Mandala tattoo ideas

2,563 photos and flash · 56% Geometric, 50% Dotwork · Forearm most common

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Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo on a forearm, with a drop pendant design hanging below it and a second mandala motif near the wrist.
Mandala and drop pendant tattoo on a forearm
Tattoo of an ornate hamsa hand with a teal eye at its centre, drawn in dotted and patterned detail on the side of a ribcage.
Hamsa hand with eye on the ribs
Black ink drawing of an ornate hot air balloon filled with floral and geometric patterns, with two mandala flowers drawn on the page beside it.
Ornate hot air balloon ink drawing
Dark henna-style mandala and paisley sleeve covering a woman's forearm and upper arm, with a white crop top and a sunlit brick wall behind.
Mandala and paisley sleeve on arm
Black ink drawing of an ornate hourglass with mandala patterns, a lotus flower and dotwork shading, drawn on paper beside a black pen.
Ornamental hourglass with lotus design
Black and grey ornamental elephant tattoo with dense dotwork patterns on the thigh, shown in a full view and a close-up detail.
Ornamental elephant on a thigh
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical dotwork mandala tattoo design with leaves, acorns and geometric borders, shown on paper beside two fineliner pens.
Dotwork mandala design with leaves and acorns
Black and grey dotwork lotus flower with a mandala above and a dotted triangle below, tattooed across the upper back.
Lotus and mandala on upper back
Black and grey dotwork sleeve tattoo on an upper arm, featuring a large rose, a central mandala flower and fine ornamental linework.
Floral mandala sleeve on upper arm
Black line drawing of an elephant filled with mandala, paisley and dot patterns, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Mandala-patterned elephant design
White ink mandala tattoo in a geometric style on the forearm, with layered petals and concentric rings on reddened skin.
White ink mandala on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a yellow sunflower with a teal geometric centre and black outlines, placed on the upper shoulder.
Sunflower with mandala centre on shoulder
Black and grey stag head tattoo with red-tinted antlers, a mandala ornament and feathers, placed on the outer upper thigh.
Stag head and mandala on thigh
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo with a solid semicolon above and below it on the inner forearm.
Lotus with semicolons on a forearm
Black and grey lotus flower tattoo with dotwork shading and mandala-like detail on a person's ribs, with three dots above it.
Lotus flower tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo covering the upper back and shoulders, seen from behind.
Geometric mandala back piece
Black linework mandala and paisley tattoo with ornate scrolls and leaf motifs covering the inner forearm.
Mandala and paisley forearm tattoo
Black and grey tattoo of a lily set within a detailed mandala on the outer thigh, with denim shorts visible above.
Lily within a mandala on a thigh
Black and grey line drawing of a lion head with an ornate mandala-style mane and patterned face, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Ornamental lion head line drawing
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with radiating petals on the outer thigh, above denim shorts and a white brick wall.
Dotwork mandala on the thigh
Black and grey ornamental tattoo of a symmetrical scrolled motif across the backs of both hands.
Symmetrical ornamental design across both hands
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of Umbreon curled in a crescent moon, set within a galaxy-filled mandala of petals, Poke Balls and stars on the upper back.
Umbreon and galaxy mandala on upper back
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a central flower and ornamental patterns, covering the forearm.
Dotwork mandala on a forearm
Black and grey botanical mandala and star tattoos across the hip and thigh of a person lying down in lingerie.
Mandala and star tattoos on hip and thigh
Woman seen from behind on a beach, with a small brown and gold dreamcatcher tattoo with a mandala centre and hanging feathers on her upper back.
Dreamcatcher with mandala on upper back
Hand-drawn sun mandala design with yellow petals, black and grey zentangle patterns and the script words Live by the sun, Love by the moon around a yellow centre.
Sun and moon mandala with script text
Black and grey realism tattoo of a seated Buddha above a lotus flower, set in a dotwork mandala, on the outer thigh.
Seated Buddha and lotus on a thigh
White ink lotus mandala tattoo with script in each petal and centre, sitting on the upper back of a person with pale skin.
White ink lotus mandala on upper back
Black ink mandala-style floral tattoo on the side of a person's ribs, with fine detailed linework above denim shorts.
Mandala floral tattoo on ribs
Black and grey fine line mandala tattoo with hanging chain drops across the centre of the chest.
Ornate mandala tattoo on the chest
Black ink lotus mandala tattoo with a dotted line below it, centred on the upper back of a woman with her hand resting on her neck.
Lotus mandala on the upper back
Black ink mandala tattoo on a woman's shoulder, with dotwork and geometric detail, beside a long braid over a dark top.
Mandala tattoo on the shoulder
Black ink tattoo of an ornate elephant with a skull below it on the upper thigh, with a small sun and crescent moon on the legs and an ornamental forearm tattoo beside it.
Elephant, sun and crescent moon on thighs
Black and grey tattoo on the inner forearm showing a globe on a stand, a moth at the wrist and a geometric mandala border, shown in two photos.
Globe, moth and mandala on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a seated cat filled with mandala and paisley ornament in black, grey and red on the forearm.
Ornamental seated cat on forearm
Two ornate pen drawings of tattoo designs on paper, a mandala-style piece above and a lace-like collar design below.
Ornate mandala and lace collar designs
Black and grey dotwork flash designs pinned to a white wall, including hummingbirds, a heart, a hamsa hand, a scorpion, a ribcage and an eye.
Dotwork flash of birds, hearts and hands on a wall
Pencil sketch of an ornamental wolf head design with a hamsa hand, geometric triangles and filigree patterns across the face, drawn on paper.
Ornamental wolf head design sketch with hamsa hand
Black dotwork lotus with fine line swirls and a long stem running down the inner forearm towards the wrist.
Dotwork lotus and swirl stem on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of an ornate heart with mandala-style patterns, leaves and trailing vines, drawn as a tattoo design on paper.
Ornate heart with vines and leaves
Black dotwork and fine line lotus mandala tattoo centred on the back of the neck and upper back, with hanging drop details.
Ornate lotus mandala on the nape of the neck
Traditional style turtle tattoo with a dotwork mandala shell in teal and blue, placed on the centre of the chest.
Turtle with mandala shell on chest
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with dotted chain drops below the breasts on the chest.
Mandala tattoo with dotted chains on the chest
Black ink ornamental floral tattoo with mandala-style flowers and paisley swirls across a person's stomach, above pink underwear.
Black ornamental floral tattoo on stomach
Black henna-style mehndi design with lace-like mandala patterns across the back of a hand, wrist and fingers.
Black henna-style hands with lace patterns
Black and grey mandala flower tattoo with dotwork detail, sitting over the elbow of a bare arm, with a grey top in the background.
Mandala flower tattoo on an elbow
Black and grey mandala tattoo with a central yin yang symbol and layered petal patterns, on the outer thigh.
Yin yang mandala on the outer thigh
Colour tattoo of a mandala ringed by cartoon Nelson Muntz faces, shown in two photos on a forearm.
Nelson Muntz mandala on a forearm