Ornament tattoo ideas

1,552 photos and flash · 32% Dotwork, 25% Geometric · Forearm most common

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Black and grey blackwork elephant tattoo with intricate patterned panels on the side of the ribs, with a navel piercing visible nearby.
Ornate elephant on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate heart-shaped padlock with a keyhole, a ribbon and a key on a forearm.
Ornate heart padlock and key tattoo
Black and grey ink drawing of a mandala-patterned butterfly with a dotwork arrow below, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Mandala butterfly and arrow design
Black and grey realism rose with black lace-style linework across a shoulder and upper chest.
Shaded rose and lace ornament on shoulder
Black ink ornamental feather design on a white background, built from bold solid stripes, rows of dots and curling filigree, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Ornamental feather design in black
Black line drawing of a mandala-style triangular design with a dotted border and a trailing ornamental spray, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Mandala triangle tattoo design
Black henna-style mandala tattoo sleeve covering a forearm and upper arm, with floral motifs and dotted lines.
Mandala sleeve on forearm and upper arm
Black ink flash design of a horizontal scrolling border with stylised flowers, buds and leaves on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Black scrolling floral border band
Ink line drawing of an ornamental lionfish with spiky fins, dotted details and swirling linework, shown as a design on paper with no body placement.
Ornamental lionfish line drawing
Four views of a black and grey arm sleeve tattoo showing a cat figure with a headdress, birds in flight and ornamental scrollwork, across the upper arm and forearm.
Cat goddess and birds arm sleeve in black and grey
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of mandalas, swirls and lotus flowers covering a forearm.
Mandala and lotus sleeve on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate elephant head inside a circular mandala on the forearm, in a fine line and dotwork style.
Ornate elephant head with mandala on forearm
Fine line black ink tattoo of a bow and arrow with curling scroll ornaments on the ankle.
Bow and arrow with scrollwork on an ankle
Black dotwork and blackwork mandala tattoo with a central lotus motif, spanning the upper back and nape of the neck.
Ornamental mandala tattoo across upper back and neck
Blackwork tattoo on a raised forearm and upper arm, with solid black bands broken by two thin unpigmented stripes, and a fine ornamental tattoo visible on the shoulder.
Solid black arm bands with two thin stripes
Dark brown henna-style ornamental design across the back of a hand, wrist and fingers, with a dangling chain motif and dotted linework.
Henna-style hand and finger design
Black and grey mandala tattoo on a forearm and an ornamental floral sleeve on the other arm, with small finger tattoos, resting on white bedsheets.
Mandala and floral sleeve on forearm and hand
Black ornamental mandala tattoo spanning the upper back of a woman with long dark hair draped over one shoulder.
Ornate mandala tattoo across upper back
Black ink blackwork tattoo of a sun with flame rays and a mandala-style floral design across a thigh, with a thin chain draped over the skin.
Sun, flames and mandala on a thigh
Black and grey blackwork sleeves with paisley and lace-like patterns and floral shoulder pieces, shown on a person with hands pressed together in front of the face.
Blackwork sleeves with floral shoulder pieces
Line drawing of a watercolour owl perched on a branch, with fine-line feather detail and blue wash, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Blue watercolour owl perched on a branch
Black line drawing of a cat face inside ornate scrollwork, with dark gemstones on the forehead and below the chin, shown as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Ornamental cat face tattoo design
Close photo of a hand with a black ornamental mandala tattoo across the back of the hand and wrist, plus small geometric tattoos on the fingers.
Ornamental mandala hand tattoo with finger designs
A fresh red and black ornamental tattoo on a calf, being worked on with a tattoo machine by a tattooist in white gloves.
Red and black ornamental tattoo being inked on a calf
A grid of fifteen black ornamental heart designs on a white background, filled with dots, swirls, paisley shapes and flowers, shown as a flash sheet with no body placement.
Grid of fifteen ornamental heart designs
Large black lace-style tattoo on a person's back, with symmetrical paisley scrollwork, flowers and filigree running down the spine.
Lace-style back tattoo with flowers
Black and grey tattoo design drawing of an eye inside an ornate triangle, with a fan shell and dotted chains below, in a dotwork and geometric style.
Eye in triangle with shell and dotted chains
Black ink elephant covered in geometric patterns, tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Ornate patterned elephant on the ribs
Black and grey ornamental mandala tattoo with a dotwork rosette and scrollwork on an upper arm, photographed beside an ornate iron gate.
Ornamental mandala on upper arm
Black ink ornamental crescent moon tattoo with dotwork lace patterns and dangling drops on the upper arm.
Ornamental crescent moon on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing an eye inside a triangle above an ornate mandala with swirling floral details.
All-seeing eye mandala on forearm
Black and grey ornamental owl tattoo with a lotus flower and scrollwork on the side of a torso, over the ribs.
Ornate owl with lotus on ribs
Black and grey tattoo on the side of the ribs showing two lines of latitude and longitude coordinates framing a central ornamental scroll motif with tapered points.
Coordinates and ornament on the ribs
Black and grey lotus and frangipani flower tattoo with lace-like filigree and hanging chains on the upper back.
Lotus and lace ornament across upper back
Black and grey compass rose with a lotus flower and scrollwork on the inner forearm, with dotwork shading.
Compass and lotus on a forearm
Woman seen from behind in a black bodysuit, showing a black and grey mandala tattoo across her upper back and neck.
Mandala tattoo on upper back and neck
Black and grey tattoo of a world map, with each continent filled with ornate mandala patterns, across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
World map tattoo filled with mandala patterns
Two versions of a black ink botanical tattoo design showing a lotus flower with dotted chain drapes on a parchment-coloured background.
Lotus and dotted chain tattoo design
Black ornamental heart drawn from curling scrollwork and filigree swirls on a white background, a flash-style tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Black swirl heart design
Black fine-line fleur-de-lis on a finger and an ornate lace-pattern tattoo on the wrist, photographed on a hand resting on brown leather.
Fleur-de-lis finger and lace wrist tattoo
Black linework paisley and floral ornament with a red lotus motif tattooed along a person's ribs and side, with a navel piercing visible.
Paisley and red lotus tattoo on ribs
Black and grey fine line geometric tattoo of an eye, cross and drops of water on the inner forearm, shown against a dark background.
Geometric eye and cross on a forearm
White ornamental design running from the forearm across the back of the hand, with a line of dots continuing towards the fingers.
White ornamental design on hand and wrist
Black and grey photograph of a person's bare back showing a large tribal-style blackwork ornament on the lower back and a small flower tattoo on the upper shoulder.
Tribal lower back piece with small flower on shoulder
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical lotus flower design with stippled dotwork shading and ornamental detail on textured paper, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Lotus flower dotwork design
Close-up of bare feet with a gold metallic temporary tattoo of a mandala on the top of the foot and a dotted band with triangles around the ankle.
Gold mandala tattoo on a bare foot
Two forearms with silver and gold metallic temporary tattoo bands and ornamental patterns, seated on a patterned blanket.
Metallic temporary arm bands
Close view of a blue ornate mandala tattoo with floral and paisley-like detail on a woman's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Blue ornate mandala tattoo on upper back