Moon tattoo ideas

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

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Flash sheet of black kanji characters in a brush script style, each labelled with its English meaning such as beauty, courage, love and star, with no body placement shown.
Kanji flash sheet with English meanings
Colour tattoo of a yin and yang design on a shoulder blade, with pine trees and exposed roots on one side and teal ocean waves on the other.
Yin yang with pine forest and ocean waves
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a chief in a feathered headdress above a wolf's head, with a howling wolf silhouetted against a moon.
Chief portrait and wolf on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a great horned owl with yellow eyes, pine branches, pine cones and oak leaves on the upper arm and shoulder, set against a pale moon.
Realistic owl with pine cones on an upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a shaded moon with compass arrows and a dotted circle on the upper chest, near the shoulder.
Moon and compass arrows on upper chest
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tall ship with full rigging silhouetted against a full moon, with its reflection on water below, on the calf.
Sailing ship and full moon on a calf
Realism colour tattoo of a perched raven in front of a bare tree and full moon, covering the upper arm.
Raven with moon and bare tree on upper arm
Black line drawing flash design of a winged bat over a ribbon banner reading Children of the Night, What Music They Make, with a castle and roses below.
Bat, castle and roses banner design
Black line drawing of a crescent moon dreamcatcher with feathers, beads and a woven web, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Crescent moon dreamcatcher line drawing
Collage of five small fine line tattoos in black ink: a crescent moon on the wrist, a sprig on the upper arm, a star constellation on the upper back, a botanical sprig on the ribs and a dotted line
Fine line moon, sprig and star tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo covering the upper arm, showing a full moon over a cloudy sky, a woman with wind-blown hair seen from behind by a lake, and a crow on a rock.
Moonlit lake scene on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas inside a swirling ornate frame, with a yellow-grey moon and a small ghost dog below.
Jack and Sally in an ornate frame
Black and grey sun and moon face tattoo with compass letters N and W on the side of the ribs, in a traditional style.
Sun and moon face on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship silhouetted against a pale moon, with its reflection on water, on a calf.
Sailing ship silhouette against a moon on a calf
Tattoo flash drawing of a tall Halloween sleeve design with a full moon, bats, jack-o'-lanterns, ghosts, a skull and crossbones and a green figure, shown on a white background rather than on skin.
Halloween sleeve design with pumpkins and ghosts
Realistic colour tattoo of a figure in a blue robe holding a large tool under a glowing moon, with golden sparks, on a forearm.
Robed figure with moon and sparks on a forearm
Colour tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm reproducing Van Gogh's Starry Night, with a blue police box floating in the swirling sky above a village.
Starry Night sleeve with a blue police box
Upper arm tattoo of a city skyline with a tram and a moon, in black and grey with teal and yellow accents and ink splatter.
Cityscape with tram and ink splatter on upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a wolf with crystal shards and an orange moon, on the upper arm.
Wolf with crystal shards on upper arm
Black silhouette of a sailing ship against a blue, orange and yellow watercolour-style sunset, with a crescent moon, tattooed on the upper arm.
Sailing ship and crescent moon on an upper arm
Black and grey photo of a fine line sun with rays and a crescent moon tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Sun and crescent moon on the inner wrist
Fine line black ink crescent moon with botanical and lace-like detailing on a forearm, shown against a plain white background.
Ornate crescent moon on a forearm
Black and grey crescent moon tattoo filled with musical staves and notes, shown on the inner forearm of a person wearing a red top and friendship bracelets.
Crescent moon with music staves on forearm
Two traditional-style snow globe tattoos on upper arms, one showing a desert with a cactus and moon, the other a palm tree, sea and flowers.
Snow globe tattoos on upper arms
Two black ink flash designs of mountain landscapes with pine trees, one within a half circle and one within a diamond, drawn in dotwork and fine line hatching.
Mountain and pine landscape designs
Black ink script reading I love you to the moon and back, with a small crescent moon below it, on the inner forearm in a black and white photo.
Quote and crescent moon on a forearm
Black fine line outline of three triangles and a sun with a face on the back of an upper arm, photographed in backlight.
Triangles and sun face on upper arm
Black linework tattoo of a woman's face in wavy hair with a smaller face below and a crescent moon, with purple and orange accents, on the upper back.
Sketched woman's face with moon on upper back
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a winged white cat with a red ear and a gold keyhole, set against a purple and yellow moon on an arm.
Winged cat with keyhole on an arm
Small fine line tattoo of a sun with a flame-like outline beside a crescent moon, in dark ink on the inner wrist of a forearm.
Sun and crescent moon on a wrist
Line drawing of a rayed sun with a dark centre above a crescent moon, joined by dotted lines and small star motifs, on a black background.
Sun and crescent moon with stars design
Black and grey realism tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder showing a woman with wind-blown hair seen from behind, facing a moonlit sea beneath a full moon and clouds.
Moonlit shoreline scene on upper arm
Pen drawing of a vertical column of seven crescent and full moon phases, each filled with fine-line floral patterns, on pale paper beside a black fineliner pen.
Seven moon phases with floral detail
Sketchy black cat with a yellow eye and a swirling tail, sitting on a crescent-shaped wave, tattooed on the upper arm and shoulder.
Black cat with yellow eye on upper arm
Hand-drawn tattoo design sketch in black ink reading I love you to the moon and back, with a moon, clouds and stars, lettering style, shown on paper with no body placement.
I love you to the moon and back design
Black ornamental crescent moon tattoo with patterned detailing on the lower back, above low-rise jeans and a white belt.
Ornamental crescent moon on lower back
Black moon phases tattoo in a vertical line, from crescent to full moon, on the inner forearm.
Moon phases tattoo on a forearm
Three small black fine line tattoos: a sun and crescent moon on an ankle, a rose behind an ear, and a lotus on a toe with blue nail polish.
Sun and moon, rose and lotus tattoos
Upper arm tattoo of a city skyline with tall buildings, a tram and a full moon, shaded in black ink with pale teal watercolour washes and drips.
City skyline and tram on an upper arm
Fine line tattoo of an arrow passing through two crescent moons on the wrist, with green accents along the shaft.
Arrow and crescent moons on a wrist
Small black fine line tattoo of a crescent moon with a smiling face on the ankle, with rolled denim jeans and sea foam in the background.
Small crescent moon with a face on the ankle
Black and grey fine line tattoo on an upper arm showing a palm tree over water, a crescent moon, a thought bubble reading CAN I LIVE, and several small icons.
Fine line icons and palm tree on upper arm
Vertical flash sheet of black and grey engraved designs, including a skull with candle, an eye, crossed bones, hands, scales and a plague doctor, with Latin lettering.
Vertical sheet of occult and engraved motifs
Black ink tattoo of a sun and crescent moon on a forearm, with the crescent filled with swirls, dots and stripes.
Sun and crescent moon on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a crescent moon decorated with gears, rivets and filigree scrollwork, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Mechanical crescent moon design
Black fine line tattoo of small outline triangles running down the upper arm, with a sun and crescent moon with a face beside them on the side of the back.
Triangles and a sun and moon on the upper arm
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading I love you to the moon and back, with a small crescent moon below, on the inner forearm.
Moon and back quote with crescent moon on forearm
Black and grey upper arm tattoo of a handwritten script verse framed around a pale moon, a dark spiral hill and small star sparkles.
Script verse with spiral hill and moon