Mandala tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink drawing on cream paper of a crescent moon filled with dotwork mandala patterns, with hanging drop details beneath, shown as a tattoo design.
Crescent moon mandala design on paper
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
Black and grey dotwork lotus tattoo on the side of a woman's ribs, with her arm raised and a fringed metallic wrap draped over her side.
Lotus tattoo on a ribcage in profile
Black linework lotus mandala tattoo with dotwork trim on a person's abdomen, above the navel, in a fine line style.
Lotus mandala tattoo on the abdomen
Black mandala tattoo on the back of a hand, beside faded LOVE script on the wrist and fingers, shown in four photographs.
Mandala on the back of a hand
Black and grey sun and moon face tattoo with dotwork rays and mandala-style petals on the upper thigh.
Sun and moon face on thigh
Close photo of a hand with a black ornamental mandala tattoo across the back of the hand and wrist, plus small geometric tattoos on the fingers.
Ornamental mandala hand tattoo with finger designs
A fresh red and black ornamental tattoo on a calf, being worked on with a tattoo machine by a tattooist in white gloves.
Red and black ornamental tattoo being inked on a calf
Grid of twelve black and white mandala tattoo flash designs on a plain white background, each with a radial geometric pattern.
Twelve black and white mandala designs
Black ink drawing of a sun and crescent moon with carved-style faces, dotwork mandala detail and wavy rays, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Sun and crescent moon with faces
Coloured drawing of a tattoo design showing two galaxy-filled Sailor Moon silhouettes on crescent moons, an orange and pink moon brooch above, and black and grey mandala flowers below.
Sailor Moon crescents and mandala flowers design
Black and grey dotwork drawing of an elephant head inside a hamsa hand frame, with an om symbol, flowers and leaves.
Elephant within a hamsa hand design
White line drawing of a butterfly with ivy leaves and branches in its wings and a tree of life inside a circle on its body, shown on a dark grey background.
Botanical butterfly with tree of life body
Black ink elephant covered in geometric patterns, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Ornate patterned elephant on the ribs
Coloured illustration of an ornate sun with a human face, its rays filled with dotwork and paisley-like patterns, shown as a design drawing rather than a tattoo on skin.
Ornate sun face with dotwork rays
Silver metallic temporary tattoo of a mandala on the back of a hand, with chevron and diamond bands across the wrist and lacy motifs on the fingers.
Silver mandala and wrist bands on a hand
Black ink drawing on paper of a radial mandala made from looping continuous lines, spirals, dots and an Om symbol, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Radial mandala of loops, spirals and an Om symbol
Blue and teal mandala tattoo with a yellow centre and black linework, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Blue mandala on upper back
Black and grey ornamental mandala tattoo with a dotwork rosette and scrollwork on an upper arm, photographed beside an ornate iron gate.
Ornamental mandala on upper arm
Colour floral vine tattoo across a bare back, with red and orange mandala-style flowers, black swirling stems and green leaves.
Floral vine tattoo across a back
A woman with a grey-blonde bun and both forearms covered in traditional tattoo sleeves, including a bird and a mandala, with her hands raised over her face.
Traditional tattoo sleeves with hands over face
Blue ornamental snowflake tattoo across the top of a foot, with the toes and blue nail polish visible at the top right.
Blue ornamental snowflake on the foot
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 ink ornamental crescent moon tattoo with dotwork lace patterns and dangling drops on the upper arm.
Ornamental crescent moon on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing an eye inside a triangle above an ornate mandala with swirling floral details.
All-seeing eye mandala on forearm
Black and grey ornamental owl tattoo with a lotus flower and scrollwork on the side of a torso, over the ribs.
Ornate owl with lotus on ribs
Realism tattoo on a calf showing a woman with sugar skull face paint, a red rose in her hair and a lace mandala behind her.
Sugar skull woman with red rose on calf
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with a radiating petal pattern on the forearm, beside a grey knitted sweater sleeve.
Mandala tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey lotus and frangipani flower tattoo with lace-like filigree and hanging chains on the upper back.
Lotus and lace ornament across upper back
Black and grey compass rose with a lotus flower and scrollwork on the inner forearm, with dotwork shading.
Compass and lotus on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork geometric fan tattoo of stacked petal shapes and small stars on the side of a ribcage.
Geometric dotwork fan on the ribs
Woman seen from behind in a black bodysuit, showing a black and grey mandala tattoo across her upper back and neck.
Mandala tattoo on upper back and neck
Black and grey tattoo of a world map, with each continent filled with ornate mandala patterns, across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
World map tattoo filled with mandala patterns
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sea turtle with a mandala shell on the inner upper arm.
Mandala sea turtle on an upper arm
Black and grey mandala tattoo with petal-like layers centred on a person's chest, with surgical tape visible at the sides.
Black and grey mandala on the chest
Black outline elephant tattoo with a patterned headdress and orange flowers across the shoulder and upper back.
Elephant and orange flowers on a shoulder
Black dotwork mandala tattoo of concentric rings of dots radiating from a central point, across the outer shoulder and upper arm.
Dotwork mandala on the shoulder
Black ink geometric mandala lotus tattoo with dotwork accents on the side of a person's ribs.
Mandala lotus tattoo on the ribs
Black fine-line fleur-de-lis on a finger and an ornate lace-pattern tattoo on the wrist, photographed on a hand resting on brown leather.
Fleur-de-lis finger and lace wrist tattoo
Black linework paisley and floral ornament with a red lotus motif tattooed along a person's ribs and side, with a navel piercing visible.
Paisley and red lotus tattoo on ribs
Two blue ink dotwork mandala designs drawn on pale paper, one lower left and one upper right, with stippled petal shapes.
Two blue dotwork mandala designs on paper
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical lotus flower design with stippled dotwork shading and ornamental detail on textured paper, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Lotus flower dotwork design
Fine line black and grey mandala flower tattoo with a small feather beside it on the inner upper arm.
Mandala and feather on the upper arm
Two photographs of a colourful geometric mandala tattoo in teal, purple, magenta and yellow on the hip and buttock of a person wearing teal underwear.
Colourful mandala tattoo on a hip
Small black blackwork elephant tattoo with ornate patterned fill on the upper back, near the neck, in a black and white photo.
Patterned elephant on upper back
Dark mandala tattoo with a floral centre and dangling dots on the shoulder, with a second design partly visible on the upper back.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with an om symbol on a person's upper back, with a hand resting beside it bearing the words This too shall pass.
Mandala back tattoo with om symbol
Four photographs of a black and grey dotwork and geometric leg sleeve on the lower leg, showing a skull with an eye, a stacked spine motif and a mandala on the calf.
Skull, eye and mandala leg sleeve