Moon tattoo ideas

1,451 photos and flash · 27% Fine line, 25% Dotwork · Forearm most common

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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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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
Painted flash design of a pink crystal cluster framed by crescent moons, arrows, feathers and small stars, shown on paper over a green book.
Crystal cluster with crescent moons and arrows
Neo-traditional style flash design of a pale, stitched-face woman with red curls inside an oval frame, above a banner reading FOREVER.
Stitched portrait with FOREVER banner
Black and white photograph of a dotwork drawing on paper showing a cat's head in profile beside a stippled crescent moon, with no body placement visible.
Cat head with crescent moon design
Black and grey traditional flash sheet with a skull and rose, crescent moon, anatomical heart, eye, horseshoe and clover designs.
Black and grey traditional flash sheet
Four pastel flash designs on a pink background: a unicorn with a Wonderland banner, a scallop shell, lips with a glittery drip, and mushrooms in a circle.
Unicorn, shell, lips and mushroom flash designs
White dotwork drawing of a ram skull with curled horns, two crescent moons and a starry triangle inside a circle, on a black background.
Ram skull with crescent moons in a triangle
Flash sheet of red and blue filigree ornaments, swirls, rosettes and crescent moon phases, with the word Marked in blue script across the centre.
Red and blue ornament and moon phase flash sheet
Black fine line flash design of a compass star with a central sun, mountains, moon, clouds and trees, shown on a white background.
Compass and landscape line design
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing an owl perched above a pocket watch, with cherry blossom branches and a crescent moon, drawn in neo-traditional style.
Owl, pocket watch and blossom design
Black and white line drawing of a sun and moon face split down the middle, with the words we live by the sun and we feel by the moon around it.
Sun and moon face with quote lettering
Illustrated flash design of purple angel wings and a halo framing a dark car in front of a full moon, with a banner reading Carry on my wayward son.
Winged banner with car and moon
Realistic blue-grey design of an elephant, tiger, panda and rhinoceros heads stacked beneath a full moon, with black ink drips down the lower edge.
Stacked animal heads with a full moon
Several temporary tattoo designs on a wooden table, including a dreamcatcher with feathers, crossed arrows, an anchor and script lettering.
Temporary tattoo sheets with dreamcatcher and script
Black and grey pen drawing of a geometric mandala design with a flower of life centre, moon phases and dotwork arrows, shown on paper with no body placement.
Mandala with flower of life and moon phases
Black outline flash design of three moons in a row, a waxing crescent, a full circle and a waning crescent, with no body placement shown.
Triple moon line design
Flash sheet of pastel tattoo designs including a horned skull, a crab, palm trees, watchful eyes and a seahorse in a bottle, in a neo-trad style.
Pastel flash sheet of skulls, eyes and palm trees
Black line drawing sheet of moon glyphs labelled with words such as Hope, Earth and Fire, plus eight moon phase symbols, on a cream background.
Moon glyphs and lunar phase symbols
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with mandala patterns and a central butterfly motif, with stippled dotwork edges, as a tattoo design.
Crescent moon mandala with butterfly
Flash sheet of small 90s-themed tattoo designs, including an alien head, lips with a flag, a unicorn and peace and yin yang symbols, mostly in black line with some colour.
90s pack of small tattoo flash designs
Black and grey pen drawing on paper of a sun with wavy rays, a crescent moon and four-pointed stars in its centre, shown as a tattoo design.
Sun with crescent moon and stars
Black ink flash sheet of small hand-drawn designs including a leaf sprig, yin yang, candle, umbrella, lotus, sailboat, crown, smiley face and the words MOM, YES and love.
Hand-drawn small tattoo flash sheet
Black ink drawing of a yin yang circle filled with clouds, mountains, trees and two round celestial bodies, drawn as a tattoo style design.
Yin yang with mountain landscape
Flash sheet of black crescent moon designs in filigree, star, sparkle and striped patterns, with the script words Blue Moon beside a larger moon.
Crescent moon designs flash sheet
Black ink flash drawing of a planchette with a central eye, YES and NO lettering, a sunburst and acanthus scrolls, in a dotwork and blackwork style.
Planchette with eye and acanthus scrolls
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with mandala patterns, a lotus flower and a vertical ornamental line, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Crescent moon with mandala and lotus design
Hand-drawn flash design of pink lotus flowers and green leaves with bold black astrological symbols and a triangle, labelled Cancer.
Lotus and astrology symbols design
Black line icon sheet on a light background showing twelve simple designs, including a dollar sign, crown, heart, flame, moon, compass and paper plane, each with a capitalised caption.
Line icon sheet with twelve labelled designs
Detailed ornamental owl design perched on a bare branch, with blue-to-magenta gradient linework on a parchment-style background.
Ornate owl perched on a branch
Black and grey tattoo flash of a compass rose with a sun and moon face at its centre, drawn in bold linework.
Compass rose with sun and moon
Black line drawing of flowing decorative lettering surrounded by clouds, a crescent moon and a small star, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Decorative lettering with moon and star doodles
Black lettering design on a white background reading "to the moon and back" in English, with the Arabic translation above it, in a Lettering style.
Arabic and English "to the moon and back" script
Black and grey flash sheet of small hand-drawn tattoo designs, including hearts, eyes, stars, a moon and a skull, under the heading Stick and Poke.
Stick and poke flash sheet of small doodles
White line drawing of a whale built from stylised waves on a navy background, with a tiny boat and figures in the sea, drawn as a flash design.
Whale formed from waves and a small boat
Coloured pencil tattoo design of a face with red spiky hair and a pale disc on the forehead, framed by two dark red roses and hands inside a yellow diamond.
Portrait with roses in a diamond frame
Black and grey flash design of a palm tree above a dripping night sky with stars and a crescent moon, drawn on a cream background.
Palm tree over a dripping night sky
Pencil drawing of a wolf with its head raised in a howl, set in front of a large moon, shown in soft graphite shading with no body placement.
Howling wolf and moon pencil drawing
Black and grey flash sheet of more than fifty small icon designs, including a dagger, anchor, eye, skull, heart and paper plane, with no body placement shown.
Grid of small tattoo flash designs
Pencil sketch on paper of a sun with a face and radiating rays beside a crescent moon, both with hanging dangles, shown as tattoo design drawings.
Sun and crescent moon tattoo sketches