Mandala tattoo ideas

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

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Hand-drawn neo-traditional tattoo design of a woman's face framed by a mandala of red spades and hearts, shown on paper with no body placement visible.
Woman's face within a red and black mandala
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a swallow perched on an ornate key with flowers and a red mandala behind it, on the thigh.
Swallow on a key on the thigh
Close-up of a colourful mandala tattoo with black outlines on a shoulder and upper chest, in orange, teal and yellow.
Colourful mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Black ink and pencil shaded flash drawing of a hamsa hand with a lotus flower at its base, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Hamsa hand with lotus flash
Colourful hot air balloon tattoo with mandala patterns and the word freedom in black script on the thigh.
Hot air balloon and freedom script on a thigh
Pink and grey rose tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with a dotwork flower behind the roses and a banner reading Fearless below.
Two roses and a dotwork flower on upper arm
Black and grey tattoos on a woman's forearms, upper arm and fingers, including a dotwork mandala, a rose, flowers and a portrait of a woman in a headpiece, with her face hidden behind her hands.
Mandala, floral and portrait sleeve on arms and hands
Colour tattoo of a unicorn head with a jewelled horn, mandala and lotus flowers on a thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Unicorn and mandala on thigh
Close-up photo of a red and teal flower tattoo with a teal centre on the inner forearm, in a bold, outlined botanical style.
Red and teal flower on a forearm
Black ink drawing of an ornate tiger head with dotwork shading, stars and a central flower, shown as a tattoo design on paper rather than on skin.
Ornate tiger head design in dotwork
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a smiling elephant in a decorated headdress riding a bicycle beside a patterned ball, on a person's side ribs.
Circus elephant on a bicycle on the ribs
Colourful mandala tattoo with teal and yellow hearts, red petals and a central flower on the shoulder, in a neo-traditional style.
Mandala with hearts on a shoulder
Pencil line drawing of a woman with wavy hair, a flower mandala above her temple and a crescent moon on her cheek, a neo-trad style tattoo design being traced by a hand with a fine pen.
Pencil sketch of a woman with flowers in her hair
Pen and ink drawing of a tattoo design showing a snarling wolf, coiled snake, rosary and red mandala, in a neo-traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Wolf, snake and mandala tattoo design
Colour tattoo of a quetzal bird in an ornate gold frame on the side of a torso, with a teal mandala tattoo on the thigh of a person in a black top.
Quetzal in a frame and teal mandala on thigh
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of an owl face with ornate patterned feathers and swirling tendrils on the thigh.
Ornate owl and swirls on a thigh
Colour neo-trad tattoo on the thigh showing a Mickey Mouse head outline with a dark castle silhouette against an orange and purple sky, with red mandala patterns in the ears and base.
Mickey silhouette castle on thigh
Triptych of a black and grey elephant tattoo with red roses, a dahlia and a lotus on the lower leg, in a neo-traditional style with shading.
Elephant with roses and dahlia on a calf
Neo-traditional tattoo of a whale filled with mountains, forest and a sunset, framed by flowers on the upper arm, shown from two angles.
Whale, landscape and flowers on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional mandala tattoo with a ring of red hearts on the upper arm near the elbow, with pink, yellow and teal petals.
Red hearts and mandala on an upper arm
Black and grey floral mandala tattoo with pink and teal accents across a lower abdomen, above a dotted band.
Ornamental floral lower abdomen tattoo
Four photos of a yin yang tattoo with lotus and mandala detail, two in black and grey and two in watercolour colour, shown on the back and thigh.
Yin yang and lotus tattoos in four views
Colour neo-traditional mandala tattoo with red petals, gold accents and teal tips on the forearm, set against a brick wall.
Red and gold mandala on a forearm
Colour Neo-trad tattoo of a layered yellow, orange and brown flower with green scalloped petals and black dots, on the upper arm, with a close-up beside it.
Mandala-style flower on upper arm
Black linework tattoo design of a seated Buddha figure on a lotus flower within a mandala halo, drawn in a neo-traditional style.
Seated Buddha with lotus and mandala
Colour neo-trad tattoo on a calf of a circular mandala with teal lotus flowers, dotwork petals and a teal sphere with constellation lines.
Lotus mandala with constellation on a calf
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on an arm, with a portrait of a woman and roses on the upper arm and dotwork flowers on the forearm.
Floral sleeve with portrait on upper arm
Close-up of a bright neo-traditional mandala and floral tattoo in pink, purple and teal across a shoulder and upper arm.
Colourful mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Black linework tattoo design of a woman in profile with a rose in her hair, set within a mandala, leaves and a diamond, shown as a drawn stencil on white paper.
Woman profile with rose and diamond
Black line drawings on tracing paper of a heart with flowers and a cross, and a candle with leaves and a mandala-patterned base, in a neo-traditional style with no body placement shown.
Heart, cross, candle and flower designs
Colour tattoo of an Om symbol with a shaded Buddha face and teal dotwork patterns on a limb, with a US quarter placed below for scale.
Om symbol with Buddha face and teal dotwork
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a yellow and orange mandala flower with pink centre accents and teal and green leaves on an upper arm.
Mandala flower on an upper arm
Before and after pair showing a chest tattoo of a pink bow and filigree keyhole heart, extended into a feather and mandala cover-up across the upper chest and shoulders.
Bow and keyhole heart chest cover-up, before and after
Colour tattoo of a grey realistic elephant head framed by ornate mandala and paisley patterns on the outer thigh.
Realistic elephant with mandala on thigh
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a hamsa hand with a blue eye, lotus flowers and leaves on the outer thigh.
Hamsa hand with eye and flowers on a thigh
Black and grey hamsa hand tattoo with an eye at its centre and ornamental filigree, on the forearm.
Hamsa hand with eye on a forearm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a unicorn head with a crystal horn, lotus flowers and a red mandala on the outer thigh.
Unicorn and mandala on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a deer head with a dreamcatcher mandala between its antlers and feathers below, on the upper arm.
Deer head with dreamcatcher antlers on upper arm
Colour mandala flower with black outlines on a shoulder, merging into a fine dotwork geometric pattern across the upper arm and back of the shoulder.
Mandala and dotwork geometric on shoulder
Before and after photo of a neo-traditional bat tattoo on the shoulder, where a faded grey bat was covered with a bold purple and teal bat with an orange glow.
Purple bat cover-up on shoulder
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of an eye with sunburst rays and mandala petals on the upper arm.
Eye with sunburst and mandala on upper arm
Neo-traditional mandala tattoo in red, cream and black with leaf shapes, on the outer forearm near the elbow.
Red and cream mandala on forearm
A seated person in a black bra and patterned underwear shows neo-traditional tattoos of two female portraits on the upper arm, a rose on the hand, and ornate scrollwork and a teal wave on the torso.
Portrait and ornamental tattoos on arms and torso
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of an elephant head with a third eye in a pink mandala, set within an ornate hamsa-style frame with dotted chains on the thigh.
Elephant in ornate hamsa frame on thigh
Colourful Ganesha tattoo covering a person's upper back, with an elephant head, ornate crown and red trident and Om marks on the forehead.
Ganesha back piece
Colour tattoo of a red and orange shaded heart inside blue and yellow filigree scrollwork on the upper arm, in a Neo-trad style.
Ornate heart and scrollwork on upper arm
Colour fox head with a white lily and black and grey dotwork flowers on an upper arm, with the forearm raised in a bathroom selfie.
Fox and flowers on an upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a bear's head with a geometric mandala on its brow, framed by red and orange flowers and green sprigs, on the upper arm.
Bear head with flowers on an upper arm