design of the word smile in single-stroke script, joined to a thin black line that ends in a small dot at each side.
Smile script on a continuous line
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a vertical unalome spiral above a lotus flower with dotted detail, placed on the upper chest.
Unalome and lotus on the upper chest
Close-up of a solid black triangle tattoo in a geometric blackwork style, running along the rim and inside of an ear.
Black triangles tattooed around an ear
Black linework tattoo of a sun symbol with a solid ring and four groups of three rays, on the side of a ribcage.
Zia sun symbol on the ribs
Fine line tattoo of a heartbeat trace ending in a paw print on the inner wrist, with a small pink-shaded heart at the start.
Heartbeat line with heart and paw on a wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the word Hunter in script, joined by a heartbeat line and a small heart, on skin of the upper back.
Script name with heartbeat line on upper back
Fine line geometric violin tattoo built from circles and straight lines, in black ink on the forearm.
Geometric violin on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of a triangle with two horizontal lines inside, on the inner forearm of a person with lilac and blonde hair.
Outlined triangle with two lines on a forearm
Back of a person's neck showing a tapering solid black line with a dotwork fade at the top, in blackwork and dotwork style at the nape.
Tapering black line with dotwork fade on the nape
Watercolour-style fine line tattoo of a hummingbird in flight with a thin line to a small coloured anchor, on the lower leg.
Hummingbird and anchor on a leg
Black and grey photo of a hand with three thin black bands tattooed around the middle finger, beside a silver ring, in a fine line style on the hand.
Three thin bands on a middle finger
Black dotwork and fine line spiral tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm, with a dotted outer ring and radiating lines.
Spiral dotwork across a shoulder and upper arm
Two small black fine line tattoos on the side of a pair of pressed-together hands, one a crossed line with loops and the other a vertical bar with a circle.
Two minimalist line tattoos on the hands
Fine line black tattoo of a city skyline that trails into a heartbeat line, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
City skyline and heartbeat line on a wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket compass and a rose with faint map lines on an upper arm.
Compass and rose on an upper arm
Close-up of an ear with a small black tattoo of three parallel lines on the upper helix, worn beside silver stud and chain earrings.
Three-line tattoo on the upper ear
Small black zigzag wave tattoo on the neck behind an ear, in a fine line style.
Zigzag wave tattoo behind the ear
Black fine line geometric tattoo of arrows, circles, triangles and dots running diagonally down the forearm.
Geometric arrows and circles on a forearm
Black fine line script reading stay alive, framed by two parallel lines in a band around the inside of a wrist.
Stay alive script between two lines on a wrist
Close view of a person in a white knit top and denim jeans showing small fine line black tattoos, a few short marks on the inner forearm and a small symbol on the side of the abdomen above the hip.
Small fine line marks on forearm and hip
Two matching fine line tattoos on the inner wrists, each with a black bird silhouette and a thin heart-shaped line, red on the left and blue on the right.
Matching bird and heart wrist tattoos
Black and white photo of a large blackwork geometric tattoo with a solid diamond and dotted lines across a woman's upper back, with a small sun tattoo on her shoulder blade.
Geometric diamond tattoo across upper back