Moon tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of a black cat silhouette sitting on a blue shaded crescent moon, placed on the upper back below the shoulder blade.
Black cat on a blue crescent moon on the back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sequence of moon phases running down the inside of a forearm against a cloudy sky.
Moon phases sequence on a forearm
Full back tattoo in a Japanese style showing a large red and brown owl beside cherry blossom branches and a pale moon, with a green bird sleeve on the upper arm.
Owl, cherry blossom and moon back piece
Three views of a full arm sleeve on the upper arm, showing a space scene with an orange nebula, pale moons, dark asteroids and a comet in blue and purple.
Space scene sleeve on upper arm
Black and grey realism forest tattoo across a forearm, showing bare trees, a pine, birds, a moon and soft clouds.
Forest scene on a forearm
Black and grey circular forearm tattoo showing a moon, clouds, stars, mountains and swirling waves in hatched linework.
Moon, mountains and waves on a forearm
Traditional black and grey tattoos of a crescent moon and a sun with faces, placed side by side on a forearm.
Crescent moon and sun on forearms
Black and grey fine line tattoo on an upper arm, showing a crescent moon, scattered dotted stars and contour-line mountains inside a bold brushstroke circle.
Crescent moon and contour mountains in a circle
Black and grey tattoo of a leafless tree whose branches spread from the navel across the stomach, with a shaded moon above it.
Bare tree and moon on abdomen
Black and grey dotwork tattoos of a tent, pine trees and a moon inside a circle on a forearm, with a matching smaller version on a second arm beside it.
Tent and moon circle tattoos on forearms
Close photograph of a red moon tattoo with dark crater shading and a black outline, placed on the upper arm beside other dark tattoo work.
Red moon tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a horned, skull-faced figure with wings, snakes, skulls and a lantern, photographed from three angles.
Horned skull figure and lantern full sleeve
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a row of seven moon phases across a person's upper back, shown in a black and white photograph.
Moon phases row on upper back
Seven black and grey moon phases, from crescent to full and back, arranged in a vertical line on a white card over pale wood.
Moon phases in a vertical row
Black linework tattoo of a cat sitting on a crescent moon wrapped in swirling vines, with dotwork shading, on the shoulder.
Cat on a crescent moon on a shoulder
Watercolour and ink tattoo design on paper showing Big Ben, a flying Peter Pan silhouette, a moon with a ship and a dark ink circle around the scene.
Big Ben and Peter Pan watercolour design
Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing a planchette with a moon, a yellow rose and a spider, above a hand with a jewelled ring and spiders crawling near a red cuff with a web.
Planchette, hand and spiders on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a sun and crescent moon with carved faces, set in an ornate diamond frame with scrollwork, on a person's upper back.
Sun and moon with faces on upper back
White dotwork crescent moon filled with mandala-like patterns, drawn on a plain black background as a tattoo design.
Dotwork crescent moon with mandala pattern
Colourful watercolour-style yin yang tattoo with a crescent moon and paint drips on the forearm.
Yin yang with watercolour drips on a forearm
Neo-trad style chest tattoo of a heart-shaped planchette with teal gems and a crescent moon, flanked by hands and beaded chains on the sternum.
Planchette and hands across the chest
Fine line and dotwork tattoo of a moon, a faceted shape and a cat resting on an outlined hand, with a small teal wash, on a forearm.
Moon, cat and geometric shape on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of mountain peaks with a small crescent moon below, on the ankle, while a gloved tattooist wipes the skin.
Mountain peaks and crescent moon on an ankle
Black and grey neo-trad style tattoo on an upper arm showing a castle under a moon inside a globe, with a triangle and circle symbol and shaded leaves below.
Castle in a globe with leaves on upper arm
Fine line yin yang tattoo on the inner forearm, with a black sun ringed by yellow rays in the light half and a speckled moon in the shaded galaxy half.
Yin yang with sun and moon on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a castle on a rocky hill inside a heart outline, placed on the inner forearm.
Castle scene in a heart on a forearm
Fine line botanical drawing in dark ink on tracing paper, showing a crescent moon formed from roses, peony-style blooms, small blossoms, leaves and berries.
Crescent moon of roses and blossoms line drawing
Close view of two hands with small colour cartoon tattoos on the fingers, including a heart, star, moon, rainbow and a hat, on a hand placement.
Small cartoon icons tattooed across fingers
Colourful dotwork tattoo of a house lifted by balloons under a moon, set in an oval landscape on the upper arm.
Balloon house in an oval on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a full moon with stippled craters and shading, on the upper arm.
Full moon on the upper arm
Four-panel collage of black lettering tattoos: Roman numerals on two wrists, an infinity symbol with a moon and stars on the ribs, the word amore with a heart arrow on a wrist, and script love with a
Lettering tattoos on wrists and ribs
Fine line tattoo of a black cat with green eyes sitting on a crescent moon entwined with flowers and vines, shown on skin.
Black cat on a crescent moon
Black line drawing flash sheet of sun and crescent moon designs with faces, ornamental rays and dangling drop details, shown without any body placement.
Sun and crescent moon flash sheet
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing two red roses around an ornate grey oval frame holding a graveyard scene under a teal sky.
Roses and graveyard in an ornate frame on upper arm
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo with leafy vines, curls and three stars on the upper back, with soft grey shading.
Crescent moon, stars and vines on back
Black ink crescent moon tattoo with a dotted mandala pattern and dangling beaded chains, sitting on the ankle.
Crescent moon with mandala and beaded drops
Small watercolour design of a circular sunset landscape with a pale moon, lilac mountains and dark pine trees, with a handwritten date below, on textured paper.
Circular sunset landscape watercolour
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo filled with clustered roses and small star dots, shown on skin in a blackwork and botanical style.
Crescent moon and roses
Small shaded black and grey crescent moon tattoo on the back of a woman's neck, with her hair pulled up.
Small crescent moon on the nape of the neck
Black fine-line tattoo of a UFO, planets, stars and a crescent moon scattered along a forearm, with the hand raised and nails painted black.
Space motifs on a forearm
Black and white flash sheet of twenty-four Chinese characters in brush script, each labelled in English with its meaning, such as joy, courage and wisdom.
Chinese character symbols flash sheet
Black lettering tattoo on the side of the ribs forming an infinity symbol, reading I love you to the moon and back, with a crescent moon and small stars.
Infinity quote with moon and stars on ribs
Black ink flash sheet of many small fine line doodle tattoo designs, including eyes, stars, a moon, a skull and a bicycle, on a grey background.
Stick 'N' Poke doodle flash sheet
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a crescent moon with a sleeping face, clouds, stars, mountains, a lake and pine trees inside a diamond-shaped frame.
Crescent moon over mountains and pines
Realistic grey shaded tattoo of a sequence of moon phases running down a forearm, against a red sleeve and dark wooden background.
Moon phases sequence on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sequence of moon phases running diagonally down the side of a thigh.
Moon phases tattoo down a thigh
Black and grey fine line sun and crescent moon tattoos with dangling drops on the upper back, shown in a three-panel collage with two people seen from behind.
Sun and crescent moon tattoos on upper backs
Black and grey howling wolf silhouette in front of a full moon, shown as a design and as a digital mockup on the upper back.
Howling wolf and full moon, upper back mockup