Ornament tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white photo from behind of a woman with her hair in a bun, showing a fine line paisley and floral tattoo across her upper back and shoulder blade.
Paisley floral tattoo across upper back
Black and grey hamsa hand tattoo with an eye at its centre and ornamental filigree, on the forearm.
Hamsa hand with eye on a forearm
Six fine black ink sketches of looping, swirling ornamental designs drawn on grid paper, with two pens resting above them.
Six looping line ornament sketches
Black ornate hamsa hand tattoo with an eye at its centre and leaf patterns, placed on the side of a person's ribs.
Ornate hamsa hand on the ribs
Close view of a black dotwork mandala tattoo on a woman's shoulder, with a long braid falling over her other shoulder.
Black mandala tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey lotus flower with cloud scrolls and a hanging ornament tattooed centrally on the sternum.
Lotus and cloud motif on the sternum
Arms crossed to show a black and grey mandala tattoo on the forearm, with a traditional rose tattoo partly visible on the thigh below pale pink shorts.
Mandala forearm tattoo and thigh rose
Studio photo of a bare leg and foot with gold metallic ornamental designs, including scrollwork, a crown motif and a snake, on the calf, ankle and hand.
Gold metallic temporary designs on a leg
Close photograph of a small grey ornamental swirl tattoo on the back of a hand, with a gold ring on one finger and a red background.
Ornamental swirl on the back of a hand
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate carnival mask with feathers across the upper arm and shoulder.
Ornate carnival mask with feathers on upper arm
Glossy red heart framed by black ornamental scrollwork on a white background, shown as a tattoo design drawing.
Red heart with black scrollwork
Back view of a white ornamental lace-style design across the upper back, shoulders and upper arms, worn with a white dress.
White ornamental design across upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with ornamental swirls and outlined petals across an upper arm.
Skull and filigree swirls on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a crescent moon filled with mandala and paisley patterns, with a lotus flower and a dotted flower beside a vertical ornamental dagger motif.
Crescent moon with mandala and lotus design
Black linework scrollwork tattoo with leaf-like flourishes across the upper back of a person with short platinum blonde hair, photographed from behind.
Symmetrical scrollwork tattoo across upper back
Black ink Traditional-style tattoo of a scalloped heart reading BE NICE with small ornaments above and below, on an upper arm.
Be Nice heart on upper arm
Close-up photo of a black and grey pistol tattoo with a pink bow, placed on the lower abdomen near a navel piercing.
Pink bow and pistol on the lower abdomen
Fine line and dotwork crescent moon tattoo with swirls and dangling chain details in dark ink on the hip and upper thigh of a person in a bikini.
Crescent and swirl ornament on a hip
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
Red and grey Celtic knotwork tattoo with a winged, symmetrical design across the upper back, shown on a person's bare shoulder blade.
Celtic knotwork winged design on upper back
Black and grey lace-style ornamental tattoo covering the centre of a person's back, with scrolling flourishes and floral panels.
Lace-style ornamental back piece
Black fine line and dotwork tattoo on the upper arm reading LOVE, GRATITUDE, MERCY, framed by ornamental lace-like motifs and a dotted mandala panel.
Love, gratitude and mercy lettering on an upper arm
Pen drawing on paper of a sun, a crescent moon and an ornate chained mandala-style design, held up in a room with people in the blurred background.
Sun, moon and ornate chain design on paper
Black line drawing of a botanical floral design with leaves and ornamental paisley-style motifs, shown beside two black pigment liner pens.
Fine line floral design with ornamental border
Black ornamental blackwork tattoo of paisley-like scrolls and scalloped borders covering a forearm and the back of a hand in dim light.
Ornamental blackwork on forearm and hand
Realism-style grey elephant head with a pink lotus flower and mandala linework tattooed across a person's upper back.
Elephant and lotus on upper back
Black linework design with pink and blue pencil shading of a sugar skull woman wearing an owl headdress, with feathers and beaded chains, drawn on paper.
Owl and sugar skull portrait design
Fine line feather tattoo on the inner forearm, shaded from orange through pink and purple to teal, with ornamental swirls and dots, beside its paper stencil.
Gradient feather tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey ornamental tattoo covering the tops of both feet, with paisley, mandala and scrolling leaf designs and dotwork borders.
Ornamental paisley and mandala tattoo on both feet
Black and grey photograph of a blackwork ornamental skull tattoo on the upper thigh, with the face cropped out of frame.
Ornamental skull on the upper thigh
Black ink drawing of a stag head with antlers, its outline filled with mandala, floral, paisley and diamond patterns on a parchment-coloured background.
Ornamental stag head design in black ink
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an eye framed by lotus-like petals and a mandala, placed on the upper back below the nape of the neck.
Eye within a mandala on the upper back
Flash sheet of metallic gold, silver and turquoise temporary tattoo designs, including chain arcs, a sunburst of circles, a heart with arrow and filigree ornaments.
Metallic chain, arc and sunburst flash sheet
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo wrapping around the wrist, with symmetrical petal shapes.
Mandala wrist band tattoo
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat's face framed by filigree ornaments on a forearm.
Ornamental cat head on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of two feathered wings framing a central mandala, placed on the ribs below the bust.
Winged mandala tattoo under the bust
Full back tattoo of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha in neo-traditional colour, with an ornate crown, jewels and swirling cloud motifs on a man's back.
Ganesha full back tattoo in colour
Black ink drawing of an ornate lace-style tattoo design with circles, dots and a hanging leaf, shown on paper with no body placement.
Ornamental lace design with hanging leaf
Black ink tattoo of an elephant filled with mandala-style patterns, placed on the forearm against a pale skin tone.
Ornamental elephant on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm, with a lotus motif, crescent moon, dotted chains and hanging drops, shown in three close-up photos.
Fine line lotus and crescent shoulder tattoo
Six black and white ornamental designs in a row, each a symmetrical, pointed motif with fine lines, scrolls or solid blocks, shown as tattoo flash on a white background.
Six black ornamental line designs
Red ornamental filigree tattoo running down the centre of a woman's back, seen from behind above a white corset-back dress.
Red filigree tattoo down the spine
Black and grey ornamental tattoo across the upper back and nape, with a rose on the shoulder, photographed from behind.
Ornamental back piece with rose on shoulder
Black fine line tattoo of an ornate cross with scrolled and heart-shaped ends, placed on the back of the neck.
Ornate scrolled cross on the back of the neck
Black and grey dotwork lotus mandala tattoo with a central diamond motif, placed on the chest beneath the bust.
Geometric lotus tattoo below the bust
Line drawing of a howling wolf with ornate leaf and feather patterns shaded in teal and grey on a pale background, suited to use as a tattoo design.
Howling wolf with ornamental feathers
Black linework heart framed by a scalloped mandala design on the upper arm, with a small cross and another dark tattoo partly visible nearby.
Mandala heart on upper arm