Map tattoo ideas

324 photos and flash · 48% Fine line, 14% Realism · Forearm most common

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Traditional style tattoo of a globe with a compass rose, a sailing ship and teal flowers with leaves on the back of a hand.
Globe, compass and ship on the back of a hand
Black lettering tattoo in the shape of the state of Minnesota, filled with names and place words, on the side of a torso.
Minnesota state outline made of words
Fine black outline of the world map tattooed along a forearm, with a rocky beach, sea and hills blurred behind.
World map outline on a forearm
Bold traditional butterfly tattoo with black wings and red flowers on the back of a hand, with a fine line map outline on the forearm.
Butterfly with red flowers on the hand
Fine line outline of a world map tattooed on the inside of a wrist, with the Americas and Africa visible.
Outline world map on a wrist
Colour tattoo of the state of Alaska filled with snowy mountains, pine trees and a lake, with a red sky above, on the back.
Alaska state outline with mountains and forest
Colour tattoo of a vintage-style map of the Great Lakes with a compass rose, across a person's upper back, with their head cropped out of frame.
Great Lakes map and compass across a back
Fine line black outline of the world map tattooed across a person's upper back and left shoulder blade, with dark hair falling over the right side.
World map outline across upper back
Black line drawing of a globe where the continent of North America is formed from clusters of daisy-like flowers, a botanical flash design with no body placement shown.
Daisy-filled globe with North America
Black line-work outline of a world map tattooed on the inner upper arm, set against a stone wall.
World map outline on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of the state of Texas with a raised, bevelled star, shaded to look three-dimensional on the side of the torso.
Texas state outline in 3D shading
Colour realism-style tattoo of a lion's head with a shaded mane, set over a red, orange, yellow and green Africa outline with the words The Motherland beneath, on an upper arm.
Lion over an Africa map on the upper arm
Fine line outline of the continents in dark ink on the outer ankle, with a woven string anklet above it.
World map outline on an ankle
Fine line brown outline of the African continent on the wrist, with the word love in pink script across the east of the continent.
Africa outline with pink love script on wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a state outline with a cursive word running down its right edge, on the side of an ankle.
State outline with script on ankle
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket compass, quill, coins and a map on an upper arm.
Realistic compass and map sleeve piece
Two colourful watercolour-style world map tattoos, one on each ankle, shown against a blue plastic sheet.
Watercolour world maps on both ankles
Colourful cartoon-style tattoo of New Zealand's map, with each island filled with character illustrations, across a person's upper back.
New Zealand map tattoo across a back
Fine line tattoo of an Oregon state outline with the word home in script, a small pink heart and a green pine tree, on the side ribs.
Oregon state outline with home and pine tree
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of a compass rose over a shaded globe with continents, on the inner upper arm.
Compass rose over a globe on an upper arm
Fine line black outline of a state on the ankle with the word home in script and a small red heart, in fine line style.
State outline with 'home' and red heart on ankle
Fine line black outline of a world map tattoo on the inner wrist, shown against a background of passport stamps.
World map outline on an inner wrist
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind, with a fine line outline tattoo of the world map across her upper back.
World map outline across a upper back
Fine line compass rose with map shapes and a bare tree tattoo on a palm and wrist, in black and grey ink.
Compass rose and tree on a palm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch, compass rose and world map on a forearm.
Pocket watch, compass and map on forearm
Black and grey photo of a woman's upper back showing a small fine line outline world map tattoo between the shoulder blades, below her braided hair.
Outline world map on upper back
Black fine line outline tattoo of a world map on the side of a ribcage, photographed in a bathroom.
World map outline on ribs
Black outline tattoo of the world map across a forearm, showing the continents in simple linework with light shading.
World map outline on forearm
Multicoloured watercolour style world map tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour world map on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a compass over a world map on a forearm, with map labels visible around it.
Compass over a world map on a forearm
Fine line black outline tattoo of the African continent on the inner forearm near the wrist, with stacked beaded bracelets worn below it.
Africa continent outline on the inner wrist
Black and grey dotwork compass rose with a world map behind it, tattooed across the top of both feet.
Compass rose and world map on both feet
Black and grey compass rose tattoo on the palm of a hand, with muted purple map shading and a sprig of branches at the wrist.
Compass rose and map shading on a palm
Close-up of a fine line black outline tattoo of the world map across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
World map outline across upper back
Fine line world map tattoo with soft pink, purple and teal watercolour washes on the forearm.
World map tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey geometric world map tattoo made of angular outlined facets on the forearm, with a keyboard visible at the left edge.
Geometric world map on a forearm
Mixed ink tattoo on the side ribs showing the words never grow up, black flying silhouettes, a stardust trail and a green Neverland island.
Never Grow Up Neverland tattoo on the ribs
A world map tattooed across a person's upper back, with black outlines and coloured fills on some countries.
World map tattoo across the back
Close photo of a multicoloured watercolour-effect world map tattoo in pink, red, blue and yellow on the outer thigh.
Watercolour world map on a thigh
Fine line black outline of the African continent on the inner forearm, with a small red heart and a tiny star marked on the map.
Africa map outline on a forearm
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with map shapes and stars on the palm, with a tree tattoo on the wrist.
Compass rose and tree on a hand
Close photo of a fine line black tattoo of a world map outline on the inside of a wrist, against a plain cream background.
World map outline on a wrist
Black line tattoo of a fictional island map across a person's upper back, with labelled locations, a compass rose and scrolled corner ornaments.
Island treasure map across the upper back
Fine line black outline of the state of Massachusetts with a small red heart near its eastern coast, tattooed on the inner forearm.
Massachusetts outline with red heart
Black outline tattoo of the state of Texas with a small pink heart on a forearm, in a simple fine line style.
Texas outline with pink heart on forearm
Watercolour-style world map tattoo in pink, purple, teal and blue across the inner forearm.
Watercolour world map on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of the outline of Africa with a small heart near the east coast, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Africa outline with a heart on the upper back
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