Medallion tattoo ideas

151 photos and flash · 36% Geometric, 34% Dotwork · Forearm most common

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Black tribal flash design with cherry blossoms, waves and a central medallion, in a bold blackwork style with no body part shown.
Tribal and cherry blossom sleeve design
Black and grey tattoo of a chain anklet with a hanging shield-shaped medallion on the ankle.
Chain anklet with shield medallion
Black and white photo of two bat tattoos on a chest, with a spiked choker, layered chains and an inverted cross pendant.
Bat tattoos on chest beside inverted cross necklace
Black ornate filigree cross tattoo on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun, photographed from behind.
Ornate cross on upper back
Black and grey full back tattoo of a robed wizard with a pointed hat beside a cloaked warrior with a sword, with framed scenes above and below, covering the whole back.
Full back piece with robed wizard and figures
White ink mandala tattoo with layered petals and a central medallion on the inner forearm, shown against dark leather.
White ink mandala on a forearm
Man seen from behind with a large black and grey dotwork and geometric tattoo covering his back, featuring mandalas and an eye motif, with tattooed sleeves on both arms.
Full back mandala and eye tattoo
Neo-traditional design drawing of a woman wearing a black bear head as a headdress, framed by a ring of gold and red feathers on a black background.
Woman with bear headdress and feather crown
Black ink mandala drawing of a lotus-like flower on cream paper, with a flat, detailed dotwork and geometric pattern, shown beside two black marker pens.
Mandala flower drawn in black ink
Black ink tattoo of a lace and mandala necklace with teardrop drops and dotted chains across the upper back, in dotwork style.
Lace necklace design across upper back
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in an oval cameo, surrounded by ornate scrollwork and flowers on an upper thigh.
Cameo portrait with scrollwork on thigh
Back of a woman's neck and upper back showing a large black ornamental mandala tattoo in a V shape, placed across the nape and between the shoulder blades.
Black ornamental mandala across upper back and nape
Black linework stencil of an Art Nouveau woman with flowing hair, a medallion and scrollwork, drawn on a thigh.
Art Nouveau woman and medallion stencil on thigh
Coloured drawing of a woman in profile wearing a grey wolf head as a headdress, with red and yellow feathers and a long braid, in a neo-traditional style.
Wolf headdress and woman in profile design
Black and grey ornamental tattoo of a lotus with hanging chain drapes covering the shoulder and upper arm, shown in three views.
Ornate lotus and drape tattoo on shoulder and arm
Black and grey mandala tattoo with fine linework and dotwork shading across a wrist, set against a patterned floral background.
Mandala tattoo across the wrist
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork shading covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Mandala tattoo on shoulder and upper arm
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with peacock feather motifs covering the inner forearm of a person standing on a stone street.
Mandala and peacock feather forearm tattoo
Black ornamental designs with bands, dots and mandala-like motifs across the fingers and backs of both hands, with pale pink almond nails.
Ornamental finger and hand designs in black ink
Four photo collage of traditional style tattoo bands with swallows, rose medallions and elephants on a forearm, upper arm and knee area, in colour ink.
Traditional swallow and elephant bands on arms and legs
Sheet of colourful feather and floral tattoo flash designs on a white background, in a neo-traditional style with bold outlines.
Feather and floral flash sheet
Two legs in black canvas trainers covered in colourful traditional style tattoos of roses, birds and flowers on the calves and lower legs.
Traditional leg sleeve with roses and birds
Three-panel photo of a geometric full arm sleeve tattoo in red and black, with a red star motif on the upper arm and a dark rosette pattern on the forearm.
Geometric red and black full sleeve tattoo
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a red and grey bird perched on a branch beside a teal medallion of pink roses, shown on skin.
Bird and roses on a branch
Traditional style colour tattoo of a ship at sunset in a circular medallion with flowers and a lower urn-like motif, on the upper arm.
Ship and flowers in a traditional medallion on the upper arm
Black dotwork mandala tattoo wrapping the inner forearm above the wrist, with fine radiating petals and a dotted border line.
Dotwork mandala wrapped around a forearm
Black and grey feather tattoo filled with lace-like dotwork and mandala patterns, shown on the forearm in two side-by-side photos.
Lace-patterned feather on a forearm
Black and grey mandala tattoo with dotwork centre and layered petals wrapping around a forearm near the elbow.
Mandala tattoo wrapping a forearm
Pen drawing of two swallows in flight, one with a medallion on its wing and filigree scrolls around it, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Two swallows in flight with ornate scrolls
Dark brown dotted henna-style ornament with a central medallion across the top of a foot, with a dotted vine running up towards the ankle and dots on the toes, in a sepia photograph.
Dotted henna-style ornament on a foot
Black and grey dotwork mandala half sleeve with floral and paisley motifs covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Mandala half sleeve on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical mandala with petal shapes, dotted shading and a small central medallion, shown on a white card against a pale wooden background.
Black ink mandala design
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a hand gripping a beaded ring medallion, shaded in gold and brown, on the back of a lower leg.
Hand holding a beaded medallion on a calf
Pencil drawing of an ornate compass rose with a lace-edged border and mandala-style petals, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Ornate compass rose design
Circular blue folk-style floral tattoo on the inner forearm of a person wearing a rolled-up denim shirt, outdoors against dark foliage.
Blue folk floral medallion on forearm
Gold metallic mandala and lace patterned tattoos across the back of a hand and along the forearm, with a thin black lace band near the wrist.
Gold mandala tattoos on hand and forearm
Mixed colour tattoo of a dreamcatcher with hanging feathers, teal beads and a small flower, sitting on the side of the ribs.
Dreamcatcher with feathers on the ribs
Black and grey medallion tattoo with Greek lettering and a large lambda, shaded to look dimensional, on the lower leg.
Greek lettered medallion on a lower leg
Red and blue linework tattoo of an anatomical heart with arrows and the word BOOM on a chest, partly covered by two silver pendants on a chain.
Anatomical heart on the chest
Colour tattoo on a thigh of Belle in a yellow ball gown inside a circular stained glass style frame with roses and a Beast figure.
Belle in a stained glass frame on a thigh
Realistic rosary tattoo with red beads, a shaded grey cross and a medallion wrapping around a person's ankle and foot.
Rosary tattoo around an ankle
Black ink ornamental mandala tattoo running down the centre of a woman's upper back, with her hair tied up in a bun.
Ornate mandala tattoo down the upper back
Black and grey tattoo on a thigh of antlers, a crown and a round keyhole medallion with a blue eye, with the script words Believers Never Die curving below.
Antlers, crown and keyhole eye on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress with a circular medallion, across the upper arm.
Woman in feathered headdress on upper arm
Black and grey drawing of a symmetrical ornamental filigree design with hanging drop motifs, shown on textured paper.
Symmetrical filigree design with hanging drops
Black and grey bare tree with roots running from thigh to calf, with a red and blue knight on horseback in a medallion at the lower calf, in botanical style.
Bare tree and mounted knight down a leg
Black and grey anchor inside an ornate circular frame with dotted chains and drop pendants, tattooed on the forearm.
Anchor in an ornate frame on a forearm
Realism colour tattoo on the upper arm showing a golden skull medallion above a bearded figure in a hat with tentacle-like facial hair.
Skull medallion and tentacled figure on arm